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Vincent Lacoste and Benjamin Voisin in Lost Illusions. Picture: Palace Cinema

An irreverent, playful tone is one of this film's many pleasures.

Period piece steeped in modernity

Woody Harrelson and Kevin Hart in The Man From Toronto. Picture: Netflix

Kevin Hart is back after being cancelled by the internet, headlining a big-budget Netflix film.

A harmless way to kill an evening

Adam Sandler and Maria Botto in Hustle. Picture: Netflix

That mumbling patter that Sandler made his comedic schtick is still here, but toned right down and underneath a huge bushy beard.

Adam Sandler shines in rags-to-riches basketball drama Hustle

UNLIKELY LADS: Matt Mason, Tommy O'Dell and Johnny Took, of DMA'S, will release their fourth album later this year.

"It's funny when people go, 'you're changing'."

DMA'S getting back to where they once belonged

Man Vs Bee showcases the best in Rowan Atkinson, confirming he can deliver as brilliantly as he did with Mr Bean. Picture: Netflix

Man Vs Bee showcases the best in Atkinson, confirming he can deliver as brilliantly as he did with Mr Bean, and is still at the top of his game.

Man Vs Bee showcases the best in Atkinson

Wing general manager Simon Rossi says battery powered drones are a green, faster and more affordable way to make deliveries. Photo: Supplied

Wing isn't in the business of delivering coffee and banh mi, it's in the business of developing drone technology and infrastructure.

Drone delivery is about more than just flying takeout

I even have my own Hellfire Club t-shirt as worn here by characters, Mike and Dustin. Picture: Netflix

If you often find yourself looking back fondly on the shows of your youth, then this one is for you.

There are 'Stranger Things' to be obsessed with

Experience the adventure: Dolphin Discovery Centre swim tour guide Kathy Thomson. Photo: Pip Waller. 

From retiree to dolphin tour guide: Kathy Thomson shares the experience of a lifetime

A survey of the nation's leading economists shows a forecast rise in interest rates and inflation. Picture: Shutterstock

The Conversation's 2022-23 forecasting survey predicts an increase in the Reserve Bank's cash rate.

Sky-high mortgages, 7.1% inflation, and a 20% chance of recession. How the Conversation's panel sees the year ahead

WEEK OF DISRUPTIONS: There will be a wave of industrial action this week by train drivers, teachers, nurses and midwives. Picture: AAP

It's been a long week of protests and strikes across the state.

Teachers, nurses, transport workers strike across NSW in week of heavy industrial action

Looking back: 2011 Margaret River Bushfires | Video

UNIVERSAL: Spacey Jane expanded their reach on their second album Here Comes Everybody. Picture: Sam Hendel

Spacey Jane mine the anxiety of the times on album two

Spacey Jane are writing songs for Everybody

A NSW government plan would see the brumby population in Kosciuszko National Park shrink to 3000.

Brumbies numbers to shrink in Snowy Mts

BACK AND BIGGER THAN EVER: Illustration of an influenza virus particle. Picture: Kateryna Kon / Science Photo Library / Getty Images.

The 2022 season has only just begun and already it's tracking toward a five year record. So what makes this year's flu so bad?

Is this year's flu worse than previous years?

Fighting for Life team members Lee Fazzolari, Claudia Panuccio, Orlando Fazzolari and Marie Ottrey.

PHOTOS: Relay for Life smashes fundraising goal

Margaret River musicians Kevin MacDonald and Paul Barlow took part in 'The Careful Project' along with other WA artists and performers. Picture: Supplied

An incredible virtual world is being developed in the South West of WA.

Art explores new horizons

Expect more sailing shenanigans in season 7 of Below Deck Mediterranean. Picture: Bravo/Binge

Like fashion or film, organic farming or journalism, the 'yachting industry' is a lot less glamourous than it sounds.

Below Deck is really just the seven sins on the seven seas

Award season: Ex Margaret River Independent School student Rio Haigh - known professionally as Alex Belman - has been nominated for his jazz song, Slowly Burning, in this year's WAM Song of the Year competition. Picture: Supplied

With a WAM Song of the Year nomination under his belt and a debut album waiting in the wings, Margaret River-born and bred Alex Belman's musical journey is just getting started.

Jazz burns bright for emerging West Aussie songwriter

New track: Alfie Arcuri has just dropped his latest single, Overtime, about his experiences with anxiety. Picture: Supplied

"Anxiety is something that I've had to deal with for most of my life."

The Voice star Alfie Arcuri shines light on anxiety

BACK AND BIGGER THAN EVER: This year's flu season is on track to beating a five-year case record as vaccination numbers remain low. Picture: Shutterstock

This year's season is a stark difference to the 2021 winter sickness period, which saw very few cases recorded nationwide.

Flu season on track to hitting five year record as vaccination remains low

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Driving rain continues to drench NSW with residents in one southwest Sydney suburb told to evacuate.

Rain ramps up Sydney flood evacuations

Former Victorian emergency services minister and Labor MP Jane Garrett has died at the age of 49.

Victorian MP Jane Garrett dies aged 49

NSW Police have charged a 26-year-old man in connection with a fatal stabbing in Wollongong.

Murder charge after Wollongong stabbing

Former Australian PM Kevin Rudd is working to prevent future Russia-Ukraine style aggression.

Kevin Rudd joins Ukraine advisory group

Thousands took the streets in capital cities demanding free abortions and more accessibility to health services for women and pregnant people. Picture: AAP

The flood warnings in NSW for the next two days have escalated, as the Emergency Management Minister urges caution.

The Informer: Army at the ready in case of floods, but wet weather not dampening abortion protests

Emissions cuts must match those caused by COVID-19 lockdowns to limit global warming to 1.5degC.

COVID-scale emissions cuts needed yearly

Support: Social worker Michelle Moriarty has launched a new service Grief Connect WA. Picture: supplied.

Life beyond the funeral

Busselton police search for man, possibly in Bunbury

INVESTIGATION: Police are seeking information about a serious crash in Australind. Picture: File Image. 

Police are investigating a serious crash in Parkfield, Australind, which left a 23-year-old man hospitalised with serious injuries.

Parkfield crash leaves 23-year-old man with serious injuries

Pressure: Augusta Margaret River's Jake Rodgers takes down his opponent. Pictures: JLG Photographics

Hawks prove to be a threat after win over Panthers

Author: Former detective Kristi McVee will release her book Operation KidSafe - A detectives guide to child abuse prevention in mid-July. Picture: supplied.

'My life's mission': former detective's guide to prevent child abuse

BE VIGILANT: As scammers get more sophisticated, it can be harder to tell what's real. Photo: Shutterstock

Watch out for tax scams

PROTESTING: People across the United States have taken to the streets in protest of overturning Roe v Wade. Picture: Gayatri Malhotra via Unsplash.

The Mail sat down with three women from Western Australia who have terminated a pregnancy, and heard how they felt about Roe v Wade being overturned in the United States.

'For me, it would've meant abject poverty': Trickle-down effect of abortion ruling felt in WA

Distinctive woody bulges, or galls, on the shoots and branches of citrus trees are a sign of citrus gall wasp infestation. Pictures: supplied.

Call to protect your trees from citrus gall wasp

Council ask city to reduce expenditure

The carcass was reported by Parks and Wildlife Service officers at 12:19pm, having washed ashore approximately 2km north of Myalup Beach.

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Whale carcass washed ashore near Myalup Beach

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People living in the South West are being encouraged to check their superannuation balances, with average super balances in some parts of the region tracking well below the national average.

South West super balances below national average

'Fast and furious': National squash champion visits Bunbury

Elite: Bunbury Squash Club players with former Commonwealth Games player Lisa Camilleri. Picture: Jemillah Dawson.

'Fast and furious'

No more: Former South Bunbury captain Beth Bond and former coach Max Jetta holding the team's third premiership cup in 2021. Picture: Jemillah Dawson.

'Deeply concerned': WA sport minister writes to South Bunbury Football Club

Old Railway Station: The Bunbury Visitor Centre used to be based out of the Old Railway Station which also operates as a bus station. Picture: Pip Waller.

Potential new home for visitor centre

BANNED: The items include plates, bowls, cutlery, drink stirrers, drinking straws, thick plastic bags, expanded polystyrene (EPS) food containers, helium balloon releases and unlidded containers. Picture: File Image. 

Historic day for single-use plastic bans in WA

Busselton Activ supported employees Warren, Toby, Kiara and Malcom from 2018. Picture: Sophie Elliott.

Activ thrown a lifeline

Participants at a Reclaim the Void retreat with their rag-rugs. Picture: Nic Duncan.

The rag-rugs are being woven by people from all walks of life and backgrounds across Western Australia

Reclaim the Void: Symbolically sealing mining holes with rag-rugs

WA Premier and Treasurer Mark McGowan said the second Household Electricity Credit payment was the most generous power credit for households in the nation, "at a time when war and other global pressures generate inflationary pressures across Australia". Picture: File Image

Some WA households could be eligible for more than $700 in energy bill relief payments.

Energy bill help on the way for WA households

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Two teenagers die in Wagerup car crash

REUNITED: Mandurah Mail journalist Samantha Ferguson was reunited with her parents for the first time in two years since the pandemic began. Pictures: Supplied.

A lack of masks and a return to 'normal' life surprised in Europe.

Travelling internationally for the first time since the pandemic came with many surprises

BACK AT IT: South West country singer Codee-Lee has returned from a three year hiatus to win four WA Country Music Awards. Picture: Supplied.

Bunbury singer Codee-Lee has taken home four big wins at the WA Country Music Awards upon returning from a three year music hiatus.

Codee-Lee returns from "lack of confidence" hiatus with WA Country Music Awards wins

Mail journalist Samantha Ferguson talks about travelling internationally for the first time since the pandemic to visit her parents after two years.

I travelled internationally for the first time since the pandemic started, here is what surprised me

COMMUNITY: Sasha Jane Lowerson says her surfing community rallied behind her to help include trans people in competitive surfing. Picture: SWA/Majeks. 

Sasha Jane Lowerson hasn't just made a name for herself as a competitive surfer, but as an advocate for transgender athletes, fighting to make space for them in the surfing world.

'This means so much': Sasha Jane Lowerson on paving the way for trans women in surfing

GIVING BACK: Gliddon says it is important to him to give back to his community and give opportunities to young hopefuls. Picture: Getty Images.

South West Basketball legend Cam Gliddon will lead a school holiday basketball camp in Bunbury this July for budding sports stars aged 13-18.

South West basketball legend to guide juniors in school holiday camp

BOOKISH: Robert Swart started his TikTok account to review and share book-themed content. Now, he has an audience of over 150,000. Pictures: Instagram.

Robert Swart grew up an avid book lover. When he created a TikTok account, he had no idea he would amass a loyal following of over 150,000 people.

TikTok creator talks fantasy novels and his own epic love story

NEW PERSPECTIVE: Lucy says she couldn't have dreamed of the backlash she faced when she began her career on OnlyFans. Picture: Instagram.

Lucy Banks is a single mum and an adult content creator on OnlyFans.

It's time to change OnlyFans stigma: Aussie mum

CAREER CHANGE: Lucy Banks decided it was time to re-evaluate her day job, and try something different. Pictures: Instagram.

Lucy Banks went from counting change at the grocery store to buying a house for her family. How? She became a creator on OnlyFans.