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Curtin students set up camp on campus to join global pro-Palestine rallies
A Perth grandmother bashed in her own home has taken on the immigration minister over the chain of events prior to her attack. Meanwhile, hundreds of students have marched through Curtin University. Follow our live coverage here.
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LoadingThe phone call between Perth bashing victim and immigration minister
A Perth grandmother bashed in her own home, allegedly by a former detainee, has taken on Immigration Minister Andrew Giles over the chain of events that led to her assault.
Cook’s defamation threat from teen climate protesters
A concerns notice – the first step in a defamation action – regarding Cook’s comments was sent to his office on Wednesday morning.
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Forestry
Why WA’s parched forest canopy is turning brown
From Shark Bay to Albany, WA’s famed national parks are experiencing mass plant deaths after the stress of the state’s unusually long, hot and dry summer.
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Education
The WA parents joining Catholic churches to get kids into ‘ideal’ schools
An expert says there is considerable weight to the ‘urban myth’ families are having children baptised due to school choice.
Porn passport trial to keep kids off adult websites
Children will be blocked from watching explicit content online under a $6.5m federal trial.
This is exactly how long you should be sleeping, standing and moving each day
A new Australian study has worked out precisely how we should be spending each day for optimum health.
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Pop culture
Absolutely not: Joanna Lumley on why Ab Fab could never be made today
In the countdown to her Australian tour, the grande dame of English comedy explains why the outrageous Patsy Stone is a creature of the past.
Beware this trap with your passport next time you travel
I had the opportunity for a trip to South-East Asia at short notice. But when I checked the entry requirements, I realised I had a problem.
Pro-Israel supporters attack pro-Palestinian encampment at University of California
Eyewitness videos showed people wielding sticks or poles to hammer on wooden boards being used as makeshift barricades to protect the pro-Palestinian protesters before police were called to the campus.
Florida’s ‘extreme’ abortion ban takes effect, fear for women
Health care workers are prevented from performing abortions on nonviable pregnancies until they become deadly.
Cold War warrior Tony Abbott takes the good fight to Canada
The former prime minister has landed yet another plum think tank role, this time with Canada’s Macdonald Laurier Institute.
Home buyers’ inflation pain almost double the official rate
When the ABS factored interest rates into its cost-of-living index, working people paying off mortgages endured the worst inflation.
‘It’s not job done’: PM promises more action on DV to come
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese rejects the suggestion women were let down by yesterday’s announcement of a suite of policies to tackle domestic violence.
Did woke culture really kill the sitcom?
Jerry Seinfeld claims that the “extreme left” is to blame for the death of comedy on TV – but is he right?
The Scoop
AFL 2024
The footy flop that was ‘borderline embarrassing’
One round-seven performance left rival players bewildered by how poor it was, with some big names under fire.
Nudity and death stares: 10 things we’ll never understand about Germany
Germany has a lot going for it as a travel destination, but some of its cultural habits will make travellers scratch their heads in bemusement.
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Crime
Detainee’s ankle monitor removed on govt experts’ advice before alleged assault
A former immigration detainee accused of a violent assault during a home invasion had his ankle monitor removed following advice from a board of experts.
So how much is your Perth property worth now?
New data released by CoreLogic shows property prices increasing for the 15th month running, with overall values up $78,000 since the trough last January.
Drug driver admits killing woman in horrific freeway crash
Abbey Sheriff, pictured, was killed when Evie Butterworth drove high on drugs at speeds of up to 188km/h.
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Defamation
‘He won’t buy a ticket on the Titanic’: Sharaz retreats from Reynolds case
Lawyers for Brittany Higgins’ fiancé David Sharaz have declared he can no longer fight WA senator Linda Reynolds’ Titanic defamation action.
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Violence
WA police union calls for sweeping anti-knife laws
The premier has given the strongest indication yet that he will commit to laws allowing police to use metal-detecting wands in a wide range of public places.
Politics
More than 170 countries want to reduce plastic globally. A handful are stalling
Australia is attempting to help a global push to end plastic pollution before it outweighs the biomass of the world’s fish by the year 2050. But other countries have different ambitions.
Business
Refunds up in the air as Bonza leaves passengers grounded
Administrators Hall Chadwick confirmed late on Wednesday that the airline was not currently positioned to issue refunds after it entered administration on Tuesday.
World
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Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Supporters of Palestine, Israel in violent clashes at UCLA as uni protests spread
Unrest at UCLA comes a day after police in riot gear stormed New York’s Columbia University, which has become the centre of America’s student uprising over the war in Gaza.
Opinion
Where is the urgency? Action to protect women is too slow
David Crowe
Chief political correspondent
WA’s gas shortage is a joke – at the public’s expense
Mark Ogge
Principal advisor, Australia Institute
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Property
Global shock, rate rises only way to stop Perth’s runaway home prices
New data released by CoreLogic shows property prices increasing for the 15th month running, with overall values up $78,000 since the trough last January.
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Population
The Perth suburbs where deaths of residents outnumber births
Perth’s local born population is shrinking. Use our interactive graphic to find out how your suburb is doing.
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Social media
A New Year’s Eve video shows a sea of phones. At midnight, no one hugs or kisses
A video of the New Year’s Eve countdown at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris shows a sea of phones. When midnight hits, no one hugs or kisses.
Gary Nunn
Contributor
Culture
The good TV shows you missed in the deluge of streaming
There’s always a buzzy new show demanding your attention, while scores of series previously on your radar are washed away. Here are the shows you may have missed.
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Sport
Sports minister raised World Cup final in phone call to rugby boss
Rugby officials have been warned the Victorian government expects an elite rugby union team to play in the state, with the future of the Melbourne Rebels to be decided on Friday as ministers weigh up a bid to stage the 2027 Rugby World Cup final.
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AFL 2024
‘Forgiveness is not working’: Bartel uncomfortable with potential Thomas return
Essendon coach Brad Scott said his former North Melbourne player Tarryn Thomas is “a good person”, despite having made “some terrible mistakes”. But Jimmy Bartel would be “incredibly uncomfortable” to see Thomas back on an AFL list.
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ICC Men’s World Cup
No room for ‘really exciting’ Fraser-McGurk in T20 World Cup squad
Despite glowing praise from chairman of selectors George Bailey, exciting white-ball tyro Jake Fraser-McGurk missed Australia’s Twenty20 World Cup squad.
Money Talks
AFL 2024
$800,000 for Zurhaar? The players and clubs who will be key to AFL’s silly season
Richmond, Western Bulldogs and North Melbourne are among seven clubs that loom as major movers and shakers in this year’s player movement sweepstakes.
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AFL 2024
‘Every day I wish I could take it all back’: Finlayson’s shame over homophobic slur
What happened 26 nights ago against Essendon at the Adelaide Oval was, says Jeremy Finlayson, a moment in time he cannot fully explain and one that still keeps him awake at night.
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Domestic violence
AFL to observe a moment’s silence to honour the victims of violence against women
All AFL players, coaches and umpires will observe a moment’s silence in a statement honouring the victims of violence against women in this weekend’s round of AFL games.
Blues’ fatal flaw exposed ahead of Magpies blockbuster
Carlton may have the firepower to engineer a barrage of goals, but it’s when they don’t have the ball that has them in trouble.
Have Your Say
Nine years after Luke Keary stared down Russell Crowe, others at Souths are doing the same
The departure of coach Jason Demetriou is merely a subplot in a bigger power play at the Rabbitohs.
Andrew Webster
Chief Sports Writer
