• Hawks Premiership hero to West Coast?

    Kim Hagdorn says the Eagles are in discussions with a four-time Hawthorn Premiership player about finishing his career in the West.

    Kim Hagdorn believes Sam Mitchell is in discussions with the West Coast Eagles to potentially finish his career at the club.
  • Thurston & Cronk call for Perth NRL team

    NRL stars Johnathan Thurston and Cooper Cronk have thrown their support behind the notion of Perth getting its own NRL team.

    Johnathan Thurston has voiced his support for a Perth NRL team.
  • Netball nuisance

    A Perth father has been left flummoxed at being ordered to remove two netball hoops, which his daughters use to practice, from his rental property because they are apparently a disturbance to his neighbours

    The two netball hoops which strata management have ordered be removed.

Talking Perth

Aged pension 'inadequate'

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11:47 PM   A new survey shows Australians aged 50 to 70 won't be able to live off the age pension when retired, with 500,000 retirees already living below the poverty line.

Thurston & Cronk call for Perth-based NRL team

Johnathan Thurston has voiced his support for a Perth NRL team.

5:22 PM   NRL stars Johnathan Thurston and Cooper Cronk have thrown their support behind the notion of Perth getting its own NRL team.

Shark-spotting drones to be trialled at WA beaches

Drones will be used by SLSWA to spot sharks off our coast.

Is it a bird…? Is it a plane…? NO! It's a drone and it's keeping an eye out for sharks along our coastline this summer.

Mayor slams 'smear campaign'

Frank Mikhail, Antonio Fazzari, Giovanni Italiano and Frank La Rosa.

City of Stirling mayor Giovanni Italiano has been forced to explain his relationship with a drug trafficker and murderer, after photos emerged of him holidaying with the men in Vietnam.

Tributes to 'amazing' Claremont man

Claremont man Michael Balfe was killed while cycling in Kansas

A US cafe manager has paid tribute to a Claremont man who she met in the days before he was hit and killed while cycling in Kansas.

Short changed: Coles wants DIY checkout backup

Theft is costing Coles $4.5b a year.

Customers taking advantage of self-serve checkouts are being warned to think twice.

How our kids are being watched

Navid Sobbi of National Surveillance and Intelligence has seen an exponential rise in the use and installation of ...

Children are being watched now more than ever, right from birth, with parents posting pics of their new-borns to digital fingerprinting at schools. What does it mean to be a child in modern society?

Traffic congestion easing

Traffic congestion around Perth is easing according to the State Government

The State Government claims traffic congestion around Perth is easing, thanks to initiatives such as new merge lanes and changing traffic signals.

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Sport

Hawks hero to West Coast?

Kim Hagdorn believes Sam Mitchell is in discussions with the West Coast Eagles to potentially finish his career at the club.

8:06 PM   Kim Hagdorn says the Eagles are in discussions with a four-time Hawthorn Premiership player about finishing his career in the West.

Cooper to testify in inquest

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 10: Cricketer Doug Bollinger leaves the Downing centre after giving evidence at the inquest ...

Ben Cameron 8:00 PM   Tuesday looms as the critical day in the inquest into the death of cricket Phil Hughes. 

Player power too much: Rucci

No longer Bound by blue?(Photo by Scott Barbour/Getty Images)

Ben Cameron   Veteran AFL journalist Michelangelo Rucci says the players have too much power under the current system. 

Shifter shines Petrevski-Seaton and English

Sam Petrevski-Seton in action for WA in the underage carnivals.

Ben Cameron   AFL national talent manager Kevin Sheehan has lauded Sam Petrevski-Seton as the best West Australian in the upcoming draft. 

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Hot Chocolate return to Perth

They win again: Hot Chocolate in 2014, from left, singer Kennie Simon, drummer Tony Conner, bassist Patrick Olive and ...

4:28 PM   "Her Majesty The Queen and Prince Philip decided to do the waltz to You Sexy Thing."

Maggie Beer's foodie wisdom

Maggie Beer

3:35 PM   "If we can encourage people to bake, whether it's baking bread or pastry or cake, it's part of being involved with food which is a delight." - Maggie Beer

Family story, Worth Fighting For

Mary-Anne OConnor's new book Worth Fighting For

Australian novelist, Mary-Anne O'Connor was preparing to write her new book about the bombing of Pearl Harbour when she started researching her own family to help build her characters when she discovered some interesting things about her family.

Meet Tony the Traveller

Tony 'the traveller' Giles

Navigating through exotic locales can be challenging at the best of times - moreso if you have a visual or hearing impairment.