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EATING OUT IN PERTH & WA Trusted reviews from WA’s best food writer, all in one place. TRAVELLER Travel news, inspiration and expert tips delivered straight to your inbox. PerthWeather forecast -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLICE HELP! THREE TEENAGERS RESCUED FROM BOGGED CAR NEAR KALBARRI The group were stranded for six hours and did not have any 4WD recovery equipment or an emergency beacon. WEATHER BUNBURY RESIDENTS SURVEYING THE DAMAGE AFTER WILD STORM HITS PERTH AND SW A popular pub has been hit hard after a powerful cold front buffeted WA overnight. AUSTRALIAN ECONOMY BABYNOMICS: IS STARTING A FAMILY GOOD FOR YOU, OR JUST FOR THE NATION? Having children can be a joy, but they don’t come cheap. They are also important to the economy. LIVE AFL 2024 AFL 2024 ROUND 12 LIVE UPDATES: SUNS SCORCH BOMBERS TO CLIMB INTO THE TOP EIGHT; REID COPS TWO-MATCH BAN, OUT OF RISING STAR CONTENTION Follow along for all the major moments and post game reactions as round 12 reaches its Sunday games. * 19 minutes ago UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE REAL MADRID SEALS 15TH EUROPEAN CUP AFTER 2-0 WIN OVER BORUSSIA DORTMUND A white wall of Madrid fans at one end of Wembley Stadium serenaded their conquering heroes after goals from Dani Carvajal and Vinicius Junior sealed the victory. FRENCH OPEN ‘I NEED YOU FOR THE NEXT ROUND’: DEMON HUNTING FOR YOUNG FAN WHO INSPIRED HIM TO VICTORY Alex de Minaur has become the first Australian man since Lleyton Hewitt in 2007 to reach the fourth round at Roland-Garros. OPINION RACISM IF AUSTRALIA’S A RACIST COUNTRY, IT’S NOT JUST A BLACK AND WHITE ISSUE There is an authorial arrogance to writers’ festival anti-racism, in which whiteness is forever and always the protagonist. PARNELL PALME MCGUINNESS Columnist and communications adviser EXPLAINER US ELECTION TRUMP JOKES HE WILL BE DICTATOR FOR A DAY. BUT COULD IT HAPPEN? They can pardon a turkey and order a nuclear strike – but could a sitting US president really sweep away all checks and balances on power and rule unchallenged? WEDDINGS ‘MR AND MRS SHARAZ’: BRITTANY HIGGINS WEDS DAVID SHARAZ IN GOLD COAST CEREMONY The former political staffer married her partner on the Gold Coast in a tightly guarded ceremony surrounded by family and friends. CINEMA IF YOU THINK KIDS’ FILMS SUDDENLY SUCK, THIS IS WHY Most major studios are opting for less original and juvenile titles, as they struggle to attract the entire family. BODY IMAGE GIRLS THINK THEIR VULVAS SHOULD LOOK LIKE BARBIE’S. THESE EXPERTS WANT TO CHANGE THAT With a growing number of young women seeking cosmetic genital surgery, health professionals are on a mission to challenge the Barbie “ideal”. EXCLUSIVE EDUCATION HOW MUCH SCREEN TIME IS TOO MUCH? THIS IS THE ANSWER TO EVERY PARENT’S QUESTION New data reveals how Australian schools rank among OECD nations for the time students spend on digital devices in classrooms. OPINION SOCIAL MEDIA UNHAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME: HOW FACEBOOK RUINED MY BIG DAY The decline of Facebook means no one knows it’s your birthday any more which means I don’t get to hear from people I almost never think about. THOMAS MITCHELL Culture reporter OPINION MARRIAGE I’M WITH PRINCE WILLIAM – YOU DON’T NEED TO PUT A RING ON IT CLAIRE HEANEY Writer TITLE DEEDS RECIPETIN EATS’ NAGI MAEHASHI OPTS OUT OF $7M HUNTERS HILL HOUSE AFTER THREE MONTHS OPINION TAXIS HOW’S YOUR UBER RATING? MINE CAME AS A SHOCK JULIA BAIRD Journalist, broadcaster, historian and author SPACE CHINA LANDS PROBE ON MOON, NASA SPACE LAUNCH FAILS ON SECOND ATTEMPT China landed an uncrewed spacecraft on the far side of the moon, elevates China’s space power the same weekend that a US test flight failed to launch. EDITOR'S PICKS EXCLUSIVE NUCLEAR ENERGY ‘EVERY DAY BETWEEN NOW AND THE ELECTION’: ALBANESE IGNITES NUCLEAR FIGHT WITH DUTTON MAGAZINE SUNDAY LIFE THE JUNE 2 EDITION 15 stories INVESTIGATION GOOD WEEKEND ‘I’VE JUST KILLED ME KIDS’: HIS STORY NEVER CHANGED. BUT THE SCIENCE HAS Advertisement JUST IN * 18 minutes ago OPINION NEPO BABIES COME IN MANY SHAPES, BUT FASHION NEPO BABIES ARE THE WORST OF ALL * 19 minutes ago LIVE AFL 2024 ROUND 12 LIVE UPDATES: SUNS SCORCH BOMBERS TO CLIMB INTO THE TOP EIGHT; REID COPS TWO-MATCH BAN, OUT OF RISING STAR CONTENTION * 32 minutes ago ‘OBLITERATED IN EVERY PHASE’: GOODWIN LAMENTS MELBOURNE’S TERRIBLE LOSS * 44 minutes ago EXCLUSIVE THEY SAY THEY ‘NEED’ FRYDENBERG. THERE’S AN AWKWARD PROBLEM WITH HIS RETURN Advertisement THE PEOPLE OF PERTH THREE THINGS I LOVE: PERTH’S MOST PROFESSIONAL ADRENALINE JUNKIE SHARES HIS SECRETS JOHN POYNTON ON THE PRESSURE OF A LEGACY AND GETTING ON THE WRONG SIDE OF A MEDIA MOGUL The man widely considered one of Perth’s most successful corporate advisors talks flying, the pressure of a legacy, and his fear that he “wasn’t very bright”. THEY HELP KICKSTART OUR DAYS, BUT WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE A TOP BARISTA? Three masters of the espresso machine explain why it takes more than an excellent brew to make the perfect coffee shop experience. WESTERN AUSTRALIA 1:12 NATIONAL AIRLINES WORK TO CLEAR BACKLOG OF STRANDED PASSENGERS AT PERTH AIRPORT AFTER REFUELLING ISSUE Airlines are working to board a backlog of passengers stranded at Perth Airport after a refuelling issue caused lengthy delays. OPINION PERTH FROM WAIT AWHILE TO WHERE IT’S AT: A NEW STORY FOR OUR GREAT STATE We’ve embraced some none-too-flattering characterisations of our vast state in the past. But today we must celebrate some of its truly ground-breaking “firsts”. PAUL J. MAGINN Director, Public Policy Institute, UWA UPDATED TOURISM NEW $5 BILLION INVESTMENT WILL MAKE PERTH AIRPORT COUNTRY’S SECOND-BIGGEST Qantas executives and the state’s premier have announced Qantas’ largest ever infrastructure deal, and Perth’s largest ever private infrastructure development. WA NEWS LIVE UP TO 100 MILLIMETRES OF RAIN PREDICTED FOR WA’S LONG WEEKEND “We do have another significant cold front coming, perhaps even more significant than the one from this week,” duty forecaster Jessica Lingaard said. COURTS WA POLICE ISSUE MS DHU’S FAMILY APOLOGY AFTER UNPAID FINES ROW SETTLEMENT Ten years and a class action later WA Police and the state’s country health service have penned a public apology to the family of Ms Dhu, the 22-year-old woman who died in police custody after being arrested over unpaid fines. FROM OUR PARTNERS DOMAIN 'FELT LIKE A DREAM': WHY MARIA THATTIL FEELS SO PROUD OF HER FIRST HOME DOMAIN FIRST-HOME DILEMMA: START SMALL AND UPSIZE LATER OR BUY THE BEST HOME YOU CAN AFFORD NOW? DRIVE AFFORDABLE ELECTRIC VEHICLES ARE FINALLY HERE. WAS THIS ONE WORTH THE WAIT? POLITICS AUSTRALIAN ECONOMY BABYNOMICS: IS STARTING A FAMILY GOOD FOR YOU, OR JUST FOR THE NATION? Having children can be a joy, but they don’t come cheap. They are also important to the economy. EXCLUSIVE NUCLEAR ENERGY PM IGNITES NUCLEAR FIGHT WITH DUTTON ANALYSIS POLITICAL LEADERSHIP ALBANESE COULD STILL GO TO THE POLLS THIS YEAR (AND GET MARRIED SOON AFTER) JAMES MASSOLA WEDDINGS ‘MR AND MRS SHARAZ’: BRITTANY HIGGINS WEDS IN GOLD COAST CEREMONY BUSINESS FINTECH FROM MORTGAGE CHECKS TO SCAM-BUSTING: HOW YOUR BANK IS USING AI Banking giants have plans for artificial intelligence that go much further than the often clunky “chatbots” used to answer customer queries. CYBERSECURITY CUSTOMER DATA EXPOSED AFTER TICKETEK ‘CYBER INCIDENT’ OPINION EXECUTIVE PAY THE DRUMMER WHO STARTED THE FIGHT TO BLOCK THE BIGGEST PAYDAY IN HISTORY JAMES TITCOMB UPDATED IPO THE $2.2B TAKEAWAY DEAL: GUZMAN Y GOMEZ TO FLOAT ON ASX WORLD ANALYSIS US VOTES 2024 NEW YORK, THE CITY THAT MADE TRUMP RICH AND FAMOUS, HAS TURNED ON HIM Trump’s conviction was the third and heaviest blow he has been dealt in New York – a series of challenges to his ego, his bottom line, and now, perhaps, his freedom. JESSE MCKINLEY AND MAGGIE HABERMAN EXCLUSIVE CHINA RELATIONS CHINA SAYS IT IS PREPARED TO USE FORCE TO PREVENT TAIWANESE INDEPENDENCE SPACE CHINA LANDS PROBE ON MOON, NASA SPACE LAUNCH FAILS ON SECOND ATTEMPT US VOTES 2024 TRUMP LAWYER: ‘I BELIEVE IN THE JUSTICE SYSTEM’ Advertisement OPINION TRUMP’S THE GUILTY ONE, BUT IT’S BIDEN WHO NEEDS A ‘GET OUT OF JAIL’ CARD BRUCE WOLPE Senior fellow at the US Studies Centre and former political staffer AUSTRALIANS ARE THE KEENEST NUDISTS IN THE WORLD. I WANT IN KATE HALFPENNY Regular columnist CAN MY JOB MAKE ME WORK ON A PUBLIC HOLIDAY WITHOUT EXTRA PAY? JONATHAN RIVETT Freelance writer GIVING DV CASES THE HINDSIGHT TREATMENT IS WHY WOMEN ARE STILL GETTING MURDERED GARY ADSHEAD Journalist EXPLORE * Explainers * Good Weekend * Quiz * Newsletters * TV Guide Advertisement PROPERTY * Domain WA RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY CASHED-UP BUYERS WANTED FOR PERTH $75 MILLION CHINESE-STYLE MANSION With more than 80 rooms, this “eastern wonder of the southern hemisphere” promises to be a steal, with estimates it will go at a sliver of the building price. RENTING JUMBO RENT RISES TIPPED IN PERTH DUE TO 12-MONTH LIMIT ON INCREASES One property analyst says the rental crisis is largely the fault of rising taxes combined with failed government policies and interference in the free market. CONSTRUCTION PERTH’S GOT 2000 HOMES APPROVED, BUT NO ONE TO BUILD THEM WA RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY GOOD LUCK TRYING TO BUY A HOME IN THESE PERTH SUBURBS PROPERTY MARKET ‘PEOPLE FEEL CHEATED’: CUT TO HOME BUYER BUDGETS LEAVES HOUSEHOLDS REELING GOOD FOOD RECIPE COLLECTION WINTER WARMER 20 OF LAST WINTER’S MOST-LOVED RECIPES TO COOK AGAIN THIS ONE RECIPE COLLECTION BAKING EAT CAKE FOR BREAKFAST: FIVE HEALTHY-ISH BAKES TO WAKE UP TO THIS WEEKEND TASTE TEST WAGON WHEEL V CART WHEEL: ARE ALDI’S COPYCATS EVEN BETTER THAN THE REAL THING? RECIPE COLLECTION BEST OF FROM CHEESY CHOOK TO TEA CAKE: 20+ OF THE MOST POPULAR RECIPES OF MAY LIFESTYLE SUNDAY LIFE AT 30, THIS WRITER PUT BAD BOYS AND DRINK BEHIND HER. THEN SHE SOLD 30M BOOKS Novelist Marian Keyes’ life is divided into two, but she says her painful youth still haunts her. BRISBANE FIRST LOOK: A CULT PAIR OF BYRON BAY AND BURLEIGH EATERIES LANDS IN BRISBANE OPINION TRENDS FORGET SKINNY JEANS, GEN Z ARE NOW COMING FOR OUR SOCKS JENNA GUILLAUME SKATEBOARDING HOW THE OLYMPICS HELPED A GENERATION OF GIRLS FALL IN LOVE WITH SKATEBOARDING SUNDAY LIFE I SAW A WOMAN CALL KATHY LETTE A MOLL. IT COULD HAVE BEEN ME CULTURE STREAMING THE BEST NEW SHOWS TO STREAM IN JUNE Our guide to the best of what’s on the streamers and free-to-air this month. MEDIA & MARKETING ABC BOSS BACKS TINGLE, BUT NOT HOW SHE MADE COMMENTS LITERATURE DID MIRANDA JULY JUST WRITE ‘THE FIRST GREAT PERIMENOPAUSE NOVEL’? STREAMING I WATCHED NOTHING BUT TUBI FOR A WEEK. HERE’S WHAT I LEARNT ARCHIBALD PRIZE WHY BEING AN ARCHIBALD FINALIST CAN MEAN A LOT MORE THAN FAME TRAVELLER TASMANIA NO ROADS AND NO TOURISTS: A SPARKLING PART OF AUSTRALIA FEW EVER SEE TRAVELLER LETTERS TRAVELLER LETTERS: WHY CAN’T JETSTAR TRANSFER MY BAGS ON CONNECTING FLIGHTS? OPINION TRIPOLOGIST THE TRAVEL INSURANCE CLAUSE THAT COULD WRECK YOUR HOLIDAY AUSTRALIA AUSTRALIA’S HOTEL RESTAURANTS ARE UNDERGOING A RENAISSANCE DRIVEDRIVE COULD THIS BE THE PERFECT SUV FOR YOU? IT WAS ONCE A GO-TO FOR AUSSIE FAMILIES, BUT HAS IT LOST ITS EDGE? WARNING! THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS MODIFICATIONS ON A CAR 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 BEST-SELLING NOVEL BY HEATHER MORRIS, THE STAN ORIGINAL SERIES THE TATTOOIST OF AUSCHWITZ IS NOW STREAMING. STAN THE BRAND NEW SEASON OF THE EMMY AWARD-WINNING SERIES HACKS IS NOW STREAMING, ONLY ON STAN. Advertisement SPORT * AFL * Rugby Union * Cricket * Soccer * Racing * Tennis AFL 2024 ‘NOT HARDENED ENOUGH’: MCRAE RUES PATCHY PIES AS BONTEMPELLI POWERS BULLDOGS TO LAST-TERM WIN The Bulldogs were too good in the final term scoring a memorable win over the Magpies. AUSTRALIAN SOCCER GUSTAVSSON TAKES BLAME AS MATILDAS ROCKED BY FOORD INJURY SCARE Caitlin Foord’s preparation for the Paris Olympics could be disrupted after she went down with a hamstring injury in Friday night’s scratchy 1-1 draw with China. AFL 2024 ‘SOME CLUBS HAVE GOT THAT WRONG’: INSIDE THE AFL’S GROWING INJURY TOLL About 150 AFL players are out injured right now. It’s an alarming number, and Collingwood coach Craig McRae is among many startled by it. WORLD BOXING ‘BITTERLY DISAPPOINTED’: TIM TSZYU BOUT CANCELLED DUE TO HEAD CUT The Australian’s anticipated fight against undefeated knockout specialist Vergil Ortiz has been axed. UPDATED AFLW FULL FIXTURE REVEALED: AFLW’S MIDWEEK EXPERIMENT, SHOWPIECE INDIGENOUS MATCH MOVED TO DARWIN Essendon and Richmond will head to the Top End this AFLW season; a move Tigers chief Brendon Gale hopes will “lay the foundation for future Dreamtime games in Darwin.” UPDATED FRENCH OPEN ‘RUNNING ON FUMES’: KOKKINAKIS POWERS TO MARATHON ROLAND-GARROS WIN Alex de Minaur and Thanasi Kokkinakis advanced to the third round on another rain-soaked day at Roland-Garros, but the challenge for both is about to get far greater. AFL 2024 DOUBLE DELIGHT FOR VOSS AS BLUES OVERPOWER PORT AND RULE TWEAK STARTS WELL The Carlton coach left the Adelaide Oval rapt with his team and skipper and impressed with how the umpires adapted to the new interpretation of holding-the-ball decisions. HAVE YOUR SAY RETURN TO NRL AFTER RUGBY NO DONE DEAL, SAYS SUAALII Rejoining the Roosters is no certainty for Joseph Suaalii when his contract with Rugby Australia runs out in 2027. DANNY WEIDLER MORE IN SPORT EXCLUSIVE NRL ALL BLACKS AND BLUES: MADGE’S SECRET WEAPON TO BEAT MAROONS TENNIS ‘I NEED YOU FOR THE NEXT ROUND’: DEMON HUNTING FOR YOUNG FAN WHO INSPIRED HIM TO VICTORY ANALYSIS NRL 212 POINTS IN FIVE WEEKS: THE SECRET SAUCE THAT FINALLY HAS ROOSTERS’ ATTACK FIRING SPORT REAL MADRID SEALS 15TH EUROPEAN CUP AFTER 2-0 WIN OVER BORUSSIA DORTMUND RUGBY UNION ‘WE’VE HAD A ROUGH TROT’: WHO IS THE COACH TO TURN THE WARATAHS AROUND? NRL TEDESCO ON STAND-BY FOR NSW AFTER EDWARDS SUFFERS QUAD STRAIN AT TRAINING NRL ‘IT WAS AWFUL’: FURIOUS FLANAGAN’S HALF-TIME BLAST FIRES DRAGONS TO STUNNING COMEBACK WIN NRL CAREER-THREATENING INJURY IN THRILLER: FOUR THINGS LEARNT FROM DOLPHINS’ HEARTBREAK FEATURED VIDEO NRL 2024 HAS DES HASLER PROVIDED THE BLUESPRINT FOR NSW TO STOP REECE WALSH? Advertisement MOST VIEWED TODAY EVACUATION CENTRE SET UP AFTER FREAK STORM HITS PERTH AND THE SOUTH WEST DOUBLE-MURDERER HAD 10CM CYST PUSHING ON BRAIN: HEALTH WORKER PERTH AIRPORT TURNS ATTENTION TO FLIGHT BACKLOG AS REFUELLING FIX ENDS HOURS OF CHAOS AS IT HAPPENED: WA NEWS ON FRIDAY, MAY 31 LIVE AFL 2024 ROUND 12 LIVE UPDATES: SUNS SCORCH BOMBERS TO CLIMB INTO THE TOP EIGHT; REID COPS TWO-MATCH BAN, OUT OF RISING STAR CONTENTION ‘I’VE JUST KILLED ME KIDS’: HIS STORY NEVER CHANGED. 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