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BUSINESSWhy it won’t be easy for Wendy’s in Australia

Experts say Wendy’s will be pushing it uphill as the US brand tries to crack the Australian fast-food market.

Blair Jackson

Federal PoliticsPremiumAlbo’s green appeal to key Aussie industry

Labor is making a multi-billion dollar appeal to a key Australian industry in a push to take it green.

Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer

Conflict and WarPremiumGaza cheers start of ceasefire between Israel and Hamas

Crowds in Gaza have cheered and chanted as armed Hamas fighters drive through the southern city of Khan Younis following the start of the ceasefire agreement.

Nidal al-Mughrabi and Mohammad Salem

Fashion‘Country casual’ rules at music spectacular

Australia’s legendary Tamworth Country Music Festival is up and running and photos from the town reveal a ‘country casual’ theme for 2025.

Duncan Evans

Conflict and WarPremiumMassive aid effort key element of Gaza ceasefire deal

The Gaza ceasefire deal has come into effect after 15 months of conflict that has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians and inflamed the Middle East.

Andrew Mills and Emily Rose

Israel-Gaza warVideoPalestinian man loses nine relatives just days before ceasefire

Nine family members of a Palestinian man have been killed in an IDF airstrike ahead of Israel-Hamas ceasefire.

Faara Nadeem

CrimePremiumMan arrested in India over stabbing of Bollywood star

A man is in custody in India after one of Bollywood's most bankable stars was stabbed in the country's financial capital.

Swati Bhat

WeatherPremiumPerth to swelter as extreme heatwave arrives

Perth to sweat through third summer heatwave as temperatures soar into 40s this week.

Lisa Thomas and Bethany Hiatt

Conflict and WarPremiumASEAN tells Myanmar junta peace, not poll, is priority

Southeast Asian nations have urged unhindered humanitarian access in Myanmar and called for a South China Sea code to be expedited.

Danial Azhar

Small BusinessDutton backs huge lunch tax break

There’s no such thing as a free lunch, but Aussies could soon enjoy tax deductible ones in an elected Coalition government.

Duncan Evans

state politicsPremiumPremier calls Liberals’ rehab policy ‘dangerous’

A WA Liberal promise to give magistrates the power to mandate drug rehabilitation has been described as ‘dangerous’ by Premier Roger Cook.

Jake Dietsch

Disaster and emergencyPremiumPlea to help family take taxi driver’s body home

The family of a taxi driver who died when a driver slammed head-on into his taxi in Cloverdale last week is hoping to return his body to his homeland of Ethiopia.

Bethany Hiatt

UpdatedTwo teens killed in waterfall tragedy

Two teenagers have died in a tragic incident at a popular waterfall spot in QLD.

Duncan Evans

CrimePremiumMan dead, another arrested over alleged assault at unit

Homicide detectives have arrested a man as they investigate the circumstances leading up to the death of another man in a unit.

Melissa Meehan

Conflict and WarGaza ceasefire under way ahead of hostage release

A ceasefire in Gaza between Israel and Hamas has come into effect with a hostage release to follow after a 15-month war that has upended the Middle East.

Maayan Lubell, Nidal al-Mughrabi and Emily Rose

MiningCommentsPremiumPorts close off WA’s Pilbara on cyclone warning

Pilbara Ports Authority closed the Ports of Dampier, Ashburton, Varanus Island, and Cape Preston West late Saturday as Tropical Cyclone Sean began forming off the coast of WA’s iron ore-rich region.

Jason Gale

Disaster and emergencyCommentsPremiumFirefighters battle house fire near Mandurah

Four crews of firefighters are currently on scene attempting to put out the blaze.

Lisa Thomas

State PoliticsPremium‘Juvenile stunt’: Liberals slam Roger Cook’s letter to RBA

‘Roger Cook is not writing to the RBA to help Western Australians. Roger Cook is writing to the RBA to save his tired Government and his Labor mates in Canberra,’ Shadow treasurer Steve Martin said.

Jake Dietsch

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Severe WeatherComments
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Category one cyclone off WA coast threatens lives and homes

Residents in WA’s north are being told there is a possible threat to lives and homes as a category one cyclone approaches the area.

Taylor Renouf

NewsPremiumUrgent warning over deadly disease

A major measles alert has been issued for two Australian states after numerous reports of measles cases, including an infected toddler who visited a shopping centre.

Alexandra Feiam

SA News‘Miss you mate’: Heartbreak after dad’s death

Heartbroken friends have set up a fundraiser for the family of fisherman Darren Monaghan following his tragic death in a workplace accident.

Duncan Evans

POLITICSGrim call on spate of anti-Semitic attacks

The NSW Premier has made a grim admission about the spate of anti-Semitic attacks gripping Sydney, flagging possible changes to the law.

Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer

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SharksComments
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Four popular Perth beaches closed due to shark sightings

Surf Life Savers closed the beaches just before 10.30am.

Ben McClellan and Taylor Renouf

WA NewsCommentsMagnitude 3.8 earthquake rocks WA town

It comes 57 years after the town was destroyed by a powerful quake in 1968.

Lisa Thomas