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A final report into the fatal 2022 plane crash west of Norseman found a lack of evidence could not be for certain.

WA NewsCommentsPlane crash cause still a mystery after final report

The cause of a fatal surveying plane crash west of Norseman three years ago will remain a mystery after an investigation ended with not enough evidence to make a conclusive finding.

Oliver Lane

Premier Roger Cook signing Australia’s first “hypercable” on Friday morning.

State PoliticsCommentsPerth’s ambition to become the Dubai of data

Roger Cook has boasted Perth could become the Dubai of data, with a $400 million sub-sea cable set to turn WA into the middle point of global internet connections.

Jessica Page

A photograph of her van, found by police on Thursday, shows recovery tracks placed underneath the rear tyres of the van.

PolicePolice believe Carolina Wilga wandered from van in outback

A photograph of her van, found by police on Thursday, shows recovery tracks placed underneath the rear tyres of the van, which appears to have become stuck or bogged around Karroun Hill.

Caleb Runciman

Bendigo Bank chief executive Richard Fennell at the reopening of the bank’s community bank branch in Bayswater.

BankingPremiumBendigo keeping the faith with branches, despite closures

The bank says its wrong to assume younger customers don’t also want to use a branch.

Sean Smith

Nedlands mayor Fiona Argyle says the mass resignation of councillors on Monday was due to a 2024 proposed rates rise.

Council crisisComments‘Why Nedlands councillors turned against me’

Sacked mayor Fiona Argyle has revealed where she believes the uprising against her from within — which came to a council-imploding head this week — really began.

Matt Zis

Carolina Wilga has not been seen since June 29.

PoliceDesperate search for German backpacker in Wheatbelt ramps up

Police have this morning stepped up their search for Carolina Wilga — who has been missing for almost a fortnight — after finding her van abandoned in the Wheatbelt.

Jessica Evensen

Junbo Shim: tributes flow for ‘loving’ 22-year-old with a ‘cheeky smile’ killed in Forrestfield crash.

WA newsPremiumYoung FIFO worker identified as Forrestfield crash victim

The young man who died after being hit by a reckless driver fleeing police in Forrestfield has been identified as a FIFO worker with a ‘cheeky smile.’

Caitlin Vinci

Keaton-Paul Wallace leaves Fremantle Magistrates Court.

Courts & JusticePremiumFormer businessman charged with stalking, breaching DV order

A former Perth businessman been arrested for allegedly pursuing another to intimidate and breaching a domestic violence restraining order.

Sarah Steger

Atlantic Vanadium has been slugging it out against Shire of Mt Magnet since 2023.

MiningCommentsPremium‘Ridiculous’: Shire fires back at AMEC after rates win

A regional WA council celebrating a Supreme Court Judge’s decision to back in a contentious rates charge has slammed the national exploration lobby’s accusation they are treating miners as ‘cash cows’.

Simone Grogan

The new method, called a CAC-DAD test, also takes into account the density and dispersion of the plaque, which was not accounted for in the previously.

WA NewsAI algorithm to help improve heart attack risk prediction

Western Australian researchers have developed an AI algorithm to better predict the risk of heart disease in a more personalised way.

Oliver Lane

Premier Roger Cook said he would wait for the review’s advice on whether to implement stricter rules on childcare centre CCTV.

State PoliticsCommentsPremiumPremier hesitant to roll out CCTV in WA child care centres

Roger Cook is hesitant to mandate the rollout of CCTV in WA childcare centres until it is recommended as part of a snap review in the wake of charges against a Victorian childcare worker.

Oliver Lane

Premier Roger Cook gives a keynote speech at the Committee for Economic Development breakfast at the Westin Hotel.

State PoliticsCommentsPremium‘There’s no use-by date on vital role of gas’: Premier

Roger Cook has ramped up his rhetoric on gas, urging industry leaders to do more to dispel ‘misinformation’ about the energy transition and embrace the opportunity for WA.

Jessica Page

Perth Airport chief executive Jason Waters, middle right, with South African Airways chief executive Jon Lamola and African dancers Team Tumbs on SAA resuming direct flights from Johannesburg-Perth flights last year.

AviationPremiumPerth Airport feeling the pressure as works accelerate

With a big development causing traffic congestion, the airport’s passenger numbers hit a record 17.48 million in the 2025 financial year on booming international visitors and bumper FIFO traffic.

Sean Smith

Optus and Vodafone are facing having to leave Lathlain Park.

WA NewsCommentsPremiumTower removal to plunge telco customers into no service zone

Optus and Vodafone have warned customers they could be in a dead zone after the Town of Victoria Park ordered they remove their towers from the Lathlain Park grandstand to make way for a proposed redevelopment.

Sophie Gannon

Bring your re-usable cup to a cafe in the City of Vincent and you may just get a coffee on the house.

WA newsCommentsWake up and smell the coffee! Go plastic free

To celebrate Plastic Free July, City of Vincent staff will be taking to the streets to offer free coffee as a reward to locals who drink from reusable cups.

Sophie Gannon

Carolina Wilga has been missing for two weeks.

WA News VideoLast-known footage of missing backpacker released

The desperate search for a missing German backpacker has spread across the country as homicide detectives release CCTV footage of her last-known movements at a convenience store.

Caleb Runciman

Photo of Eileen Bond. Suppiled by family

WA NewsCommentsA-listers to descend on Fremantle for Eileen Bond’s funeral

Social, business and political A-listers from across Australia will gather at St Patrick’s Basilica to farewell the socialite.

Ben Harvey

David and Marie Louise Wordsworth’s collection will all be on the market this Sunday.

Auction treasuresCommentsPerth’s ‘most significant’ auction unveils new WA treasures

After a lifetime of collecting artefacts from WA’s early history, a renowned Peppermint Grove couple are putting it all on sale, in what is being hailed as Perth’s most significant auction of its kind.

Harriet Flinn

The Alcoa Cycle Challenge has been launched with only 100 days to go until Telethon. Year 12 student Max Clarke, former AFL player Xavier Ellis, Challenge organiser Greg Hire and year 12 student Rory Thorpe.

TelethonCommentsSports stars to push their bodies to the limit for Telethon

Basketball legend Greg Hire is known to push his body to the limits for a good cause and with only 100 days to go until Telethon he will be jumping on a bike again to raise funds for WA kids. 

Claire Sadler

If a listing seems too good to be true, it usually is.

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The West Australian exclusive
BUYERS BEWAREComments
The West Australian exclusive
Perth marketplace scam duping buyers into a five hour drive

A Perth man has been lucky to walk away with money in his pocket after being scammed on Facebook Marketplace and experts have issued a warning with the suspicious ad still up awaiting its next victim.

Fraser Williams

BHP’s Tim Day.

CopperCommentsPremiumAmbiguity more of a headache than tariffs for BHP’s Tim Day

BHP’s top executive in WA is less concerned with the financial fallout of US President Donald Trump’s latest copper tariff threats than the frustration of trying to do business in an ‘uncertain world’.

Simone Grogan, Jessica Page and Adrian Rauso

Police Commissioner Col Blanch on Wednesday said she was also captured on CCTV the following day in Beacon. 

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WA homicide squad investigating disappearance of backpacker

The 26-year-old German backpacker was last captured on CCTV on June 29 before vanishing in the Wheatbelt.

Caleb Runciman

Police commissioner Col Blanch said early investigations showed the 35-year-old male rider was travelling “well above” the speed limit when he crashed with a white Isuzu truck in Bibra Lake on Tuesday.

WA NewsPremium‘Grisly scene’: Fresh details after fatal e-scooter crash

Police are investigating the crash which killed an e-scooter rider in Bibra Lake on Tuesday.

Caleb Runciman

Gary Cahill is one of a dozen people who have been killed on the roads in the past six days — believed to be one of the deadliest weeks in history.

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The West Australian exclusive
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The West Australian exclusive
Adored local postman killed in horror crash near Bridgetown

The beloved grandfather had been on his daily postie run when he was tragically killed in a collision.

Jessica Evensen