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Medical imaging delays add to bed lock pain at WA hospitals
Long wait times for medical imaging is putting lives at risk, says the Health Services Union WA.
WA is a laggard in childhood vaccination uptake – so which areas are our worst?
WA has the second-lowest number of fully immunised five-year-olds in the country, and in some towns the rate is below the level needed for herd immunity.
What’s behind the surge in suspensions at WA’s public schools?
More than 100 students were suspended from public schools every day on average across 2023, new data shows.
Opinion
Hospitals in crisis
I spent five days in hospital waiting for an MRI. WA’s health system is at breaking point
It was on day four of trying to get an MRI as an inpatient at Fiona Stanley Hospital that one of my nurses broke down in tears in my cubicle.
Sophie McNeill
Contributor
Shock announcement leaves boutique WA meat producers in the lurch
Farmers and independent producers were given less than a month’s notice that a South West abattoir would no longer process their beef, lamb and pork.
Australian CEOs keen to pull the plug on working from home
White-collar workers will be back in the office five days a week by 2027, more than 80 per cent of chief executives say in a KMPG survey.
Gay men the target of assaults by Perth gang who then post videos online
WA Police are hunting for a group of men that have been luring people who identify with diverse sexuality to random locations, where they then film them being assaulted.
‘Attacking the mining golden geese’: Rinehart fires warning shot at government over ‘tape’
Australia’s richest person Gina Rinehart has used the approval of her latest iron ore project to launch another blistering tirade in her war against “government tape”, warning it could stymie investment and compromise living standards.
The $6 trillion gamble the RBA isn’t willing to take
The Reserve Bank has ruled out creating its own digital currency, partly over fears it could undermine the nation’s entire banking system.
Updated
Courts
Moira Deeming told friend: ‘My own kids are calling me a Nazi’
Friends, family and colleagues have detailed the emotional impact of the fallout from the Let Women Speak rally on the ousted Liberal MP, in court documents published late on Wednesday.
The $5 billion plan for families that Albanese could promise at the next election
Almost one-third of Australian families would get free childcare under a plan the federal government is now considering.
Demi Moore on the male gaze, the beauty myth, and the horrors of latex
The Substance stars Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley share their thoughts on the body horror film, and why they don’t necessarily agree with its director.
Opinion
Aged care
New aged care rules will leave most of us worse off as costs rise
Aged care – and who pays for it – will be redefined in “once in a generation” changes.
Rachel Lane
Money contributor
Opinion
Sunday Life
What my mother’s 80th birthday taught me
Because of my mum, I never arrive empty-handed, I treat heartache with a long walk, and the reason my house is tidy is because of a mantra she gave me.
Jo Stanley
Columnist
The Office Australia trailer has fans cringing – in all the wrong ways
The fans’ response to the first trailer for the 13th iteration of the show has not been kind. But then, they didn’t like the US version at first either.
‘Spewing lies’: Harris lashes out at Trump after pet claims force lockdowns
The comments came after Harris called her Republican rival to see if he was OK following the attempted assassination of the former president.
$50,000 deductions for grand final travel: AFL’s club cash plan explained
AFL clubs have had mixed reactions to the increase in the soft cap limiting spending on coaches, with several initially underwhelmed by changes.
Western Australia
Satterley’s Perth Hills estate gets federal green tick
Australia’s biggest private land developer has been granted approval for its proposed offset plan for a contentious housing development in the Perth Hills.
CCC at odds with PTA over transit guards’ use of force
WA’s Corruption and Crime Commission is concerned with “excessive and unlawful force” used by Perth transit guards.
The cheapest places to build in Perth – and WA’s most expensive
West Australians are paying 42 per cent more to build new houses than before the pandemic – and the most expensive places to build are attracting a premium for one reason.
Family wants inquest into Perth bodybuilder’s death after gym collapse
Giuliano Pirone spent 15 hours unconscious after collapsing in the shower at his gym in Wanneroo.
Teenage Shenton College student sentenced over box-cutter rampage
The 13-year-old boy pleaded guilty to threatening fellow students and staff with a box cutter at the prestigious public school in Perth’s western suburbs.
Politics
Investigation
Political leadership
‘Mate, we never heard that’: Questions mount over Dutton’s Muslim apology
Calls by the opposition leader to halt arrivals from Gaza have fuelled doubts over whether he ever apologised for earlier comments about Muslim immigration.
Business
Updated
World markets
Fed unleashes jumbo rate cut; Wall Street rises, ASX set to dip, $A climbs
Wall Street has inched higher as the Federal Reserve unveiled a 50 basis point rate cut, its first reduction in four years.
World
The abandoned homes Israel wants back as it prepares for war in Lebanon
These are the towns and villages Israel wants back for its people.
Opinion
Explore
Property
The cheapest places to build in Perth – and WA’s most expensive
West Australians are paying 42 per cent more to build new houses than before the pandemic – and the most expensive places to build are attracting a premium for one reason.
‘A little piece of paradise’: The most affordable sea-change towns
Australia’s most affordable sea-change towns have just been revealed in new data that compares property prices with incomes.
Good Food
Lifestyle
Can stress actually turn your hair grey?
Anecdotally, many people believe stress turned their hair grey prematurely. But what does the science say?
Culture
Baz Luhrmann to shoot an epic Joan of Arc film
After Elvis, the Australian director is planning an epic about the famous French heroine and patron saint.
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Sport
AFL Briefing
AFL 2024
De Koning question looms large in Cats’ selection quandary; Condensed season hurting AFLW
Geelong need to identify where the Brisbane Lions’ biggest dangers lie as they contemplate whether to recall premiership defender Sam De Koning for Saturday’s preliminary final, according to premiership skipper Cameron Ling, while former AFLW player Kate McCarthy has raised concerns over the league’s condensed home-and-away season.
Down to three: Victorian coaches in running for West Coast coaching job
West Coast’s rigorous process to select their next senior coach has whittled the candidates down to three assistants from Victorian clubs.
Wallabies stars return for Bledisloe as Parling rejects ‘extreme’ Lions hot takes
The Wallabies will welcome back five stars who missed the Santa Fe slaughter through injury – and one veteran will play first Test career in three years.
Petracca to miss Melbourne best and fairest to attend overseas camp
Christian Petracca has his club’s blessing to attend a Red Bull training camp rather than attend the club’s best-and-fairest count in October as his surgeon cleared him to increase his heart rate after spleen surgery.
Updated
AFLW
How a toddler has helped Collingwood ruck take her game to another level this season
The Magpies have struggled this season, but Sabrina Frederick has taken her game to another level.
The two Swans in between Adams and a shot at September glory
After two years of finals heartache, Taylor Adams is in danger of enduring more pain in September, no guarantee to replace injured Swans skipper Callum Mills, who hurt his hamstring last week.
Analysis
AFL 2024
The Dusty dilemma: The questions Gold Coast and Martin are asking
Dustin Martin is likely to land at the Suns – but once, a team asking if it wanted Dusty would have been a rhetorical question. It is not now.
Have Your Say
Cricket’s horror in indulging Afghanistan under Taliban must be stopped
Afghanistan must be banned from international cricket while the terror against women in the country continues.
