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The West LiveCommentsPremium‘Radical rethink’ needed for childcare access: McGurk

WA Women’s Interests Minister Simone McGurk is encouraging a shake-up childcare after a new report suggested increased subsidies would boost the economy.

Peter de Kruijff

Fatal injuriesHomicide squad probe death of injured woman

A man in his 20s is in hospital under police guard following the death of a woman in St James.

Phil Hickey and Sarah Steger

The West LiveCommentsAboriginal-led solution to kids in care

Child Protection Minister Simone McGurk joins The West Live to talk about a new two-year pilot to cut down the number of children in State-care. Tune in from 8.45am.

BlazeVideoElderly man in hospital after Maddington unit fire

An elderly man has been taken to hospital after a fire tore through the front room of his Maddington home.

Sarah Steger

FatalMan dead in horror South West crash

A man is dead and a woman has been seriously injured after a car veered off a road, rolled and crashed in Yallingup on Sunday.

Sarah Steger

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Worker shortagePremium
The West Australian exclusive
Hard border complicates looming resource skills crunch

The expected shortage of more than 8000 skilled workers is set to be exacerbated by WA’s hard border closure that is making it difficult for companies to source workers from outside the State.

Stuart McKinnon

Legal tanglePremiumRinehart fails to block Rhodes in Hope Downs feud

The Court of Appeal refused to halt legal claims being mounted by the descendants of late prospector Don Rhodes and by the family of Lang Hancock’s late business partner Peter Wright.

Neale Prior

Wild weatherEmergency services inundated as storms drench WA

Wet and stormy weather has continued to wreak havoc across Perth and WA, with emergency services receiving more than 80 calls for assistance in 24 hours.

Kate Phillips

Unhealthy habitCommentsPremiumWest Australians ‘most likely’ to drink during lockdown

The COVID-19 lockdown saw West Australians hit the bottle more than the rest of the country, with 45 per cent of WA respondents citing stress and anxiety as the reason.

Peter de Kruijff

entrenched inequalityCommentsPremiumWA legal profession ‘quaking’ after Heydon scandal

High-profile lawyer Linda Black says many WA judges and lawyers may be ‘quaking in their boots’ following the Dyson Heydon scandal, saying sexism and misogyny were common in the industry.

Rourke Walsh

An end to fearCommentsPremiumVictim’s family: New mayor must bring peace to city

Public safety has been thrust to the centre of the Lord Mayoral election after the family of killed nightclub manager Giuseppe Raco challenged candidates to do more to end violence.

Ben Harvey and Sarah Steger

Four months and countingCommentsPremiumWA COVID transmission rate ‘better than NZ’

Our State has gone 120 days without any community spread of COVID-19, putting it well ahead of countries such as New Zealand, which has been held up as a poster child for containment.

Peter de Kruijff

Family violence crisisCommentsPremiumFour killed in three weeks during WA’s COVID lockdown

Four people were killed from alleged family violence during the peak of WA’s lockdown. Experts say cases will rise as COVID-19 places pressure on families.

Daryna Zadvirna

Torn apartVideoPerth mum stuck in UK forced to pay $15k to return

A Perth mother desperate to get home for her young son’s birthday is stranded in the UK despite having a return ticket and a travel exemption.

Syan Dougherty

gender wage gapCommentsPremiumChildcare boost would see mums’ earnings jump by $150k

A new report has found childcare costs are stopping many Australian women from working more than three days a week, with experts saying a $5bn investment would see our GDP jump by $11bn.

Annabel Hennessy

Stood downVideoCommentsPerth guard in isolation after hotel quarantine breach

Halls Head couple Rob and Rosemary said the guard burst into their Mercure Hotel room around 9pm on Saturday night looking for a TV remote in a bizarre breach of security.

Rourke Walsh

Street violenceVideoCommentsPremiumMore than 80 assaults on WA cops each month

Violent attacks on the State’s police officers are on the rise with a 19-year-old man facing court today charged over the alleged assault of an officer in Northbridge.

Phil Hickey & Emily Baker

PANDEMIC PAUSECommentsPremiumWA theatre ‘richer, deeper’ after time away from stage

As artists make tentative steps back towards performing, the Black Swan State Theatre Company has found the down-time during COVID-19 surprisingly rewarding.

Katherine Fleming

Wild westVideoDust storm shrouds Mid West as wild weather lashes WA

As Perth was hammered with an afternoon shower, the State’s Mid West witnessed a different weather event.

Rangi Hirini

Health overhaulCommentsPremium$2b Royal Perth Hospital revamp ‘will have to wait’

The McGowan Government has developed plans that could see Royal Perth Hospital replaced by a major new facility but it will not happen for many years while money is spent fighting COVID-19.

Peter de Kruijff

Junaid ThorneCommentsPremiumHow undercover cop snared WA’s rebel Muslim preacher

Perth-born self-styled sheik Junaid Thorne, who once said it was his destiny to become a counter-terrorism target, was brought undone by an undercover cop he thought he could trust.

Derrick Krusche

Insta-worthyCommentsPremiumCustom canola field for safe selfies

Farmer Pam Sealey has posed the perfect solution to an influx of selfie-lovers chasing the perfect yellow-drenched picture — without ruiningcrops.

Sarah Brookes

Lebanon disasterVideoCommentsPremiumFamily of boy killed in Beirut blast to come to WA

The family of the boy killed in the Beirut port explosion this week, two-year-old Isaac Oehlers, will quarantine in Western Australia where they have family.

Phil Hickey, Peter de Kruijff and Annabel Hennessy

TrappedPremium‘I woke up in the back seat’: Crash horror

Baldivis mother-of-two Angela Odeh wants to thank the people who stopped when she was trapped in her car after a crash in Leda.

Kate Ryan

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