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Think quickPremiumLook deeper to find solace this reporting season

The profit reporting season kicks off this week and investors will have to scrutinise results announcements in ways that would have been unnecessary just seven months ago.

Neale Prior

ExclusivePremiumEx-bikie goes back to the scene of an alleged crime

A former Lone Wolf bikie charged after he staged a headline-grabbing two-day protest at the Villawood detention centre, was released on bail – back to the scene of the alleged crime.

Natalie O'Brien

Exclusive investigationPremiumWhy medicines cost more and how to get a cheaper script

Five more charges are added to the price of prescription medicines that increase their cost from $6 up to $20. This is how it works and what you can do to get a cheaper script.

Sue Dunlevy

Australian objectionCommentsPremiumAfghan soldier who murdered Diggers freed in US deal

A disgraced Afghan sergeant who was sentenced to death after he murdered three Australian soldiers is going to walk free from jail in a US peace deal with the Taliban.

Annabel Hennessy

BUSHFIRE RECOVERYPremiumSparking new ways for vines to recover

Bushfire-ravaged vines in the Adelaide Hills are being analysed and new methods are being used to restore the living back to health, in a project bringing growers and researchers together.

Clare Peddie

Four months and countingCommentsPremiumWA COVID transmission rate ‘better than NZ’

Our State has gone 120 days without any community spread of COVID-19, putting it well ahead of countries such as New Zealand, which has been held up as a poster child for containment.

Peter de Kruijff

gender wage gapCommentsPremiumChildcare boost would see mums’ earnings jump by $150k

A new report has found childcare costs are stopping many Australian women from working more than three days a week, with experts saying a $5bn investment would see our GDP jump by $11bn.

Annabel Hennessy

FINANCEPremiumBest Australian companies to invest in during COVID-19

The pandemic has offered entry-level investors hoping to make the opportunity to make some serious long-term money, Here’s which companies you should be looking at.

Anthony Keane

Oh snap!VideoNT film star’s thrilling new role

The Northern Territory’s most famous actor will be back on the big screen next month as the star of an international box office cult thriller.

Natasha Emeck

Junaid ThorneCommentsPremiumHow undercover cop snared WA’s rebel Muslim preacher

Perth-born self-styled sheik Junaid Thorne, who once said it was his destiny to become a counter-terrorism target, was brought undone by an undercover cop he thought he could trust.

Derrick Krusche

FAME GAMECommentsPremiumAussie celebs rake in cash for personal messages

For $US300, pop culture icon David Hasselhoff will wish your friend a happy birthday. Short on cash? For $US30 Dr Karl from Neighbours will do it instead.

Kate Emery

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opinion
Sexession and the CityCommentsPremium
opinion
COVID-19 has awoken WA’s sleeping secession beast

Any counsellor can see it ... sorry Australia, but WA is ‘just not that into you’.

Jenna Clarke

Jenna ClarkeAssistant Editor

See the photosPremiumPower blazer: Celeb trend that’s all over Zoom

The power suit – a favourite of the Duchess of Sussex and Hailey Bieber – is trending even in the isolation era with a twist. This is how you can dress to impress on video calls.

Nadia Salemme

See the tipsPremiumYour ultimate guide to surviving lockdown

The pandemic has forced widespread change in all of our daily lives and with change often comes stress. But experts say there are simple things you can do to make life easier.

Clare Masters

Exclusive investigationPremiumQueenslanders pay more for medicines because of their postcode

Queenslanders are paying nearly four times more for vital medicines just because of their home address. See the list of drugs and suburbs where patients are facing higher prices.

Sue Dunlevy

Exclusive investigationPremiumVictorians pay more for medicines because of their postcode

Victorians are paying nearly four times more for vital medicines just because of their home address. See the list of drugs and suburbs where patients are facing higher prices.

Sue Dunlevy

Exclusive investigationPremiumSouth Australians pay more for medicines because of their postcode

South Australians are paying nearly four times more for vital medicines just because of their home address. See the list of drugs and suburbs where patients are facing higher prices.

Sue Dunlevy

Exclusive investigationPremiumSydneysiders pay more for medicines because of their postcode

Some Sydneysiders and parts of greater NSW are paying nearly four times more for vital medicines because of their home address. See the list of drugs and suburbs facing higher prices.

Sue Dunlevy

MUST-READ FEATURECommentsPremiumWA’s long history of wanting to break from nation

Secession has caught the public’s attention many time in WA’s history because it taps into the not belief we live in the greatest place on earth. Ben O’Shea looks at our State’s desire to go it alone.

Ben O'Shea

Tragic deathVideoTwo-year-old Australian boy killed in Beirut blast

The Australian victim of the Beirut port blast has been identified as Isaac Oehlers with his family saying in a statement they are ‘heartbroken by the sudden and tragic loss of our beautiful boy.”

Shock diagnosisPremiumJohn Eren reveals secret battle with Parkinson’s

Labor MP John Eren has said “life goes on’’ as he reveals his brave battle with the neurological disorder Parkinson’s disease.

Ellen Whinnett

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The West Australian exclusive
SECESSION OBSESSIONCommentsPremium
The West Australian exclusive
Historical WAxit push highlighted at new museum

Cutting ties with the east coast has long been a tantalising prospect for WA and now our flirtation with secession will be immortalised at the new WA Museum for the first time.

Katherine Fleming

My army of angelsCommentsPremiumStars unite to help Eagles ‘godmother’ in cancer battle

Former West Coast star Adam Selwood and Fremantle gun Sabreena Duffy are among those involved in a national fundraising rally to support the godmother of the AFLW through her battle with cancer.

Steve Butler

Keep calmPremiumHow supermarkets will manage panic buying

Supermarket giants Coles and Woolworths have revealed how their supply chains are not at risk of running out as many items in Victoria will remain restricted in lockdown 2.0.

Sophie Elsworth and Tom Minear

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