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Fiery crash east of Perth leaves two people injured

A car containing at least two people is believed to have hit a tree before bursting into flames east of Perth on Friday night.

Caleb Runciman

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‘Burns and broken nose’: Pilot survives WA plane crash

A pilot will spend the weekend in hospital with a broken nose and burns after miraculously surviving a plane crash on Friday afternoon. 

Caleb Runciman

South Western TimesPremiumPemberton farmer cops life in prison for murder of local dad

A ‘paranoid’ Pemberton farmer ‘effectively executed’ a fellow local father he wrongly believed was stealing avocados from his orchard. 

Amber Lilley

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Heroic son saves mum from burning home in Perth’s south

A mother has recounted how her son desperately tried to put out a blaze ripping through their Canning Vale home just moments after she was confronted with flames and explosions.

Caleb Runciman

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Perth researchers develop drug to cure artery blockages

West Australians with peripheral artery disease could be the first to be treated with a cure for the life-threatening condition that often leads to amputations and heart attacks.

Claire Sadler

Courts & justice PremiumFormer skimpy barmaid boss’ guns destroyed after DV claim

Police destroyed guns belonging to a former skimpy barmaid boss under reforms to WA’s firearms laws after he was charged with assaulting his wife, it can be revealed. 

Rachel Fenner

WA NewsCommentsREVEALED: Perth reaches unusually warm spring temperature

Summer is well on its way to Perth after a very warm top temperature on Friday.

NEWSNeedle prick horror at Aussie school

An Aussie primary school has written to parents assuring them they are remaining “vigilant” after a young girl was pricked while picking up a discarded needle on the school grounds.

Duncan Evans

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‘Vigilante’ teen accused of kidnapping storms out of court

A 16-year-old girl accused of committing a terrifying kidnapping with her mother that was filmed and posted online has been warned she faces detention over the ‘extremely serious’ attack on another teenager.

Rebecca Le May

State PoliticsCommentsPremium‘Never heard of him’: Basil returns serve after MP’s sledge

Lord Mayor Basil Zempilas says his character has not been assassinated after he was called a ‘B-grade TV personality’ in Parliament by an ‘ill-disciplined’ politician he said he has ‘literally never heard of’.

Jessica Page

WA NewsCommentsPremiumVexed West Leedy religious sect forced out amid backlash

An alleged cult in West Leederville is relocating after community backlash and a council crackdown on its operations.

Harriet Flinn

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WA lawyers blow whistle on ‘huge problems’ at Hakea Prison

Lawyers who have clients inside one of WA’s biggest prisons say it’s become near impossible to talk to them, with one practitioner making more than 40 attempts to contact an inmate.

Phil Hickey

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WA man jailed in US for child sex abuse in new appeal bid

A WA man jailed for 40 years in Texas for sexually abusing children at a US summer camp is planning a fresh appeal in a matter of months.

Phil Hickey

CRIMEPremiumAttempted murder charge for man after smashing car into home

A 28-year-old man has been charged with attempted murder after allegedly ploughing a car through a Parmelia home in the early hours of Sunday.

Lauren Price

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‘Bulletproof’ mentality may be behind beach drownings

A bulletproof mentality among some middle-aged men might be contributing to some of the fatal drownings occurring off the WA coastline.

Phil Hickey

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Fears social media ban could hurt vulnerable kids

Banning vulnerable kids from social media could deny them access to mental health resources and support, the boss of Kids Helpline has warned.

Kate Emery and Caleb Runciman

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Hospital staff told to discharge patients to free up beds

WA’s hospital crisis has led to the delay of cardiac surgery at an overwhelmed Perth hospital, later forced to send staff an SOS to urgently discharge patients to free up beds.

Jessica Page

State politicsCommentsPremiumHundreds of residents slam Floreat Forum redevelopment

About 250 residents flocked to Floreat Forum on Thursday night to join Basil Zempilas and Liberal leader Libby Mettam at a town hall-style meeting to provide comment over the contentious Floreat redevelopment. 

Jessica Evensen & Jessica Page

courts & justicePremiumAlleged Mandurah train station stabber behind bars

A man charged over a stabbing at Mandurah train station is behind bars after appearing in court with an apparent black eye.

Rebecca Le May

WA NEWS PremiumFinal word on 27-year windsurfer mystery off WA coast

The mystery over the disappearance of a windsurfer who was last seen 2km off the West Australian coast almost three decades ago has been finalised.

Emma Kirk

State PoliticsState Labor MP lashes out at SWM over Nature Positive laws

A State Labor MP has accused Seven West Media and its national flagship The Nightly of running a campaign to undermine the Albanese Government’s stalled ‘nature positive’ environment laws.

Dylan Caporn

Courts & JusticePremiumSex offender ‘made business’ out of defiling multiple teens

WARNING: DISTURBING CONTENT: Shocking details of the vile child sex crimes a Perth news cameraman committed against six teenage girls while inducing them to prostitute themselves have been revealed in court.

Rebecca Le May

State PoliticsCommentsPremium‘Difficult’ move to cut netball backed despite Olympic bid

Sports Minister David Templeman has vowed to ‘never give up on netball’ after the WA Institute of Sport made the ‘difficult’ choice to cut the high-performance program from its list.

Dylan Caporn

State PoliticsPremiumLabor MP calls Basil Zempilas ‘B-grade TV star’

A little-known Labor MP has used parliamentary privilege to launch an extraordinary personal attack on Basil Zempilas, calling the Perth Lord Mayor a “B-grade TV personality”.

Jessica Page