WA News
Amazing Race duo's amazing new arrival
AMAZING Race Australia’s Sally Yamamoto-Smith and Tyson Smith have welcomed a baby girl with an amazing mop of hair.
MAFS' twin spotted with Premier's son
12:00AM
MARRIED at First Sight twin Michelle Marsh has been spending time with the son of Premier Colin Barnett since wrapping up the main filming for the reality show.
'As a leader in the church I am ashamed'
12:00AM
A WA Anglican Bishop believes it will take a generation before trust in the church is restored in the wake of the child sex abuse scandal.
Firebird a potential lifesaver in blazes
12:00AM
NEW high-resolution imagery of bushfires taken from space will be used by WA’s emergency authorities to help save lives and aid firefighting.
Burqa row: Veil 'contrary to our culture'
12:00AM
THE Muslim full-face veil the burqa could be banned if the security risk in Australia escalates, a Liberal MP contesting a seat crucial to the State election has suggested.
Liberals cash in to boost apprentices
12:00AM
EMPLOYERS in every industry in WA will be paid cash bonuses to take on apprentices under a Liberal promise to create 15,000 new apprenticeships in the next two years.
Labor eyes 4pc foreign buyer surcharge
12:00AM
FOREIGN buyers of residential property in WA will be hit with a 4 per cent surcharge on property taxes if Labor wins next month’s State election.
Boozy admissions flood WA hospitals
12:00AM
DRUNKS are flooding WA hospitals, with one in five admissions to emergency departments booze related, a snapshot survey reveals.
Top critic lashes Perth's beach restaurants
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AUSTRALIA’S top restaurant critic has slammed WA’s waterfront dining scene, despite a slew of new establishments opening beachside in the past year.
Crushed can to be 'big' star of the show
12:00AM
FIRST there was the giant goon bag. This year it’s the colossal crushed can.
WACA boss: Sexist terms must be dismissed
12:00AM
SEXIST cricket terms such as “batsman”, “fieldsman”, “12th man” and “nightwatchman” should be dropped from the sporting vernacular, says WA’s top cricketing administrator.
Revamp hits Scarborough business hard
12:00AM
SCARBOROUGH businesses hit hard by disruption from the beach’s $75m revamp are demanding compensation to stay afloat.
PM's threat to WA Labor
12:00AM
MALCOLM Turnbull has blown a $1.2 billion hole in Labor’s election campaign by threatening to derail the party’s flagship Metronet project.
One dead in fiery Capel crash
7:55PM
ONE person died and another was left fighting for his life after a horror head-on collision between two cars at Capel in WA’s South-West.
Two WA Lotto players win big
7:43PM
IF you can hear screams of joy and the sound of popping champagne corks next door, chances are your neighbours have just hit the jackpot.
Mates make the most of recent deluge
5:39PM
A DERBY resident made the most of the recent deluge, wakeboarding on Gibb River Road’s waterlogged banks while being towed by a quad bike.
McGowan unfazed by unflattering poll
2:52PM
OPPOSITION leader Mark McGowan has shrugged off reports that suggested the Liberals are running neck-and-neck with Labor.
'He’s bloody lucky. He was close to going'
2:30PM
A MAN is lucky to be alive after he foolishly jumped into a raging river for a swim, but was sucked out into the ocean and rescued semi-conscious by a mate on a surfboard. WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES, VIDEO
Fish frenzy: Thousands of snapper released
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DOZENS of families swarmed to Woodman Point on Saturday to release 3000 baby snapper into Cockburn Sound as part of an ongoing project to restock WA waters with key recreational fish species.
Man injured after tavern 'scuffle'
10:16AM
A 22-YEAR-OLD man was left with head injuries after a scuffle with security staff at a Thornlie tavern Friday night.
Man pulled from Mid West river
2:39PM
A MAN has been pulled unconscious from the Greenough River mouth, in the state's Mid West region.
A magical circus show about changes in Vietnamese life
2:15PM
SURPRISINGLY beautiful, humorous and joyous, there's oh so much to love about A O Lang Pho.
'Everything that I was disintegrated'
12:10PM
A WA man who raped two teenage girls in separate sex attacks in the early 1990s has been jailed for 12 years over the “terrifying, degrading and shattering” crimes.
Celebrating Before the Siren encouraged
11:38AM
THREE artists are hoping to draw on the passion behind cheering for your team for a unique PIAF event celebrating the new AFL women’s league.
Labor defends 'stupid' medi-hotel push
11:06AM
THE West Australian opposition has promised to build one of the state's first medi-hotels and a new family birth centre at Fiona Stanley Hospital.
'Never good idea to attack the media'
10:27AM
UPDATE: FORMER Prime Minister John Howard says while he doesn't think people should jump to conclusions about Donald Trump, he didn't think it was wise to attack the media.
A close encounter with storytelling
10:13AM
THE Encounter is a unique piece of theatre and an absolutely remarkable feat of storytelling. It is a work that will stay with you, and become part of you, for a long time to come.
Car ploughs into Osborne Park yard
8:52AM
A MAN has been charged with drink driving after losing control of his car and crashing into the front yard of an Osborne Park house.
Perth's worst areas for boozy assaults
6:14AM
A STUDY into alcohol-related harm in WA has revealed Perth's hotspots for serious assaults and threw up a surprise in a leafy riverside district.
Senate orders inquiry into Roe 8 breaches
6:27PM
A SENATE committee will look into possible breaches of environmental conditions at Beeliar Wetlands from Roe 8 construction after a Greens motion gained supported from senators.
One Nation deal gets Howard's blessing
6:04PM
THE WA Liberal deal with Pauline Hanson's One Nation has been given the blessing of John Howard, despite his 2001 edict it must be placed last on how-to-vote cards.
Man spared jail over 'vigilante justice'
4:02PM
THE son of a business owner whose "citizen's arrest" left a burglar in a coma has escaped an immediate prison term after pleading guilty to grievous bodily harm.
Teen denies throwing bottle at Kuol
2:41PM
A PERTH teenager accused of throwing a bottle at Kuol Akut, 17, during a brawl outside a wild Girrawheen house party last year was not responsible for his death, a court was told.
Turnbull can't attend WA Lib launch
1:38PM
PRIME Minister Malcolm Turnbull won't be attending the official election campaign launch for the WA Liberal party this weekend because he'll be attending a solemn event.
Liberals offer business solar rebate carrot
1:18PM
BUSINESSES will be encouraged to install large rooftop solar power systems, with a rebate of up to $40,000 offered as an inducement by the WA Liberals.
One Nation comments 'abhorrent': Premier
12:56PM
COLIN Barnett says some views expressed by One Nation candidates are abhorrent but he will not say whether the Liberals are wrong to do a preference deal.
Elderly woman assaulted in beach toilet
12:53PM
A WOMAN in her 70s has been indecently assaulted by a man at a public toilet south of Perth.
Big python chills in Freo tree
11:52AM
IF you’re a fan of going to the park in Fremantle, you might want to think twice before heading to this one.
Don't bet the house on location
10:25AM
LOCATION, location, location is what the traditional property spruiker mantra says. But too much focus on location can send you broke.
Anti-fluoride candidate may be elected
10:16AM
UPDATE: PREFERENCE "whisperer" Glenn Druery has defended the deal he brokered that could deliver an upper house seat to the Fluoride Free WA Party.
Unemployment rate eases, but rate highest
8:43AM
COLIN Barnett has got some badly needed good economic news with the State’s jobless rate starting to fall. But WA still has the highest unemployment in the country.
Man shot at, abducted in Perth's south
8:04AM
POLICE are investigating a shooting incident in Perth's south after a man was chased and forced into the boot of a car by three people.
Family injured after rolling hire car
6:16AM
THREE family members have suffered serious internal injuries after their 4WD hire car rolled near Esperance on Wednesday evening.
Tamar Stitt’s doctor fights for career
6:00AM
A DOCTOR accused of helping a woman flee to El Salvador with her cancer-stricken daughter to avoid chemotherapy treatment in WA is fighting for his career.
Is 'Married' star Cheryl still with Andrew?
5:50PM
MARRIED at First Sight contestant Cheryl Maitland made a secret visit to Perth this week, fuelling speculation that she is still with Perth firefighter Andrew Jones.
PM to face GST music in WA visit
5:17PM
PRIME Minister Malcolm Turnbull is under pressure to deliver on his six-month-old promise to improve WA's collapsed share ahead of a visit to the state this week.
Man arrested after sex assault on girl
3:40PM
A 32-year-old man has been arrested after he allegedly sexually assaulted an 11-year-old girl at a park in a coastal Perth suburb.
Libs commit to tax cuts for business
3:26PM
THE Liberal Party says it will introduce $80 million worth of land and payroll tax cuts that would put money in the pockets of 11,400 businesses and 20,000 property owners.
Sheep defies the odds with quintuplets
3:10PM
THE odds of a sheep giving birth to five lambs are reportedly one in a million. But a stray sheep adopted by Clare Simms defied those odds this week.
South West death treated as suspicious
2:33PM
MAJOR CRIME are treating the death of a man in the South West as suspicious.
