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  2. Local governmentHonour for former long-serving mayor

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  4. Daycare awardsPremiumWA’s best family daycare educators revealed

  5. Parenting supportPremiumParenting group’s relocation to help more dads

WA NewsJuvenile terrorises WA shopping centre with ‘fake gun’

Scared shoppers hid inside changerooms in a shopping centre south of Perth on Friday afternoon after a juvenile was allegedly armed with a fake gun.

Claire Sadler and Rachel Fenner

Rates reprieveCommentsPremiumDying man granted last-minute reprieve in council rates saga

A dying Rockingham man was granted a last-minute reprieve overnight when councillors decided not to take his home to recoup unpaid rates and legal fees. 

Rachel Fenner

Hospo awardsPremiumFind out the Mandurah pubs vying to be crowned WA’s best

Mandurah breweries and pubs are up for a slew of accolades in the State’s upcoming hospitality awards.

Laura Pond

Local governmentPremiumKwinana releases plan to cut emissions

The City of Kwinana has released its plan to cut emissions and become a ‘net zero city’.

Laura Pond

Local GovernmentCommentsPremiumRocko council backflips on Australia Day after Jan 26 snub

On January 27 this year, it welcomed 99 new citizens in a citizenship ceremony and held a carnival on the foreshore.

Rachel Fenner

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Council ponders seizing cancer patient’s home for rates

A Rockingham council will meet behind closed doors this week to decide whether to seize a terminally ill man’s home to recover unpaid rates. 

Rachel Fenner and Hannah Cross

TelethonPerth high school hits major fundraising milestone

A high school in Perth’s south hit a huge fundraising milestone on Friday as staff and students exercised non-stop for Telethon. 

Dead end CommentsCommentsClosed cemetery could reopen for one-off burial after 15yrs

A WA cemetery could reopen 15 years after it closed to allow a one-off burial.

EducationPremiumPremiumGrants help students get creative

Students at schools in Warnbro and Calista will be exploring their creative sides thanks to a splash of cash.

Waste warriorsPremiumFace Your Waste campaign a recycling winner

Making residents ‘face their waste’ has garnered a State award for a Perth council.

Laura Pond

PoliticsCommentsPremiumRocko MP Marshall back at work six weeks after giving birth

While other mums enjoy 20 weeks at home with their newborns, Rockingham MP Magenta Marshall is back at work just six weeks after little Bowie was born. 

Rachel Fenner

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REVEALED: WA’s best-paid execs and how much they take home

FULL LIST: Our compilation of WA’s best-paid bosses is a who’s who of the rich, famous and more than a few quiet achievers. See the 99 who made more than $1m and how much they were paid. Is your boss on there?

Sean Smith

CRIMEPremiumDean Gallagher’s son charged with his Salmon Gums murder

Tributes have begun to flow for the man allegedly killed by his own son during a bloody confrontation at a regional roadhouse — on the same day John Gallagher appeared in court on a murder charge.

Tim Clarke

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Ex-bikie jailed after cops find coke in hired Range Rover

A former bikie who lost his brother to a bizarre gas bottle blast has now lost his freedom after being nabbed with a quarter of a kilogram of cocaine in a hired luxury car.

Tim Clarke

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Convicted rapist allowed to play in top Perth cricket league

Disgraced Perth cricketer Alex Hepburn has been given the green light to play in the top WA league despite having been barred from the sport in England and Wales for a decade. 

Lauren Price

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STATE POLITICSCommentsPremiumMatilda Bay Brewery added to heritage register

A former car factory turned brewery in North Fremantle has had its rich history recognised by being added to WA’s heritage register. 

Dylan Caporn

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AFLW leaving nay-sayers in dust as game grows, strengthens

I strongly believe the AFLW, in its ninth season, is far more advanced than what the men’s league was nine seasons into its inception, writes Danielle Laidley.

Danielle Laidley

Commercial PropertyPremiumPremiumFreo NIMBYs cry foul over housing in $160m oval revamp

Wealthy neighbours of Fremantle Oval fear incorporating desperately needed social housing into a multimillion-dollar development of the area will hit the value of their properties.

Courts & JusticePremiumPremiumSon accused of mum’s murder makes bombshell admissions

Andre Rebelo — accused of murdering his own mother and then forging her will and other documents — has made bombshell admissions ahead of what was to be the first day of his trial.

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CommentsPremiumWhen will Perth’s median house price hit $2m?

Property prices have increased solidly across the nation for the past two decades, growing 186 per cent in Perth in that time. What can we expect in 2044?

Regional News

Animal Crisis PremiumVet shortage forces Bunbury clinics to share on-call duties

Vet shortages in the South West are at crisis level, with the lack of staff forcing vets from across the city to share on-call duties. 

Holly Prentice

An evening with BenCommentsAFL legend reflects on the past and looks to the future

Former West Coast Eagle and Brownlow medallist Ben Cousins returned to Bunbury to talk about his time off the footy field.

Claudette Rizzi

Stroke of luck CommentsSouth West newsagency sells winning Lotto ticket

Another winning division one lotto ticket has been sold in the South West, the second in a matter of months.

Oliver Lane

PGA CONVENTIONPremiumPremiumKeep the Sheep campaign’s runaway success has Labor ‘afraid’

Shell shocked Labor policymakers are asking ‘how much will it take to make Keep the Sheep go away’, senator Michaelia Cash claims, as the fight to save WA’s live export industry continues to gather momentum.

Lost and Found FestivalPremiumPremiumMarket Eating House to share chef secrets

With a love for sharing Middle Eastern and Mediterranean-inspired food, the team at Market Eating House are hosting two events as part of this year’s Lost and Found Festival. 

Upcoming votePremiumPremiumNominations set to open for vacant Collie council spot

Nominations are set to open next week for the vacancy on the Shire of Collie council caused by the death of long-serving councillor Elysia Harverson.

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CNBC newsCommentsPremiumHow a 42yo turned 20-hour days into a $3b-a-year empire

You might call me a ‘rebel without a cause,’ says Grab co-found Anthony Tan said. But I was on a mission to create something that could be ‘a force for good’.

Ernestine Siu

CNBC newsCould China’s stimulus be a boost for Nike and Starbucks?

Economic stimulus in China could also be a shot in the arm for Nike and Starbucks, two major brands trying to orchestrate their own turnarounds.

Jesse Pound

CNBC newsCommentsPremiumWho’s laughing now? Joker sequel pulls in half of first film

Joker: Folie a Deux stumbled to just $US40 million ($58.7m) in US domestic ticket sales during its opening weekend, a far cry from the $US96.2m its predecessor brought in during its debut in 2019.

Sarah Whitten

CNBC newsCommentsOil spikes on Biden comments on risk of Israel retaliation

A strike by Israel against Iran could raise fears of a disruption in the Strait of Hormuz and add a significant price risk premium.

Spencer Kimball

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WA NewsPremiumDriver charged over triple fatal crash in WA’s Mid-West

A 22-year-old man has been charged over a shocking crash that killed a mother, her baby and another woman in the Mid-West

Lauren Price

HealthCommentsWarning as toxins found in shellfish from Perth estuaries

WA Health is warning local shellfish lovers not to eat their catch if they’ve come from two Perth estuaries.

Hannah Cross

Courts & JusticePremiumPremiumCassius Turvey accused killers to face major trial together

The group accused of killing Indigenous teenager Cassius Turvey will face one major trial next year after WA’s Chief Justice rejected an application to have some of their charges tested at a second trial.

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PremiumMagistrate’s cutting words as Perth’s ‘Baby Reindeer’ jailed

Kobi Langshaw, the law clerk whose obsession with two men led her to be dubbed Australia’s Baby Reindeer — has been jailed for five years for her ‘deliberate, unrelenting’ campaign against the duo.

State PoliticsCommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumNurses’ union boss ousted after less than six weeks at helm

Mark Olson took over less than six weeks ago to spearhead pay negotiations with the State Government.

State politicsPremiumNew police jet to cut response time in half anywhere in WA

Police will slash the time it will take to fly anywhere in WA by half after a multimillion-dollar funding boost for a new state of the art plane. 

Jake Dietsch