9.32amFire guts house in Stratton overnightBy To overnight news now and a home in Perth’s south-east has been gutted by fire, leaving nothing but charred ruins to sift through for the owners. The blaze destroyed a home in Stratton overnight. 9 News PerthThe blaze was sparked at a unit on Burton Retreat in Stratton just after midnight. Fire crews took less than an hour to extinguish the fire, stopping it from jumping to neighbouring properties. The cause is unknown. 9.32amAcross the nation and around the world By Here’s what’s making news across the nation and around the world today: Young Australians’ hopes of well-paying jobs and starting a family are being frustrated by a dysfunctional housing market, the head of the Productivity Commission has warned, while arguing that the nation’s long-standing “intergenerational bargain” was fraying.Free-range poultry farmers may need to keep their birds indoors due to the risk of the deadly H5N1 bird flu, as another seabird became Australia’s seventh case of the highly transmissible virus.One of the biggest reasons Australians have steered clear of electric cars – the fear that an ageing battery will die and cost a fortune to replace – is being undercut by a growing body of evidence that modern packs last far longer than early owners were warned.Donald Trump admitted calling FIFA president Gianni Infantino to ask for a review of stand-out US forward Folarin Balogun’s red card, saying the incident in question “wasn’t a foul” and the automatic one-game suspension was “unfair”.President Donald Trump holds up a red card during a meeting with FIFA president Gianni Infantino in the Oval Office in 2018.AP Photo/Evan Vucci9.32amToday’s weatherBy 9.32amWelcome to our live news blogBy Good morning and welcome to our live news blog for this Tuesday, the 7th of July.Making headlines today, both WA Labor and the Liberals view the upcoming byelection in the southern suburbs electorate of Secret Harbour as “tough to win” following the sudden resignation of local member Paul Papalia.The Liberals and One Nation are both expected to fight for the seat of Secret Harbour, made vacant by the sudden departure of sitting member, Paul Papalia. WAtodayPremier Roger Cook announced the speaker of the legislative assembly will liaise with the electoral commissioner on possible dates for a poll in a seat that Labor comfortably won at the last state election in 2025.Meanwhile, a Perth man who once volunteered with a group of fathers to help neighbours by cleaning up gardens and carrying out odd jobs has been sentenced after chatting online with an undercover police officer about graphic child abuse fantasies.1 of 1