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Aust shares dip as attention shifts back to tariffs

2 days ago | perthnow.com.au | Derek Rose

The local share bourse has dipped slightly as traders' attention shifts from the Middle East to US President Donald Trump's looming deadline for reciprocal tariffs.
Trump wins spending increase, Ukraine sidelined at NATO

2 days ago | perthnow.com.au | Lorne Cook

NATO's summit in the Netherlands has been described as "transformational" and "historic", after the 32 members of the world's biggest security organisation endorsed a plan to massively ramp up defence spending. "We're witnessing the birth of a new NATO," Finland's President Alexander Stubb said. The two days meeting in the Hague was dominated by US President Donald Trump and fears of the security threat posed by Russia.
Great Eastern Highway entry in Midland shut after pedestrian hit by car

3 days ago | perthnow.com.au | Claire Sadler

Entry to a busy highway in Perth’s east has been closed after a person was hit by a car on Wednesday afternoon. The pedestrian was hit by a car around 4.45pm on Wednesday at the Morrison Road entry to Great Eastern Highway in Midland. Police and St John ambulance crews attended the incident and the pedestrian was treated for minor injuries. The Morrison Road entry to Great Eastern Highway westbound has been shut. The left lane on Great Eastern Highway westbound has also been closed.
Adore Beauty expands national footprint with first Perth stores in Carousel, Booragoon

3 days ago | perthnow.com.au | Cheyanne Enciso

Online cosmetics retailer Adore Beauty is ramping up its bet on bricks-and-mortar by opening two stores in Perth just weeks apart. Adore will open the 180sqm store in Westfield Carousel on Thursday, with the second location at Booragoon — slightly bigger at 189sqm — coming two weeks later on July 10. It marks Adore’s first venture outside its home State of Victoria, where it opened two shopfronts in Southland and Watergardens earlier this year.
Erin Patterson trial: Judge tells jury they must ‘scrupulously guard’ against sympathy for Patterson and Wilkinson families

3 days ago | perthnow.com.au | Liam Beatty

Jurors in the trial of alleged mushroom poisoner Erin Patterson have been told they must not let sympathy cloud their judgment when deliberating verdicts. Trial judge Justice Christopher Beale began his jury directions on Tuesday as the triple-murder trial entered its ninth week. “It is for you, and you alone, to decide whether she is guilty or not guilty of these offences,” he said.
Kwinana Freeway crash: Car rollover causes delays, traffic backed up to Leach Highway

4 days ago | perthnow.com.au | Claire Sadler

A car rollover has caused traffic chaos on a major Perth freeway. Motorists on Kwinana Freeway southbound are facing huge delays after a car rolled near Roe Highway in Jandakot about 4pm on Tuesday. Main Roads WA confirmed the right lane is blocked and traffic is backed up all the way to Leach Highway. St John WA, firefighters and towing services are on the scene. More to come.
Transperth bus driver charged after a pedestrian was struck and killed

4 days ago | perthnow.com.au | Emma Kirk |Andrew Hedgman

A Transperth bus driver has been charged after he fatally struck a pedestrian outside of Perth Arena. A 45-year old man died when he was hit by a bus crossing Wellington St near the Milligan St intersection just after 6.15pm on Friday. He was treated at the scene by paramedics but could not be saved. The bus driver has been charged with careless driving causing death and will appear before the Perth Magistrates Court on July 18. Inspector Vic Hussey told 9News it was a confronting scene.
Virgin soars in 'luckiest' Aussie share debut of year

4 days ago | perthnow.com.au | Derek Rose

Virgin Australia has returned to the stock market with a transaction that timed its arrival perfectly. Shares in the nation's second-biggest airline were changing hands at $3.165 on Tuesday afternoon, up 9.1 per cent from their $2.90 listing price. Virgin shares began trading under the ticker code VGN at noon, hours after word of a likely ceasefire between Iran and Israel sent oil prices tumbling.
Richard Marles refuses to ‘speculate’ on possible Trump meet

4 days ago | perthnow.com.au | Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer

Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles has refused to “speculate” if he will meet Donald Trump on the sidelines of a NATO summit this week. The US President is planning to meet with the Indo-Pacific Four (IP4) at the summit in the Netherlands, Nikkei has reported. IP4 countries are Australia, Japan, New Zealand and South Korea. They are not part of NATO but work with the alliance on shared interests in the Indo-Pacific.
Erin Patterson trial: Judge set to deliver charge to mushroom murder jury

4 days ago | perthnow.com.au | Liam Beatty

The judge overseeing Erin Patterson’s triple-murder trial is set to deliver his charge to the jury when the trial resumes on Tuesday morning. Ms Patterson, 50, is facing trial after pleading not guilty to murdering three of her husband’s family members and the attempted murder of a fourth. The case centres around a beef wellington lunch she hosted at her home in Leongatha, in Victoria’s southeast, on July 29, 2023.