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Luxury brands have enjoyed a long history of strong retail results on trendy King Street in Perth.
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Perth business

'They're taking money out of the state': Perth CBD retail poaching rolls on unabashed

A billion-dollar Sydney fund manager has continued to poach luxury retailers from King Street to fill empty tenancies at Raine Square. 

  • by David Prestipino
Before it was destroyed by Rio Tinto, the Juukan Gorge in WA held evidence of human habitation dating back 46,000 years.
Mining

Top Rio Tinto executive says iron ore boom unravelled Indigenous ties

  • by Nick Toscano
Jess has just turned 23, but in her eyes, she's celebrating her first birthday
Gender

Jess has just turned 23, but in her eyes, she's celebrating her first birthday

  • by Heather McNeill and Marta Pascual Juanola
Mining and Pastoral Liberal candidate Michael Huston with Senator Dean Smith and Cottesloe MP David Honey in the Kimberley.
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WA Parliament

WA Liberal candidate accused of intimidating Subiaco mayor

  • by Peter de Kruijff
The app will use QR Codes for contact tracing.
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Coronavirus pandemic

McGowan unveils QR code app as check-ins made mandatory in WA 

  • by Heather McNeill
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Politics

Acting WA corruption commissioner Scott Ellis.
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Corruption

Former MPs used taxpayer dollars to fund strippers and sham job, CCC claims

The accusations could also lead to criminal charges, with acting CCC boss Scott Ellis confirming it was preparing a brief for prosecutors.

  • by Hamish Hastie, Nathan Hondros and Peter de Kruijff
Mirrabooka MP Janine Freeman is tipped to retire at the next election.
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WA election

'I believe it is time for renewal': Labor MP Janine Freeman to retire at next election

Mirrabooka MP Janine Freeman has announced her retirement from the safe Labor seat.

  • by Nathan Hondros and Peter de Kruijff
Clive Palmer and Mark McGowan.
Clive Palmer

Queensland court deals Clive Palmer serious blow in legal war with WA

  • by Nathan Hondros
Zak Kirkup gives his first press conference at WA Parliament as opposition leader.
WA election

Kirkup seeks unity ticket with McGowan on pandemic, but urges transparency

  • by Nathan Hondros
Opposition health spokesman Zak Kirkup.
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WA election

'A game for fighters': Zak Kirkup is new WA Liberals leader

  • by Nathan Hondros and Peter de Kruijff

Crime & Courts

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Education

Murdoch University's vice-chancellor Professor Richard Higgott is under investigation by Western Australia's Corruption and Crime Commission.
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Murdoch University

Murdoch Uni loses bid to freeze staff pay in what union slammed as 'exploitation with no job security'

  • by Aja Styles

Health

An example of Osteopore's plugs, which are used as scaffolding to encourage natural bone regeneration.
Medicine

Not sci-fi: The Perth-based biotech company healing bones, one printout at a time

  • by Marta Pascual Juanola
Gender

Jess has just turned 23, but in her eyes, she's celebrating her first birthday

  • by Heather McNeill and Marta Pascual Juanola
WA Parliament

High noon for 'nangs' as Labor moves to regulate sale in WA

  • by Peter de Kruijff

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