WAtoday and Nine prominent as WA Media Awards finalists announced
Journalists from WAtoday are finalists in numerous categories of the 2024 West Australian Media Awards in what judges called an “exceptionally strong year.”
- by Emma Young
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Second twin tower development green-lit at Belmont Racecourse
Belmont Racecourse stewards will be able to view jockeys “head on” from the newly approved Burswood Point twin-tower development.
- by Claire Ottaviano and Emma Young
Multibillion-dollar Burswood project’s second twin-tower plan up for approval
This is the second twin-tower development application for the behemoth redevelopment planned for one of Perth’s most prime patches of riverfront real estate.
- by Emma Young
Perth indie bookshop takes novel approach to moving this weekend
Keep your eyes peeled when driving along Beaufort Street this weekend; you might see an unusual sight.
- by Emma Young
‘I still hope it’s all a dream’: Woman grieves baby’s death at Joondalup hospital
A bereaved woman whose baby Amir died in the hours between his induction and his birth at Joondalup Health Campus says she still has “no answers” from the staff.
- by Emma Young
Duchess of York to headline new Perth festival of bestselling authors
A new festival has been announced – in a surprising location, with an unexpected focus, and an even more unexpected guest headlining a star-studded lineup.
- by Emma Young
Shattered Perth parents speak of dark hours before toddler’s death
A couple have described their harrowing weeks trying to get basic medical testing done on their dying little son, right up until his final hours in hospital.
- by Emma Young
Charges laid over stabbing of sleeping homeless man on St Georges Terrace
It will be alleged the accused approached the victim and stabbed him twice in the back as he lay defenceless in his sleeping bag.
- by Emma Young
As it happened: WA news on Friday, May 17
Climate change will transform the country’s health system, northern Australia and the cattle industry, experts have warned.
- by Cameron Myles and Emma Young
As it happened: WA news on Friday, May 10
Children were reportedly injured when a tornado hit the youth centre they were in, even as an alleged knife fight locked down a suburban shopping centre.
- by Cameron Myles and Emma Young