‘My first instinct was ‘why is my dive buddy kicking me?’ so I turned around and when I saw that it was not a person, it was a shark, it was sheer panic.’ WATCH THE VIDEO
Breanna Inferrera
While everyone is talking about the sizzling 41C the mercury is tipped to peak at on Christmas Day in Perth, another milestone — be it an uncomfortable one — is also set to be achieved.
Troy de Ruyter
The West Australian senior reporter Rhianna Mitchell spent weeks speaking with teens and writing thousands of words on the teenage social media ban. Here’s what those kids taught her about her phone addiction.
Rhianna Mitchell
Perth shopping centres are bracing for huge crowds.
Caitlin Vinci
WA Police have seized 45kg of cocaine and 7kg of methamphetamine — with a combined street value of more than $15 million — and more than $385,000 in cash in several major drug busts across the city.
Jessica Evensen
If you thought earlier forecasts for Christmas Day were hot, then the latest outlook is sure to give you a meltdown.
WA Police have charged more than 1000 people and seized 228 weapons under the State’s tough new knife-wanding powers.
Charlton Hart
A truck driver has been taken to hospital after crashing into a power pole and rolling on Reid Highway in Perth’s north-east.
From ‘Perth’s most luxurious NYE event’ at Crown to free, family-friendly events, here’s where you can celebrate New Year’s Eve 2025.
Kellie Balaam
Need a caffeine fix before the family come over? Check out this list of cafes open on Christmas Day around Perth.
Katherine Kraayvanger
Congestion remains heavy on the freeway northbound at Thomas Road but is now back in full operation, with a crash that caused a vehicle to catch fire having been cleared.
A person infected with a highly contagious virus attended the western suburbs event.
Claire Sadler
Staff and guests have been evacuated from their hotel rooms and the pool area and directed to stand in the carpark.
Hundreds gathered at the Perth Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in Menora for a moving vigil to pay tribute to the 15 lives lost in the Bondi Beach massacre.
Christmas magic is sparkling through Perth after dark, as front yards have transformed into enchanting wonderlands of light. Vote for your favourite display here!
Santa is set to deliver a Christmas scorcher. SEE THE FORECAST
A drone has captured the heart-stopping moment a dog came face to face with a shark in ankle-deep water at a popular Perth beach, prompting renewed calls for warning signs along the coastline.
Francesca De Nuccio
Firefighters have revealed that buildings connected to a culturally significant WA site have been lost in a raging bushfire.
Caleb Runciman
The City of Stirling, home to more than half of WA’s Jewish population, has stepped up community safety patrols across the area.
Liam Murphy
His arrest comes exactly one week after a Craigie man was arrested over the same blaze.
Police are investigating an early morning crash after a motorbike smashed into a car in Perth’s south-east.
Western Power was still working on Monday to restore power after a summer storm battered the State’s south bringing damaging winds, heavy rainfall and large hailstones.
Hundreds of West Australian mourners have gathered at St Mary’s Cathedral to pay tribute to the 15 people killed in the deadly Bondi Beach mass shooting.
The storm is moving south and is expected to affect residents across Perth within the next hour.
Tahnee Graham
