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WA

Qantas' WA to London flights boost tourism

Visitor spending in Western Australia rose by $101 million in the first year of Qantas offering non-stop flights between London and Perth.

  • by AAP
Tom Curnow at his property, 'Kainton', in Scaddan.
Esperance inquest

‘Don't go down there’: The day Tom lost his dad in Esperance blaze

  • by Hannah Barry and Jake Dietsch
Eagles boss joins Premier in banning anonymous social media users after Eagle slurs
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Social media

Eagles boss joins Premier in banning anonymous social media users after Eagle slurs

  • by Nathan Hondros
Cute baby Veronica trumps arrival of severe namesake
WA

Cute baby Veronica trumps arrival of severe namesake

  • by Lauren Pilat
BHP says Port Hedland has battened down the hatches as it waits for Cyclone Veronica to hit.
Mining

'Red Alert': BHP shuts iron ore port ahead of Cyclone Veronica

  • by Cole Latimer

Opinion & Perspectives

Jesse Hogan misses one big party as new heroes run amok for Fremantle

David Prestipino
David Prestipino

This was one party Jesse Hogan couldn't afford to miss.

Dangerous radio and how debate – not censorship – taught me to toughen up

Jane Marwick
Jane Marwick

"People say stupid, hurtful, offensive things. They always will. The older me argues that coming to terms with that is good."

No fair! One Nation's James Ashby makes a complaint to Sergeant Al

Tony Wright
Tony Wright

Secret recordings have revealed the scene when One Nation’s James Ashby rushed in to Australian Federal Police headquarters to lodge a complaint ...

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Politics

Local government reform advocates are questioning a scheme that helps councils enter into contracts without the need for going to tender.
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Local government

'Unlawful process': Local government reform advocates question tender-avoiding scheme

The legal basis of a program designed to help local governments avoid opening up contracts to tender might be in doubt, according to a former MP and reform advocates.

  • by Nathan Hondros
Mark McGowan wants social media users to be forced to use their real names to prevent anonymous trolling.
Updated
Social media

Premier backs ban on anonymous social media users after Liam Ryan slurs

Premier Mark McGowan has said social media companies should force users to use their real names to prevent anonymous trolling.

  • by Nathan Hondros
Catholic priest Fr Joseph Tran.
Tragedy

Perth Catholics voice shock, disbelief at reports 'beloved' priest abused child

  • by Nathan Hondros
The latest jobs figures show a 1 per cent jump in employment in February.
Employment

WA's volatile jobless numbers fall amid blue over Shorten wages policy

  • by Nathan Hondros
Bill Shorten arrives on his campaign bus – which bears the image of Premier Mark McGowan – before a visit to Royal Perth Hospital on Monday.
Analysis
Australia votes

Potholes ahead for state passengers on Shorten's WA campaign bus

  • by Nathan Hondros

Crime & Courts

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Education

A meme posted to the page.
Education

WA students suspended after meme page calls teacher a 'rapist'

  • by Kaylee Meerton
Updated
Education

'I go to bed anxious about dying': Thousands of students protest climate inaction in Perth CBD

  • by Hannah Barry
Education

Unedited and unfiltered: Why these WA students are skipping school today

  • by Hannah Barry

Health

Fiona Stanley Hospital.
Construction

Health Minister 'confident' public safe at WA hospitals in wake of cladding revelation

  • by Hamish Hastie
Updated
Hospitals

Potentially combustible cladding found at Fiona Stanley Hospital

  • by Hamish Hastie
Smoking & vaping

Squinting smokers: Price boards shrunk under tough new tobacco laws

  • by Hamish Hastie

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