1 hour ago Federal election 2025 as it happened: Trump tariff fallout lingers as PM, Dutton continue campaigns; leaders clash on Port of Darwin Chinese ownership

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton launch into the second week of their campaign.

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6 h. ago ‘The NRL only appears to see WA as a cash cow’: Premier hits back after talks break down

The NRL is on the brink of walking away from talks to install a North Sydney Bears-affiliated team in Perth in 2027 after an offer from the WA government fell well short of expectations.

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10 h. ago Federal election 2025 LIVE updates: Trump tariff fallout lingers as PM, Dutton continue campaigns; protester crashes Treasurer’s press conference

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton launch into the second week of their campaign.

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22 h. ago Perth school, dad speak as student attacked at shops still in hospital

The school has released a statement, as the distraught father of the teen allegedly coward-punched and head-stomped at a suburban shopping centre asks for justice.

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27 h. ago Chalmers ‘untroubled’ as protesters sneak into Perth press conference

The women entered a closed-off facility masquerading as journalists and peppered the treasurer with questions about his government’s support of gas and Israel.

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30 h. ago ‘We are not chickens’: the cry that inspired a show of defiance

Colonialism is under scrutiny as artists in this year’s TarraWarra Biennial unleash works of freedom, feminism and protest.

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31 h. ago WA news LIVE: Perth man in court over online child abuse allegations; Boy left with broken jaw after alleged ‘head stomping’

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31 h. ago WA news LIVE: Father of Ellenbrook coward punch victim calls for justice as alleged attacker released on bail; Perth man in court over online child abuse allegations

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31 h. ago WA news LIVE: Weather warning for Perth as damaging winds roll in; Father of Ellenbrook coward punch victim calls for justice as alleged attacker released on bail

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36 h. ago The day Elon Musk and Kanye West messaged ABC chair Kim Williams

An at times emotional Kim Williams told the Melbourne Press Club he’d learnt a lot about pile-ons in recent months.

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49 h. ago How the Allen situation shows the AFL’s outrage machine is out of control

The reaction to West Coast co-captain Oscar Allen’s in-season meeting with Hawthorn coach Sam Mitchell and his wife Lyndall in Perth has bordered on embarrassing.

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50 h. ago Donald Trump spent 48 minutes declaring war on trade. We fact

The US president unveiled his global tariff policy during a long and sometimes meandering press conference on what he dubbed ‘Liberation Day’. We analysed what he said.

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55 h. ago WA news LIVE: Peter Dutton speaks in Perth; Demons coach weighs in on Allen meeting

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56 h. ago Virginia Giuffre charged with breaching violence restraining order

9 News Perth revealed Giuffre faced Joondalup Magistrates Court on March 14 and is due back before the courts next week over the charge. 

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60 h. ago A beetle is killing some of Perth’s grandest trees. The eastern states could be next

In the WA capital, century-old Moreton Bay figs are among the trees falling victim to an alarming pest – and the city is taking extreme measures to counter it.

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2 d. ago As it happened: Dutton hints at ABC cuts, speaks on crime in Victoria as PM ignites wages fight; Trump tariffs set to begin

Read all the headlines from day six of the 2025 federal election campaign on Wednesday, April 2.

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3 d. ago Taylor dodges debate with Chalmers, pins budget repair on stronger economy

Shadow treasurer Angus Taylor has channelled the British Labour Party by betting on growth to repair the budget while shying away from debating Treasurer Jim Chalmers.

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3 d. ago Taylor dodges Press Club debate with Chalmers, pins budget repair on stronger economy

Shadow treasurer Angus Taylor has channelled the British Labour Party by betting on growth to repair the budget while shying away from debating Treasurer Jim Chalmers.

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3 d. ago Federal election 2025 LIVE updates: Dutton hints at ABC cuts, speaks on crime in Victoria as PM ignites wages fight; Trump tariffs set to begin

Public service job cuts are among the topics dominating the leaders’ agendas as the federal election campaign enters its sixth day.

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3 d. ago Federal election 2025 LIVE updates: Chalmers accuses ‘DOGEy Dutton’ of copying Trump; 10 per cent tariff warning issued to Australian agricultural businesses

Public service job cuts are among the topics dominating the leaders’ agendas as the federal election campaign enters its sixth day.

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