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Opposition Leader Peter Dutton plans to introduce new “post and boast” social media laws as part of a $750m pledge into crime prevention.

‘It was just awful, I thought I was going to die. It was the scariest day of my life.’

Thousands of West Australians headed outside for a family picnic while others attended church services to celebrate Easter Sunday. 

Thousands of West Australians headed outside for a family picnic while others attended church services to celebrate Easter Sunday. 

After running for a WA seat about six weeks a go, a group of unsuccessful State candidates are stepping back in the ring, this time at the Federal election.

The Office of the Department of Public Prosecutions on Monday confirmed it would not be launching an appeal because of its unlikelihood of reaching ‘reasonable prospects of success’.

The cause of a luxury yacht blaze off the coast of Rottnest Island on Saturday is now under investigation. 

Peak flu season is months away and flu cases are already 30 per cent higher across Australia compared to the same time last year.

The man was the sole occupant of the vehicle and died at the scene. 

WA’s cost-of-living pain has been laid bare in new data released by the Liberals showing rental spikes of up of to 64 per cent over the past two years. 

A respected property analyst expects Perth’s median house price will be $1 million within five years, challenging people’s ability to get into the market. 

There is every chance that if Dutton bombs here in the west on May 3, he will no longer be leader of the Federal Liberal Party.

School leaders are increasingly ‘caught in the middle’ of parental disputes as they navigate complex family law matters, prompting principals’ groups to seek more support from the Education Department.

There is no right time of life to discover a love of gardening. 

Western Australian retirees are facing a nervous wait after Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff policy wreaked havoc on global stock markets, causing superannuation values to plummet.

Trade across Perth’s pubs and clubs on Good Friday was steady according to the peak body for WA’s hotel and hospitality industry.

Labor has provided Bullwinkel voters with a $1.2 million sweetener — promising to provide battery back up for 23 mobile towers in the electorate if it wins the election.

When both Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton were in Perth last weekend, they made a beeline for the seat of Tangney, nestled in in the inner suburbs south of the Swan River.

A driver and a passenger have died in a tragic start to the Easter long weekend in WA, killed when a car towing a caravan collided with a truck in the Great Southern.

Tributes are flowing for an iconic Australian fashion designer who died at the age of 60 after a short battle with a rare brain condition.

The 60-year-old’s death was announced on Saturday after a short but stoic battle with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, an incurable brain disease which also took the life of his sister, Gracie. 

Since March 19, there have been 15 confirmed measles cases reported to authorities, and 16 in WA for 2025. There have been more than 60 cases so far nationwide.

Emergency services are responding to an incident after a 15m yacht caught fire off the coast of Rottnest Island.

Researchers are working together to determine the cause of a mysterious paralysis syndrome affecting native birds across a major state.

They may look like ordinary ribbons tied to a fence, but these colourful strips of material are far more than pretty decorations.

WA Police and St John WA rushed to the scene after reports a truck had collided with a male pedestrian on Thursday.

Three men are expected to appear in court charged over a one-punch attack outside a Canning Vale brewery that left a man with serious facial injuries.

The celebrated designer had recently been diagnosed with a rare brain disease.

The Bombers came from 29 points down to post a thrilling two-point win over West Coast at Optus Stadium on Good Friday.

The battle between private hospitals and insurers is ramping up this Federal election with private hospitals showing materials on their walls asking patients and visitors to write to their local member.

Labor will unveil a new legal push to protect the working rights of about three million Australians.

The Coalition wants to create 350,000 new small businesses in four years – it hopes new tax incentives will help that happen.

Errol had been heading west away from Australia before it made a sharp U-turn and is now moving towards the Kimberley coast.

A man accused of murdering an Indigenous teenager allegedly stomped on the boy and witnessed his co-accused attack him with a metal pole, a court has been told.

Some have pondered whether the owners left change on the table, given ‘developers will make a killing’.

Two popular beer products have been recalled over contamination fears ahead of the Easter long weekend, with authorities noting they carry an “unpleasant odour”.

The City of Belmont has approved plans for a rate increase set to begin in the next financial year at a council meeting on Tuesday night.

One of Perth’s most iconic tennis venues is set for the next stage of its massive redevelopment.

Huge Powerball held big returns for one Aussie who hit the jackpot. Read to find out if it’s you.

Over two thousand hot cross buns were delivered straight to the wards of Perth Children’s Hospital on Thursday in a bid to brighten the long weekends of kids spending Easter in hospital.

West Australians will soon be able to buy a drink without a meal at a pub on Good Friday and Christmas Day under new liquor licensing reforms introduced by the State Government. 

The Minister for Police is among several figures imploring drivers to exercise caution while travelling during the Easter long weekend in the wake of three serious accidents in the Great Southern in two days.

Roger Cook’s moves to reshape the public sector have continued, with Finance director general Jodi Cant set to leave as part of a departmental reshuffle. 

A southern suburbs store that was smashed up a week ago has been hit again after a stolen car was rammed into the Orelia shopfront on Thursday morning.

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It was the WA show this week as the Labor and Liberal political circuses rolled into town. But who impressed West Australians most, and why did a minister say the words “hot and juicy”?

A mother is taking legal action against Australia’s peak athletics body after her autistic daughter was denied help from a carer during some of her qualified events at the Australian Athletics Championships.

WA’s film studios in Malaga are aiming to sign two productions in its first year, its new boss has revealed, as work on the $290 million project reaches the halfway mark. 

The Australian couple has lived on the land for 40 years and watched an entire suburb be built around them.

A defendant in the Cassius Turvey murder trial has admitted he used his car to threaten teenagers into bushland on the day the teen was attacked but denied there was plan and that he was there as ‘backup’.