Veteran journalist Ben Harvey has dissected the 2021 leader’s debate, and revisited claims made during the 2017 stand-off between Mark McGowan and Colin Barnett.
A man charged with stealing from his late girlfriend’s bank accounts days after she died is facing new claims he tried to steal hundreds of thousands of dollars from her superannuation account.
Shannon Hampton and Emily Moulton
The security guard whose COVID diagnosis sent Perth into a five day lockdown has welcomed the release of an investigation into how he got the disease without ever coming into contact with a patient.
A hotel accountant accused of refunding customers’ money to his personal bank account and then funnelling the funds to other accounts has been charged with 54 counts of fraud.
Sarah Steger
Perth’s popular Cottesloe Beach will come alive with more than 70 pieces of art from across the world next week when Sculpture by the Sea returns for its 17th exhibition.
Caitlyn Rintoul
Three men who dumped the body of a Perth mother outside Joondalup Hospital following a drug-fuelled kidnapping and robbing have been convicted of her manslaughter - again.
Emily Moulton
A Banksia Grove man has been accused of saving and uploading hundreds of files containing child abuse material to Google Drive and several electronic devices.
Sarah Steger & Shannon Hampton
The head of a Rockingham school where two tradesmen were attacked by students in a violent mob attack says the teenagers involved are highly traumatised “broken babies”.
Jake Dietsch and Bethany Hiatt
Premier Mark McGowan and Opposition leader Zak Kirkup faced-off last night during the one-and-only leaders debate. So with just over two weeks until the State election, who came out on top?
A former WAFL footballer who struck his model ex-wife on the head with his phone then punched her in the stomach in front of their children has escaped with just a fine.
While the restaurant building is among several on Napoleon Street to be listed on the market this month, Vans has a lease until 2031, with another five-year option after that.
Kim Macdonald
Liberal leader Zak Kirkup walked into the debate a marathon of steps behind Mark McGowan and limped from it without making up more than a few steps, writes Joe Spagnolo.
Joe Spagnolo
Five WA infrastructure projects have been listed as national priorities in a $59 billion pipeline to bolster economic recovery following COVID-19.
Sarah Ison
Zak Kirkup failed to land a punch on Mark McGowan during tonight’s leaders debate, which was held only hours after the Opposition Leader conceded he could not win the March 13 election.
Josh Zimmerman
The WA Premier and Opposition leader will go head-to-head tonight in the all-important State election debate — not to be missed. WATCH LIVE HERE.
A sacked security guard who gloated about brutally bashing a Belmont shopper — knocking out his front teeth — has avoided jail, leaving his 31-year-old victim feeling ‘let down’ by the justice system.
Shannon Hampton and Cassidy Mosconi
A former South Thornlie Primary School teacher allegedly told one of his victims after he digitally raped her that he ‘could do whatever’ he wanted and that he ‘could get away with it’, a court heard.
McGowan and Kirkup to face-off after the Liberal leader waved the State election white flag, Perth students behaving badly after tradie attack and Facebook ‘re-friends’ Australian news.
The second forensic police officer involved in seizing a seat cover from the ute allegedly used in the murder of Hayley Dodd says he did not see the earring found in the fabric over a decade later.
Shannon Hampton
Communities that were affected by the devastating Wooroloo bushfires are set to receive an $18.1 million recovery support package to aid the ongoing rebuilds.
Brianna Dugan
Indigenous senator Lidia Thorpe has slammed the Federal Government for its ‘silence’ on the racist attack on an innocent mother and her daughter in Perth this week.
Sarah Steger & Annabel Hennessy
The man charged after allegedly trying to set fire to an indigenous woman and her daughter — while sporting a Nazi swastika — has appeared in court, with police making a special request.
Tim Clarke
Perth has marked its first major sales campaign of the year with the listing of the city’s AMP building, which is expected to fetch at least $230 million.
China’s growing financial influence over WA is set to be symbolised with a new rooftop sign on Allendale Square.
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