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Why you won’t find this woman’s name on the list of domestic violence murders

CCTV captures Nyaparu’s attacker following her in Perth’s CBD.

Her partner pleaded guilty to doing “an act as a result of which the life, health or safety” of his victim “was likely to be endangered”.

Gary Adshead
Gary Adshead

Journalist

Your five-minute guide to the budget winners and losers

Treasurer Rita Saffioti has used her first-ever budget to address the key issues facing the state. So, how did you fare?

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WA budget

WA refuses to admit it has a spending problem

Most of WA’s increased spend is demand-driven thanks to roaring population growth placing pressure on housing, education and health budgets.

Karen at Hank’s Corner in North Perth

Dullsville? Hardly: Perth people share the city they know

Think Perth is quiet? You just need to know where to go. Here are some Perth punters who can definitely give you some inspiration for what to do this weekend.

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Brilliant prawn noodles, supple chicken rice, and deep-fried milk at Hey Hawker

Deeply savoury prawn noodle soup ($16) .

Brilliant prawn noodles, supple chicken rice, an intriguing deep-fried milk dessert masquerading as an appetizer.

Rape charges against Perth bikie Troy Mercanti dropped

A woman who claimed Troy Mercanti assaulted and raped her after a night out in Northbridge has withdrawn her accusations, forcing the police to drop the charges.

Australia, let’s have more babies, says Jim Chalmers

Treasurer Jim Chalmers prepares for his first budget in 2022 with children Jack (left), Annabel and Leo.

Australians are having fewer children with the fertility rate tumbling. The treasurer says people should think about having more kids.

If Chalmers gets the budget wrong, interest rate rises may kill his government

Jim Chalmers, delivering his third federal budget, faces his toughest challenge yet.

For Treasurer Jim Chalmers, this budget is existential.

Shane Wright
Shane Wright

Senior economics correspondent

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GDP

The economy’s just the means to an end. So, are we getting our money’s worth?

We think buying more stuff will make us happier and, at first, it does. But the thrill wears off.

Ross Gittins
Ross Gittins

Economics Editor

2024 state budget

Metronet costs balloon by $700 million as state pays to get people moving

The cost of Metronet has blown out - again.

Stage one of the Labor government’s flagship Metronet project climbed $2 billion in 2023 alone, taking the total cost of the network to around $11.5 billion.

Stormy Daniels clashes with Trump’s lawyer over her account of sex with former president

Stormy Daniels recounted having sex with Donald Trump in a hotel room.

In a combative few hours of cross-examination in the hush money trial, Trump’s lawyers sought to portray the former porn star as a promiscuous extortionist.

Netanyahu says US threat won’t prevent Gaza offensive

Benjamin Netanyahu at a wreath-laying ceremony marking Holocaust Remembrance Day at Yad Vashem, the World Holocaust Remembrance Centre, in Jerusalem on Monday.

The Israeli PM’s comments indicate he might proceed with an invasion of the packed city of Rafah against the wishes of Israel’s closest ally.

Musk widens legal fight with Australia

Elon Musk’s company has launched a case in the Administrative Appeals Tribunal to test the merits of the eSafety Commissioner’s order to remove church stabbing videos.

Left: Scott Griffiths and Steph Costa. Right: Belinda Dickinson.

The cozzie-livs life hack saving some $40,000-plus a year

From young professionals to grey nomads, more people are bouncing rent-free between strangers’ homes. Indeed, for some it’s a lifestyle choice.

‘I used to be a snob’: Joel Edgerton on his return to TV in twisty thriller Dark Matter

Joel Edgerton, with his Ernest Hemingway beard, at the premiere of Dark Matter in Los Angeles.

During lockdown, the Australian actor watched so much television, he realised he wanted to be back on the small screen.

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Air travel

When you shouldn’t (and definitely should) use headphones when travelling

When should air travellers wear headphones or take them out? Etiquette and travel experts weigh in.

Natalie B. Compton
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Western Australia

The letter sent by a concerned parent at Rossmoyne SHS.

Read the letter sent about radicalised schoolboy before stabbing attack

A letter from a parent dated April 3 claims a year 11 boy was trying to convert younger students to Islam through controversial videos screened in the school’s prayer room.

Can WA’s drought-ravaged forests survive this year’s prescribed burns program?

Dying trees are evident in the jarrah forests in WA.

In coming weeks, the DBCA will start torching 200,000 hectares of the state to boost our defences in the face of increasing bushfires.

AFR to cut print in WA after Seven’s ‘abuse of power’

The print edition of The Australian Financial Review soon will be unavailable in Perth.

The Australian Financial Review will no longer have a physical edition in Perth after Kerry Stokes’ Seven West Media doubled the cost of printing the newspaper.

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Paramedic claims police ‘refused to attend’ WA death

St John paramedics have raised concerns about pleas for police to attend dangerous scenes being refused.

Police deny they were called ‘multiple times’ to attend a Dawesville scene where an alleged altercation between two men resulted in a death.

Rape charges against Perth bikie Troy Mercanti dropped

Troy Mercanti sporting a message for  Attorney General John Quigley on his way to a previous court appearance.

A woman who claimed Troy Mercanti assaulted and raped her after a night out in Northbridge has withdrawn her accusations, forcing the police to drop the charges.

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Earnings season showed the big four banks experienced a fall in profits and the themes were remarkably similar.
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CBA lowers the curtain on a profit season banks would rather forget

This season was not one that banks will be crowing about – all experienced a fall in profits and the themes were remarkably similar.

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Property

The Crown tower penthouse apartment.

Crown’s $90m sky home, languishing on the market, gets a $10m discount

Call it opulent, elevated, expensive – but the luxury home set high in Crown Resorts’ skyscraper can’t yet be called “sold”.

Tenants would have saved $3.8 billion across all capital cities if rents had been frozen last year, data show.

Australian renters would be nearly $4b better off under a rent freeze

Tenants would have saved as much as $3000 over the 12 months to March, and proponents of a rent freeze say the cash would be life-changing.

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Banned: Wil Powell.
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AFL 2024

Powell’s social media posts revealed after homophobic slur

Perth-raised Gold Coast player Wil Powell used homophobic language online before abusing a Brisbane opponent last Sunday, as prominent gay rights advocate Ian Roberts called for the AFL to invest more into anti-vilification education.

Long-time Matildas goalkeeper Lydia Williams will retire from international football after the Paris Olympics.

‘I’ve sacrificed everything’: Lydia Williams to retire from Matildas

After two decades, 103 caps, five World Cups and six Asian Cups, the 35-year-old goalkeeper will bid farewell to the national team - after her third Olympics this year in Paris.

Carlton celebrates getting back on the winners’ list against Melbourne after consecutive losses to Geelong and Collingwood.

Blues get belief back, Dees pay price for sluggish start

Carlton and Melbourne played out another MCG thriller, and the narrow margin could have far-reaching consequences for the fate of both teams this season.

Nathan Lyon hobbled out to bat at Lord’s despite a calf injury that would rule him out for the rest of the Ashes series.

Lyon: We’d have won the Ashes 4-0 if I’d been fit

Nathan Lyon believes Australia would have won the 2023 Ashes series 4-0 if he hadn’t broken down with injury.

Melbourne and GWS clash in Alice Springs last year.

‘NT is ready’: Powerbrokers push for 20th AFL team

A Northern Territory club could join the AFL within a decade and play at a multipurpose 20,000-capacity stadium in Darwin, NT powerbrokers say.

Ben Cousins now has a role with Channel Seven.
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AFL 2024

Ben Cousins responds to hall of fame snub

Carlton make four changes ahead of a huge MCG clash; Mum’s the word as the Pies prepare for Mother’s Day at Marvel; and Ben Cousins speaks out on the hall of fame.

Jye Amiss against Richmond at the MCG.

My pleas for Amiss protection not a whinge, Longmuir insists

Fremantle coach Justin Longmuir says the key forward’s safety is being compromised by ongoing rough treatment.

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