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Defamation
Roger Cook faces defamation threat from teen climate protesters
A concerns notice – the first step in a defamation action – regarding Cook’s comments was sent to his office on Wednesday morning.
The WA parents joining Catholic churches to get children into ‘ideal’ schools
A WA expert says there is considerable weight to the ‘urban myth’ families join a Catholic church or have their children baptised primarily due to school choice.
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Forestry
WA’s parched forest canopy is turning brown as large areas die
From Shark Bay to Albany, WA’s famed national parks are experiencing mass plant deaths after the stress of the state’s unusually long, hot and dry summer.
Opinion
Home loans
Mortgage wars enter next phase as property remains a rich playground
The big banks are rethinking how much risk they can take when it comes to lending, as some say that excessive regulation is only helping wealthy borrowers while others miss out.
Elizabeth Knight
Business columnist
Drug driver who ploughed into 21-year-old on Kwinana Freeway pleads guilty to manslaughter
Abbey Sheriff, pictured, was killed when Evie Butterworth drove high on drugs at speeds of up to 188km/h.
So how much is your Perth property worth now?
New data released by CoreLogic shows property prices increasing for the 15th month running, with overall values up $78,000 since the trough last January.
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Crime
Detainee’s ankle monitor removed on govt experts’ advice before alleged assault
A former immigration detainee accused of a violent assault during a home invasion had his ankle monitor removed following advice from a board of experts.
Lehrmann given extension of time to lodge defamation appeal
The Ten Network wants access to documents revealing if former Liberal staffer had financial backers in fight over costs.
Opinion
Mergers & acquisitions
BHP’s $60b bid forces Anglo American to confront its own shortcomings
Whether successful or not, the Australian mining giant’s offer puts pressure on Anglo’s board and management to consider significant changes to its business.
Stephen Bartholomeusz
Senior business columnist
‘I had my kids young because I couldn’t wait to get rid of my uterus’
There’s no one-size-fits-all approach to raising kids. Here’s two sets of Perth parents and an empty-nester who seem to be doing all the right things with this most difficult of assignments.
Analysis
Domestic violence
Where is the urgency? Action to protect women is too slow
There is a jarring disconnect between the political talk and the policy action when Australians are told of the national crisis on violence against women.
We have entered the golden age of Mid TV
TV was great for so long that we were frogs in boiling water, but in reverse. It became lukewarm so gradually that you might not even have noticed.
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Cryptocurrencies
‘I failed’: Crypto king with a $62b fortune sent to jail
Changpeng Zhao will become the world’s richest prisoner after being sentenced for allowing money laundering.
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Violence
WA police union calls for sweeping anti-knife laws
The premier has given the strongest indication yet that he will commit to laws allowing police to use metal-detecting wands in a wide range of public places.
Trump fined, threatened with jail time over contempt of court in hush money trial
The former US president was found to have broken a gag order nine times by making public statements on social media and on his campaign website.
‘Monsters in wall’ in girl’s bedroom turn out to be 65,000 hidden bees
At one point, the three-year-old’s parents sent her to bed with a bottle of water they said was “monster spray”, the BBC reported.
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Defamation
‘He won’t buy a ticket on the Titanic’: Sharaz retreats from Reynolds case
Lawyers for Brittany Higgins’ fiancé David Sharaz have declared he can no longer fight WA senator Linda Reynolds’ Titanic defamation action.
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Crime
Detainee accused of Perth home invasion wasn’t wearing an ankle monitor
A former detainee accused of a violent assault was not required to wear an electronic ankle monitor and had been bailed by police and courts multiple times this year.
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Crime
Man appears in court charged with murdering his mother in Yangebup
Joan Drane’s worried neighbours called authorities after seeing a horrific crime scene that stretched to the outside of her Sandpiper Loop home.
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Tourism
Cheap seats are back for tourists wanting to fly to WA’s top end
The subsidies can knock between $400 to $500 off a one-way flight, with some of the new cheap fares already advertised.
Analysis
Population
The Perth suburbs where deaths of residents outnumber births
Perth’s local born population is shrinking. Use our interactive graphic to find out how your suburb is doing.
Politics
More than 170 countries want to reduce plastic globally. A handful are stalling
Australia is attempting to help a global push to end plastic pollution before it outweighs the biomass of the world’s fish by the year 2050. But other countries have different ambitions.
Business
Huge offshore wind turbines to power AGL’s shift from coal
AGL wants to build huge turbines off Victoria’s coast that could bring vast amounts of wind power to customers and help replace its coal-fired power plants.
World
Florida’s ‘extreme’ abortion ban takes effect, doctors fear for women
Health care workers are prevented from performing an abortion on a nonviable pregnancy that they know may become deadly -- until it actually becomes deadly.
Opinion
WA’s gas shortage is a joke – at the public’s expense
Mark Ogge
Principal advisor, Australia Institute
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Property
Global shock, rate rises only way to stop Perth’s runaway home prices
New data released by CoreLogic shows property prices increasing for the 15th month running, with overall values up $78,000 since the trough last January.
Analysis
Population
The Perth suburbs where deaths of residents outnumber births
Perth’s local born population is shrinking. Use our interactive graphic to find out how your suburb is doing.
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Lifestyle
Popular Fiji resort’s upgrade will see it have seven swimming pools
Phase one of an extensive renovation is now complete, with two-bedroom family rooms set to be a crowning feature.
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AFL 2024
$800,000 for Zurhaar? The players and clubs who will be key to AFL’s silly season
Richmond, Western Bulldogs and North Melbourne are among seven clubs that loom as major movers and shakers in this year’s player movement sweepstakes.
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AFL 2024
‘Every day I wish I could take it all back’: Finlayson’s shame over homophobic slur
What happened 26 nights ago against Essendon at the Adelaide Oval was, says Jeremy Finlayson, a moment in time he cannot fully explain and one that still keeps him awake at night.
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Domestic violence
AFL to observe a moment’s silence to honour the victims of violence against women
All AFL players, coaches and umpires will observe a moment’s silence in a statement honouring the victims of violence against women in this weekend’s round of AFL games.
Blues’ fatal flaw exposed ahead of Magpies blockbuster
Carlton may have the firepower to engineer a barrage of goals, but it’s when they don’t have the ball that has them in trouble.
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AFL 2024
Saint unsuccessful at tribunal; Danger out for up to six weeks; Pregnant AFLW star to miss season
Geelong skipper Patrick Dangerfield’s injury will sideline him for four to six weeks. Meanwhile, Hawthorn will be struggling.
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Australian cricket
Change coming to WBBL as women cricketers get pay boost
Women’s domestic competitors will earn an average salary of $160,000 as Cricket Australia announces a new Twenty20 competition.
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AFL 2024
Injury cloud hovers over premiership Pies; score reviews plummet
A pair of star Collingwood midfielders are in doubt for their blockbuster against Carlton; while goal umpires have been reassured.
Have Your Say
Bennett is the good cop Souths need – but can’t be trusted with their future
Wayne Bennett is a proven winner, but the long-term future of the Rabbitohs can’t be left in his hands.
Andrew Webster
Chief Sports Writer
