52 m. ago The mother in this film is so awful she couldn’t be anything but real

Director Matthias Glasner turns his bleak upbringing into an award-winning – and unexpectedly funny – film.

Politics

6 h. ago The Magpies just thumped the Lions at the Gabba, and this incident could make matters worse for the premiers

The Magpies have made a statement, thumping the Lions on their own turf on the Thursday night stage.

Politics

9 h. ago ‘People are going to die’: Funding doubt over state’s frontline public health defence

The Victorian government refuses to guarantee the future of local public health units that were crucial to the state’s pandemic fight, igniting concerns about more budget cuts to an already stretched health service.

Politics

12 h. ago One dead, 12 infected after Legionnaires' outbreak in Sydney's CBD

A person has died from Legionnaires' disease after contracting the disease around the Sydney CBD last month.

Events

14 h. ago Michael bought what he thought was cocaine. Two hours later, four people were dead

Four people died of an overdose of nitazines, a synthetic opioid 100 times stronger than heroin.

Events

14 h. ago The new beauty standard is worse than ‘rewinding the clock’, it’s having no age all

In the same way Ozempic has obliterated the body positivity movement, new “undetectable” cosmetic interventions are creating unattainable goals for women.

Politics

14 h. ago The new beauty standard is worse than ‘rewinding the clock’, it’s having no age at all

In the same way Ozempic has obliterated the body positivity movement, new “undetectable” cosmetic interventions are creating unattainable goals for women.

Politics

18 h. ago Torched, defaced, smeared: have Australia’s corflute wars gone too far?

Candidates in marginal electorates have reported a high number of incidents with campaign posters being torn down, or worse.

Events

20 h. ago WA news LIVE:Rinehart’s family empire unveils $250 million West Perth precinct plan; Severe tropical cyclone heads for Kimberley coast

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Economics

20 h. ago WA news LIVE: Rinehart’s family empire unveils $250 million West Perth precinct plan; Severe tropical cyclone heads for Kimberley coast

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Economics

24 h. ago WA students with ‘maths dyslexia’ fall through the cracks as crisis worsens

The low percentage of WA students excelling in maths means those with the learning disorder dyscalculia are falling through the cracks.

Events

31 h. ago How ‘Australia’s worst school’ transformed after public low point

Two determined principals dramatically turned around the culture of a school where student and educators’ physical and mental health, plus academic records, had been plummeting.

Politics

35 h. ago Teachers bitten, pushed down stairs: How ‘Australia’s worst school’ transformed after public low point

Two determined principals dramatically turned around the culture of a school where student and educators’ physical and mental health, plus academic records, had been plummeting.

Society

36 h. ago WA news LIVE: Exploratory drilling begins at Burswood racetrack as protesters gather

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Politics

37 h. ago I’ve followed our leaders for 10 elections now. Society is getting angrier

Protesters have always been liable to get angry. But the police presence during this election campaign shows that anger is getting worse.

Politics

39 h. ago Inside the massive Perth beachside mansion that’s never been lived in

A wealthy couple built the home 30 years ago as their summer house and visited a couple of weeks a year - and now it’s for sale.

Politics

42 h. ago Gene Hackman’s home infested with rats carrying disease that killed wife

The Oscar-winning actor and his wife died within a week of each other in February. Their bodies weren’t found for almost a fortnight.

Events

44 h. ago Sydney woman dies after running through glass door to flee alleged attacker

Claire Austin was allegedly trying to escape a domestic violence incident in her eastern suburbs unit when she was fatally injured.

Events

44 h. ago WA news LIVE: John Howard in Perth to help Liberals win key seats

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Events

48 h. ago Where to find the cheapest streets in Perth’s most expensive suburbs

A house in the most sought after pockets of City Beach will set you back around $4 million but if you’re happy to move to a less salubrious street you can snaffle a unit for less than the median price of a house in Perth.

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