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6 hours ago | perthnow.com.au | William Stopford

The Lexus LX range is expanding for 2025 to include a new, more off-road-focused Overtrail variant, though the hybrid LX700h has yet to be locked in for our market. The Overtrail is available in either diesel LX500d or petrol LX600 guise, but exclusively with a five-seat interior layout. Unveiled in October 2024, it’s the second Overtrail-badged Lexus to be added to the brand’s lineup, following the nameplate’s debut on the Toyota Prado-based GX.

1 day ago | perthnow.com.au | Savannah Meacham

It took Rebecca's son four years to finally access gender-affirming care. Then the Queensland government made the "terrifying" decision to pause hormone therapies for young people. "Our hearts were broken and I was just on suicide watch for the kid, because I was that terrified," Rebecca told AAP.

2 days ago | perthnow.com.au | Duncan Evans

Greens MP Elizabeth Watson-Brown has officially retained the inner Brisbane seat of Ryan, giving her embattled radical-left party a lonely victory following its lower house wipe-out in the May 3 federal election. The Greens entered the election with four seats in the lower house of parliament, but will return with just one following Ms Watson-Brown’s close win over Coalition rival Maggie Forrest. The Sky News Decision Desk called the seat for Ms Watson-Brown on Monday.

2 days ago | perthnow.com.au | Marco Monteverde

Brisbane Lions forward Callum Ah Chee says Sir Doug Nicholls Round is just as much about educating the community about Indigenous culture as it as about football, with racism on social media remaining a problem that needs to be stamped out. Ah Chee, a Nyoongar Yawaru Nyikina Pakyju man, and his family designed the Lions’ Indigenous guernsey to be worn on Sunday when Brisbane hosts Melbourne at the Gabba.

3 days ago | perthnow.com.au | Wayne Cole

Wall Street stock futures have climbed and the dollar has firmed against safe-haven peers as signs of progress in US-China trade talks boost hopes a global recession may be avoided, though details of any deal are still to come. Geopolitical tensions also looked to be easing as a fragile ceasefire held between India and Pakistan, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he was ready to meet Vladimir Putin in Turkey on Thursday for talks.