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Lotto: West Aussie among eight ticketholders to pocket $800k in Saturday draw on 2025 AFL Grand Final night

September 27, 2025
Brisbane Lions’ fans won’t be the only Aussies celebrating a sensational win after Saturday Lotto gave WA a reason to get in on the weekend’s festivities. 

Social media ban: Perth mum of two thinks social media ban is ‘government over-reach’

September 27, 2025
Teenager Xavier Gemmel spends an average of five hours a day on social media when not at school and thinks the Federal Government’s impending ban is pointless.

Perth Royal Show: Parents told to stay vigilant for button batteries at as authorities warn of crackdown

September 27, 2025
Authorities will be keeping a close eye on toys sold at the Perth Royal Show this weekend as parents are warned on a potentially lethal risk.

Emergency crews at scene of head-on crash on Indian Ocean Drive near Wedge Island

September 27, 2025
Multiple emergency crews are at the scene of a horrific crash on Indian Ocean Drive on Saturday afternoon. 

James Paul Warwick: Mandurah detectives call for public’s help in locating possibly armed man

September 27, 2025
Mandurah detectives are calling for the public’s help to locate a man who may be armed.

Hillarys Boat Harbour: Emergency services work to extinguish vessel ablaze

September 27, 2025
Emergency services are rushing to put out a boat fire in the popular Hillarys Boat Harbour on Saturday morning.

North Coogee: Four rushed to hospital after horror early-morning crash on Cockburn Road

September 27, 2025
Four people have been taken to hospital after a car left the road and crashed in the city’s south in the early hours of Saturday.

Measles is making a comeback as Australia faces rising cases

September 27, 2025
As childhood vaccination rates fall, experts warn that misinformation is helping fuel a measles comeback.

UNTOLD HISTORY: The tragic plane crash in York that lit up the WA sky and scorched the earth

September 27, 2025
A fireball lit up the sky and 23 passengers and five crew were killed. The lone survivor, 67-year-old Edgar Forwood, was thrown clear but suffered third-degree burns and died in hospital five days later.

The jail life of Claremont killer Bradley Edwards: Grooming guards and being on monitored sleeping positions

September 26, 2025
On the fifth anniversary of his conviction, we reveal the meticulous prison life of neat-freak Claremont murderer Bradley Edwards who grooms guards with lingering gazes and earns $76 a week.

The West Australian tests the Perth Royal Show’s scariest rides including the Lunarix

September 26, 2025
The West Australian reporter Jess Evensen has tested out the Perth Royal Show’s scariest rides.

‘Shoddy’ home constructed by banned Perth builders NicheLiving leaves woman homeless

September 26, 2025
A woman is homeless after her ‘shoddy’ new home constructed by banned NicheLiving builders left her new home crumbling around her.

Telethon: Mullaloo Heights Primary School students create papier-mache dogs to raise funds for Telethon

September 26, 2025
Mullaloo Heights Primary School students are painting a brighter future. The year six class spent 10 weeks perfecting papeir-mache creations of their pet pups to help raise funds for Telethon.

Police warn NBN outage in Western Australia may prevent triple-0 calls

September 26, 2025
Police have warned an NBN outage may be affecting calls to emergency services from a landline.

No charges for WA principal accused of indecently assaulting student on school camp

September 26, 2025
Police have completed an investigation into claims a school principal indecently assaulted a student on a school camp and have not laid charges.

Mexico to WA: Couriers sentenced for massive 1.2 tonne cocaine conspiracy

September 26, 2025
The men were all couriers for a Mexican cartel who were set to make approximately $300 million off the sale of the drugs, but a sophisticated sting by WA Police meant the drugs never made it to the streets.

Indigenous artefact returned to Kimberley traditional owner after chance op-shop find

September 26, 2025
A freak find in a Perth op-shop has led to the return of a culturally significant artefact nearly 2000km away in Western Australia’s Kimberley region.

Leeman Humpback Rescue: Fisher spots entangled whale near Beagle Islands sparking huge local rescue effort

September 26, 2025
A humpback whale was spotted off the WA coast struggling to surface, tangled in rope, triggering a frantic local rescue and race against time to save it.

NBN outage in Goldfields-Esperance: People prevented from making calls in Bandy Creek, Castletown, Chadwick

September 26, 2025
An NBN outage in the Goldfields-Esperance region is preventing people from making phone calls — including to triple-0 — from landline services.

WA Treasurer Rita Saffioti braces for GST share backlash as $3.7 billion Budget windfall is revealed

September 26, 2025
Treasurer Rita Saffioti has unveiled a much bigger than expected Budget surplus, as other States eye off the GST deal that has added to the Cook Government’s good fortunes.

Operation Beech: Six men jailed for courier roles in 1.2 tonne, Mexican cartel-run cocaine bust off WA coast

September 26, 2025
Six couriers in one of Australia’s biggest and most bungled drug smuggling operations have learnt their fate, with the judge labelling the men ‘hopeless’ puppets in a ‘shambles’.

Timothy James Clark: WA link to stockbroker pilot killed in Brazilian drug drop plane crash

September 26, 2025
New details have emerged about an Aussie stockbroker who died in a plane crash during a failed drug run in Brazil.

Election fight over business class flights looms as Perth councillors’ $20k trips revealed

September 26, 2025
Elections are coming up and Perth lord mayoral candidates are split, with some pledging to ban business class travel and others defending it as essential.

Report reveals grim reality of Aussie drowning deaths

September 26, 2025
Behind this pristine beach picture lies a deadly threat that claims up to 21 lives per year – more than sharks, floods and cyclones combined.

Woodanilling fatal crash: Young girl dies in horror two-car collision, four others seriously injured

September 26, 2025
Police confirmed the 12-year-old died at the scene.

Another Optus ‘shocker’ as telco investigates injury claims at St John WA’s Perth emergency call centre

September 26, 2025
There are claims multiple staff at St John WA’s Perth emergency call centre have been left with permanent hearing damage, and out of pocket as a result of medical checks.

City of Perth to ‘join fight’ with Town of Victoria Park in axing racetrack

September 26, 2025
Town of Victoria Park mayor Karen Vernon has met City of Perth council members seeking their support in opposing the Burswood sport and entertainment precinct.

The stories behind the migrant matriarchs who helped shape WA

September 26, 2025
A new exhibition at the WA Maritime Museum honours the nonnas who arrived in Fremantle during the wave of Italian migration to Australia from the early 1900s to the1970s.

WA news LIVE: Warning for Perth drivers as double demerits kick in

September 26, 2025
Follow our live coverage here.

Pilbara on alert after dead jellyfish, puffer fish wash up on beaches

September 26, 2025
Residents in remote coastal communities have been put on alert after a series of gross discoveries on local beaches.

Masked men on crime spree break into WA home, stab woman with machete

September 26, 2025
Police are searching for four masked men wielding machetes who terrorised Perth’s northern suburbs in a violent crime spree.

Complaint lodged about police handling of child abuse allegation at Perth daycare

September 26, 2025
A complaint was made to WA Police following a protracted investigation into allegations of abuse at a Perth childcare centre, despite officers finding there was “no offence detected”.

Major Perth development fined for clearing protected black cockatoo habitat

September 26, 2025
But conservationists were unimpressed by the relatively small penalty, believing it paved the way for developers to act first and ask for forgiveness after.

Sustained, coordinated action at all levels of healthcare required to improve childhood vaccination rates

September 25, 2025
The number of fully vaccinated West Australian kids has dropped below the national threshold for all age groups, the nation’s leading immunisation body has revealed.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers cools Labor MPs’ nerves, vows WA will always get ‘fair share’ of GST

September 25, 2025
The Treasurer has moved to placate nervous Labor MPs in Western Australia with a rushed assurance that the resources State will always get its ‘fair share’ of GST.

The Multi-Agency Investigation Support Team’s service for young sex abuse victims gets $4.2m funding boost

September 25, 2025
A service that provides a wraparound approach to helping children and young people who have been sexually abused has been given $4.2 million in funding.

Loghan Taylor: Young motorbike rider remembered as devoted partner and loving dad after death in Oakford

September 25, 2025
‘Rest in paradise, the love of my life.’

Construction well underway for Perth’s newest school set to ride wave of rapid population growth

September 25, 2025
A new primary school in Perth’s far north will be operational from 2027 but will take years to realise its full capacity in student numbers.

Measles in WA: Sixth case recorded in September, authorities urge families to check jab status before holidays

September 25, 2025
The latest list of exposure sites also includes several chemists and a cafe. SEE THE FULL LIST

Great Southern FIFO worker runs from media after admitting to producing child exploitation material in Denmark

September 25, 2025
He was photographed fleeing from waiting media outside the Albany courthouse with a bag zipped over his head.

Bullsharks filmed in Swan River by tradies working above on Fremantle Traffic Bridge

September 25, 2025
Bullsharks have been filmed circling in the Swan River, closeby to the area where a Perth schoolgirl was fatally attacked two years ago.

Perth grandmother and ‘blind mule’ Donna Nelson loses drug trafficking appeal

September 25, 2025
The 59-year-old will be forced to serve a six-year drug trafficking sentence after a Japanese court rejected her appeal.

HAZMAT warning issued for parts of Armadale and Wungong after ‘industrial shed’ on Stone Street catches fire

September 25, 2025
People in the area are urged to stay inside and shut their doors and windows.

Police and Road Safety Commission warn drivers of more road enforcement for AFL grand final, school holidays

September 25, 2025
Police have warned those celebrating the AFL grand final and travelling for the school holidays at the weekend that officers will be out in force amid the deadliest road toll in almost two decades.

Lotto: Fremantle couple in their 60s scoop $2.16m Saturday loot, plan to travel with family, renovate house

September 25, 2025
A newly renovated house, no more bills and lots of travel are a reality for a Fremantle couple who scooped a massive $2.16 million in Lotto loot.

Police are seeking the whereabouts of 38-year-old Kenlee Thomas who allegedly removed her ankle monitor

September 25, 2025
Police have appealed for public assistance to find a woman who removed her ankle monitor.

WA news LIVE: Police investigate alleged assault of child on Rottnest Island

September 25, 2025
Follow our live coverage here.

Jayden Selfe: Police scour bushland north-east of Wanneroo for seventh day looking for missing man’s body

September 25, 2025
Police continue to search an ‘extensive area’ north-east of Wanneroo for the seventh day, looking for the body of a missing man amid fears he was killed before his remains were dumped in bushland.

Mitchell Freeway: Minor injuries after Mercedes plows into roadworks traffic barrier truck

September 25, 2025
A man has escaped with minor injuries after smashing his white Mercedes into a roadworks traffic barrier truck on the Mitchell Freeway in the early hours of Thursday morning.

New search for Jennie Kehlet’s remains in WA Goldfields

September 25, 2025
Detectives have upped the search where a murdered prospector was found, hoping to solve his wife’s mysterious disappearance.
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