Exploring the globe had always been a big ambition for Jacob Harding while growing up in Perth, getting to now do just that in his role as head electrician of Cirque du Soleil show Luzia.
Tanya MacNaughton
WA building firm BGC’s top lawyer Ryan Richard Hawkins has admitted to a string of offences — including meth possession and child abuse material.
Caitlyn Rintoul
A concrete spill on a major Perth highway has caused peak hour traffic chaos this morning.
Morgan de Smidt
Thousands of aggrieved homeowners have launched a class action lawsuit against WA’s biggest house builder BGC Housing Group over chronic construction delays.
A whale carcass floating off a popular Perth beach has prompted a warning as sharks are attracted to the area.
Troy de Ruyter
A driver has been rushed to hospital and a section of road is shut after a two-car collision in Morley.
Claire Sadler
A woman, who had been missing since the early hours of Saturday, has been found dead following a search of the Swan River.
Motorists are backed up for several kilometres after multiple collisions on a major Perth freeway this morning.
A former support worker who left his severely autistic and non-verbal client in a hot carpark at Joondalup this year has been banned from operating as an NDIS worker.
Erick Lopez
Three Woodvale properties next to Cockman House are at the centre of a tug-of-war between two councils, the WAPC and a developer.
Medical-grade technology could outpace GP and hospital visits for aged-care residents, experts say, as the use ‘telehealth carts’ are lauded at a Perth facility.
Gabrielle Becerra Mellet
An 18-year-old involved in a car crash that killed an aspiring AFL player has ‘opened his eyes’ after being eased out of a coma.
Caleb Runciman
A tree lopper who was fatally electrocuted in Perth’s east this week has been remembered as a loving husband and father of three.
They have been dubbed the pessimistic generation but young people in Perth are more optimistic about the future of their city than their parents.
Kate Emery
Fire crews are at the scene of a major structure blaze in Perth’s south.
Phil Hickey
Famed jeweller Mazzuchelli’s is shutting up shop at the Carillon Arcade site it has called home since the early 2000s and it plots an even more sparkling future.
Kim Macdonald
The City of Bayswater mayor has been grilled by councillors and ratepayers over a $3300 trip to the South West gifted by an Indonesian coal mining company.
Jessica Evensen and Dylan Caporn
A truck trailer rollover on Gnangara Road has forced drivers to seek an alternate route on this morning’s commute.
Perth’s south-eastern suburbs copped the brunt of a short-lived but fierce storm overnight — and possible tornado — which tore roofs off properties, felled trees and left more than 1600 homes without power.
A mother who forced her daughter to marry a Perth-based man who later murdered her should be sent to prison to send a message, a court has been told.
Emily Woods
Basil Zempilas is to appear alongside Tony Abbott and conservative Liberal MP Nick Goiran at special party fundraiser ‘Politics in the Pub’ in Perth next month.
Dylan Caporn
Detectives are investigating a terrifying home invasion in Innaloo where a gang of men forced their way into a property before attacking and robbing the male occupant.
JUST IN: A crash on Leach Highway has blocked a lane and slowed traffic in Perth’s south, while a number of highway accidents and breakdowns across the metropolitan area have been cleared.
The electrician leaves behind a wife and two children.
Bryce Luff