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Wrong Skin podcast
Investigates an unsolved death and a missing person in the outback.
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Air accident
Iran president missing after helicopter crash
Interior Minister Ahmed Vahidi told state TV that rescue teams were having trouble reaching the site due to difficult weather and terrain.
Eat, sleep, move: How Rio keeps its miners happy in the remote Pilbara
A million meals, 75,000 flight passengers and sales of $4 billion: just another month in WA for the country’s largest iron ore producer.
Right patient, wrong surgery: WA’s shocking hospital bungles
Wrong meds, botched surgeries and “sentinel events”: WA’s health system has harboured a growth in clinical errors.
Opinion
Federal budget
How the budget was hijacked by a $300 cherry on the top
The energy rebate is a perfectly sensible device to hasten progress in getting inflation down to the target zone.
Ross Gittins
Economics Editor
Exclusive
Resolve Political Monitor
Voters favour deeper cuts to migration as Labor misses budget boost
As a bruising political fight over housing and congestion continues, polling shows half of all voters want more done to curb immigration.
Opinion
Political leadership
Dutton’s grim picture is close to reality, but his migration schtick isn’t the solution
In treating migration as his golden leadership goose, Peter Dutton is making a classic political mistake, which is to identify your strength and then over-emphasise it.
Sean Kelly
Columnist
Exclusive
Domestic violence
Police stormed in to arrest a violent DV offender. Another five minutes and they may have been too late
Police have completed a sweeping crackdown on domestic and family violence, targeting the state’s most dangerous offenders. This is an inside look at the raids.
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs admits beating singer Cassie, says he’s sorry
Security footage emerged over the weekend of the rapper beating his then-girlfriend and protégé in 2016. Combs has now released his own video, saying his actions were inexcusable.
MPs, staffers could face hefty fines, jail for not reporting assaults, harassment
Individuals could be jailed for up to 15 years or fined up to $3 million if they don’t act on a parliamentary employee’s complaint.
Give Bali a break: Nine amazing places you should visit instead
There are plenty of beach getaways that offer far more than the island we have all loved too much.
How does an $8.50 mascara compare to a $69 one? The truth about luxe beauty
We all love high-end beauty, with its slew of lush ingredients, but we also love a bargain that has cult status.
The insidious effect of the fabric in your favourite stretchy jeans
Do you think your clothing quality is declining? Fossil fuel fashion is on the rise, while climate change is impacting the quality of natural fibres.
Explainer
Healthcare
A big night out. A fall. A coma for three weeks. Then Fiona woke up
An “acute brain failure” jettisons a patient, their doctors and families into an anxious twilight zone. How aware is a person in a coma? And how are decisions made in the face of uncertainty?
Opinion
Hip pocket
Contemplating an EV? Here’s the buzz on the pros and cons
Electric vehicles are soaring in popularity, but “range anxiety” and fears over costs are preventing many drivers from making the switch.
Dominic Powell
Money Editor
Qantas, Virgin backflip on support for airline customer ombudsman
Australia’s biggest airlines are inching towards support for a customer ombudsman that would deal with passenger complaints and compensation claims.
THE PEOPLE OF PERTH
HBF Run For a Reason 2024: In Pictures
Thousands of people converged in Perth on Sunday to run for charity.
Inside the next chapter at cult Perth wine bar
A familiar face returns to the influential William Street wine bar while a special guest is coming to Perth to launch the new Sunday lunch.
Western Australia
Charges laid over stabbing of sleeping homeless man on St Georges Terrace
It will be alleged the accused approached the victim and stabbed him twice in the back as he lay defenceless in his sleeping bag.
Perth carer admits leaving autistic man in hot car during heatwave
Tze Wing Tam had cared for Jefferson Do for eight years and was highly thought of by his family when he left him for hours inside a car on a sweltering January day.
Second man charged with murder over Safety Bay stabbing
A 50-year-old man has been accused of stabbing a 30-year-old man to death in a Safety Bay home two weeks ago. A 46-year-old man was also earlier charged over the same incident.
Community gathers for meeting in Broome – and a warning
Climate change will transform the country’s health system, northern Australia and the cattle industry, experts have warned.
Review
Perth
Storied chef brings Spanish polish to inner-city precinct
Drop in for croquettas, chorizo and other tapas and pintxos classics or make a night of it with bold, modern Spanish cooking prepared by a chef’s chef.
Politics
Exclusive
Bills
One click to save hundreds as new power price ruling set for release
Chris Bowen wants to stop energy companies slugging households and businesses with a loyalty tax on their power bills.
Business
Opinion
Federal budget
How the budget was hijacked by a $300 cherry on the top
The energy rebate is a perfectly sensible device to hasten progress in getting inflation down to the target zone.
Ross Gittins
Economics Editor
World
Is the gold mime spying on us? In Pakistan, it’s not a strange question
In Pakistan, where people live in fear of powerful security services, conspiracy theories have long been embraced. Did you know Osama Bin Laden was Jewish?
Opinion
Why Israel is losing the PR war
Parnell Palme McGuinness
Columnist and communications adviser
Explore
Property
Exclusive
Cladding crisis
High hopes, low quality: special levies and repairs plague apartment owners
Cracks, leaks, and cladding – there are hidden dangers in Australia’s new apartments, and it’s costing owners thousands.
The Perth suburbs where it’s cheaper to buy a home now than a year ago
Buyers across more than a dozen Perth suburbs from the coast to the hills can spend less on a house today.
Good Food
Lifestyle
The most fashionable new shopfront has a twist: It isn’t a store at all
Brands are offering customers more intimate, “secret” retail experiences that feel more like visiting someone’s house for tea than a trip to the shops.
Culture
‘I belong in every room I’m in’: The Bridgerton creator on what drives her self-belief
Shonda Rhimes was told to “just make the shows you want to make”. No one was expecting it to be the hugely successful Regency period drama.
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‘You wrote the rules, you idiots’: Inside Australia’s dressing-room reaction to Bairstow stumping
Australia’s immediate debrief in the aftermath of the controversial Jonny Bairstow stumping and a flurry of abuse in the Lord’s Long Room, is revealed by the latest season of the Amazon Prime documentary.
Fraser-McGurk to be reserve
Jake Fraser-McGurk is likely to be a travelling reserve for Australia at the T20 World Cup.
AFL 2024 round 10 LIVE
Follow along for all the major moments and post game reactions for the AFL Sunday games.
NRL 2024 LIVE
The Warriors were walking wounded at one point only to roll the reigning premiers in a gutsy upset.
AFL Briefing
AFL 2024
Longmuir, Lyon defend clash
Michael Frederick was concussed after a big hit in a marking contest on Saturday.
Eagles brace themselves for giant Gawn challenge
Melbourne ruckman Max Gawn looms as the most imposing and daunting figure for West Coast.
Fever still undefeated after thrilling Thunderbirds win
The Fever notched six of the first seven goals of the fourth quarter to snatch the game on Saturday night.
Have Your Say
‘You wrote the rules, you idiots’: Inside Australia’s dressing-room reaction to Bairstow stumping
Australia’s immediate debrief in the aftermath of the controversial Jonny Bairstow stumping and a flurry of abuse in the Lord’s Long Room, is revealed by the latest season of the Amazon Prime documentary.
