Perth
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Mount Lawley
Meet the inner-city Perth wine bar with serious fine-dining pedigree
Good times, good wines, good prices: this Beaufort Street hangout run by two hospitality veterans nails the wine bar trifecta.
- by Max Veenhuyzen
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Missing person
Perth GP’s disappearance a mystery as family learn she was never hiking on Bibbulmun Track
Nathalie Casal, 71, told family and friends she was setting off hiking with a group in December last year. Her family now say that was a “white lie” and their mother has not been seen since.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
Opinion
AFL 2024
The AFL must adapt or die. Here’s where to start
With a massive broadcast rights deal in the rearview mirror and private equity money pouring into sports worldwide, the time for AFL action is now.
- by Matthew Pavlich
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Marine life
Mass casualties: 160 whales in beach stranding in WA’s south-west
More than 100 pilot whales have become stranded on a beach near Dunsborough on Thursday morning.
- by Sarah Brookes and Heather McNeill
There’s a reason so many Perth foodies wish their local shops resembled Bicton Central
Alongside respected seafood supplier Fins’ new shop, the precinct will be welcoming Venn Bicton, a specialty coffee outlet selling its own beans in bulk alongside great bagels and coffee.
- by Max Veenhuyzen
Parts of Perth are more crowded than Berlin and Paris. Find out how dense your suburb is
Perth has recorded the largest increase in population over the past 20 years in Australia, while also clocking the highest portion of detached houses of any capital.
- by Sarah Brookes
Love and relationships on the streets of Perth
In this new series, we get to know the people of Perth, their lives, and the issues that are important to them from love to marriage, parenthood, careers, achievements and more.
- by Mark Naglazas
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Courts
Trial begins for Perth man accused of bludgeoning pregnant lover to death
A man accused of bludgeoning the mother of his unborn baby to death with a hammer allegedly killed her because she would not have an abortion, a jury has heard.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
Opinion
Radio
Anger, conspiracies, insults – and that’s just the pollies. Why I put Basil on the air (and keep bringing him back)
A weekly segment with Perth Lord Mayor Basil Zempilas would make for great radio, I thought. Who could have foreseen the ensuing outrage from our state’s political class?
- by Gary Adshead