Treasurer Rita Saffioti has admitted the case of a young couple raising their 10-week-old baby in a tent amid Perth’s rental crisis is ‘very concerning’.
Jake Dietsch
Cruise ship infrastructure at Fremantle is set for a massive upgrade, with the State Government announcing a $40.5 million package to improve Victoria Quay.
The childhood best friend of a woman who died following a house fire in Perth’s southern suburbs has remembered her friend as ‘the most beautiful mother you would ever meet’.
Gabrielle Becerra Mellet and Hannah Cross
Child abuse squad detectives are investigating whether two incidents earlier this month are linked which saw an unknown man approach and inappropriately interact with children.
Hannah Cross
A group of Bunnings customers were rushed to hospital after an unknown substance was allegedly sprayed in the store.
Lily McCaffrey
A man has been charged this morning following a death south of Mandurah.
Police have confirmed that they are treating the death of a mother-of-four at the scene of a Perth house fire ‘as murder’, with forensics officers scouring the home this morning.
Troy de Ruyter, Caleb Runciman and Rachel Fenner
Dedicated accommodation to house more than 400 workers will be built on Rottnest Island as part of a $150.5 million funding injection to ‘get the basics right’ on the global tourism drawcard.
Josh Zimmerman
The so-called ‘eshay’ who broke into the City Beach home of Woodside boss Meg O’Neill to steal her luxury cars then posed for photographs with the stolen vehicles has been jailed.
Emily Moulton
The number of West Aussies putting their hand out for help with power bill payments is on track to be the highest in more than five years, as cost of living pressures mount.
Dylan Caporn
The identity of a mother-of-four who was killed in a house fire has been revealed, as police investigate whether she was murdered.
Angie Raphael
Two people have been arrested after allegedly spraying an ‘unknown’ substance inside a Bunnings, which sent 10 people to hospital.
Caleb Runciman
A witness has described seeing a plane crash, seriously injuring an elderly pilot, at Jandakot Airport.
An emergency level bushfire has been deemed deliberately lit, as authorities try to contain the blaze that has already burnt through 8000 hectares.
Emma Kirk
The average cost of unleaded petrol across the major Australian cities has reached its highest price ever.
Tim Clarke
A man aged in his 70s has been rushed to hospital after crashing a plane while trying to land at an Australian airport.
The out-of-control fire burning in WA’s Great Southern has created a whopping 700km smoke plume that can be seen from space.
Vets have euthanised a pilot whale calf spotted swimming close to shore at Eagle Bay on Friday amid concerns it could send out distress signals that could lead to another mass stranding in the South West.
Sean Van Der Wielen and Bethany Hiatt
A homicide investigation is under way after a man’s body was found near a petrol station in the early hours of Friday morning.
A group of travellers have been rescued in the Aussie outback after becoming stranded with their vehicle in remote terrain.
A northern suburbs man, previously linked to the Comanchero bikie gang, has failed to appear in Joondalup Magistrates Court after spending the night in the Perth police watchhouse.
Justin Bianchini
Police have released CCTV footage as part of their ongoing investigation into a sexual assault in Midland last month.
Phil Hickey
Authorities are none the wiser as to why more than 200 whales would beach themselves off Western Australia’s coast.
Police have arrested and charged two men over multiple bottle shop thefts in Geraldton, including a ram raid on a Brand Highway liquor store.
Matthew Paddick