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PerthWeather forecast -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LOCAL GOVERNMENT FREO ACTIVISTS CELEBRATE AS COUNCIL WALKS BACK GRAND FIG’S REMOVAL FROM REGISTER An impassioned response to the City of Fremantle dropping a Moreton Bay fig from its significant tree register has pushed councillors into revoking their decision. * 19 minutes ago LIVE NATIONAL NEWS LIVE POLITICIAN WHO BETRAYED AUSTRALIA ‘SOLD OUT’ COUNTRY Defence Minister Richard Marles says the politician that betrayed Australia to foreign spies completely undermined their colleagues and country. * 13 minutes ago EDUCATION WA’S TOP-SPENDING PRIVATE SCHOOLS REVEALED Private schools are using taxpayer dollars to build pools and recreation facilities while public schools are squeezing more students into demountables. NATIONAL SECURITY ASIO BOSS REVEALS POLITICIAN BETRAYED AUSTRALIA TO SPIES The nation’s spy boss has exposed a sophisticated foreign interference operation that involved a former politician targeting a prime minister’s family. OPINION SUPERMARKETS WHY OUR SUPERMARKETS ARE BASKET CASES, ACCORDING TO A FORMER CHIEF LETTUCE OFFICER The supermarket wars are not my usual wheelhouse, but I consider myself something of a battle-hardened veteran with combat experience from foreign fields. NICK BRYANT Journalist and author COURTS TRIAL SET FOR PERTH GRANDMOTHER IN JAPANESE JAIL OVER ‘NIGERIAN LOVE SCAM’ DRUG HAUL A Perth grandmother will remain in a Japanese jail for at least another four months awaiting trial for smuggling drugs. * 1 hour ago GRAPHIC CONTENT CRIME THE CHILLING SCENE WHERE LAMARRE-CONDON ALLEGEDLY DUMPED HIS VICTIMS Just 100 steps off a country road, the remains of Jesse Baird and Luke Davies were found behind a mound of dirt. COURTS WA TEACHER LOSES REGISTRATION OVER SEX WITH FORMER STUDENT A West Australian teacher has been barred from working for three years after striking up an inappropriate relationship with a student the year after he left school. PUBLIC TRANSPORT ‘METRONET ON THE SWAN’: PERTH’S RIVER FERRY NETWORK TIPPED TO EXPAND Premier Roger Cook announced plans to expand the service with five possible additional stops flagged. LIBERAL PARTY ZEMPILAS TO BE PRESELECTED FOR CHURCHLANDS UNOPPOSED The lack of an opponent means Basil Zempilas will sail through preselection to contest the most-winnable seat in the state for the Liberals. EXCLUSIVE COURTS PERTH WOMAN ACCUSED OF $250,000 NDIS FRAUD HAS CHARGES DROPPED Vida Reid, the founding director of Armadale-based disability provider Forward Focused Group, was charged with two counts of fraud and two counts of dealings with proceeds of crime. REAL LIFE FROGS, CRUISES AND AN HONOUR SOCIETY: THE EXCLUSIVE CLUB YOU MUST BE BORN INTO About five million people worldwide are celebrating a rare occasion this week with quirky – and extravagant – celebrations. VALE CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM STAR RICHARD LEWIS DIES, AGED 76 The acclaimed comedian was named one of the top 50 stand-up comedians of all time, and one of the 20th Century’s most influential humourists. * 2 hours ago TASTE TEST TIM TAM V TEDDY: THE DEFINITIVE RANKING OF ARNOTT’S CHOCOLATE-COVERED BISCUITS Which choc-dipped bikkie was a slam dunk and which ones sank? Callan Boys puts 16 favourites to the taste test. ANALYSIS PARIS OLYMPICS 2024 MATILDAS A MEDAL CONTENDER IN PARIS AFTER 10-0 THRASHING Michelle Heyman top-scored with four goals as Australia sent the Uzbeks packing in Melbourne to book a place at the Olympics. EMMA KEMP LIVE TEST CRICKET AUSTRALIA AIM TO KEEP STRANGLEHOLD ON TROPHY It’s been more than three decades since New Zealand beat Australia in a Test series. Will Pat Cummins’ men continue that domination in Wellington in the first of two clashes? * 2 hours ago DOCUMENTARIES IN THE SERENGETI, SISTERHOOD IS THE KEY TO SURVIVAL For elephants and lionesses, survival hangs on sisterhood. And sisterhood is what National Geographic’s recent wildlife documentary, Queens, is all about. EDITOR'S PICKS ROYAL FAMILY FRIENDS’ SHOCK AT DEATH OF LADY GABRIELLA WINDSOR’S HUSBAND * 2 hours ago STYLE WHY DON’T AUSTRALIAN MEN KNOW HOW TO DRESS PROPERLY? AI ‘I THINK YOU NEED TO SEE THIS’: CELEBRITIES ARE NOT THE ONLY VICTIMS OF DEEPFAKE PORN Advertisement JUST IN * 3 minutes ago STRICKEN UK SHIP SINKING IN RED SEA AFTER HOUTHI ATTACK * 13 minutes ago LIVE AUSTRALIA NEWS LIVE: SHRINKING INFLATION RAISES CHANCE OF RATE CUTS; ASIO BOSS REVEALS POLITICIAN BETRAYED AUSTRALIA TO FOREIGN SPIES * 17 minutes ago JOE HOCKEY DEMANDS ‘TRAITOR’ POLITICIAN BE IDENTIFIED * 19 minutes ago FREMANTLE ACTIVISTS CELEBRATE AFTER COUNCIL WALKS BACK REMOVAL OF CENTURY-OLD FIG FROM TREE REGISTER Advertisement WESTERN AUSTRALIA EXCLUSIVE CLIMATE CRISIS PERTH’S ‘EXTREME HEAT’ DAYS TO DOUBLE: HOW WILL CLIMATE CHANGE AFFECT YOUR SUBURB? Sustained high temperatures would make parts of Australia essentially uninhabitable for months of the year, according to new analysis. ANALYSIS DEVELOPMENT WHY IT’S BACK TO SQUARE ONE FOR PERTH’S BIGGEST URBAN INFILL PROJECT In the midst of a housing crisis, why is the WA government allowing 25 hectares of vacant land in a Perth inner suburb to lay fallow? SARAH BROOKES, HEATHER MCNEILL AND HAMISH HASTIE UPDATED LIBERAL PARTY WA LIBERALS REVEAL NEW DEPUTY LEADER Steve Martin was elected at a special party meeting at Parliament House on Wednesday. ROTTNEST ISLAND ROTTO SWIM ORGANISERS REJECT CALLS FOR KEY CHANGE TO ICONIC EVENT The calls follow Saturday’s event being abandoned for the first time in the iconic swim’s 34-year history due to dangerous weather conditions. LOCAL COUNCIL PERTH COUNCIL AXES POLICY TO PROTECT ITS URBAN FOREST OVER SAFETY CONCERNS This council was one of the hottest places in Perth during February’s heatwave conditions, so why did councillors vote to revoke its policy to stop trees of significance from facing the chop? FROM OUR PARTNERS DOMAIN LEAH AND ASH FROM THE BLOCK 2023 FINALLY SELL HOUSE 2, MAKE $155,000 PROFIT Loading 3rd party ad content Loading 3rd party ad content Loading 3rd party ad content Loading 3rd party ad content Loading 3rd party ad content Loading 3rd party ad content DOMAIN THE BUILDING METHOD THAT CAN REDUCE YOUR HOME’S ENERGY CONSUMPTION BY UP TO 90 PER CENT DRIVE CALLS FOR IMPROVED SAFETY FOLLOWING TRAGEDY AT MAJOR BRAND'S FACTORY POLITICS INFLATION SHRINKING INFLATION RAISES CHANCE OF MID-YEAR RATE CUT Falling prices across many goods and services, and signs the economy is struggling, have increased pressure on the Reserve Bank. GAMBLING AUSTRALIA SHOULD HAVE ‘MURPHY’S LAW’ GAMBLING AD BAN BY NOW: COSTELLO POLITICAL LEADERSHIP WHEN WILL THE PM AND HAYDON GET MARRIED? IT’S COMPLICATED POLITICAL LEADERSHIP SHUT IT DOWN: LIDIA THORPE AT CENTRE OF SENATE CHAOS BUSINESS EXECUTIVE SHAKE-UP THE ICONIC’S FORMER CEO TO LEAD PARENT COMPANY OF RIVERS, KATIES, NONI B Erica Berchtold was due to begin at Best & Less last September, but has now ended up at as head of Mosaic Brands instead. * 52 minutes ago UPDATED WORLD MARKETS ASX SET TO RETREAT AS WALL STREET DRIFTS; BITCOIN HITS $US60,000 * 2 hours ago VIDEO GAMES ‘BEDROOM CODER’: AUSSIE GAME DEVELOPER BREAKS OUT AFTER SONIC SUCCESS SUPERANNUATION SCRAP MINIMUM WITHDRAWAL RULES FOR RETIREES WITH LOW SUPER, CBUS SAYS WORLD US VOTES 2024 US SENATE REPUBLICAN LEADER ANNOUNCES PLANS TO STEP DOWN McConnell’s hardball approach to governing helped define the GOP, but he clashed repeatedly with Trump. HERITAGE DEVELOPERS ORDERED TO REBUILD ‘BRITAIN’S WONKIEST PUB’ BRICK BY BRICK ROYAL FAMILY ‘GREAT SHOCK TO THE FAMILY’: LADY GABRIELLA WINDSOR’S HUSBAND DIES ANALYSIS US VOTES 2024 DEMOCRAT PROTEST VOTE CASTS DOUBT OVER BIDEN’S ABILITY TO FEND OFF TRUMP FARRAH TOMAZIN Advertisement OPINION IF BRIAN BURKE IS ‘SMARTER THAN TWO-THIRDS OF WA LABOR’, WHAT DOES THAT SAY ABOUT THE LIBERALS? HAMISH HASTIE Reporter TEARS, TANTRUMS AND MILD TRAUMA: SURVIVING DAYCARE DROP-OFF THOMAS MITCHELL Culture reporter WOMEN HAVE IMAGINED A DIFFERENT LIFE FOR THEMSELVES. EVENTUALLY, SO WILL MEN JANE CARO Novelist, author and commentator WHY OUR SUPERMARKETS ARE BASKET CASES, ACCORDING TO A FORMER CHIEF LETTUCE OFFICER NICK BRYANT Journalist and author EXPLORE * Explainers * Good Weekend * Quiz * TV Guide * Newsletters * Please Explain podcast Advertisement PROPERTY * Domain VICTORIA RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY AT LAST: THE BLOCK’S AUCTION PASS-IN FINALLY SELLS, MAKES $155,000 GAIN Contestants Leah and Ash will belatedly take out third place in last year’s season of the renovation TV show for their colourful art deco project. EXCLUSIVE VICTORIA RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY CATE BLANCHETT SELLS HER STYLISH MELBOURNE HOUSE FOR A TIDY PROFIT The happy buyer paid more than half a million dollars above expectations before auction to snap up the keys in the sought-after location. WA RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY THE SUBURBS TIPPED TO OUTPERFORM PERTH’S PROPERTY MARKET IN 2024 HOUSING AFFORDABILITY ‘JUST BROKEN’: HOW MUCH YOU NEED TO EARN TO BUY A HOUSE MELBOURNE LUXURY PROPERTY IS THE PRICE RIGHT? PROPERTY DEVELOPER TIM GURNER LISTS LUXURY APARTMENT GOOD FOOD TASTE TEST TIM TAM V TEDDY: THE DEFINITIVE RANKING OF ARNOTT’S CHOCOLATE-COVERED BISCUITS RECIPE COLLECTION BEST OF THE 20+ TOP RECIPES OF FEBRUARY – STARRING THE VIRAL CHICKEN DISH ADAM LIAW HATES TO LOVE REVIEW DOUBLE BAY THIS GLAM JAPANESE-INSPIRED SPOT AIMS TO BE DOUBLE BAY’S NOBU. DOES IT SUCCEED? RESTAURANT NEWS ‘GROUNDBREAKERS CAN’T SURVIVE ANY MORE’: IS AUSTRALIA’S RESTAURANT INDUSTRY ON THE BRINK? LIFESTYLE OPINION FAMILY HOLIDAYS I’VE MADE THESE ROAD-TRIP MISTAKES SO YOU DON’T HAVE TO Anyone who tells you that having kids won’t change your lifestyle is either A) a bad parent, or B) not a parent. BEN GROUNDWATER Travel writer AUSTRALIAN FASHION STAR POWER: THE AIRLINE UNIFORM FIT FOR THE AUSTRALIAN RUNWAY * 57 minutes ago OPINION PARENTING TEARS, TANTRUMS AND TRAUMA: SURVIVING DAYCARE DROP-OFF THOMAS MITCHELL Culture reporter WELLBEING FRIENDSHIPS ARE CRITICAL FOR EARLY ADOLESCENTS. SO TOO IS SOCIAL MEDIA WORDPLAY WIGGLES OR WRIGGLES? THE DEBATES FROM READERS THAT HAVE HIT MY MAILBAG CULTURE VALE CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM STAR RICHARD LEWIS DIES, AGED 76 The acclaimed comedian was named one of the top 50 stand-up comedians of all time, and one of the 20th Century’s most influential humourists. * 2 hours ago DOCUMENTARIES THIRTY YEARS AFTER REPORTING FROM RWANDA, ONE IMAGE STILL HAUNTS HELEN VATSIKOPOULOS LOGIES ‘NO MORE POPULARITY CONTESTS’: LOGIES ANNOUNCE MAJOR OVERHAUL COMEDY BRITISH COMEDY’S HOTTEST NEW DOUBLE ACT: HUGH BONNEVILLE AND NOEL FIELDING REVIEW DOES THE CRAZY EPIC DUNE SEQUEL LIVE UP TO THE HYPE? TRAVELLER ADVENTURE HOLIDAYS STRAP YOURSELF IN: 12 OF THE WORLD’S MOST THRILLING NEW WAYS TO TRAVEL OPINION CRUISES THE DEATH OF CRUISING WAS GREATLY EXAGGERATED – IT’S BIGGER THAN EVER TIPS & ADVICE WHY SHOULD YOU HAVE TO PAY TO VOLUNTEER OVERSEAS? HERE’S WHY ★★★★ HOTEL REVIEWS THAILAND MEETS BALI: THIS RESORT OFFERS THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS DRIVEDRIVE NEW UPDATE ON TOYOTA'S CHEATING ADMISSION ODOMETER TAMPERING IS ON THE RISE – HERE’S HOW TO CHECK FOR IT MEET THE WORST CAR OF THE 1990S FROM OUR PARTNERS Loading 3rd party ad content Loading 3rd party ad content Loading 3rd party ad content Loading 3rd party ad content STAN BASED ON THE THE BEST-SELLING BOOK BY LISA TADDEO, THE BRAND NEW SERIES THREE WOMEN IS NOW STREAMING, ONLY ON STAN. STAN STARRING RICHARD ROXBURGH AND REBECCA GIBNEY, THE BRAND NEW STAN ORIGINAL SERIES PROSPER IS NOW STREAMING, ONLY ON STAN. Advertisement SPORT * AFL * Rugby Union * Cricket * Soccer * Racing * Tennis LIVE TEST CRICKET FIRST TEST DAY ONE LIVE: AUSTRALIA AIM TO KEEP STRANGLEHOLD ON TRANS-TASMAN TROPHY It’s been more than three decades since New Zealand beat Australia in a Test series. Will Pat Cummins’ men continue that domination in Wellington in the first of two clashes? * 2 hours ago ANALYSIS PARIS OLYMPICS 2024 MATILDAS A GENUINE MEDAL CONTENDER IN PARIS AFTER THRASHING UZBEKISTAN 10-0 Michelle Heyman top-scored with four goals as Australia sent the Uzbeks packing in Melbourne to book a place at the Olympics. EMMA KEMP OPINION DRUGS IN SPORT AFL PLAYERS TAKE COCAINE JUST LIKE A MILLION OTHER AUSTRALIANS. GET OVER IT AFLM players take cocaine. Local footy players take cocaine. So do teachers, lawyers, doctors. Why do we so enjoy the stupidity of a young man in the public eye being caught out consuming a drug a vast number of Australians also indulge in? BRANDON JACK Commentator and author AFL 2024 WHO WILL – AND WON’T – BE CALLING THE FOOTY ON TV IN 2024? How the commentary teams will change for the 2024 season. MATILDAS ‘I WON’T BE STOPPING’: HEYMAN EYES PARIS AFTER FOUR GOALS IN MATILDAS RETURN Michelle Heyman, who returned to the Matildas in Uzbekistan for the first time since 2016, is poised to fill Sam Kerr’s vacant striker role in Paris. AFL 2024 ‘SCAPEGOAT’: POWELL-PEPPER GETS FOUR-GAME BAN FOR CONCUSSING CROW The Port Adelaide enforcer will miss the first four games of the season after a tribunal hearing billed as a test case for how head-high contact will be policed by the AFL this season. AFL 2024 THE NIGHT THE DEES NEEDED AFTER HELLISH SUMMER; CARLTON FAIL TO IMPRESS WITHOUT WEITERING Clayton Oliver is no certainty to play in Melbourne’s season-opener, as the Blues did little to convince doubters they can cover the chasm left by Jacob Weitering. HAVE YOUR SAY ‘A MENTAL REFRESH’: THE BREAK THAT MADE CUMMINS PONDER LIFE AFTER CAPTAINCY Pat Cummins’ Australian Test leadership tandem with coach Andrew McDonald may have entered its final 24 months. MORE IN SPORT SOCCER OLYMPIC QUALIFIER AS IT HAPPENED: MATILDAS’ PARIS BERTH SECURED AFTER 10-0 ONSLAUGHT RUGBY UNION WALLABIES’ WORLD CUP REVIEW SET FOR RELEASE – BUT WITHOUT BUDGET BLOW-OUT FIGURE CRICKET WIKITI! WHY YOU’LL SEE MAORI WORDS ON YOUR TV DURING AUSTRALIA’S TEST SERIES NRL ‘IT WAS BIZARRE’: THE DAY MANLY COACH SEIBOLD POSED FOR A GAY MAGAZINE NRL ‘I DIDN’T WANT TO LEAVE’: WHY JOEY MANU CAME CLOSE TO DITCHING VEGAS SOCCER ‘RUNNING OUT OF OPPORTUNITIES’: OLYMPIC MEDAL WEIGHS ON MATILDAS’ OLD GUARD OPINION NRL FEAR AND MOTHERING IN LAS VEGAS: WHY NRL CLUBS SHOULD STOP TREATING PLAYERS LIKE CHILDREN TENNIS THREE MATCHES, TWO TROPHIES, TWO BREAD ROLLS AND A HOT SHOWER: INSIDE THOMPSON’S EPIC TRIUMPH FEATURED VIDEO NRL 2024 WATCH HOW THE SYDNEY ROOSTERS CRACKED HOLLYWOOD … BUT DIDN’T KNOW IT Advertisement MOST VIEWED TODAY ‘METRONET ON THE SWAN’: PERTH’S RIVER FERRY NETWORK TIPPED TO EXPAND NOT AN OPTION: ROTTNEST SWIM ORGANISERS REJECT CALLS FOR KEY CHANGE TO ICONIC EVENT PERTH COUNCIL AXES POLICY TO PROTECT ITS URBAN FOREST OVER SAFETY CONCERNS AFTER 13 YEARS AND SEVEN HOUSING MINISTERS, IT’S BACK TO SQUARE ONE FOR PERTH’S BIGGEST URBAN INFILL PROJECT THE PERTH PRIVATE SCHOOL PAYING WOMEN 200 PER CENT MORE THAN MEN AS IT HAPPENED: CATASTROPHIC FIRE RATING IN VICTORIA’S WEST; BAYINDEEN AND DEREEL BLAZES BURN OUT OF CONTROL PERTH WOMAN ACCUSED OF $250,000 NDIS FRAUD HAS CHARGES DROPPED WA TEACHER LOSES REGISTRATION OVER SEX WITH FORMER STUDENT JURIEN BAY SEA LION TOURS UNDER INVESTIGATION AFTER SHARK ATTACK WATODAY * Twitter * Facebook * Instagram * RSS OUR SITES * WAtoday * The Sydney Morning Herald * The Age * Brisbane Times * The Australian Financial Review * Domain * Drive CLASSIFIEDS * Tributes * Commercial Real Estate WATODAY * Contact & support * Advertise with us * Newsletters * Accessibility guide * Sitemap * Photo sales * Content licensing * Work with us * Terms of use * Privacy policy * Press Council * Charter of Editorial Independence PRODUCTS & SERVICES * Subscription packages * My account * Subscriber FAQs Copyright © 2024 Subscribe