WA News

Company floats big idea for river parties

12:00AM MARTIN FLYNN WHAT weighs 800 tons, measures 50m in length and cost $4 million to build? A “floating event space” due to be launched in Perth next year.

Couldn’t give a shih tzu

12:00AM PETER VAN ONSELEN IT didn’t happen in this state, but everyone around the country deserves to know what the Victorian prisons minister did.

How ‘cakeage’ fee has ignited debate

4:59PM SOPHIE GABRIELLE AN ONLINE rant over customers complaining about a “cakeage” fee at a leading Perth restaurant has sparked a heated debate about whether the practice is justified.

Boat fire causes $60,000 damage

1:02PM SOPHIE GABRIELLE ARSON squad detectives are investigating a suspicious fire at a Rockingham boat yard on Sunday morning.

Measles alert after second case in a week

11:24AM WEST Aussies are being warned about an increased risk of measles after a second person within a week was diagnosed with the illness upon their return from overseas.

Moosic soothes the milk makers

12:00AM TREVOR PADDENBURG A WA dairy farmer is playing Mozart concertos to her cows and Beethoven symphonies to her bovines to test whether they will produce more or tastier milk.

Mum forged court order, DNA results

12:00AM KATE CAMPBELL A MARRIED WA mother has been jailed for forging a court order and DNA results in a bid to dupe her ex-lover into believing he wasn’t the father of her child.

We’re in front line for global warming

12:00AM CLAIRE BICKERS Climate change SCIENTISTS have warned WA will be one of Australia’s hardest hit regions by global warming over the next 30 years.

The Aussie woman changing lives in Africa

12:00AM LIAM BARTLETT TO use the vernacular, I’ve had a gutful of the idealistic bleeding hearts queuing up to berate and criticise Australia’s record on human rights.

Bushfire reduction projects get cash boost

12:00AM PHIL HICKEY MORE than a dozen bushfire mitigation projects across WA will benefit from $300,000 in government funding.

Quality time with newborns at risk

12:00AM REGINA TITELIUS A PERTH mum says parents will miss out on crucial time with their newborn kids under the proposed changes to paid parental leave.

Bid to cut country toll with fixed cameras

12:00AM EXCLUSIVE TREVOR PADDENBURG FIXED speed cameras will be installed on country highways for the first time in WA in a bid to cut the soaring death toll on regional roads.

West Australians support Roe 8, tolls

12:00AM JOE SPAGNOLO, KATE CAMPBELL Freight link/tolls THE State Government’s decision to proceed with Roe 8 has the support of the majority of West Australians, according to the latest WA Speaks survey.

Why WA is still the best place to live

12:00AM KATE CAMPBELL Our future WEST Australians are proving how resilient they are in the face of the economic slowdown with most feeling optimistic about the state’s future.

Race day fashion in a stable condition

12:00AM LINDA PARRI STANDING shoulder to shoulder with retired racehorse Paris, Scherri-Lee Biggs is ready to party at “the race that stops the nation”.

Bid to cut country toll with fixed cameras

12:00AM EXCLUSIVE TREVOR PADDENBURG FIXED speed cameras will be installed on country highways for the first time in WA in a bid to cut the soaring death toll on regional roads.

West Australians support Roe 8, tolls

Why WA is still the best place to live

12:00AM KATE CAMPBELL Our future WEST Australians are proving how resilient they are in the face of the economic slowdown with most feeling optimistic about the state’s future.

No support for lifting rate of GST

12:00AM THE GST DO not lift the GST rate beyond the current 10 per cent. That is WA’s message to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull.

Terror attack fears high in bush

12:00AM RURAL West Australians are more worried about a terror attack happening in WA than Perth householders.

‘I was at the house when they found him’

12:00AM TREVOR PADDENBURG A GOOD friend of a Perth man who was allegedly murdered by his father has revealed she was at his house when police found his body in a hidden grave.

How saving $10 a week is a struggle

12:00AM CLAIRE BICKERS Economy WHILE drugs, sharks and our housing market remain hot topics, it’s WA’s economy and cost of living that are the biggest worries for West Australians.

Public not sold on Western Power plan

12:00AM JOE SPAGNOLO, KATE CAMPBELL Western Power PREMIER Colin Barnett has a hard sell trying to convince West Australians that Western Power should be privatised, a new survey shows.

Beaches need early warning systems

12:00AM TREVOR PADDENBURG Sharks WEST Australians have rejected the use of drum lines or nets to kill sharks, but one in four say fishermen should be allowed to catch protected great whites.

Barnett: Nalder ‘got ahead of himself’

12:00AM KATE CAMPBELL, JOE SPAGNOLO COLIN Barnett says his job has been made “easier” since Dean Nalder and Tony Simpson quit cabinet, with WA Speaks showing he is WA’s preferred leader.

Pastry chef slams ‘cakeage’ whingers

12:00AM LINDA PARRI THE pastry chef at one of Perth’s leading restaurants has slammed diners who whinge about being charged “cakeage”.

Inmates ‘targeting’ Banksia Hill staff

12:00AM PHIL HICKEY BANKSIA Hill staff believe they are being “targeted” by detainees after four incidents in four days, including one that left an officer with an eye injury.

Dramatic footage of escapee car chase

10:26PM SOPHIE GABRIELLE WATCH: Dramatic footage has been released of the moment police caught an escaped prisoner following a pursuit through Perth’s south-eastern suburbs.

Better late than never for golden oldie

9:52PM JORDAN McARDLE HE was the oldest competitor in the men’s 100m sprints, so WA legend Arthur Carbon can be excused for not hearing the starting gun.

WA Lotto player wins $1.9 million

9:07PM MARTIN FLYNN ONE lucky Perth punter has netted $1.9 million in the Saturday Lotto Superdraw.

Brad Hogg tells how he considered suicide

8:08PM BEN ROBINSON BRAD Hogg has revealed he contemplated suicide in the wake of his retirement from international cricket and the subsequent breakdown of his first marriage.

WA voices give Barnett a lot to ponder

7:00PM JOE SPAGNOLO State Political Editor THERE is a lot for Colin Barnett to ponder when he reads our WA Speaks survey results.

Grylls roasts Liberals over tax plan

6:05PM JOE SPAGNOLO THE war between the Barnett Government alliance partners has escalated, with Treasurer Mike Nahan dismissing the Nationals’ plan for payroll tax deductions.

Game on for Connect 4 battle

6:00PM WEST Australian sports stars Ashton Turner and Jarrod Kenny brought back some childhood memories when they suited up for a cross-code battle this week.

Quad bikes, firearms among seized items

10:48AM PHIL HICKEY TWO men are facing a string of drugs, weapons and stolen property charges after police raids in Perth’s southern suburbs this week.

Laser pointed at police helicopter

9:08AM PHIL HICKEY POLICE have charged three men after a green laser beam was pointed at the police helicopter in Butler overnight.

Police suspend search for fisherman

8:24AM PHIL HICKEY and MARTIN FLYNN UPDATE: Police have suspended their search for missing fisherman Jeffrey Doyle after his boat was found near Lancelin without any sign of the 61-year-old.

WA teen’s crash death ‘immense tragedy’

6:23PM AAP THE death of a boy killed when the stolen panel van he was a passenger in crashed after speeding away from police was a “tragedy of immense proportions”.

Traffic chaos after Fremantle truck crash

2:20PM STIRLING Highway traffic bridge has been reopened, three hours after a truck crash that caused long delays for motorists. TRAFFIC UPDATES

Mining tax could fund payroll tax relief

1:41PM JOE SPAGNOLO NATIONAL Party leader Brendon Grylls will use the National Party state conference in Geraldton to argue for payroll tax relief.

Trio break in, terrorise man, woman

12:41PM BRUCE BUTLER POLICE are hunting for three masked intruders who broke into a Cannington house, terrorised a couple and stole items before casually walking out.

Should you downsize before retirement?

11:56AM ELSON GOH WHEN planning retirement, the humble abode should be a major consideration, according to Curtin University senior lecturer Elson Goh.

WA gives nod to medicinal cannabis

9:43AM REGINA TITELIUS THE Barnett Government has finally shown support for medicinal cannabis but has issued a warning that recreational use remained prohibited.

Frightfully good Halloween events in Perth

9:38AM Lisa Quartermain FANGING for a good time over Halloween? Ghoulish events have begun across Perth, so here are some hotspots we think look frightfully good.

Parmelia dad charged with son’s murder

8:40AM PHIL HICKEY MAJOR Crime Squad detectives detectives have charged a 65-year-old man with the murder of his son Matthew Fisher-Turner, whose body was found in a makeshift grave at their Parmelia home.

Missing couple ‘broke down first night’

6:17AM BRUCE BUTLER MISSING Esperance couple Jeremy and Marama Sim are alive and well after a 10-day ordeal stranded in remote bush in the south east of the state on an ill-fated camping trip.

Pack Up: An expat’s guide to Singapore

12:00AM As told to BELLE TAYLOR EXPAT Ivana Pearce moved from Amsterdam to Singapore where she can use the country as her home base to explore Asia and still stay connected to her roots in Perth.

Grim twist in missing man search

6:58PM STAFF WRITERS MAJOR Crime Squad officers have taken over an investigation into the disappearance of Perth man Matthew Fisher-Turner, last seen a month ago.