A 19-year-old woman has been charged with failing to stop to help a pedestrian after she allegedly hit the woman with her car.
Lauren Price
Rebecca Le May and Jessica Moroney
Police Minister Paul Papalia has revealed drones are being used to monitor youths engaged in anti-social behaviour in Broome as WA’s top cop renewed calls for stricter restrictions on the sale of alcohol.
Josh Zimmerman
WA Police have completed their investigation into a potential “burial site” on a remote island off the Kimberley coast after seafarers reportedly discovered rock arrangements and a cross 350km west of Broome.
Caleb Runciman
The bird-brained owner of an Indian ringneck parakeet has been spared a $50,000 fine after they were caught illegally importing the declared pest into the Kimberley.
Cain Andrews
The director of liquor licensing’s office has poured cold water on a top cop’s radical call for alcohol restrictions to be rolled out across regional WA as towns grapple with an out-of-control crime wave.
Rebecca Le May
An extraordinary election will be held next year to fill a vacancy on the Shire of Broome council after a popular councillor was disqualified before the October local government ordinary elections.
Katya Minns
A 19-year-old woman has been granted bail after being charged over an alleged hit-and-run in Derby on Wednesday night which killed a 45-year-old pedestrian.
In a week filled with learning, camaraderie and impressive performances, two young football talents from the Kimberley made their mark as members of the inaugural Eddie Betts Foundation Football Academy.
A provider for the Broome Urgent Care Clinic has been finalised, with the facility to open in late December, easing pressure on Broome’s strained health services.
A remote Kimberley school has been recognised for its outstanding work, receiving the excellence in cultural responsiveness award at the 2023 WA Education Awards.
The new multi-million-dollar Broome North Water Resource Recovery Facility has officially opened and is touted to be able to support the town’s development beyond 2050.
State MPs claim reporting on Broome’s crime wave has turned the town into a ‘Halloween movie’, despite new police statistics showing the scale of the problem and locals saying it’s like a war zone.
A horrific road rage incident in Broome has left a grandmother and her two young grandchildren “traumatised” as the trio’s car was rammed multiple times and the grandmother was doused with vinegar cider.
Cain Andrews and Katya Minns
Violent crime in Broome seems out of place in a holiday haven supposed to be the diamond in WA’s tourism crown. So are the reports a true reflection of the Kimberley town? Caleb Runciman flew north to find out.
A Mirrabooka high school teacher will remain behind bars for at least a month after he was arrested on school grounds and accused of trying to “procure a person believed to be under 13 for sexual activity”.
West Coast’s new recruits - including No.1 pick Harley Reid - faced added pressure at training on Friday, with incoming chief executive Don Pyke and their families watching on from the sidelines.
Samantha Rogers
Celebrity chef Matt Moran and WA’s own Brendan Pratt are set to cook up a storm with the stunning backdrop of Rottnest Island’s Parakeet Bay.
Simon Collins
A merger between oil and gas players Woodside Energy with Santos could create a mega-player with a market cap of up to $80b.
Matt Mckenzie, Simone Grogan, Adrian Rauso and Adrian Lowe
A Scarborough father has been left with more questions than answers after his four-year-old son’s leg was broken in an incident with a garbage truck.
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Carnarvon Health Campus does not have a single midwife, leaving pregnant mums and their babies without direct access to the vital skill set in the event they go into labour unexpectedly.
Kalgoorlie-Boulder’s Christmas tree has been “damaged beyond repair” after an electrical storm passed through the city on Thursday afternoon.
Carwyn Monck
The daughter of an 89-year-old Coolgardie man who has multiple myeloma and is in heart and kidney failure has expressed deep concerns about the limitations of medical services in the town.
Madeleine Clark
A new book explores and explains the history of Perth’s gardens, from the Noongar people cultivating food to Mount Eliza being cultivated to become our most iconic public garden Kings Park.
The Regional Joint Development Assessment Panel has approved Synergy’s plans for a 500 megawatt battery system just north of Collie Power Station.
Two brothers — including an Australian Ninja Warrior star — have paid tribute to their ‘little bro’ after he died in a snorkelling accident off the Albany coast.
The AI startup, which Musk announced in July, seeks to ‘understand the true nature of the universe’, according to its website.
Daniel Newell
Supply-chain dysfunction, rising interest rates and protectionism are making life tough.
The Economist
Nearly 2500 fossil fuel lobbyists are estimated to have been granted access to the COP28 climate conference, according to an analysis from advocacy groups, reflecting a sharp increase from last year.
Sam Meredith
A fight over the future of fossil fuels has been thrust into the global spotlight at the COP28 climate summit.
Authorities have closed parts of the North West Coastal Highway after a bushfire sparked and surged north of Geraldton this morning.
Tim Clarke
Two Queensland men have been arrested, charged and flown west by Federal agents to face allegations they were part of a plot to smuggle more than half a tonne of cocaine into Australia via WA.
Thousands of year 12 students across the country will be counting down the minutes until their ATAR scores are released this week.
Gang crime police have swooped on the Hells Angels bikie gang after the stabbing of former member Dayne Brajkovich — charging a man over a loaded gun hidden inside a couch.
Having met Dayne Brajkovich as part of an interview on his absorbing story from his childhood in Belmont to his rise as the sergeant-at-arms for the violent outlaw gang Hells Angels, he is a complex character.
West Australians looking to travel to Bali are set for a new year bonus, with Indonesian officials looking to scrap a $50 tourist tax, saving families hundreds of dollars.
Dylan Caporn
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