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91 Days Later: Minister and Zempilas in war of words over Perth night space
The blame game over Ruah’s safe night space for women has been reignited, with the city’s lord mayor claiming it’s now been closed longer on the state’s watch.
‘Life-changing’ WA education disability supporter faces chop
Developmental Disability WA emailed its more than 5000 members on Wednesday afternoon stating it had just lost most of its Department of Social Services funding.
Perth’s new median house price smashes record as new listings tank
The market is rising thanks to plummeting listings as well as a high proportion of investors naming Perth over Sydney and Melbourne as the best place to buy.
Three Things I Love: Perth’s most professional adrenaline junkie shares his secrets
Jeff Robson leverages his work training professionals around the world to indulge the most dangerous of passions. Here’s how he works, rests and plays in Perth.
Review
Margaret River
It’s a hat! New venue brings big-night-out fireworks to Margaret River
The second hat has been awarded to a WA restaurant! This one has a deep focus on local ingredients, a thrilling drinks program – and one of 2024’s most extraordinary desserts.
Phone taps, diaries and a personals ad with ‘love’: Chris Dawson’s tangled web
On March 27, 1982, a 15-word ad appeared in a Sydney newspaper, urging “Lyn” to call “Chris”. The author had already murdered her, a judge found.
Opinion
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
When you force people into a ‘safe zone’ then bomb it, ‘whoops’ doesn’t quite cut it
What happens you instruct a million people to go to a tiny area, then bomb that place? Melting bodies. Netanyahu can’t call the Rafah deaths a “tragedy” of hindsight.
Waleed Aly
Columnist, co-host of Ten's The Project and academic
The plan to save the Mona Lisa from crass crowds and Instagrammers
Jostling crowds have made viewing Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece one of Europe’s most disappointing experiences. Now there are moves to protect her from the hordes.
How the Olympics helped a generation of girls fall in love with skateboarding
Female skaters like 14-year-old Chloe Covell are inspiring more girls than ever get into skateboarding.
Giles says he’s using drones to track freed foreign criminals
Immigration Minister Andrew Giles’ claim comes as several caucus colleagues are privately discussing his future in the portfolio.
Nine board unites behind CEO Mike Sneesby
The board of Nine Entertainment has united behind its chief executive Mike Sneesby after a marathon board meeting on Thursday.
Wagon Wheel v Cart Wheel taste test: Are Aldi’s copycats even better than the real thing?
Similar names, similar packaging, but up to half the price. Good Food blind taste-tests popular chocolates against their imitators, with some surprising results.
Analysis
US Votes 2024
Trump’s air of confidence has vanished as jurors deliberate in hush-money case
The former US president has vehemently denied wrongdoing. Now 12 jurors will decide his fate.
‘This is women’s surfing’: A perfect 10 as history made at Teahupo’o
Women were banished from Teahupo’o for 15 years because it was deemed too dangerous. In heaving, two-metre waves on Thursday, the women dominated like never before.
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Review
Martin Freeman is back in the best, most intense police drama in years
Created and written by former police officer Tony Schumacher, The Responder returns for another compelling – if anxiety-inducing – season.
Opinion
Flexible working
Who’s going to win the return-to-office tug of war?
There’s a colossal battle happening right now in many workplaces across the country, pitting WFH employees against their office-obsessed bosses.
Tim Duggan
Careers contributor
You can experience more than one type of anxiety. Here are tips to cope
There are many ways in which anxiety can manifest, and many people’s experiences don’t fit neatly into a category.
THE PEOPLE OF PERTH
They help kickstart our days, but what does it take to be a top barista?
Three masters of the espresso machine explain why it takes more than an excellent brew to make the perfect coffee shop experience.
Three things I love: Perth’s banh mi royalty share their day on a plate
Warning: after reading about a typical Saturday “food adventure” for Perth’s “banh mi king and queen” and their Mini-Me, your cravings will be uncontrollable.
Western Australia
Resources giants headed to court over $86 million bill
Shell has dragged resources giants Woodside and Paladin Resources to court after being lumped with an $86.5 million clean-up bill for the Northern Endeavour oil platform, claiming the bill should not be theirs.
WA farmers plan to flood freeways in stand against live export ban
Mitchell and Kwinana freeway and Stirling Highway commuters should prepare for added congestion Friday morning as #keepthesheep campaigners head to Elizabeth Quay.
Fatima Payman resigns from parliamentary committees after ‘genocide’ comments
The Labor Senator accused Israel of conducting a genocide in Gaza used the controversial “river to the sea” chant in a dramatic intervention.
WA as it happened May 30: WA Day Festival cancelled again; Barry Cable pleads not guilty
Follow our live coverage here.
Woman who ran Albany family day care charged with rape of young boy
A 61-year-old woman has been charged by police who allege she abused a boy aged four and five years old who was in her care in the 1990s.
Politics
Labor Senator resigns from committees after ‘genocide’ comments
The Labor Senator accused Israel of conducting a genocide in Gaza used the controversial “river to the sea” chant in a dramatic intervention.
Business
Opinion
Company mergers
BHP walks after Anglo breaks off the engagement
Anglo American’s refusal to engage with BHP forced the world’s largest miner to abandon its $74 billion mega-deal.
Stephen Bartholomeusz
Senior business columnist
World
An image calling for ‘All Eyes on Rafah’ is going viral, but it seems AI-generated
More than 40 million Instagram users have shared this graphic to their stories using a user-generated template.
Opinion
Why ABC chiefs should back Laura Tingle for calling out racism
Giri Sivaraman
Race discrimination commissioner
Explore
Property
Cashed-up buyers wanted for Perth $75 million Chinese-style mansion
With more than 80 rooms, this “eastern wonder of the southern hemisphere” promises to be a steal, with estimates it will go at a sliver of the building price.
Jumbo rent rises tipped in Perth due to 12-month limit on increases
One property analyst says the rental crisis is largely the fault of rising taxes combined with failed government policies and interference in the free market.
Good Food
Lifestyle
Opinion
Trends
Forget skinny jeans, Gen Z are now coming for our socks
Ankle socks are the latest fashion item to be cancelled by Gen Z. What’s a Millennial to do?
Jenna Guillaume
Opinion
Parenting
I regularly travel for work. Why do people keep asking who’s looking after my child?
Melissa Singer
National fashion editor
Culture
Street artist wins Archibald Packing Room Prize for Baker Boy portrait
Matt Adnate painted the ARIA winner using 90 per cent spray paint. Also, the 57 finalists competing for the main Archibald Prize have been announced.
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Opinion
AFL 2024
Forget the contract, Max King must leave the Saints
The St Kilda forward is at a crucial moment in his career and needs to start asking the hard questions about his future.
Kane Cornes
AFL columnist
AFL Briefing
AFL 2024
Lyon wants more transparency; Dons avoid virus chaos; Saint goes from farm to the big time
Ross Lyon and Sam Mitchell have very different views on umpire coaches speaking with umpires during breaks in play, while St Kilda’s newest player had a life-changing night on Wednesday.
Updated
AFL 2024
Alastair Clarkson cleared following AFL investigation
The North Melbourne coach has been cleared of directing profanities at an umpire, following an AFL investigation.
Every player picked in the 2024 AFL mid-season draft
Tasmanian teenager and new North Melbourne player Geordie Payne was crowned the No.1 pick of the mid-season draft as one of 19 young men who found AFL homes on Wednesday night.
Updated
Super Rugby
Collapse of Rebels sparks legal battle, puts MCG World Cup final in doubt
Rugby Australia has shut down the Melbourne Rebels after 14 seasons, sparking a court battle with the consortium that planned to save the club and casting extreme doubt on the Victorian government’s commitment to hosting the 2027 World Cup final.
Exclusive
AFL 2024
Who is whispering in the umpire’s ear and why
The AFL has defended a system that allows umpires to receive feedback through an earpiece during matches.
Updated
AFL 2024
Clarkson investigated for verbal outburst
The AFL on Wednesday confirmed Alastair Clarkson was the subject of a probe for allegedly using “profane language” in reaction to an umpiring decision while coaching from the bench.
Have Your Say
Forget the medals and PBs, I want Olympic poetry and romance
Higher, faster and stronger is far from the whole story when it comes to the Olympic Games.
Peter FitzSimons
Columnist and author
