Perth News & Information

The number of complaints to the tenancy watch dog for dirty, damaged and dis-repaired rental properties has soared as landlords exploit the broken property market.

Susannah Carr is famous for her news presenting skills — but a little known fact is that she’s also a pro in the kitchen.

An elderly man who, while helping his sister tidy her property, accidentally sparked a bushfire that razed 200ha of Walpole-Nornalup bushland this year, has been fined for the incident that “haunts” him.

The struggle for small businesses continues as an iconic Fremantle shop run by a prominent local figure announces its closure, leaving regulars shattered. 

A man is still fighting for his life in a Perth hospital, almost a week after a horror collision that claimed the life of a young girl and left three others injured in Woodanilling.

West Coast Eagle Courtney Rowley has thrown her support behind RSPCA WA’s annual fundraiser which opens on Thursday.

The Shire of Gingin has thanked bystanders and first responders for their ‘courage and compassion’, as police continue to probe how a man drowned in a river at a popular holiday spot north of Perth.

Accepting the shift means St John paramedics could earn up to triple their normal rate – but the union said the risk was often too great.

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Adventure World is banking on nostalgia, bringing back one of its most beloved – and most stomach-churning – attractions.

Only half of the West Australian women eligible for a free mammogram have taken up their breast cancer screening. 

Perth dwellings have increased in value by an astonishing amount for the month of September, which is more than most earn through their jobs.

The sight of ambulances spending more than 7000 hours ramped outside hospitals for a third straight month has prompted the State’s healthcare unions to join forces for the first time to demand better.

Thousands of vehicles from a luxury car line have been urgently recalled over a manufacturing defect that the consumer watchdog fears could increase the risk of serious injury or death.

Motorists and residents in Perth’s south have been urged to avoid a street after an asbestos spill.

A man has drowned and four swimmers have been pulled from a river north of Perth in a horrific school holiday tragedy.

A 38-year-old man has drowned and six others – including four children – have been taken to hospital after being pulled from the water in Moore River.

He was arrested on Monday less than one week after being released from his latest prison stint.

Aluminium giant Alcoa has axed 220 jobs in a move the state opposition says makes workers, families and communities pay the price.

WA Police and St John WA have rushed to the scene.

The town is located about 190km north-east of Perth.

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Whether you want to pat a python or ride a roller coaster, the list of things to do at the Perth Royal Show is almost endless. 

The director of a NDIS provider with a taste for luxury cars has gone overseas after Adachi Disability Services racks up a $6m debt – including $3m owed to the tax office.

The days of piggy banks and $5 notes for pocket money may be on the way out.

A major survey on Aussies’ ethical concerns has revealed Gen Z’s shift away from artificial intelligence, as social media platforms hit record-low trust levels.

Dennis John McKenna was the hostel warden at the Katanning Residential College — known as St Andrews Hostel — when he abused dozens of boys in the 1970s and 80s.

Hundreds of eager filmgoers packed into Albany Entertainment Centre last week to experience the “homecoming screening” of Albany-filmed zombie apocalypse drama We Bury the Dead.

West Australians are being urged to show their patriotism at the checkout, with a new campaign raising awareness of the symbol guiding shoppers to buy local.

Three people have appeared in court charged with murdering an Attadale man after the missing 33 year-old’s body was discovered in bushland.

Police say they found the body of Jayden Stewart Selfe on Sunday, who had been missing since May.

The Eagles led at every change en route to an 11.9 (75) to 5.3 (33) victory to make amends for last round’s 51-point thrashing from Melbourne.

Police held grave concerns for the 33-year-old, who last had contact with his family in May this year.

Police say they found the body of Jayden Stewart Selfe on Sunday, who had been missing since May.

Changes proposed to learner and p-plate driver rules have sparked debate among teenagers, parents and driving instructors in WA.

A senior emergency doctor no longer has a job at Joondalup Health Campus after a tribunal found he inappropriately touched a vulnerable young patient under the guise of a medical exam.

A dramatic takedown unfolded in a shopping centre supermarket when officers tackled a man to the ground after a police chase.

WA Police officers spent almost 7000 hours caught up in hospital emergency departments, new data shows, with a large portion of that time spent waiting for people with mental health issues to be assessed.

The WA Government has launched a last-ditch plea to change poor behaviours of WA motorists, saying their vaunted AI road cameras are detecting seatbelt, speeding and mobile phone offences like never before.

A 30-year-old man has been charged with possessing a home-made taser, pocket knife and firearm paraphernalia following a dangerous police chase that ended in a Coles supermarket aisle. 

An Armadale man faces weapons and drug charges after a chase through Perth’s southern suburbs came to a dramatic end in a supermarket in Kardinya.

Two people — believed to be children — are dead and three others injured after a horror crash on Indian Ocean Drive on Saturday afternoon.

An expensive luxury yacht was gutted by fire on Saturday morning, with the blaze sparking a smoke alert for Perth’s coastal northern suburbs.

The boat, valued at more than $2 million, was gutted by an inferno that tore through the vessel on Saturday morning.

The number of Perth men seeking mental health support through St John of God’s outreach services has more than doubled in two years, prompting calls for more early intervention for new dads.

Revelations in court about what goes on behind the scenes in a famed outback pub came as no surprise to a university expert who has studied the experience of hospitality workers in Australia.

Playing around with radio, GPS or music was the top cause for motorists taking their eyes of the road, with 63 per cent of WA respondents admitting to the bad habit.

Perth’s deaf community is gearing up to celebrate National Week of Deaf People with a vibrant event where hands will do the talking.

The father of Perth’s fireworks has been honoured for his extraordinary contribution with a dazzling fireworks finale on opening night of the Perth Royal Show. 

Young drivers face tougher new rules — including more supervised hours and a longer probation period — under new proposals from the State Government.