LIVE UPDATES: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s six-day China visit has reached a symbolic high point as he is set to tour the Great Wall, following landmark talks with President Xi Jinping in Beijing.
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The exiled Tibetan leader has urged Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to stand up for human rights when visiting China and more bluntly rebuke Chinese repression.
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Hard to reach targets on health and housing are worth aiming for.
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A highly contaminated Wheatbelt tannery has been left abandoned and untreated for two decades, raising serious concerns for neighbours and the nearby town.
Hannah Whitehead
Concerned parents are flooding WA’s poisons hotline worried their young children are being exposed to vapes.
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Chinese Premier Li Qiang have pledged to increase trade amid growing global protectionism.
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Voters are preparing to head to the ballot box for an early state poll after only voting 16 months ago at the previous election.
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US President Donald Trump says in an online message a trade deal between the United States and Indonesia has been agreed.
Jess Preston’s rental nightmare started with cash-only demands and bans on cooking indoors. Now, after nine moves her story exposes a national crisis.
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The new look of Sydney’s terraces and townhouses has been revealed with a shocking price-tag: just $1.
Nathan Schmidt
Australia is dragging the developed world in one key area, with an expert suggesting a solution to “get this right” and “break the “deadlock”.
It’s impossible to ignore that significant tension exists within the relationship, though the Prime Minister was trying his best to do just that in Beijing.
A surprise winner has emerged from Anthony Albanese’s big six-day business blitz in China.
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The national boss of contracting giant Acciona has knocked back worries about a Western Australian worker shortage as he reveals the company’s plans to chase AUKUS work and energy transition projects.
Matt Mckenzie
WA’s sheep industry has been handed a clearer roadmap for life after live exports, with the Albanese Government finally revealing the full breakdown of its $139.7 million transition assistance package.
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The Federal Opposition says she is ‘agnostic’ on how her party recoups its standing with women in Western Australia, stopping short of backing gender quotas.
Oliver Lane
The cause of a sewerage spill that inundated parts of Spearwood and Beaconsfield remains a mystery, but the Water Minister insists the risk of a repeat is low.
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One state's police respond to up to 180,000 domestic and family violence calls every year and need more support, with unions calling for change.
Fraser Barton
A roundtable of Chinese and Australian business leaders in Beijing has recommended greater collaboration on green steel, education and agriculture.
A potential budget blowout has been exposed in Labor’s vaunted Westport project, with concerns the desalination plant in Kwinana is too close to the dredging zone.
Praise was heaped on Anthony Albanese by a state-owned media organisation, but one former prime minister received an unexpected broadside.
Brendan Kearns
Access to GP services has been front and centre for a state election campaign, several days out from polling day.
