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The Reporter podcast: Finding Bogucki
The inside story of the extraordinary rescue of Robert Bogucki in the Australian desert.
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Trashed Perth house sells for $100,000 over asking price
Just when you thought Perth’s property market couldn’t get any hotter, a trashed home abandoned by its owners has sold for a premium … with bonus bong included.
Public help track down teens after stabbing near Perth shopping centre
Two 16-year-olds will appear in Perth’s Children’s Court on Monday charged with armed robbery and grievous bodily harm.
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War
WA nurse in Gaza: Smell of blood is unbearable as bodies lie everywhere
Broome nurse Rebecca Smith speaks from Gaza, where she is volunteering in a hospital packed with dead and injured women and children after heavy bombings.
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WA news live
‘Lighten up, mate’: Pauline Hanson refuses to remove Irwin cartoon
Speaking in Perth, the One Nation leader has told Robert Irwin to “lighten up, mate”, after he threatened to sue the producers of her political cartoon series. Follow our live coverage here.
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LoadingForeign homebuyers spend millions in Perth amid calls for surcharge rethink
Buyers from Asia spent more than $5 billion purchasing real estate in Australia last year, but only 5 per cent of that investment was in Perth.
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Political leadership
Dutton edges ahead as voters thump Labor on economy
Peter Dutton has gained a narrow lead over Anthony Albanese as preferred prime minister.
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Aviation
Lost guns, damaged planes: Qantas’ slew of complaints to ground handler revealed
Employees at a major ground handling service have made at least one error a day on Qantas flights this month, including damaging planes and mishandling firearms.
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Courts
‘Where’s Costello when you need him?’ Lehrmann faces media outside court
Former Liberal Party staffer Bruce Lehrmann has arrived at Toowoomba Magistrates Court for a committal hearing over allegations he raped a woman twice in 2021.
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Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Black Star Pastry baristas wore keffiyehs to work. The next day they were sacked
The high-end bakery known for its viral watermelon cake is facing a discrimination claim after two workers were sacked for wearing keffiyehs to a shift.
Perth to host top women’s soccer stars in exclusive tournament
In a major sport and tourism coup, Perth is set to host some of Australia’s top women’s soccer players in an exclusive, first-of-its-kind event later this year.
Australia has to stand up for itself against China: Joyce
Nationals MP Barnaby Joyce has declared China can take its pandas back if the superpower decides to escalate tensions.
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Animal rights
Animal-loving Brits outraged after officer uses police car to knock down cow
The officer has been removed from frontline duties after footage of the incident was shared on social media in a country world-renowned for its love of animals.
Does chicken soup really fix a cold?
From dosing up on vitamin C to starving a fever, many of us still turn to old beliefs when we’re feeling unwell. Are any of them supported by evidence, and if so, which ones?
John Farnham makes rare public appearance since cancer surgery
Farnham appeared at his son’s wedding celebrations and is pictured in family photos posted to social media.
Coffee is linked to an increased risk of anxiety. Here’s how to cope
If your morning latte is leaving you feeling anxious, health experts have some advice.
Dutch tourist missing on Greek island found dead
A week after the body of British TV doctor Michael Mosley was found, a 74-year-old man has died after hiking alone on the Greek island of Samos.
THE PEOPLE OF PERTH
Dumplings, FOMO and minding your teas and queues: Your Perth dim sum guide
Assemble some friends and clear a weekend morning: one of the world’s great brunching rituals awaits.
Review
Canton Lane serves some of Perth’s finest dim sum from inside a suburban shopping centre
Yes there will be a queue on weekends, but the quality of chef Alvin Ooi’s cooking is worth waiting for.
Western Australia
Flood alert for some WA regions as nation shivers
Two Western Australian regions are bracing for floods, with heavy rain forecast for the start of the week and communities warned to stock up on essentials in case they become isolated.
Perth man charged with the manslaughter of his girlfriend’s son
Police allege Cassidy James Johnstone assaulted Levi Mippy when he was an eight-month-old baby, leaving him with catastrophic injuries that led to his death more than a decade later.
Cook calls on private sector to suggest government land best for housing
Premier Roger Cook says “it’s personal” in the battle to supplement Perth’s increasing housing crisis.
Highways in the sky: The Perth suburbs set to cop more plane noise
Plans for a new Perth Airport runway clearing the final hurdle means new flight paths – and some suburbs experiencing aircraft noise for the first time ever.
Housing crisis relief on the way in Bentley
A WA church is using its vacant properties to help ease the state’s housing crisis, giving people without a chance of entering the rental market a fresh start.
Politics
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Political leadership
Dutton ahead as voters thump Labor on economy
Peter Dutton has gained a narrow lead over Anthony Albanese as preferred prime minister after a significant shift in his favour during disputes on climate, immigration and the economy.
Business
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Aviation
Lost guns, damaged planes: Qantas’ slew of complaints to ground handler revealed
Employees at a major ground handling service have made at least one error a day on Qantas flights this month, including damaging planes and mishandling firearms.
World
Russian friendly nations join Australia in calling for ‘lasting peace in Ukraine’
Eighty countries used a peace summit in Switzerland to call for the territorial integrity of Ukraine to be the basis for any future agreement to end Russia’s two-year war.
Opinion
Yes, pandas are adorable. But they can’t hide national differences
Matthew Knott
National correspondent
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Property
The magic number that tips the rental market in tenants’ favour
Experts say it’s been years since the market has favoured renters, and it would take years of high vacancy rates to reverse the rental crisis.
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Renting
Perth now one of hardest cities in the world to find a rental
Exclusive data shows Perth has one of the most diabolical rental vacancy rates in the developed world – but there are signs the situation may be about to ease.
Good Food
Lifestyle
Analysis
Gadgets
We tried the $2000 baby tech dividing parents
We road-test the controversial Snoo smart bassinet: how much tech is too much for your baby?
Opinion
Chicken
I’m fed up with food labels that come with a side-serve of guilt
Jo Stubbings
Writer and reviewer
Culture
Moviegoers are vanishing. But where are they going?
Cinema revenues are collapsing, and Australia is no exception. But that doesn’t mean we’ve fallen out of love with the movies.
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Sport
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US Open
The agonising moment on final hole when McIlroy lost the US Open
The Northern Irishman bogeyed his last hole by missing a par putt from about four feet. It handed the lead to Bryson DeChambeau, who sealed victory minutes later.
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AFL 2024
Ignore their ladder positions, here’s why the Roos and Pies just played out the best game of 2024
The most compelling thing from Sunday’s game was that North Melbourne, of all teams, got nine goals up on last year’s premiers and did it in a thrilling, authoritative fashion.
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Executive shake-up
Former AFL boss Gillon McLachlan appointed Tabcorp CEO
McLachlan stepped down from the AFL last year and recently signed as a senior advisor for Blackstone, the US private equity owner of Crown Resorts.
De Minaur wins Dutch grasscourt title to hit a new high ahead of Wimbledon
Alex de Minaur has started his grasscourt season in style, capturing his ninth ATP title ahead of Wimbledon and catapulting to a career-high world ranking of No.7.
How Australia’s swimmers compare to the rest of the world ahead of Olympics
Is the Australian swimming team heading to Paris as good as is being advertised? Here’s a look at the early numbers.
Perth to host top women’s soccer stars in exclusive tournament
In a major sport and tourism coup, Perth is set to host some of Australia’s top women’s soccer players in an exclusive, first-of-its-kind event later this year.
Analysis
AFL 2024
The votes are in, the winner decided. Footy’s best decade is...
A dozen experts voted on the decade they thought was the pinnacle beginning with the 1970s, through to today.
Have Your Say
‘It was a brutal task’: How Gordon Bray picked 15 Wallabies ‘Immortals’ from 125 years of rugby history
The “Voice of Rugby”″ has been calling the game for almost 50 years. It didn’t make it any easier to nominate 15 Australian Immortals.
