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Inside Gina Rinehart’s exclusive Seine cruise for Australia’s medal winners
It was party time for those who won medals - but the event was not attended by all athletes who made the podium.
Tokyo was meant to be the COVID Games. It’s far, far worse in Paris
Australian swimmer Lani Pallister said she cried when she saw a faint, second red line appear on her rapid antigen test.
Woodside punts $3.7 billion on US clean ammonia
Woodside’s switch to investing in America continues with the purchase of an under construction plant in Texas with low emission ambitions.
Universities say 14,000 jobs face axe as Labor’s ‘poll-driven’ crackdown bites
Universities in the Group of Eight, which includes the University of WA, say the government’s migration crackdown is already costing the sector dearly.
‘Parents are kicking in $200,000 or $1 million’: Home deposit gap widens
It can now take a dual-income couple almost a decade to save a deposit for their first home, but many buyers have another way.
Australia’s first Olympic champion ‘every inch a gentleman’
Edwin Flack won two events for Australia at the first modern Olympics in Athens in 1896.
‘I dared to dream’: Noemie Fox, like her sister, is an Olympic champion
Before the biggest race of Noemie’s life, sister Jess told her to “take it all the way”. So long in the shadow of her sibling, Noemie got her moment in the sun.
Crocodile attack victim identified as ‘incredible’ doctor, father of three
David Hogbin was on a camping trip with his family when he fell into a river. His wife says he saved her life in his final moments.
Opinion
World markets
Butterfly effect: What sparked the global market meltdown
We are being shown just how vulnerable to surprises financial markets are.
Stephen Bartholomeusz
Senior business columnist
Albanese will not expel ambassador to Iran
The prime minister has dodged questions on whether he will expel Iran’s ambassador to Australia, who tweeted that Israel was a “Zionist plague” and described Hamas’ commitment to the “wiping out” of Israel.
Opinion
US Votes 2024
Kamala Harris has just one route to power. Trump has two
Yes, Kamala-phoria has entranced the Democrats and re-energised the base. But Donald Trump is far from beaten.
Peter Hartcher
Political and international editor
Analysis
National security
The person keeping ASIO awake at night
Tensions triggered by the war in Gaza, which Australian intelligence officials say played a significant role in the new threat assessment, are ratcheting up the temperature.
He’s the charismatic leader who wanted to change Thailand. Now his party might be banished
Thailand’s reformist Move Forward Party and its charismatic figurehead won the most the seats in last year’s election, but were not allowed to govern.
He’s executive chef for Perth’s biggest pub. Here’s where he unwinds in (and outside) the city
This week, one of Perth’s most prominent executive chefs shares a few of his favourite things.
David Lynch says he has emphysema, may not direct again
The creator of Twin Peaks revealed that his condition leaves him only able to walk short distances before running out of breath, making directing nearly impossible.
Tokyo was meant to be the COVID Games. It’s far, far worse in Paris
Australian swimmer Lani Pallister said she cried when she saw a faint, second red line appear on her rapid antigen test.
Against the tide: How two Australian men in their 60s and 70s qualified a boat for Paris
Veteran club paddlers Nick Hocking and Colin Calderwood played a unique role in the formation of fields for the Olympic canoe sprint competition.
‘I dared to dream’: Noemie Fox, like her sister, is an Olympic champion
Before the biggest race of Noemie’s life, sister Jess told her to “take it all the way”. So long in the shadow of her sibling, Noemie got her moment in the sun.
The world’s two fastest men had no idea who’d won the 100m. Janet from Sydney did
Kishane Thompson had his head over the line, but Noah Lyles had the torso. An engineer from a long line of photo finish experts split the difference.
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Western Australia
‘This is aggravation’: Reynolds’ lawyer threatens to add fresh post to Higgins’ defamation rap sheet
Liberal Senator Linda Reynolds’ lawyer has accused Brittany Higgins of aggravating conduct after she posted the cover of a book about silencing women alongside the words “Pertinent reading” as the former minister entered the witness box.
Perth pet hoarder fined $100k after council seizes 82 dogs
The dogs were found at a property in Perth’s eastern suburbs in a confronting scene for staff.
Perth housing crisis: Less than 2000 homes for sale
With 200 people a day moving into WA, home completions dropping and new apartment projects off the boil just how much worse can this figure get?
WA scientists shut out from working on shot hole borer vaccine for dying trees
A Perth-based plant pathology lab says it was stripped of a permit after it ran foul of the state government’s narrative.
Exclusive
Gas
WA watchdog poised to reject Woodside’s Browse project
Concerns about endangered whales and turtles and the risk of an oil spill near a pristine reef present a major challenge for the federal government.
Politics
Analysis
National security
The person keeping Australian intelligence officials awake at night
Tensions triggered by the war in Gaza, which Australian intelligence officials say played a significant role in the new threat assessment, are ratcheting up the temperature.
Business
Updated
Competition
Google a ‘monopoly’: a judgment that will reverberate to Australia
Rod Sims led Australia’s charge against big tech. He calls this landmark court ruling “really quite incredible”.
World
‘Stop the boats’ anti-immigrant rioters chant as London eyes hostile states
With further demonstrations planned this week, the riots are a test of British policing and the country’s judicial and prisons system, which were already creaking at the seams.
Opinion
Butterfly effect: What sparked the global market meltdown
Stephen Bartholomeusz
Senior business columnist
Can a rookie PM stop the riots without adding fuel to the fires?
Tim Soutphommasane
Political philosopher and columnist
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Property
Perth housing crisis nearing catastrophe with less than 2000 for sale
With 200 people a day moving into WA, home completions dropping, new apartment projects off the boil and approvals down just how much worse can this figure get?
Nedlands apartment block set for rejection as housing shortages continue
Building height concerns continue to plague developers in Nedlands with two proposals for high-rise apartment blocks in the suburb caught in red-tape.
Good Food
Lifestyle
Why humans are such good long-distance runners
A horse can run three times faster than the fastest human, but a human can beat horses in a marathon. Here’s why.
Culture
This quiet novel explores female sexuality, without the male gaze
In her debut novel essayist Lauren Elkin exposes the intricate structures of desire.
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Tiger Dustin Martin and Cat Tom Hawkins announce their retirements from AFL
Hours after Richmond great Dustin Martin announced his 15-year AFL career was over, Geelong great Tom Hawkins followed suit and announced his career would close at the end of the season.
The retiring Tiger and the cool Cat were big-game hunters
With the retirements of Dustin Martin and Tom Hawkins, the AFL loses two greats of the game who both performed on the biggest stage.
Cricket Australia chief Nick Hockley quits cricket’s top job
Nick Hockley has resigned as chief executive of Cricket Australia and will leave the job at the end of this summer after five tumultuous years.
‘Women’s category must be only women’: Doctor defends IBA bans at farcical press conference
At a chaotic press conference in Paris, the IBA detailed tests that had been carried out on boxers who are in the middle of an Olympics controversy.
‘I dared to dream’: Noemie Fox, like her sister, is an Olympic champion
Before the biggest race of Noemie’s life, sister Jess told her to “take it all the way”. So long in the shadow of her sibling, Noemie got her moment in the sun.
Her hero’s Batman, but she channelled Spiderman to break two world records in one day
It can be said without demur that the one Olympic sport that is on the up and up is sports climbing.
‘Culturally unsafe at Hawthorn’: The key allegations in the Rioli Federal Court claim
Here are the key points of what is alleged in the statement of claim lodged in the Federal Court against the Hawthorn Football Club.
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‘Un-Swans like’: Sydney slump down to one key stat, says Roos
Swans premiership coach Paul Roos believes the Swans’ collapse after a seemingly unassailable lead atop the AFL ladder can be explained by one simple set of numbers.