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Prolonged nightmarePerth family recall five day death notification delay

Arriving at his father’s Mandurah aged care home for a dinner visit, the last thing Bob Ayling expected was to be pulled into a room and told the 89-year-old had died five days earlier.

Caitlyn Rintoul

Carpooling’s backUber shakes COVID-19 fears to relaunch Pool service

Rideshare giant Uber has restored its Pool service in Perth after cancelling it when COVID-19 hit because of community transmission fears.

Caitlyn Rintoul

Families ‘devastated’Ombudsman to probe aged care death notice delays

The WA Ombudsman will investigate why it took 10 days to tell the family of Perth great-grandmother Joyce Savage that she had passed away.

Caitlyn Rintoul

‘Doesn’t pass pub test’Aged care experts slam 10-day death notice bungle

A 10-day delay for a family to find out about Perth great-grandmother Joyce Savage’s death has been described as ‘very poor’ by aged care advocates.

Caitlyn Rintoul

McGowan’s vowPremier to ‘get to the bottom’ of 10-day death delay

An investigation into why it took more than a week to notify the family of Perth great-grandmother Joyce Savage that she had died will be launched, WA Premier Mark McGowan has revealed.

Caitlyn Rintoul

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Nursing home bungle: ‘No one told us mum was dead’

Perth woman Kaye Davis is demanding answers after finding out about her mother’s passing only when asked to collect her possessions from a nursing home — 10 days after the great-grandmother died.

Caitlyn Rintoul

Beach-front artSculpture by the Sea returns for 17th exhibition

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

City lifeLife expectancy higher in Perth than in regions

The life expectancy of people living in some regional areas is more than 40 years less than in some Perth suburbs.

Caitlyn Rintoul

State ElectionExit polls show Labor has 70 percent of early vote

A straw poll of hundreds of West Australians casting their ballots in key electorates on the first day of early voting has found overwhelming support for WA Labor.

Josh Zimmerman, Caitlyn Rintoul, Charlotte Elton, Rangi Harini, Brianna Dugan and Jake Dietsch

Devastating blazeRelief funding pours in for Wooroloo bushfire victims

Victims of the catastrophic Wooroloo bushfire have received their first round of support payments through the Lord Mayor's Distress Relief Fund.

Caitlyn Rintoul

Forever youngA father’s heartache after son lost in fiery crash

A family has been torn apart by a horrific crash which killed a nine-year-old boy and left his 65-year-old grandmother with life-threatening injuries.

Caitlyn Rintoul, Charlotte Elton & Liam Croy