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Wed, 14 May 2025 00:01:00 +1000 Stamp duty discounts extended by a year, saving buyers thousands |
Buyers of off-the-plan units, townhouses and apartments will have longer to claim stamp duty concessions as the Allan government seeks to fuel interest in new builds.
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Wed, 14 May 2025 00:00:00 +1000 A piercing, poignant tale about love, loss and writing |
Caro Llewellyn’s Love Unedited is a read for the tender of heart and independent of spirit.
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Wed, 14 May 2025 00:00:00 +1000 These diaries of Joan Didion should never have been published |
Notes to John is a crude, even aberrant, addition to Didion’s published writings.
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Wed, 14 May 2025 00:00:00 +1000 An election and wild weather couldn’t stop our most isolated writers festival |
More than 50 writers, including Booker Prize winner Samantha Harvey, feminist icon turned crime writer Jane Caro and bestselling Irish novelist Marian Keyes descended on Margaret River for the annual writers festival.
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Wed, 14 May 2025 00:00:00 +1000 The dystopian novel that might make you consider the current reality |
Laila Lalami imagines a world in which our dreams are monitored for clues to potential crimes
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Wed, 14 May 2025 00:00:00 +1000 She’s one of the biggest stars in Asia – but nobody knows who she is |
Platinum-selling Japanese singer Ado, who is touring Australia this month, keeps her identity a secret, even when she performs live.
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Tue, 13 May 2025 23:59:00 +1000 Superquiz, Wednesday, May 14 |
Trivia buffs, test your knowledge with today’s interactive superquiz.
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Tue, 13 May 2025 21:55:23 +1000 Captain Cook memorial to be permanently removed from Melbourne park |
The City of Yarra decided to get rid of the granite monument from Edinburgh Gardens after vandals repeatedly targeted it and cost the council thousands of dollars.
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Tue, 13 May 2025 21:46:47 +1000 Best of cartoons, May 14, 2025 |
The news of the day as interpreted by our talented artists, illustrators and cartoonists.
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Tue, 13 May 2025 21:46:27 +1000 The latest illustrations from artist Matt Golding |
Illustrations by the artist from The Age.
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Tue, 13 May 2025 21:41:28 +1000 The latest illustrations from artist Simon Letch |
Gallery of illustrations by the Sydney Morning Herald artist.
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Tue, 13 May 2025 21:39:02 +1000 The latest illustrations from artist Cathy Wilcox |
The latest work by the acclaimed Sydney Morning Herald editorial cartoonist.
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Tue, 13 May 2025 21:00:00 +1000 Flush with excess |
Toilet humour can be draining.
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Tue, 13 May 2025 20:59:17 +1000 Woman attacked by two men on e-scooters |
A woman in her 70s has been attacked by two men on e-scooters as she walked in Calista in Perth’s southern suburbs.
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Tue, 13 May 2025 20:57:40 +1000 Jury finds man guilty of killing WA policeman |
It took a jury less than three hours to find a drug-affected car thief guilty of killing Western Australian policeman Anthony Woods.
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Tue, 13 May 2025 20:57:03 +1000 Football legend farewelled in Perth |
Hundreds gathered at the Perth Football Club to farewell Peter “The Buzz” Bosustow in a service fit for a footy legend.
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Tue, 13 May 2025 20:55:47 +1000 Tributes for Perth couple killed in tragic accident |
Tributes are flowing for a Perth couple killed in a tragic Mother's Day accident.
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Tue, 13 May 2025 20:55:13 +1000 Hero hound saves life of elderly grandmother |
A hero hound has saved the life of an elderly grandmother, barking to wake neighbours to a fire at her home in Perth.
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Tue, 13 May 2025 20:33:43 +1000 French actor Gerard Depardieu convicted of sexual assault on film set |
In one of the highest-profile #MeToo cases to come before judges in France, Depardieu had repeatedly denied any wrongdoing.
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Tue, 13 May 2025 20:07:59 +1000 Umpires misled AFL over not stopping play after Schultz clash |
Audio has emerged that casts doubt on the umpires’ version of events from Thursday night’s match in which Magpie Lachie Schultz was concussed.
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