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NT policePremiumWoman seriously injured in overnight motorcycle highway crash

A WOMAN, who was seriously injured in a motorbike crash on the Arnhem Highway overnight, is expected to be charged with traffic offences

Sarah Matthews

UpdatedPremium‘I took on the tough battles’: Trump delivers farewell speech

Donald Trump has farewelled the White House talking up his achievements and decrying the actions of those who stormed the US Capitol.

Sarah Blake

HealthTwo weeks without local COVID case in Vic

Victoria has gone two weeks without recording a new local case of COVID-19, although three more people in hotel quarantine have tested positive.

Benita Kolovos and Callum Godde

Latest updatesPremium2021 travel off the cards as new Aus Open cases recorded

The government has warned travel will be “one of the last things to change”, after more tennis players test positive for COVID-19.

Anthony Piovesan, Katy Hall, David Aidone, Zoe Smith

CrimeMan charged over Sydney beach bashing

A man has been charged with assault and stalking offences after allegedly striking another man and causing major injuries near a northern Sydney rock pool.

Disaster and EmergencyMan dead after tinnie capsizes in Vic

A man has been found dead by police after his tinnie capsized in southeast Victoria, but a woman and teenage boy survived.

ExclusivePremiumMiranda Kerr warned after breaching quarantine

Police went to the luxury home where supermodel Miranda Kerr and her Snapchat founder husband Evan Spiegel were after she breached a 14-day isolation order.

Nick Hansen and Perry Duffin

HealthUS coronavirus death toll tops 400,000

As President Donald Trump spends his final day in office, the US death toll from the coronavirus has reached the grim milestone of more than 400,000.

CrimeUS jails 'militia' members on riot charges

Self-described militia members are facing federal charges that they participated in the assault on the US Capitol.

Dan Sewell and Ben Finley

CrimeMan charged after Katoomba stand off

A 44-year-old man has been charged after a four hour stand-off with police in the NSW Blue Mountains.

Conflict and WarTunisia crowds revive 'Arab Spring' chant

Protesters have held rallies in Tunisia, with protesters chanting "the people want the fall of the regime".

Tarek Amara

HealthUK reports record 1610 daily virus deaths

UK health officials say coronavirus infections numbers will fall if people stay at home.

Alistair Smout and Michael Holden

UPDATEDPremiumMPs to skip quarantine, border bans eased

Politicians from 10 Sydney councils will be allowed to skip a quarantine to attend parliament next month. It comes as NSW recorded its second day of no local COVID cases.

James O'Doherty, Clare Armstrong, Georgia Clark and Anton Nilsson

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‘Recipe for disaster’CommentsPremium
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Is Freo’s ‘tent city’ doing more harm than good?

Community services groups have joined Premier Mark McGowan in condemning Fremantle’s tent city, describing it as a ‘misguided and even dangerous’ response to homelessness.

Josh Zimmerman & Charlotte Elton

REBORN IN THE USAVideoCommentsPremiumInside Biden’s star-studded inauguration to ‘heal’ US

Joe Biden will be sworn in tonight as the 46th US President in a high-security ceremony at which he is expected to appeal for unity after four years of division sown by Donald Trump.

Sarah Blake

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Why February 22 is so vital to WA election

Up to one million West Australians are predicted to cast their votes early at the State election because of COVID safety fears — with postal vote packages to arrive in mailboxes from late February.

Peter Law

Risk vs rewardPremiumAustralian businesses not backing themselves to thrive

A disconnect between business confidence — which has returned to pre-pandemic levels — and business behaviour is holding some of Australia’s biggest companies back, a new report has found.

Meilin Chew

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Rangi HiriniCommentsPremium
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Why Indigenous people won’t celebrate Australia Day

Changing the date is more than just moving a public holiday. Changing the date will change the nation and redefine Australian history, writes Rangi Hirini.

Rangi Hirini

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With Trump gone, US can begin to heal

At last the Donald Trump saga is almost at an end. So now the focus turns to Joe Biden, who has a massive task ahead to right the ship of state.

Out on bailPremium‘It’s Pughsey, get him’: Gold heist accused’s claim

One of the men accused of a gold heist last year didn’t realise police who yelled at him when he fled during an unrelated alleged robbery were officers, a court has heard, as he’s released on bail.

Taylar Amonini

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The West Australian exclusive
‘Self defence’ claimPremium
The West Australian exclusive
Bandidos bikies accused of brutal birthday bashing

A man was so brutally beaten by senior Bandidos bikies — including one armed with a metal pole — at his own birthday party that he was left almost completely blind in one eye, prosecutors claim.

Shannon Hampton

HealthMore testing needed: Berejiklian

Testing numbers need to increase before health officials will feel comfortable recommending eased restrictions, the NSW premier says.

Hannah Ryan

TENNISPremiumBrunswick mural showcases history

One of Brunswick’s oldest families has contributed to an art piece turning heads along Clifton Road in the heart of town.

Briana Fiore

Disaster and EmergencyMassive car pile-up in Japan kills one

A pile-up of at least 134 vehicles on a highway in northern Japan has left one person dead, officials say.

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