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Perth land tops $400,000 amid ongoing supply crunch
1+ hour, 35+ min ago (26+ words) The West Australian is a leading news source in Perth and WA. Breaking local and world news from sport and business to lifestyle and current affairs....
Perth Iranian’s ‘absolutely ecstatic’ at US ‘intervention’
4+ hour, 28+ min ago (386+ words) Along the foreshore of South Perth on Sunday evening, members of Perth's Iranian community gathered in scenes of raw emotion as they marked the death of Iran's long-time supreme leader. Along the foreshore of South Perth on Sunday evening, members…...
Gen Z and millennials left behind in the game of life
4+ hour, 35+ min ago (428+ words) Daniel Newell has almost 20 years' experience in print and digital journalism. His career started with roles as a senior reporter in Geraldton and an editor in Kalgoorlie. He spent eight years as deputy editor of a suite of 11 newspapers in…...
Albanese shows rare clarity in decisive backing of US
6+ hour, 15+ min ago (422+ words) Anthony Albanese showed rare clarity in immediately backing Israel and the United States" strikes on Tehran. Unlike last year"s strikes on Iran"s nuclear facilities, when the Australian government took more than 24 hours to even provide a formal position,…...
Australia’s not immune to Ayatollah’s evil
9+ hour, 8+ min ago (34+ words) Our country sits half a world away from a Middle East warzone which means to some extent, Australians have had the luxury to sit back and observe the takedown of Iran's Islamic Republic....
The WA whale-whisperers saving giant endangered titans
11+ hour, 4+ min ago (373+ words) When David Henke gets the call about an entangled whale, he knows it could take anywhere from a few hours to several days before the semi-truck-sized mammals can be set free." When David Henke gets the call about an entangled…...
'Dancing in the streets': Iranian-Australians celebrate
12+ hour, 45+ min ago (26+ words) The West Australian is a leading news source in Perth and WA. Breaking local and world news from sport and business to lifestyle and current affairs....
Prominent WA business leader Michael Chaney defends GST deal
13+ hour, 18+ min ago (330+ words) Wesfarmers chair Michael Chaney has joined the chorus of WA voices urging the Commonwealth not to scuttle the GST deal that has delivered the State a $43 billion windfall. Mr Chaney, Nigel Satterley, John Poynton and Twiggy Forrest worked with the…...
Retirement now more expensive than ever
14+ hour, 50+ min ago (604+ words) Australians planning for retirement are facing a stark reality " the dream of a "comfortable" post-work lifestyle has never been more expensive. According to the latest figures from the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA), the cost of funding a…...
The White Hart of Lincoln
18+ hour ago (26+ words) The West Australian is a leading news source in Perth and WA. Breaking local and world news from sport and business to lifestyle and current affairs....