A 29-year-old man who has spent most of his adult life in prison has been sentenced to two months jail for breaching his court orders and destroying his electronic monitoring ankle bracelet twice.
Jessica Moroney
Josh Zimmerman
Lawyers acting for the man charged with murdering a good Samaritan after being found naked on a boat in Cervantes have made a new request.
Emily Moulton
A happy and healthy baby, four-and-a-half-month-old Louis was being treated for gastro for three days when Justine Boylen’s motherly intuition led her to request a scan of her son’s head.
Anna Cox
Ecologists are celebrating the birth of four western quolls at a Wheatbelt wildlife sanctuary as their discovery marks the first of its kind in 100 years.
A man accused of being involved in a robbery where a female staff member was punched at Seacrest Shopping Centre is seeking bail again after it was formally refused by a Perth magistrate.
The Buccaneers have come back from their trip down south with two road wins, picking up victories against the South West Slammers and Mandurah Magic that came down to the wire.
Fraser Williams
Recreational fishers across the Mid West and Gascoyne have been commended by the State Government on their ability to follow WA’s fishing laws.
Matthew Paddick
The Shire of Irwin will upgrade a river crossing after receiving a multi-million-dollar grant to fund the repairs.
A former MP and Geraldton Aboriginal engagement specialist has called on the State Government to find a practical solution to youth crime in the regions, following an alarming juvenile crime spree in Geraldton.
The ability to work together has been the secret to a successful marriage, according to a Geraldton couple celebrating their 70th wedding anniversary.
Nationals Agricultural Region MP Martin Aldridge will step back from politics at next year’s election, calling time on an 11-year career in State politics.
Teachers in Geraldton are set to protest for better pay and conditions next Tuesday, after the union opted not to accept the latest enterprise bargaining agreement put forward by the State Government.
The much-vaunted Rising Stars 2024 report by Canstar and Hotspotting ranks includes ten Perth suburbs in the list of 110 rising stars around the nation.
Kim Macdonald
The ATO has confirmed the 2024 superannuation thresholds will rise in line with predictions made in Your Money more than a month ago. Here’s everything you need to know and how to play the changes.
Nick Bruining
AFL expert Danielle Laidley runs the rule over every West Coast Eagle after a huge win and Fremantle Docker after another heartbreaker in round five. Here’s who starred and who struggled.
Danielle Laidley
They may not be in the same league as Leederville or Mount Lawley yet, but it’s only a matter of time before these Perth suburbs undergo the same trendy transformation. SEE THE SURPRISING LIST.
Raquel de Brito
Three men who carried out a violent home invasion, in which they bashed and robbed a grandmother while her husband was bound, are still on the run. WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGE
Lauren Price
A high-profile defamation lawyer representing Linda Reynolds has been fined heftily for professional misconduct after airing protected health information.
Claire Sadler
A 10-year-old Indigenous boy has taken his own life while in the care of the State Government.
A traveller has been fined after he was caught with tens of thousands of dollars’ worth of undeclared currency before departing on an overseas flight from Perth.
WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGE. Sickening details have emerged after a suburban home invasion in which a couple was viciously assaulted by a trio posing as police officers.
Historical child sexual abuse allegations at Esperance Primary School from the late 1960s to late 1970s are being pursued by a legal firm which is appealing for potential witnesses to get in touch.
Tegan Guthrie
The final details of next month’s consultation on Albany’s trading hours are almost locked in with a community survey set to assess the city’s appetite for permanently extending them.
Stuart McGuckin
The Community Infant, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service hub at the Homemakers Centre in Bunbury officially opened last week to service the South West’s youngest community members.
Sean Van Der Wielen
Former long-standing Shire of Dardanup councillor Carmel Boyce has raised concerns over the current council’s decision to increase their pay by double-digit figures in 2024/25.
It was a lively Wednesday morning in Yornup, when more than 250 people turned up to Yornup Hall for a farmers’ meeting hosted by WAFarmers.
The Regional Joint Development Assessment Panel has narrowly voted to approve a proposed sand mine on Skippings Road in Boyanup, despite concerns from nearby landowners.
Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell says the US economy, while otherwise strong, has not seen inflation come back to the central bank’s goal.
Jeff Cox
People with more money than their peers often ask you to transfer comically small amounts of money.
Aditi Shrikant
A majority of workers know the feeling of wanting to retract an email right after they’ve sent it, and the youngest professionals are the most likely to feel email regret.
Jennifer Liu
Oil prices could soar to $US100 per barrel and beyond, said market watchers, after Iran mounted an aerial attack against Israel reigniting fears of a regional war.
Lee Ying Shan
The partner of the woman whose son fatally self-harmed in a WA prison has been sentenced in a Kalgoorlie court for breaching a police order put in place to protect her.
Labor politician Dave Kelly has called for landlords to show compassion amid the cost-of-living crisis, after recently setting a record for low rent on his investment property in a bid to help a single mother.
Set on a 3064sqm block in Mount Pleasant, the mansion built by late builder Syd Corser has been revealed as one of WA’s most stunning properties.
The Department of Communities would be barred from evicting children into homelessness and prevented from easily terminating tenancies if a bombshell Supreme Court challenge launching this week is successful.
Fair Game is putting a smile on the faces of children in socio-economically disadvantaged communities by promoting a fit and healthy Australia.
Children living with autism and other disabilities have been lapping up the opportunity to embrace their inner surfer with the Ocean Heroes team.
Caleb Runciman
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