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ExclusivePremiumLabor leader’s $18k travel bill on taxpayers

An investigation of Anthony Albanese’s official disclosures to parliament shows the Labor leader has accepted dozens of free tickets to sporting events and concerts, charging taxpayers for travel to cities on several occasions.

James Campbell

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McGowan demands more Pfizer vaccines for WA

The Premier will tell National Cabinet he wants increased supplies of Pfizer to vaccinate West Australians as the border with NSW tightens.

Joe Spagnolo

ElectionAmnesty call for inquiry into Iran's Raisi

Iran's president-elect Ebrahim Raisi should be investigated over alleged human rights abuses from the late 1980s, Amnesty International says.

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PoliticsMarches, reflection as US marks Juneteenth

After last week's bill from the Biden administration making Juneteenth a federally recognised holiday, Americans across the nation are set to mark the occasion.

Rich McKay and Brendan O'Brien

PoliticsGovernment buys former Whitlam family home

The federal government has announced it will spend $1.3 million to acquire former prime minister Gough Whitlam's family residence in Sydney.

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Incidental tweetCommentsPremiumWA cop calls NSW Premier ‘corrupt’ in Twitter slip

A police officer at Kwinana Police Station will be given ‘guidance’ about their future use of social media after inadvertently posting a tweet falsely accusing the NSW Premier of corruption.

Phil Hickey

ElectionHardline judge wins Iran presidential vote

A hardline protege of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has won the country's presidential election in a landslide, initial results suggest.

Jon Gambrell

prisoners and detaineesVideoProtests to be held across Australia for Biloela family

Protests are being held across Australia on Saturday, calling for a Tamil family now in community detention in Perth to be allowed to return to Queensland.

Andi Yu

New faceCommentsPremiumEx-journo fashionista appointed as new Nedlands mayor

Online fashion retailer and former journalist Fiona Argyle is the City of Nedlands’ new mayor — a position vacated amid controversy in February.

Michael Traill

Politics'Traitor' Mike Pence booed at conference

Former US vice president Mike Pence has been heckled by audience members at a Faith and Freedom conference in Florida.

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PoliticsUK hopes to reach NZ trade deal in August

UK officials say they hope to reach a trade agreement in principle with New Zealand in August.

Alistair Smout

Make your choiceCommentsPremiumVaccine procrastinators can’t hold off forever

In the near future, every person will get to make that stark choice between vaccination and rolling the dice with the virus and its ever-mutating strains. Here’s why John Flint is among the former.

John Flint

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FULL LISTPremiumAll 842 members of Perth’s The Weld Club revealed

The club is famously private, but today The West Australian can for the first time reveal the names of all its 842 members.

Rhianna Mitchell

CrimeHK democracy newspaper execs denied bail

The editor and CEO of Hong Kong's Apple Daily newspaper have been denied bail on charges of collusion with a foreign country to endanger national security.

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PoliticsUN chief Guterres appointed for new term

The UN General Assembly has adopted a resolution appointing Secretary-General Antonio Guterres for a second term as head of the United Nations.

Michelle Nichols

PoliticsNSW premier is dating high-profile lawyer

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian is dating high-profile lawyer Arthur Moses who represented her at a corruption hearing into former boyfriend Daryl Maguire.

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New chapterPremiumGladys Berejiklian confirms new romance with top lawyer

Premier Gladys Berejiklian has a new boyfriend. She confirmed last night she had begun a relationship with the top lawyer who represented her in last year at ICAC.

Annette Sharp and Brenden Hills

Law and orderQld police locate missing 10-year-old

Queensland police have located a boy who was believed to be at "significant risk" after being taken from his Woodford school by a man known to him.

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ElectionEthiopia to vote as PM vows fair election

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has promised Ethiopia's first "free and fair elections" as the country goes to the polls but opposition groups have their doubts.

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Labor firms on Swan candidate amid factional brawl

Labor looks to have chosen its candidate for the Federal seat of Swan, but the pick came amid an ugly factional clash over the pre-selection.

Peter Law

WATCH NOWVideoComments‘Thank you’: Biloela mum’s message to Australia

Asylum seeker Priya Murugappan has released a video thanking Australians for their ‘support’ while her child is treated at Perth Children’s Hospital.

Charlotte Elton

PoliticsKoalas could soon be considered endangered

A federal panel of experts has suggested the conservation status of koalas could be upgraded from vulnerable to endangered in Queensland, NSW and the ACT.

Daniel McCulloch

The fight continuesCommentsPremiumOutgoing AMA boss ‘won’t ease up’ over WA health crisis

The coronavirus pandemic has made Andrew Miller a household name and the departing head of WA’s doctors union has no plans to retreat from the spotlight.

Josh Zimmerman

Law and orderQld schoolgirl likely choked by foster dad

Queensland schoolgirl Tiahleigh Palmer was likely choked or asphyxiated and a coroner has rejected her foster dad's excuse that he accidentally killed her.

Nick Gibbs