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Police said two children were pulled from the Swan River but could not be revived.
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Tragedy

New Year’s Eve tragedy as two children die in Perth’s Swan River

Police have confirmed the two children who died in the Swan River on New Year’s Eve were aged four and six years old and from two separate families.

  • by Samantha Lock and Rebecca Peppiatt
Top luxury properties in WA December 2023.
Luxury property

The seven most luxurious homes for sale in Western Australia

  • by Holly Thompson
Temperatures are set to rise in the north of WA.
Weather

Heatwave warning with parts of WA set to swelter in the new year

  • by Jacob Shteyman
Paramedics arrived on scene soon after and rushed the boy to hospital, but he has passed away a week later.
Banksia Hill

Judge refuses to send 17-year-old to ‘horrendous’ Perth prison

  • by Emma Young
An area south of Leeman is currently under threat from an out of control bushfire.
Bushfires

Indian Ocean Drive reopens after bushfire threaten Leeman

  • by Rebecca Peppiatt
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Politics

It was a year of ups and downs in WA politics… so what will 2024 bring?
Opinion
WA Parliament

Leadership shake-ups, policy backflips, and who will rise to save the Libs? The WA politics news that shaped 2023

This year started like any other… and it stayed that way for about 27 days. Then it was all about leadership spills, backflips, defections… and a potential saviour for the Liberals waiting in the local government wings.

  • by Hamish Hastie
Warehouses in Perth full of rapid antigen tests.
Coronavirus pandemic

RATs continue to plague WA’s finances

From the beginning of the pandemic to June 30, 2022 the state purchased 110.7 million RATs – or about 41 tests for every West Australian – for a total of $580 million.

  • by Hamish Hastie
The government has introduced new apartment building reforms.
Construction

WA dodgy apartment builders on notice, but shakeup will miss shonky homes

  • by Hamish Hastie
The cost of Metronet has blown out - again.
Analysis
Metronet

Metronet cost jumps $2 billion in 12 months

  • by Hamish Hastie
Treasurer Rita Saffioti.
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WA budget

WA coffers overflow with iron ore royalties in mid-year review

  • by Hamish Hastie

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