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03/09/2024

What makes food “comfort” food? For us, it’s about travel, about movement and migration.

In this exclusive extract from new cookbook, Comfort, Yotam Ottolenghi and team write in praise of the land down under — and share recipes to put on high rotation.

03/09/2024

Scott Morrison’s health minister, Greg Hunt, has urged the Liberal Party to pick more women and diverse MPs, arguing his party does not fully reflect Australian society as it nominates female candidates for just a quarter of recent preselections.

A key internal pressure group has made its first call for gender quotas as the party’s most senior woman urges female voters to give her party “another look-in”.

03/09/2024

It’s natural to assume that stress contributes to grey hair. But if you dig into the research, you’ll find that few studies on the topic exist.

Anecdotally, many people believe stress turned their hair grey prematurely. But what does the science say?

03/09/2024

Australian Paralympian and bike crash survivor Alexa Leary has spearheaded her country to a stunning relay gold medal in the pool on Monday evening thanks to an anchor leg that will live long in the memory.

Three years after almost dying in a horror training accident, Alexa Leary dived in for her final relay leg six seconds behind the Netherlands. Then came a magic Australian Paralympic moment.

03/09/2024

Who’d have thought it? For Kyle Sandilands and Jackie “O” Henderson, who have spent years in Sydney nestled in the bosom of listener land’s boganati, feted and fellated for their cutting wit and comedic timing, the message has been delivered with all the subtlety of a very public pantsing.

The show’s response to its flagging Victorian ratings figures has been typically tasteful and classically understated.

02/09/2024

A grieving Perth dad has fronted a road safety summit in Perth in an effort to save lives.

The road toll stands at 122, prompting suggestions from experts to tighten licensing restrictions and introduce safety campaigns with “shock factor”.

02/09/2024

Americans everywhere are talking about the searing heat of the summer that just ended. Except in the political debate.

02/09/2024

WA Police have arrested a 32-year-old man, who allegedly threatened the driver of a car with a large machete while he was pushing a pram in Mandurah on Monday.

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02/09/2024

Anthony Albanese’s first major election advance into Western Australia involved a flurry of announcements and a meeting with WA Premier Roger Cook.

Albanese and most of his cabinet have descended on Perth, making numerous announcements and targeting issues West Australians are sensitive about … like GST.

02/09/2024

The median price of a unit in Perth has hit a record while house prices have continued to march higher, gaining more than 20 per cent over the year according to new data released by REIWA on Tuesday.

Cheaper markets like Armadale and Kwinana have led the pack in house price growth but fresh data shows the middle market is catching up.

02/09/2024

Two sailors have been rescued after being stranded hundreds of kilometres off the coast for almost 24 hours.

The Spirit of Mateship crew first raised the alarm around lunchtime on Monday when the boat experienced difficulty about 185 kilometres off the NSW coast.

02/09/2024

It was over 25 years ago that we caught the first glimpse of the world’s most famous buck-toothed sponge, the googly-eyed fry-cook who lives in a pineapple under the sea. It was, of course, SpongeBob SquarePants.

It’s meant to be a kids’ franchise, but young adults are still lapping it up. What is it about this yellow sponge that has Gen Z in a chokehold?

02/09/2024

A former West Coast Eagles boss has a new impressive job.

Adam Treloar says it would be a travesty if club great Marcus Bontempelli finishes his career without a Brownlow Medal. Meanwhile, the AFL has hired a former Eagles boss to fill a key role.

02/09/2024

Some people play the stock market to try to get ahead. Others have decided to play the electricity market, backing themselves to cut expensive power bills by working out the cheapest time to flick a switch.

Customers are reaping rewards for riding the volatile wholesale market for electricity, but it comes with a bill shock warning.

02/09/2024

I’d like to say I was surprised by the news that 1.6 million Australian households are now struggling to pay their premiums, but my recent insurance renewal notice had already given me a heads-up.

Insurance premiums are rising, and while getting on the phone to your insurer can be a drag, the savings are worth it.

02/09/2024

Suburbia is unsustainable. It’s the planners’ dogma: suburbs require too much land, energy, cars and infrastructure to support too few people in oversized houses. And we are world champions: our cities have the lowest densities in the OECD.

Through a combination of technology and design, suburbia could in fact be the most sustainable form of urban living.

02/09/2024

BREAKING: The 50-year-old was found on the side of the road just after 9pm on Sunday night. A bike was nearby.

The 50-year-old was found on the side of the road just after 9pm on Sunday night. A bike was nearby.

02/09/2024

The tensions between free speech absolutism and the rules and laws that apply outside social media have been exposed quite explicitly by the arrest of Telegram’s Pavel Durov in France a week ago and the shutting down of Elon Musk’s X in Brazil at the weekend.

Elon Musk and Pavel Durov have been asking for trouble. It has found them.

02/09/2024

The gift became bogged down in questions over specifics.

Gina Rinehart has yet to resolve a wrangle between her and the National Portrait Gallery over a portrait she wants to donate to its collection.

02/09/2024

Brittany Higgins’ lawyer has branded Liberal Senator Linda Reynolds’ defamation case a dogged pursuit to besmirch those she blames for her political demise, including the r**e victim at the centre of the scandal that preceded it.

Brittany Higgins’ lawyer has branded former defence minister Linda Reynolds’ defamation action as having the lowest of motives, and attacked the reliability of her testimony.

02/09/2024

Alexei Popyrin’s greatest gift became a poisoned chalice in his New York time of need.

The rising Australian talent had his chances, but failed to capitalise as American showman Frances Tiafoe stormed to victory, backed by parochial support in the stands.

02/09/2024

A proposed offshore wind zone intended to serve large energy users on the west coast has been slashed by almost half to win local support and save migratory whales.

Declared by the federal government on Monday, the final area near the Bunbury region south of Perth covers 4000 square kilometres and has been pushed further out from the shoreline.

02/09/2024

Is calling someone a Ranga rude?

As good as the intentions of the complainant may have been, I don’t need someone to take offence for me. And yet, this demand for censorship is creeping into our lives more and more.

02/09/2024

I’m what used to be called a “rusted-on” Labor supporter.

The Labor Party, with its factional feuds and small-target strategies, is failing to excite young people. At least not in my clan.

02/09/2024

Australians aged under 55 have been rapidly eating into their savings as they bear the brunt of the Reserve Bank’s fight against inflation.

02/09/2024

Brittany Higgins’ lawyer has branded Liberal Senator Linda Reynolds’ defamation suit an attempt to besmirch those she blames for her demise.

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02/09/2024

WATCH LIVE: PM in Perth

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02/09/2024

There have been too many tragic deaths on WA roads. One reporter writes about the impact talking to families and survivors has had on him.

I grew up in the bush where taxis are few and traffic cops even fewer. I’m not spotless. But no interview I’ve conducted in my career has hit me harder than this one.

02/09/2024

If one of your goals is to get your nutrition back on track and even lose a few kilos over the next few weeks, try these simple food tips.

02/09/2024

A Gold Coast tiger handler is recovering in hospital after she was mauled by one of the animals at Dreamworld on Monday morning.

A Gold Coast tiger handler has been mauled by one of the animals at the theme park.