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The super default option is for those who don’t give a stuff about their super and retirement, and it is highly unlikely this is the right type of investment fund for you.

DebtManCommentsPremiumWhy a balanced super fund is only for the great unwashed

DebtMan: The super default option is for those who don’t give a stuff about their super and retirement, and it is highly unlikely this is the right type of investment fund for you.

Bruce Brammall

Why are WA retirees — some with millions of dollars in assets and significant regular incomes — unable to get a credit card, a basic necessity in the digital age where most business is now conducted online?

Your MoneyCommentsPremiumWA retirees are being denied credit cards by the banks

Why are WA retirees — some with millions of dollars in assets and significant regular incomes — unable to get a credit card, a basic necessity in the digital age where most business is now conducted online?

Nick Bruining

Debt gets a bad rap, but like most relationships, it’s not always toxic. The key to keeping it healthy is how you manage it. Here’s how it can help at each stage of life, and how much you should have.

Your MoneyCommentsPremiumDebt by decade: How much you should have at each age

Debt gets a bad rap, but like most relationships, it’s not always toxic. The key to keeping it healthy is how you manage it. Here’s how it can help at each stage of life, and how much you should have.

Sarah Wells

You’ve taken the advice of a financial planner and that trust has paid off. You’ve made lots of money! So do you still them? Here’s the advice and services you should be getting for all those fees.

Bruining Q+ACommentsPremiumOur adviser has made us money. So can we now cut him lose?

Q+A: You’ve taken the advice of a financial planner and that trust has paid off. You’ve made lots of money! So do you still need them? Here’s the advice and services you should be getting for all those fees.

Nick Bruining

Read what your zodiac sign predicts for your day.

StarsPremiumYour horoscope for Monday, August 18, 2025

Read what your zodiac sign predicts for your day.

Kim Fairminer

Kali by Summit Homes.

Blossom togetherPremiumSpace unfolds in aspirational design

Where architectural flair meets everyday functionality, the Kali is every bit a thoughtfully crafted family home amplifying a modern lifestyle.

Natalie Andrews

85 Horrocks Road, Horrocks.

Ebb and flowPremiumNothing between you and the big blue

What if the views from every room in your home was endless sweeping oceanscapes stretching further than you could imagine?

Hana Humboldt

REIWA President Suzanne Brown.

REIWA seeks stamp duty reform, investor tax stability at Economic Reform Roundtable

REIWA is calling for the Federal Government to lead the way with stamp duty reform at the upcoming Economic Reform Roundtable.

Suzanne Brown

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UDIA WA President Richard Pappas.

New land prices grow – but opportunity knocks for buyers

Perth’s property market is feeling the pressure of ongoing land supply constraints, with preliminary data from UDIA WA’s latest Urban Development Index (UDI) confirming new land prices continue to rise.

Richard Pappas

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Finbar Chief Executive Officer Ronald Chan.

The hidden value of stopping urban sprawl

Perth is now one of the longest cities in the world, stretching about 150km from Two Rocks to Dawesville – and it’s only getting longer.

Ronald Chan

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2025 Chery E5

ReviewPremium2025 Chery E5 review

The Chery E5 (nee Omoda E5) is one of Australia's cheapest electric SUVs, but while it's strong on value some areas could use some polish.

James Wong

Supplied

NewsPremiumLamborghini Fenomeno: Limited edition boasts its most powerful V12

The latest limited edition from Lamborghini Centro Stile features a new body, and the company's most powerful V12 drivetrain yet.

Derek Fung

Supplied

NewsPremiumLexus Sport Concept previews LFA successor, may be an EV

The Lexus Sport Concept not only points to the company's design direction, but likely a sports car to replace the V10 LFA.

Derek Fung

Anna with her dog Cleo in her garden in Cottesloe.

GardeningPremiumSeaside oasis with enchanting garden honours history

Anna Chandler has lovingly restored her 1907 Cottesloe timber home pairing it with an equally charismatic garden that is as practical as it is beautiful.

Andrea Whitely

Signs of distress include crispy leaf tips, browning of the leaf edge and leaves dropping prematurely.

Charlie AlboneCommentsPremiumMaking the most of your indoor plant mood boosters

With the demands our gardens make on us dialed back during the winter months, it is the ideal time to tend to our indoor plants.

Charlie Albone

Adrian Barich for STM.

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BEING BARRA Comments
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The not-so-secret key to healthy ageing

Don’t you hate it when the answer to a healthier, longer life is within your reach . . . but somehow, you just can’t be stuffed doing it? It’s not rocket surgery, as one of my mates once said.

Adrian Barich

Nat Locke pictured in the studio

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Here’s to friends, near and far

It’s genuinely delightful to reflect on your friendships from time to time. I encourage everyone to really relish in the joys, both large and small, that they contribute to your life.

Nat Locke

Australian Survivor host Jonathan La Paglia.

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We’re STILL not over JLP’s Survivor axing

This week: your last chance to see Jonathan La Paglia on Survivor: Australia V The World, Invasion, The Rookie season seven, Richard Osman’s original game show and The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox.

Clare Rigden

Joaquin Phoenix poses for a portrait in LA in 2019.

movies CommentsYou’ve got Joaquin Phoenix all wrong

Based on his characters and commitment to method acting, you’d think the Oscar winner has an almost masochist love of being challenged in the name of his art. But sometimes, he just wants an iced coffee.

Ben O'Shea

The Plateful Perth Festival will be a masterclass in cocktail making taking over several bars. Perth bartenders (L-R) Marco Barsotti from Songbird Bar, Kristen Sly from Songbird Bar, Marco Manca from Bar Lafayette, David "Xander" Stucken from Terrarium Bar and Alex Kirwan from Mechanics Institute.

PerthCommentsThe mixologists who are shaking up Perth’s cocktail scene

Some of the CBD’s most prestigious bars will be graced by a cohort of the globe’s most esteemed mixologists as part of Plateful Perth’s Cocktail Weekend next weekend.

Jessica Evensen

Kitsch Bar Asia in Leederville

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A walk down memory lane ends in cute courtyard

The year was 2010. In late February, after our city sweltered through a hot summer but before the infamous billion-dollar hailstorm in March, the doors swung open on Kitsch in Leederville. 

Katherine Fleming

Spiced pumpkin cheesecake from Genevieve Ko. These easier-than-you’d-think recipes capture the spirit of classic diner desserts and embrace the flavours we now crave, whatever form they take. Food Stylist: Monica Pierini. Prop Stylist: Paige Hicks.

NYT recipe Spiced pumpkin cheesecake

Fluffier than both cheesecake and pumpkin pie, this dessert combines a silky cream cheese-pumpkin filling and a tangy sour cream topping with a biscuit crust.

Genevieve Ko

Beyonce x Levi's The Denim Cowboy collaboration collection.

STM LOVESA few of our favourite things from this week

The STM are all about supporting local this week - from a whimsical WA book titled The Best Of The West, to bookmarking the Fremantle Markets Distillers Festival in the diary.

Megan French

Mambo Australia, stocked in BIG W.

STMGet inspired with our Father’s Day gift guide

We’ve put together more than 50 local finds and online buys to spoil Dad with this Father’s Day.

STM team