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THE DROP PODCAST Your weekly hit of the most interesting pop culture news, reviews and recommendations. THE TRAVELLER QUIZ Are you an expert traveller? Test your knowledge with our weekly travel quiz. PerthWeather forecast -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DEFAMATION FOUR YEARS LATER, HIGGINS IS STILL REPEATING HER STORY. AND IT’S NOT OVER YET Brittany Higgins has endured longer in the witness box than Bruce Lehrmann, and he is the one bringing the claim. UPDATED CITY OF PERTH STATE REJECTS ZEMPILAS’ VERSION OF PERTH SAFE NIGHT SPACE TALKS Lord Mayor Basil Zempilas laid bare details of a conversation with former premier Mark McGowan about the women’s safe space, but the government says he’s wrong. * 2 hours ago UPDATED CRIME PERTH TEACHER ARRESTED AT SCHOOL, CHARGED WITH CHILD EXPLOITATION Detectives will allege the man used various online sites to have sexually explicit conversations, with someone he believed was a young boy. REVIEW A LITTLE GREYER, A LITTLE OLDER AND A LITTLE LESS ARROGANT, BUT HE’S STILL OUR ROBBIE More than three decades into his music career, Robbie Williams still knows how to work a crowd – as Perth found out on Thursday night. * UPDATED POP SUPERSTAR ROBBIE WILLIAMS BRINGS TRAFFIC TO A STANDSTILL FOR PERTH WINERY CONCERT CLIMATE CRISIS ‘SAY NO TO GAS’: WA DOCTORS RALLY AT PARLIAMENT HOUSE GPs, emergency doctors and surgeons have rallied outside the West Australian parliament urging the Cook government to stop gas projects and safeguard public health. EDUCATION THE SCHOOL CATCHMENTS BEHIND PERTH’S MOST IN-DEMAND SUBURBS Domain data reveals the main school catchments people are searching for when looking to buy a house, and the results are more varied than you might think. UPDATED JUVENILE JUSTICE INDIGENOUS TEEN’S FUNERAL GOES AHEAD AFTER CRISIS TALKS The funeral of Cleveland Dodd, who died after self-harming while in custody inside a WA prison, went ahead after authorities reached a last-minute agreement regarding his father. UPDATED ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT HEAVY FIGHTING REPORTED AS TRUCE BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS ENDS In the hour before the truce ended, Israel said it intercepted a rocket fired from Gaza and there were reports of gunfire in the Palestinian enclave. * 2 hours ago ART SELF INSEMINATION ARTIST SETTLES DISCRIMINATION CASE Creative Australia will pay Casey Jenkins a six-figure sum, issue an apology and give their staff training in gender equity under a settlement reached outside court. GST CHALMERS RESISTS STATES’ DEMANDS FOR BILLIONS IN GST State treasurers are threatening to raise new taxes and blame the Commonwealth unless Chalmers meets their demands for billions in extra cash. BIG FOUR NAB BOSS SAYS RATES NEARING PEAK AHEAD OF THE RESERVE BANK’S DECISION National Australia Bank chief executive Ross McEwan said rate hikes were slowing the economy as intended but that there could be one more next year. MARRIAGE THE BOAT WAS TAKING ON WATER, AND THERE WAS I, FALLING IN LOVE That New Year’s Eve party could have ended badly. Instead, it was just the beginning. REVIEW FREMANTLE THE FREO EATERY WHOSE FLAVOURS CREATE A BAR BRAWL IN YOUR MOUTH Emily Taylor is a large scale restaurant carved out of the combined backyards of 150-year-old worker’s cottages adjacent to the Freo Markets. OPINION MENTAL HEALTH FORGET BUCKET LISTS, HERE’S THE LIST THAT WILL BRING YOU REAL HAPPINESS KATE HALFPENNY Regular columnist LUNCH WITH ‘THAT DID ME IN’: THE CELEBRITY PORTRAIT SESSION THAT POLLY BORLAND SWORE WOULD BE HER LAST EDITOR'S PICKS EXPLAINER PSYCHOLOGY CAN YOU LEARN HOW TO MAKE CONVERSATION? HERE ARE SOME TIPS FOOD WASTE HOW TO SAVE MONEY BY USING THE INGREDIENTS LANGUISHING IN YOUR PANTRY OPINION WORK THERAPY MY NEW BOSS TERRIFIES ME. WHAT CAN I DO? JONATHAN RIVETT Freelance writer Advertisement JUST IN * 1 hour ago HOW WHIRLWIND RISE OF MATILDAS STAR BLEW THE WORLD AWAY * 1 hour ago OPINION THE DYNAMIC OPENER SELECTORS SHOULD CHOOSE TO REPLACE WARNER * 2 hours ago EXCLUSIVE THE SUSPECTED WAR CRIMINAL SWEPT UP IN THE HIGH COURT CRISIS * 2 hours ago UPDATED STATE REJECTS ZEMPILAS’ VERSION OF PERTH SAFE NIGHT SPACE TALKS Advertisement WESTERN AUSTRALIA EXCLUSIVE MINING WA LOSES KEY COG IN OVERLOADED RESOURCE PROJECT APPROVAL SYSTEM A senior bureaucrat will be shifted to temporarily plug a gap in WA’s system for approving new projects for the state’s $246 billion a year resource sector. EXCLUSIVE COURTS WEST AUSTRALIAN MAN WHO STABBED DAD IN THE NECK THOUGHT HIS FATHER HAD SEXUALLY ABUSED HIM AS A CHILD A 37-year-old man was sentenced to six years in prison on Wednesday, the court hearing how he launched an unprovoked attack on his dad as he got out of bed for a glass of water. PROPERTY MARKET WILL YIMBYS TAKE OVER FROM NIMBYS IN PERTH? Find out what the property trends were in 2023, where the market is headed next year, and what Perth punters type in when searching for their dream home. CRIME AFL STAR MARLION PICKETT’S ALLEGED CO-OFFENDER ADMITS ROLE IN CRIME SPREE Kurtley Thorne, who was charged with stealing, burglary and property damage alongside the Richmond AFL star, pleaded guilty on Wednesday. COURTS PERTH WOMAN ACCUSED OF TRYING TO KILL CHILDREN HAS ATTEMPTED MURDER CHARGES DOWNGRADED The 43-year-old was going to trial after pleading not guilty to the charges, but will now be sentenced on lesser charges of reckless conduct. FROM OUR PARTNERS DOMAIN 2023 WAS MEANT TO BE THE YEAR PRICES WENT DOWN. INSTEAD, THEY WENT UP. WHAT WILL 2024 BRING? DOMAIN WHAT HAPPENED TO THE BEACH BARGAINS OF FIVE YEARS AGO? AND WHAT THEY’RE WORTH TODAY DRIVE 30-YEAR-OLD CAR PUT THROUGH MODERN CRASH TEST POLITICS EXCLUSIVE FOREIGN RELATIONS ‘A BUCKET OF DIRT DROPPED ON US’: BACKLASH GROWS TO AUSTRALIA-TUVALU TREATY The island nation’s opposition leader has vowed to scrap the landmark resettlement and security pact in its current form if elected. OPINION INCOME TAX MEDDLING WITH STAGE 3 TAX CUTS WOULD BE PM’S MOST DANGEROUS OPTION DAVID CROWE Chief political correspondent CLIMATE POLICY GOVERNMENT REJECTS MANDATE FOR HOUSEHOLDS TO BUY EVS, GREEN APPLIANCES IMMIGRATION DUTTON DEMANDS APOLOGY FOR O’NEIL’S CLAIMS HE VOTED TO PROTECT PAEDOPHILES BUSINESS BIG FOUR NAB BOSS SAYS RATES NEARING PEAK AHEAD OF RBA DECISION National Australia Bank chief executive Ross McEwan said rate hikes were slowing the economy as intended but that there could be one more next year. UPDATED WORLD MARKETS TECH STOCKS WEIGH DOWN ASX DESPITE WALL STREET GAINS OPINION RUSSIA-UKRAINE WAR THE WEST NEEDS TO DO MORE TO SLOW DOWN PUTIN AMBROSE EVANS-PRITCHARD COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE THE COMPANIES MAKING THE OFFICE A LITTLE MORE CAVOOD-ADORABLE WORLD COP28 DUBAI COP28 STARTS ON A HIGH WITH RICH COUNTRIES PLEDGING MILLIONS TO HELP POOR ONES The jury is still out on whether the oil-rich nation and the oil-baron presiding over this year’s climate talks can achieve enough for the environment. Their first announcement isn’t a bad start. * 2 hours ago AI LOCAL COUNCILLORS, UNAWARE, APPROVE LAW WRITTEN ENTIRELY BY AI WORLD POLITICS ‘HISSY FIT’: SUNAK ACCUSED OF LOSING HIS MARBLES IN CENTURIES-OLD DISPUTE CHINA RELATIONS CHINA’S BELT SQUEEZES SO TIGHT, LAOS IS CHOKING OPINION ELON MUSK LAUNCHES TESLA’S CYBERTRUCK IN BLAZE OF GLORY. BUT DOES ANYONE WANT IT? LIAM DENNING HENRY KISSINGER: THE COWBOY WHO ‘ALWAYS ACTED ALONE’ TIM STANLEY THE WEST NEEDS TO DO MORE TO SLOW DOWN PUTIN AMBROSE EVANS-PRITCHARD MY NEW BOSS TERRIFIES ME. WHAT CAN I DO? JONATHAN RIVETT Freelance writer EXPLORE * Explainers * Good Weekend * Quiz * TV Guide * Newsletters * Please Explain podcast PROPERTY * Domain PROPERTY MARKET ‘YIMBYS WILL REPLACE NIMBYS’: PERTH PROPERTY PREDICTIONS FOR 2024 Find out what the property trends were in 2023, where the market is headed next year, and what Perth punters type in when searching for their dream home. PROPERTY MARKET INSIDE THE $16M COTTESLOE PENTHOUSE DRAWING DEEP-POCKETED BUYERS A penthouse sporting panoramic views of Cottesloe beach, a plunge pool, and floor-to-ceiling windows is tipped to fetch a whopping $16 million after drawing interest from local and expat buyers. PROPERTY PRICES THE STARK GRAPH THAT SHOWS WHY HOUSE PRICES COULD BE HIGHER A YEAR FROM NOW BIG FOUR WHICH HOUSEHOLDS ARE FEELING THE MOST FINANCIAL STRESS? OPINION HOUSING AFFORDABILITY WHY THERE’S NO QUICK FIX TO THE HOUSING AFFORDABILITY CRISIS ELIZABETH KNIGHT Business columnist GOOD FOOD CHRISTMAS TASTE TEST TASTED AND RANKED: THE GOOD FOOD GUIDE TO SUPERMARKET CHRISTMAS HAMS RECIPE COLLECTION BEST OF RAISE A PROPERLY SPICY MARG TO THE 20 MOST POPULAR RECIPES OF NOVEMBER FOOD WASTE HOW TO SAVE MONEY BY USING THE INGREDIENTS LANGUISHING IN YOUR PANTRY MASTERCLASS ADAM LIAW’S MODERN CAESAR SALAD (INCLUDING HOW TO COOK PERFECT JAMMY-YOLKED EGGS) LIFESTYLE OPINION CAREERS THREE THINGS YOUR BOSS WANTS YOU TO STOP DOING AT WORK Figuring out what your boss wants can be a challenge, so it’s often easier to start by working out what they don’t want. SHELLEY JOHNSON Careers contributor ARTS THE DARK CONSEQUENCES OF AN AVOCADO OBSESSION OPINION SUNDAY LIFE THERE ARE MANY CHALLENGES TO BEING DIVORCED IN MIDLIFE. SLEEPING ALONE WASN’T ONE OF THEM KERRI SACKVILLE Columnist and author ALCOHOL FEARING THE DREADED RED WINE HEADACHE? HERE’S HOW TO PREVENT IT FASHION DESIGNERS LONDON CALLING: THE AUSTRALIAN FASHION DESIGNERS TAKING OVER THE UK CULTURE REVIEW GREYER, OLDER AND A LITTLE LESS ARROGANT, BUT STILL OUR ROBBIE More than three decades into his music career, Robbie Williams still knows how to work a crowd – as Perth found out on Thursday night. THE VERDICT IT’S TIME FOR THE HORSES TO BE SENT TO THE GLUE FACTORY REVIEW FOO FIGHTERS SCREAM 32,000 PEOPLE OUT OF THEIR HUMP-DAY BLUES IN FIRST AUS SHOW ★★★★ REVIEW DERANGED QUEER COMEDY BOTTOMS ISN’T FOR EVERYONE AND THAT’S OK ARTS A MUSICAL SCORE IS FULL OF SECRETS – THE CONDUCTOR’S TASK IS TO HEAR THEM TRAVELLER TOP 10S 10 NORTH AMERICAN BUDGET AIRLINES AUSSIES SHOULD KNOW (OR BE WARNED) ABOUT TIPS & ADVICE SCORCHING TEMPERATURES MEAN YOU SHOULD RETHINK YOUR 2024 HOLIDAY TRAVELLER QUIZ TRAVEL QUIZ: LOST IN TRANSLATION FEATURES THE PARK HYATT IN WHICH CITY? OCEAN CRUISES THE FOUR-IN-ONE AUSTRALIAN SHIP THAT CAN GO ANYWHERE DRIVEDRIVE THE WORLD’S BEST-SELLING CARS, ACCORDING TO CONTINENT IS ISUZU TAKING IT A BIT EASY ON THE UPDATE FRONT WHEN IT COMES TO ITS UTE? TESLA CYBERTRUCK DELIVERIES BEGIN WITH $45,000 PRICE RISE FROM OUR PARTNERS STAN TOM BLYTH RETURNS IN THE BRAND NEW SEASON OF BILLY THE KID, NOW STREAMING ONLY ON STAN. STAN BASED ON THE BEST-SELLING NOVEL, EVERY EPISODE OF THE STAN ORIGINAL SERIES SCRUBLANDS IS NOW STREAMING. SPORT * AFL * Rugby Union * Cricket * Soccer * Racing * Tennis AFL 2024 GRUNDY READY TO RUCK IN SYDNEY After a difficult year with Melbourne, Brodie Grundy is ready to reclaim his reputation as one of the game’s premier ruckmen in Sydney. AUSTRALIAN OPEN AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2023 LIVE UPDATES The second round will kick off at both The Lakes and The Australian. MATILDAS MATILDAS STAND WITH NETBALLERS AFTER WINNING DON Matildas veteran Kyah Simon can empathise with netball colleagues. ANALYSIS PAKISTAN MAKING SENSE OF PAKISTAN CRICKET’S LATEST CRISIS Welcome to the chaos that is Pakistan cricket. ANDREW WU AUSTRALIAN OPEN THE 16-YEAR-OLD SCHOOLGIRL WHO STUNNED THE OPEN Rachel Lee skipped classes to play in the Australian Open this week. OLYMPICS SHE WAS THE NEXT CATHY FREEMAN. THEN SHE WAS GONE At 17 she ran for Australia; at 22 she was retired. UPDATED SUPER NETBALL PLAYERS FORCED TO SLEEP IN CARS AS PAY CRISIS DEEPENS Australia’s netballers say they have been forced to sleep in their cars. HAVE YOUR SAY GOLF’S CHANCE TO REALLY MIX IT UP AND GIVE US A TRULY OPEN OPEN With its world-first dual-gender event, the Australian Open promised something really radical. Only it didn’t quite go far enough. MALCOLM KNOX Journalist, author and columnist MORE IN SPORT AFL ‘I NEEDED TO BE PLAYING AFL FOOTBALL’: GRUNDY READY TO RUCK IN SYDNEY OPINION NRL IF NSW PLAYERS ARE AS OBSESSIVE AS THEIR NEW COACH, THEY CAN BEAT MAROONS ANALYSIS CRICKET ‘IT’S BUSINESS AS USUAL’: MAKING SENSE OF PAKISTAN CRICKET’S LATEST CRISIS RUGBY UNION ‘IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE GAME’: RUGBY AUSTRALIA TO LOWER LEGAL TACKLE HEIGHT ATHLETICS THE BIGGEST THREAT TO OLYMPIC SPORTS IS NOT THE MATILDAS OR AFLW UPDATED TENNIS ‘I HATED WAKING UP AND BEING NICK KYRGIOS’: TENNIS STAR OPENS UP ON HIS MENTAL HEALTH BATTLE GOLF AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2023 LIVE UPDATES: SMITH, DAVIS AND THE LEE SIBLINGS BEGIN THEIR ROUNDS NRL THE ONE PLAYER MAGUIRE WANTS BACK IN BLUE FOR NSW FEATURED VIDEO AUSTRALIAN CRICKET THE SEVEN CHARTS THAT HIGHLIGHT MAXWELL’S MARVELLOUS MONTH MOST VIEWED TODAY POP SUPERSTAR ROBBIE WILLIAMS BRINGS TRAFFIC TO A STANDSTILL FOR PERTH WINERY CONCERT PERTH TEACHER ARRESTED AT SCHOOL, CHARGED WITH CHILD EXPLOITATION OFFENCES THE SCHOOL CATCHMENTS BEHIND PERTH’S MOST IN-DEMAND SUBURBS COOK LASHES ZEMPILAS FOR OVERSEAS TRIP AMID PERTH SHELTER CLOSURE ‘CRISIS’ WA LOSES KEY COG IN OVERLOADED RESOURCE PROJECT APPROVAL SYSTEM ICONIC WESTERN SUBURBS HOTEL SUES OVER ‘COSTLY DELAYS’ TO $12M FACELIFT WA MINES, ENERGY MINISTER BILL JOHNSTON RESIGNS FROM COOK’S CABINET ‘YIMBYS WILL REPLACE NIMBYS’: PERTH PROPERTY PREDICTIONS FOR 2024 PERTH’S MOST EXPENSIVE RESTAURANT OPENS ITS DOORS WATODAY * Twitter * Facebook * Instagram * RSS OUR SITES * WAtoday * The Sydney Morning Herald * The Age * Brisbane Times * The Australian Financial Review * Domain * Drive CLASSIFIEDS * Tributes * Commercial Real Estate WATODAY * Contact & support * Advertise with us * Newsletters * Accessibility guide * Sitemap * Photo sales * Content licensing * Work with us * Terms of use * Privacy policy * Press Council * Charter of Editorial Independence PRODUCTS & SERVICES * Subscription packages * My account * Subscriber FAQs Copyright © 2023 Subscribe