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Missing person
Homicide detectives join search for four-year-old girl missing in WA outback
The young girl was last seen inside her family’s tent at the Quobba blow holes campsite at 1.30am on Saturday morning. When her mother woke at 6am, Cleo and her sleeping bag were gone.
Juukan inquiry urges national laws to protect sacred sites
An inquiry into Rio Tinto’s blasting of the Juukan Gorge caves has recommended giving traditional owners the right to withhold consent to works on their land.
Dawson slams 300,000 West Australians who are in no rush to get vaccinated
WA police commissioner Chris Dawson, who is in charge of the vaccine rollout, said he was confident the state would easily reach an 80 per cent vaccination rate but the final 20 per cent were proving trickier to convince.
Analysis
Coronavirus pandemic
A step back to move forward: What will life be like when WA hits vaccine target?
WA’s Premier and CHO have refused to put a date on when the state will let its guard down, but they won’t consider it until vaccination rates hit between 85 and 90 per cent.
WA government refuses to release COVID modelling guiding extended border closure
Modelling undertaken by WA Health, including scenario planning for what WA might look like once COVID is allowed in, has been supplied to Premier Mark McGowan - however he has refused to release the documents.
Woodside teams up with Bill Gates-backed solar tech
Woodside is considering rolling out US solar thermal generation in Australia but will first trial the technology in California.
PM wants binding 2050 net zero target at Glasgow summit
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has told a Liberal party room meeting he wants to take a formal pledge for net-zero emissions by 2050 to the Glasgow climate talks.
Business frustration over government’s climate inaction grows
As the Glasgow climate talks approach, pressure mounts on the government to make serious commitments on emission reductions.
Berejiklian denies holding suspicions former boyfriend was allegedly corrupt
The former NSW premier told a secret ICAC examination that she “didn’t know what to think” when allegations of corrupt conduct were first levelled at Daryl Maguire.
How ‘going green’ became the issue that unites the royals
For decades, the Prince of Wales has been an eco champion - now his family is following suit.
Auditor-General finds ‘no precedent’ for ABC to pay star reporter’s legal costs
The Auditor-General was looking into whether it was appropriate for the ABC to pay $79,000 damages plus legal costs to MP Andrew Laming to settle a defamation case.
Opinion
Inside China
China plays down contagion fears as clock ticks on Evergrande
China’s central bank insists the fallout from Evergrande’s looming collapse can be contained. That looks set to be tested this week.
Stephen Bartholomeusz
Senior business columnist
A woman won a $1.5m literary prize. It turned out ‘she’ was actually three men
The series of gripping detective novels starring strong female protagonists were said to be written by a mother of three children. Now the real authors are accused of being “scammers”.
Stunning film Lamb, shot in total isolation, examines a couple united in grief
Set in Iceland, Lamb is a strange, mythic compelling story about a bereaved couple.
Collingwood, Tigers agree to pick swap ahead of draft
The player trade window has closed but the deals to move picks has continued with Richmond and Collingwood doing a deal over pick 27.
Cryptocurrency should not become another ‘boys club’, warns Perth-based startup
Bamboo chief operating officer Tracey Plowman says crypto assets give women a way to take control of their finances outside the typically male-dominated world of traditional finance.
Western Australia
Local government elections: New era in Fremantle, a former Eagle rises and a recount in Perth
A quartet of new mayors will take up the chains following Saturday’s poll while a narrow vote at the City of Perth will see a recount to determine who gets the last spot on council after only seven votes separated fourth and fifth place.
Breaking
Tragedy
Police divers find missing eight-year-old boy’s body
The boy’s family expressed their thanks to all emergency services and volunteers involved in searching for their child after he went missing.
Regions rise to top of WA Police Excellence Awards nominations
Regional officers and police stations are well-represented among this year’s crop of nominees for the Nine News WA Police Excellence Awards.
‘Exacting revenge’: Clan foes to face Liberal disciplinary committee
One party insider said the nominations were a sign Clan members were “exacting revenge” on their critics.
Freo wharfies back to work after 12 weeks as both sides claim victory
Resumption of full activities at WA’s biggest non-bulk port will help ease concerns about deliveries from the international shipping industry already in turmoil from pandemic-related disruptions.
Politics
International vaccination passports land on Tuesday as nation nears jab milestone
It comes as quarantine-free travel from New Zealand’s South Island resumes from midnight on Tuesday after agreement from Victoria and NSW.
Business
Opinion
Inside China
China plays down contagion fears as clock ticks on Evergrande
China’s central bank insists the fallout from Evergrande’s looming collapse can be contained. That looks set to be tested this week.
Stephen Bartholomeusz
Senior business columnist
World
‘Everything is riding on this’: Nobel winner Maria Ressa and the fight for democracy in the Philippines
After six years of Rodrigo Duterte, no less than the future of the country is at stake in the upcoming presidential election, says the new Nobel peace prize winner.
Opinion
Joyce weakens Morrison before world leaders decide their pledges on climate change
David Crowe
Chief political correspondent
Why older women dare not mention the M word
Jacqueline Maley
Columnist and senior journalist
Integrity in politics: Not too much to ask
Sandy Killick
Director of Democracy Matters
A prince, World Cup winner and a dead-ringer digger
Peter FitzSimons
Columnist and author
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Property bydomain
This $13.5m home wasn't the most expensive to sell in Noosa in the past week
It was topped by a unit overlooking the main beach, which sold for a record price.
So many sea-changers are moving here, there aren't many homes left
The tidal pull of life by the sea is drawing so many new residents, there are few homes available, sparking a new push into neighbouring towns.
Lifestyle
‘I thought it was a woman’s disease’: What it’s like to live with breast cancer
About one in seven women and one in 700 men will be diagnosed with the disease in their lifetime. Most survivors go on to live normal lives, but many say they view life very differently.
Culture
A foundation myth of ‘white’ Australia is rewritten in a new SBS doco
The astonishing documentary Our African Roots rewrites much of the monocultural myth of modern Australia.
Sport
Analysis
Draft
All you need to know about the AFL draft points system
There are two elite father-son prospects this year, Nick Daicos and Sam Darcy. Here’s how the points system will deliver them to their clubs on draft night.
Australia could miss main course of home World Cup
Embarrassingly for a proud cricket nation that has captured almost every major trophy there is, Australia are not guaranteed a berth in the main part of a home World Cup.
Raelene Boyle railing for retrospective gold like swimmers
Australian sprint queen Raelene Boyle has called on the IOC to retrospectively award medals to athletes who were cheated by East Germany’s sports doping system in the 1970s and ’80.
Khawaja stakes Ashes claim with a century of substance
Queensland captain Usman Khawaja staked his claim for a Test match recall to partner David Warner in the Ashes with a mighty century against South Australia.
‘Big shoes to fill’: Koroibete ruled out of Wallabies’ spring tour
The Japan-bound winger has played his last Test for the Wallabies after deciding to stay in Australia for family reasons before taking up a new contract with the Panasonic Wild Knights.
Anderson hits back at Paine: Keep Ashes chat respectable
James Anderson has called for Australians to keep the Ashes phoney war “respectable” and says that the insults can be “dangerous” for mental health.
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Australian Grand Prix
Australian F1 Grand Prix pushed to April 2022 in bid to ease restrictions
The Australian F1 Grand Prix is listed as the third race on the 2022 calendar as authorities give the country more time to ease travel restrictions.
Have Your Say
The five Wallabies who need a good spring tour
Dave Rennie’s squad is becoming increasingly competitive - and there are several fringe players who are in danger of falling out of the Test picture.
