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ongoing tensions PremiumCops explore whether ‘rival bikies’ behind home invasion

Simmering tensions between rival bikies is being probed by gang crime squad detectives as a possible motive behind an attempted home invasion near the Perth Hills on Tuesday night.

Phil Hickey

Charges imminentVideoPremium‘Crazy behaviour’: Hoons slammed as souped-up cars seized

Four vehicles, including two emblazoned with the words ‘maneater’ and ‘partygem’, have been seized after disturbing video footage of Leach Highway being transformed into a doughnut pit was posted online.

Sarah Steger

‘Show us the money’PremiumLabor eyes private sector to help fund Aboriginal Centre

The WA Government may consider a segmented delivery of an Aboriginal cultural centre in Perth, admitting a matched Federal and State Labor $50 million pledge may not complete the project.

Caitlyn Rintoul

System under stressCommentsPremiumSt John chief coy on why fireys weren’t called to sub ambos

Michelle Fyfe has welcomed the McGowan Government ‘clearing the path’ for greater cooperation with DFES and police but could offer no explanation for why fireys had not been utilised to drive ambulances sooner.

Josh Zimmerman

Scathing reportCommentsPremiumMajor WA contact tracing flaw ‘threatened your private info’

WA’s COVID contact tracing system contained a ‘number of significant weaknesses’ that could have compromised the personal and medical information of tens of thousands of West Australians.

Josh Zimmerman

Bail Granted VideoPremiumBullied student faces court for alleged assault on classmate

A 14-year-old student who allegedly brandished a knife and threatened a classmate at Gilmore College has faced court.

Tyra Peters

Addressing tragedyCommentsPremiumCops dropped into St John WA to address ambulance crisis

Senior police and WA Health officials will be embedded in St John WA to ‘ensure the full resourcing of government’ is used to plug any future holes in the availability of ambulance services.

Josh Zimmerman

Blame gameCommentsPremiumJohn Poynton admits Crown catastrophe was a ‘real fail’

Ex-Crown Burswood chairman John Poynton has admitted some blame for the corporate catastrophe which has befallen the gambling giant but placed most of the responsibility on ‘governance failures’.

Tim Clarke

CrimePremiumShocking vision of boy waving knife at school

A teenager has been charged and expelled from school after allegedly waving a knife around during a fight over an umbrella.

Angie Raphael

Record absenteeismCommentsPremiumBig NAPLAN change for WA students as COVID wreaks havoc

WA’s NAPLAN testing regime has been thrown into chaos because so many kids have been absent with COVID-19, forcing education authorities to make a big change.

Bethany Hiatt

Struggling to cope CommentsPremiumDamning report reveals staff woes leaving prisons vulnerable

An audit of WA prisons has uncovered ‘systemic failures’ in staffing that leave them open to poor culture and ‘highly vulnerable’ to fraud. 

Caitlyn Rintoul

Movie extravaganzaCommentsPremiumAussie slasher film that wowed US to open Rev Film Festival

An Aussie slasher movie that skewers millennial culture and wowed a celebrated American film festival will open Revelation Perth International Film Festival’s silver jubilee season.

Ben O'Shea

Winter is comingCommentsPremiumMcGowan considering vaccine response as jab efficacy wanes

Waning vaccine efficacy and the approach of winter will play a role in the McGowan Government’s decision-making over COVID – although the Premier again reiterated he did not want to reintroduce restrictions.

Josh Zimmerman

Section 44 strikes againCommentsPremiumWA Liberal re-nominated after citizenship bungle

WA Liberal Ben Small has been re-nominated to fill the Senate vacancy created by his own resignation in a bizarre joint sitting of the WA Parliament on Wednesday.

Josh Zimmerman

Bikie linksPremiumMum and baby caught up in terrifying home invasion

A young mum and her baby have been caught up in a terrifying bikie-linked home invasion at a home near the Perth Hills, after a group of armed men tried to force their way into the property.

Phil Hickey

‘I’m still numb’CommentsPremiumGrieving son demands answers over dead mum’s long ambo wait

The son of Georgina Wild has said he still feels ‘numb’ over his mother’s death and wants answers instead of ‘empty promises’ from St John WA.

Brianna Dugan

COVID breacher PremiumShareholders want disgraced Power on Strike board: Poynton

The millionaire businessman has said disgraced friend Nev Power is still on the board of Strike Energy because major shareholders want him there — and definitely not because of their personal relationship.

Tim Clarke

Worrying claimsCommentsPremiumDrastic spike in animal hits prompts warning to motorists

Motorists are being urged to slow down and look out for wildlife after a big spike in animal collisions.

Brianna Dugan

Horrifying incident VideoPremiumTeen charged over allegedly threatening classmate with knife

A 14-year-old boy has been charged after allegedly bringing a knife to school and threatening a student in Perth’s southern suburbs.

Brianna Dugan

SharksPremiumShark feeding frenzy caught on drone

A man out for a morning fish was shocked to find a horde of sharks circling their breakfast off the coast of Western Australia.

Madeleine Achenza

COVID CURVEBALLCommentsPremiumHow West Aussies sick with COVID could lose election vote

It’s feared tens of thousands of West Australians isolating at home while they are sick with COVID won’t get to vote at the Federal election.

Peter Law

‘Opera House equivalent’New Aboriginal cultural centre could become WA tourist icon

Anthony Albanese is promising to fund a new Aboriginal cultural centre in Perth if he is elected prime minister, with Labor saying it could become the WA equivalent of the Sydney Opera House.

Annabel Hennessy

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St John WA crisisCommentsPremium
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Fix ambulance mess now, demands grieving WA family

The daughter of a Geraldton woman who died while waiting for an ambulance has declared ‘action needs to be taken immediately’ as pressure grows on St John WA chief executive Michelle Fyfe.

Josh Zimmerman

Election promisesLabor promises childcare centre refurbs ahead of election

Brand MHR Madeleine King has promised refurbishments for a local parent support service in Kwinana should Australia elect a Labor Government at the May 21 poll.

Hannah Cross