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The letter sent by a concerned parent at Rossmoyne SHS.
Tragedy

Read the letter sent about radicalised schoolboy before stabbing attack

A letter from a parent dated April 3 claims a year 11 boy was trying to convert younger students to Islam through controversial videos screened in the school’s prayer room.

  • by Heather McNeill
Dying trees are evident in the jarrah forests in WA.
Forestry

Can WA’s drought-ravaged forests survive this year’s prescribed burns program?

  • by Sarah Brookes
The print edition of The Australian Financial Review soon will be unavailable in Perth.
Kerry Stokes

AFR to cut print in WA after Seven’s ‘abuse of power’

  • by Colin Kruger
St John paramedics have raised concerns about pleas for police to attend dangerous scenes being refused.
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Police

Paramedic claims police ‘refused to attend’ WA death

  • by Rebecca Peppiatt
Troy Mercanti sporting a message for Attorney General John Quigley on his way to a previous court appearance.
Crime

Rape charges against Perth bikie Troy Mercanti dropped

  • by Rebecca Peppiatt
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Politics

West Australian Premier Roger Cook and Treasurer Rita Saffioti with the budget papers in Perth on Thursday.
Opinion
WA budget

WA is finding it hard to admit it has a spending problem

Most of WA’s increased spend is demand-driven thanks to roaring population growth placing pressure on housing, education and health budgets.

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

Metronet costs balloon by $700 million as state pays to get people moving

Stage one of the Labor government’s flagship Metronet project climbed $2 billion in 2023 alone, taking the total cost of the network to around $11.5 billion.

  • by Holly Thompson
WA Treasurer Rita Saffioti has handed down a $3.2 billion budget surplus.
WA budget

Your five-minute guide to WA’s budget winners and losers

  • by Jesinta Burton
Treasurer Rita Saffioti gives her first budget speech.
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WA budget

WA budget gets more from ore as Saffioti promises to diversify

  • by Peter Milne
WA Treasurer Rita Saffioti in her office ahead of Thursday’s state budget.
Analysis
WA budget

$3.4 billion drip feed means no surprises expected in Saffioti’s first budget

  • by Hamish Hastie

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