8+ min ago (947+ words) Former prime minister Malcolm Turnbull has said he "hopes" the Alliance with the United States will endure Donald Trump's second Presidency, but said that AUKUS has made Australia more dependent on the Americans at a time when they are less dependable than ever. During an hour-long in-person conversation with the Teal independent MP Monique Ryan in the formerly-Liberal-held seat of Kooyong over the weekend, Mr Turnbull gave his views on Australian foreign policy and the need to become more independent from the United States. He said that under the Trump Administration, Australia and the US no longer shared the same values and that China and the United States were behaving in "very similar ways." "It's a very different United States ". they are our Ally, that Alliance will endure " we hope," he said. "But we have to deal with it, recognising…...

25+ min ago (328+ words) The West Australian is a leading news source in Perth and WA. Breaking local and world news from sport and business to lifestyle and current affairs. A 25-year-old man has been charged with murder after a father-of-two was killed in a brazen daylight shooting in Sydney's west on Friday Mal Seve was shot in his chest, neck and legs in Blacktown on Friday morning Paramedics treated the 28-year-old, who is understood to have been a member of the Inner West Brotherhood gang, but he died at the scene at Carinya Street Two men were arrested after a brief police pursuit, which ended when their Mazda ute crashed on nearby Kildare Road A 25-year-old man was taken to hospital with minor injuries, and upon his release was charged with murder, use offensive weapon to prevent lawful detention, be carried in conveyance…...

27+ min ago (373+ words) It was the swift action of local ambulance volunteers gave WA schoolboy Charlie Ware a head start in what would become a weeks-long battle against a life-threatening meningococcal B infection." The parents of meningococcal survivor Charlie Ware say they had no idea their son remained unprotected and have pleaded for the State Government to fund the vaccine for the deadly virus" B strain "We were completely in the dark and unaware that there was a B strain vaccination you could get," mum Alyce Ware said, revealing Charlie, now 6, had received the jab for the A, C, W and Y strains " but not the B strain "It was knowledge that we didn"t have " that was where most of our anger came from," she said The vaccine costs up to $130 per dose and two or three doses are required depending on…...

27+ min ago (405+ words) Bethany Hiatt is The West Australian's education reporter, covering issues from kindergarten to university and everything in between. Prior to joining The West, she worked as a high school teacher and on suburban newspapers. She began her journalism career as a cadet at Perth's Daily News....

49+ min ago (32+ words) Asian stocks have made a steady start as investors bet on a US rate cut this month and the Yen has perked up amid the likelihood of a rate hike in Japan....

1+ hour, 4+ min ago (26+ words) The West Australian is a leading news source in Perth and WA. Breaking local and world news from sport and business to lifestyle and current affairs....

1+ hour, 6+ min ago (510+ words) Barnaby Joyce has admitted the Coalition's prior failure to address ageing coal-fired power plants was a "mistake, after a new report that warned the closure of a major NSW plant could risk blackouts. The Australian Energy Market Operator has advised infrastructure needed to stabilise the energy grid will not be installed in time for the enormous Eraring coal power plant's scheduled closure in 2027. The "lack of system security means NSW could be at risk of blackouts if the plant is shut down before the grid is stabilised, according to the report. Grilled by Sunrise host Nat Barr on the previous Coalition government's lack of action on ageing coal plants, Mr Joyce " who has three times served as deputy prime minister " acknowledged a "mistake had been made. While defending coal power as the "cheapest form of energy, Mr Joyce was asked…...

1+ hour, 7+ min ago (1161+ words) Anthony Albanese's weekend wedding was a masterclass in understatement, taste and dignity, and an important step forward for modern politics. The Prime Minister had spent much of his first term talking a little too much for his colleagues' liking about his second shot at love in his down-to-earth and thoroughly likeable now wife Jodie Haydon. Endless discussions about the role his supportive pet friend Toto would play in the wedding caused many to roll their eyes and wish for a change of subject. It was not that anyone begrudged the 62-year-old his happiness, far from it. It was just that fighting Toto for headline space was not the battle they felt they needed to be having during a cost-of-living crisis. The Prime Minister got the message. He stopped putting his marriage front and centre and only commented when asked, as…...

1+ hour, 43+ min ago (362+ words) The West Australian is a leading news source in Perth and WA. Breaking local and world news from sport and business to lifestyle and current affairs. A desperate search is underway for a seven-month-old boy from Ipswich The infant was last seen at a home on Warwick Rd in Ipswich about 12pm Wednesday, November 26 "Police have expressed concern for the infant's welfare due to his young age," a statement read The infant is believed to be travelling with a 26-year-old woman who is known to him The woman has been described as caucasian in appearance, approximately 160cm tall, with brown hair and a slim build Police believe she may be travelling between the Ipswich, Brisbane and Logan areas Anyone with information that could assist in locating the infant is urged to contact police. A desperate search is underway for a seven-month-old boy…...

1+ hour, 58+ min ago (26+ words) Donald Trump's unexpected involvement in the Honduras presidential race has cast a shadow as locals vote to elect a new leader in the Central American country....