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- Young people pushing back against artificial intelligence To pass the time, Don, played by a young William Shatner, starts feeding pennies into a fortune-telling napkin holder: a grinning devil's head answering yes-or-no questions for a penny-a-pop.
- Diplomats reveal how Australia withdrew from sanctions talks at 11th hour European diplomats say they were surprised and disappointed that Australia baulked at joining a UK-led move to impose trade sanctions on West Bank Israeli businesses.
- Being Heumann already a big win for disability representation on screen A scene in upcoming film Being Heumann features a woman with mousy brown hair and 70s glasses, driving her wheelchair down the middle of the road.
- Why Europe has been absent from the great AI safety debate Though Europe has measures that address how consumers might encounter AI, technology will impact them if the worst scenarios bear.
- Disney hires ex-CEO of AI company it accused of copyright infringement Formerly head of Character.AI, Karandeep Anand is now Disney's chief technology officer.
- Scott in 'great shape' to win Euro event Australia's Adam Scott is in a good spot for the weekend at the BMW PGA Championship, lying second at halfway at an event he considers one of golf's biggest.
- Germany's weapons transformation casts UN manoeuvring in irrelevant light When Anthony Albanese and Penny Wong attended the United Nations General Assembly 12 months ago, it felt like something significant might be happening.
- This ode to the arts made Led Zeppelin cry. Now it's the centre of a Trump saga Led Zeppelin's Robert Plant, Jimmy Page and John Paul Jones sit perched above a crowd. Take then-president Barack Obama at Aretha Franklin's 2015 performance.
- ABC 50/50 quiz: Testing your knowledge of Fame vs Nine To Five, 60s singers and long mullets Each question in the ABC 50/50 quiz has only two options: one is right, the other is wrong.
- Pakistan mosque bombing near police office kills 21 An explosion at a mosque near police offices in northwestern Pakistan has killed at least 21 people and wounding at least 80, authorities say.
- FCC allows Gulf state wealth funds to own nearly half of Paramount-Warner Bros. Three Gulf states will own nearly half of Paramount-Warner Bros. If this merger goes through.
- Brentford 3-0 Chelsea: Premier League – as it happened
- Iran says it struck oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz Iran says it struck oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz.
- NASA-JAXA XRISM Mission Sees Pulsar Gathering Companion’s ‘Wind’ Using data from the Japan-led XRISM observatory, astronomers have directly observed a giant star’s outflow, called a wind. A paper describing the findings published Friday in the journal Science Advances.
- ‘Embrace the chaos’: Tuchel aims to harness England’s football culture Head coach says he must accept lack of control in games. Thomas Tuchel has said there are times when he craves greater control in matches.
- Ryan Daniels: Fremantle’s preliminary final victory over Sydney typifies these Dockers Put it down as the greatest win in Fremantle Dockers history. The club’s come-from-behind win over Sydney sums up this team, writes Ryan Daniels.
- Rival teams recall star goal kickers for grand final meeting Both Boulder and Railways will be boosted by the return of star forwards in the Goldfields Football League grand final at Digger Daws Oval on Saturday.
- Man denies armed robbery of mentally impaired man on street, gets jail time for other offending A repeat burglar who denies robbing a mentally impaired man on the streets has been sentenced for several other offences.
- Annual Coolgardie Day this Sunday to feature rides, music and street parade Coolgardie will come alive this weekend with rides, music, entertainment and its street parade to celebrate the town’s 134rd anniversary.
- Intercontinental love story of prehistoric scale inspires Box Hill Esperance cabin retreat A lifetime local of the Esperance region has shared the 40-million-year-old connection that inspired the premium adults-only cabin retreat she and her husband opened in 2025.
- Kalgoorlie Amateur Swimming Club members rally for strong performance in Perth Eight swimmers combined for 35 personal best times last weekend.
- Optical illusion artworks on display in full glory in Kalgoorlie and Boulder CBDs The finishing touches have been completed on a series of three-dimensional optical illusion artworks of Goldfields wildlife in the Kalgoorlie and Boulder CBDs.
- Moora home to large $600,000 cocktatoo sculptures after wild seven-year quest It’s taken seven years plus a mountain of money and work, but Moora is home to a couple of large cockatoos.
- Running with Tony Buti: Perth scholar Emersyn Johnson’s life saving research tackling 6G frequency Emersyn Johnson is the 2026 Australian Universities’ John Monash Scholar and an avid Fremantle Dockers supporter.
- Sean Smith: What crisis? State insurer winds back transparency by wiping mental health update The 2026 annual report filed with State Parliament this week has been wiped of claims detail that had become commonplace in the past few years.
- Twin City dominates senior soccer grand final program Twin City won each of the three senior grand finals last Sunday.
- Esperance to host Australia’s only Aboriginal-led wildflower festival this weekend Australia’s only Aboriginal-led wildflower festival is set to bloom on the Esperance coast this weekend.
- In-form sprinter set for $1 million Golden Saddle feature race An in-form sprinter will run in the $1 million feature.
- History mystery: Can you help historical society crack this mystery? History mystery: The Eastern Goldfields Historical Society is seeking the public’s help to name the people in this school photo.
- Roos colts coach excited but not complacent Kalgoorlie led the GFL colts competition with 14 wins in 2026.
- Perth Royal Show: Aio-Bell given warm welcome for fifth birthday after being born at show five years ago Five years on from the day she was unceremoniously born in a Perth Royal Show porta loo, five-year-old Aio-Bell will be returning this year to celebrate her birthday in style.
- Railways looking to right the ship after shaky run to grand final Railways were premiers but have been dealt two late-season defeats by the Diorites.
- Tigers primed for fourth straight reserves flag Boulder and Mines Rovers clash in a GFL reserves grand final for the fourth straight season.
- Goldfields RC Club to hold club celebration and State-level competition during long weekend The Goldfields Radio Control Model Car Club will host a series of events intended to promote the club and show high-level RC racing to the people of Kalgoorlie-Boulder.
- Epic battles highlight 2022-23 grand finals Boulder and Railways fought out memorable grand finals in 2022 and 2023.
- Sweet & Gallagher back ‘home’ for new turf season Life member Mel Gallagher has been appointed senior coach at Great Boulder Cricket Club.
- Panthers with strong resolve as second flag in three seasons looms Railways are plotting to defeat Boulder for the first time in 2026.
- Plans for Perth Symphony Orchestra to perform at Lake Ballard Plans for Perth Symphony Orchestra to perform under the stars on the salt beds at Lake Ballard are officially under way.
- Tigers hoping to cap off dominant campaign in big dance Boulder are chasing a flag in the club’s 130th anniversary season.
- Inside Australia on Lake Ballard an art installation Upon entering Lake Ballard, visitors are met with a stretch of muddy, red desert glistening with sheets of salty residue.