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Police
Police to get sweeping search powers under new WA anti-knife legislation
WA Police will be given sweeping powers to search people for knives in public under legislation modelled on Queensland’s “Jack’s Law”.
Shadow treasurer flips script on Dutton’s immigration cuts
Angus Taylor stated a different net overseas migration target to Peter Dutton’s announcement last week.
Analysis
Home loans
Have property prices peaked for now? These factors suggest so
Weakness could emerge in Australian house prices in the second half of 2024 with the RBA potentially keeping interest rates on hold.
Robert Baharian
Subiaco’s heritage-listed theatre to get revamp under $78m apartment plan
Subiaco’s 87-year-old heritage-listed Art Deco theatre will receive a refresh as part of a $78 million apartment redevelopment earmarked for Hay Street.
Clock ticking for BHP as $64 billion bid deadline looms
The resources giant has until 2am on Thursday morning, Australian time, to increase its bid for rival miner Anglo American, issue a formal binding offer, or walk away.
Updated
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Norway, Ireland and Spain are formally recognising Palestine as a state
“There cannot be peace in the Middle East if there is no recognition,” the Norwegian prime minister said.
‘All of a sudden I was on the roof’: Australian recounts Singapore Airlines terror
A Singapore Airlines flight from London to Singapore hit severe turbulence on Tuesday, with eight of the more than 50 Australians on board in hospital.
Opinion
Employment
We’re in a vaudeville economy where bad news is good news
There’s a good chance that there’s enough bad news around on family finances that the government handouts won’t push up interest rates.
Chris Richardson
Economist
‘We are devastated’: Australian mother’s incomprehensible grief after murder of two-year-old son
The mother of a child killed by his father in Lismore says the toddler should have been able to trust the man who took his life.
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Courts
A WA father’s violence cut his daughter’s life short. He will now walk free
When Teagen Ferguson was just a toddler, her father inflicted on her such catastrophic injuries that she eventually died at 18 years old.
Opinion
Social media
I don’t let my Perth students have phones at school. It’s time others followed suit
While our premier has joined other states’ calls for an enforced age limit on social media, there is no doubt society has left it quite late.
Belinda Provis
Principal, All Saints' College
More young people than ever identify as LGBTQ. But is it easier to be queer today?
What’s it like to grow up queer in modern times? Three Gen Z Australians share their stories.
Bodybuilder sentenced to 30 years for murdering girlfriend
Sven Lindemann, who shrugged off the attempts of a 10-year-old girl to save her mother as he stabbed her to death, has been jailed.
After five weeks of explosive testimony, Trump won’t take the stand
In an astonishing own goal, the defence team made a last-minute decision to call New York lawyer Robert Costello to testify.
Australia’s most far-flung and freakishly scenic archipelago
I’ve been advised to “duel to the death” for a window seat on this “cinematic” flight to this little-known Australian territory.
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Review
Chris Hemsworth steals the show in this ambitious addition to Mad Max saga
George Miller’s action sequences in Furiosa, the most expensive Australian film ever, are as exhilarating as ever.
Opinion
Indigenous
The number of Indigenous AFL players has plunged from 87 to 71. It’s going to get worse
John Evans
Pro Vice-Chancellor of Indigenous engagement
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Aviation
I flew that Singapore route for decades. Here’s why it gets rough at this time of year
David Evans
Former Qantas captain
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THE PEOPLE OF PERTH
HBF Run For a Reason 2024: In Pictures
Thousands of people converged in Perth on Sunday to run for charity.
In pictures: Oasis Ball 2024
The Oasis Ball was held at Crown on Friday and celebrated WA’s advertising and communications industry, while raising money for The Oasis Project.
Western Australia
‘Trying to save the planet’: Cook wants line of sight on WA’s gas guzzlers
As climate groups deride his government’s pro-gas stance, the premier is giving thought to how to hold WA’s international gas customers to account on climate.
Perth’s housing crisis deepens as land supply falls and prices rise
There are just 617 blocks of land for sale in Perth, the lowest number since 2006.
Burglaries, stealing, drug taking, but former immigration detainee is released again
Kimbengere Gosoge is the first immigration detainee to be sentenced for breaching the conditions of his release from detention last year.
Labor’s backing for gas growth ‘not like the Coalition’, minister says
The federal government doubles down on its support for increased gas production, with Resources Minister Madeleine King labelling calls for no large new gas projects “useless”.
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WA courts
‘It appears we’re heading to trial’: Reynolds, Higgins, Sharaz fail to reach peace deal in defamation row
A West Australian judge adjourned a second attempt to reach agreement, three hours after the parties met.
Politics
Analysis
Political leadership
Who really runs the country? The secret roles of Albanese’s ministers
Anthony Albanese’s ministers have portfolios – they also have other roles: confidantes, influencers, attack dogs. And some are more equal than others.
Business
Clock ticking for BHP as $64 billion bid deadline looms
The resources giant has until 2am on Thursday morning, Australian time, to increase its bid for rival miner Anglo American, issue a formal binding offer, or walk away.
World
After five weeks of explosive testimony, Trump won’t take the stand
In an astonishing own goal, the defence team made a last-minute decision to call brash New York lawyer Robert Costello to testify.
Opinion
I don’t let my Perth students have phones at school. It’s time others followed
Belinda Provis
Principal, All Saints' College
The number of Indigenous AFL players has plunged from 87 to 71. It’s going to get worse
John Evans
Pro Vice-Chancellor of Indigenous engagement
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Property
The once-affordable Perth suburbs no longer an option for the average couple
More than 50 suburbs across Perth are no longer affordable for the average working couple – including one in the City of Armadale.
Opinion
Planning
The big brown stain on the WA government’s housing efforts
Labor huffed and puffed about remedying the previous government’s inaction before demolishing the Brownlie Towers housing complex in 2019.
Gary Adshead
Journalist
Good Food
Lifestyle
‘You fail to meet your calcium needs’: Where this general manager’s diet falls short
Marty McCaig is behind Byron Bay’s hottest hotel. Here, he shares his day on a plate.
Culture
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Chris Hemsworth steals the show in this ambitious addition to Mad Max saga
George Miller’s action sequences in Furiosa, the most expensive Australian film ever, are as exhilarating as ever.
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AFL 2024
Magpie De Goey out of Dockers clash due to ‘fresh injury’
Collingwood have introduced two players with sporting pedigrees to make their debut on Friday night with Jordan De Goey to miss against Fremantle.
Why sprinting with a roaring 30kg chainsaw is just all part of this game
Australia’s top woodchopping athletes will contest the World Trophy in Milan this weekend, armed with axes and saws of all varieties.
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AFL 2024
Thomas to be barred from football if fresh charges are proven
Sacked North Melbourne footballer Tarryn Thomas was charged by police on Tuesday for alleged harassment and breaching a court order.
NFL considering Australia as host for a regular-season game
The NFL has confirmed Australia is one of the markets being considered to host a match in the near future as the league expands its reach outside America.
Swans star Parker suspended for six weeks after ugly VFL collision
The VFL tribunal found Luke Parker had failed in his duty of care in a challenge that left an opponent with facial fractures and concussion.
The WA kid with a booming kick set to be top pick in the mid-season draft
Meet Jasper Scaife, the forward with an infamous work ethic whose WAFL coach thinks he has such a booming kick he could be a punter in the NFL if he doesn’t make it in Aussie rules footy.
Sam Kerr finally ruled out of Olympics – five months after knee injury
The Matildas had been bizarrely reluctant to speak definitively about her chances – until Tuesday, when coach Tony Gustavsson unveiled his squad for their upcoming friendlies against China.
Have Your Say
Parramatta’s shambolic attempt to sign Bennett exposes what’s wrong with the club
They weren’t late to the party to sign the supercoach. They weren’t in the same hemisphere.
Andrew Webster
Chief Sports Writer
