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Police are on the hunt for a driver who led them on a high-speed chase through Perth’s north-eastern suburbs. 

Crime Police hunt driver after high-speed chase through Perth

Police are on the hunt for a driver who led them on a high-speed chase through Perth’s north-eastern suburbs. 

Jessica Evensen

An alleged Hells Angels bikie is due to face court today after allegedly attempting to carry knuckledusters on a domestic flight.

Crime PremiumBikie accused of trying to bring weapon on flight

An alleged Hells Angels bikie is due to face court today after allegedly attempting to carry knuckledusters on a domestic flight.

Jessica Evensen

Former real estate sales representative Dianne Sandra Huggins.

CrimePremiumProperty agent fined for using tenant’s bond to cover her rent

A former WA real estate sales representative has been caught misusing a tenant’s bond and rent money to cover her own expenses.

Andrew Hedgman

Rapid apprehension squad detectives are asking the public for help to find 29-year-old Ashton Inman.

CrimeVideoUrgent search for man who could help with investigation

WA Police are asking the public for help to find 29-year-old Ashton Inman.

Artemisia Blythe

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CrimePremiumBody found on boat in major city river

Major crime detectives have launched an investigation after a body was discovered on a boat moored on a river in a major city.

Emma Kirk

Opposition Leader Basil Zempilas gives his inaugural speech to State Parliament.

Politics CommentsPremiumBasil Zempilas aims high with first speech to Parliament

Basil Zempilas has made an emotional tribute to his late father in his first official speech to the Parliament, where he said political leaders needed to ‘dream big’ about WA’s future.

Dylan Caporn

Speaking on Piers Morgan’s Uncensored, Ms Giuffre’s lawyer David Boies urged the Prince to ‘just come clean’.

CrimePremiumVirginia Giuffre’s lawyer urges Prince Andrew to ‘apologise’

Virginia Giuffre’s lawyer has called on Prince Andrew to issue an apology and says “it’s not too late” for the royal to ‘take responsibility’ and ‘just come clean’. 

Jessica Evensen

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NewsPremiumAFL great farewelled after shock death

Hundreds of mourners gathered at the Swan Districts Football Club to farewell AFL great Andrew Krakouer, who died last month aged just 42.

Emma Kirk

Martin and Debra Robinson have remembered their sons Jake and Callum a year on from their deaths.

WA newsVideoPremium‘Ache is constant’: Parents reflect on loss of murdered sons

The parents of Perth brothers Jake and Callum Robinson, who were killed while on a surf trip in Mexico, have reflected on their immense grief and their sons’ remarkable legacy a year on from their deaths.

Rhianna Mitchell

An ambulance officer with a message.

State PoliticsCommentsPremiumAmbulance workers up ante in pay fight with St John WA

Ambulance workers will undergo industrial action after emphatically rejecting a pay deal from St John WA, including refusing to respond to out-of-hours contact.

Dylan Caporn and Hannah Cross

Asked how a nuclear reactor in Collie would impact Margaret River, 191 kilometres away, Ms King doubled down.

State politicsCommentsPremium‘People don’t like that’: King’s attack links nuclear & wine

WA Minister Madeleine King has launched a bizarre new attack on Peter Dutton’s nuclear policy, warning that a reactor in Collie could pose a risk to Margaret River’s wine crops.

Jessica Page

Corrie James Feehan was last seen paddling a kayak in the Indian Ocean.

WA newsDesperate appeal after kayaker missing for three days

Police are desperately seeking information about a kayaker who went missing off the Arrowsmith coast in the Mid West.

Josephine Hingst

Brodie Palmer is on trial charged with the murder of Cassius Turvey.

CourtsPremium‘Palmer not aware of co-accused’s murderous intent’: Lawyer

A lawyer for one of the men on trial for the murder of Cassius Turvey has told a court there was no evidence his client knew of his co-accused’s ‘murderous intent’ on the day.

Emily Moulton

Australian scientists have revealed why receiving a booster vaccine in the same arm as your first dose is more effective. 

HealthVaccinations in the same arm make booster jabs work faster

Australian scientists have revealed why receiving a booster vaccine in the same arm as your first dose is more effective. 

Claire Sadler

A Mandurah mum is calling for urgent changes to the way some private hospitals and doctors deal with voluntary assisted dying.

WA NewsPremiumMum wants more transparency about voluntary assisted dying

A Mandurah mum is calling for urgent changes to the way some private hospitals and doctors deal with voluntary assisted dying.

Cassidy Mosconi

Martin and Debra Robinson reflect on the death of their sons, Callum and Jake, one year on.

NEWSPremium‘Ache’: Parents’ grief after sons killed in Mexico

One year after two brothers were killed in Mexico, their grieving parents have shared the heartbreak and hope they carry each day.

Blair Jackson and Andrew Hedgman

The Terracotta Warriors exhibition will be coming to the WA Museum this June.

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The West Australian exclusive
State PoliticsCommentsPremium
The West Australian exclusive
Terracotta warriors to come to Perth in exclusive exhibition

Half of the objects will leave China for the first time and will feature in the largest museum exhibition ever staged in WA. 

Dylan Caporn

The tragedy happened at WA Salt Supply in North Coogee in June 2022.

WA News PremiumSalt refinery behind worker death used cardboard to fix belt

A local salt processing company has been fined $875,000 over the death of a worker at a North Coogee refinery in 2022.

Sarah Steger

Multiple people have been charged after police led a crackdown operation in North Beach on an ATV, dirt bike, and electric scooter ride-out event.

CrimePremiumCharges laid after cops crack down on dangerous ‘ride outs’

Several people have been charged in an operation targeting anti-social behaviour in North Beach ahead of an organised ‘ride-out’ involving ATVs, dirt bikes, electric bikes and electric scooters.

Artemisia Blythe

Perth brothers Callum, 33, and Jake, 31, vanished in Mexico near Ensenada in Baja California on April 27 last year.

CRIMEPremiumFamily devastated one year on from Robinson brothers’ murder

The girlfriend of Callum Robinson - who was allegedly murdered while on a surfing trip to Mexico alongside his brother Jake - says her ‘heart aches beyond words’ on the first anniversary of his disappearance.

Artemisia Blythe

The violence erupted after the pair had been cellmates at Hakea Prison for one week.

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COURTS & JUSTICEPremium
The West Australian exclusive
Ex-prisoner allegedly blinded cellmate in brutal attack

A former Hakea prisoner has gone on trial after allegedly blinding his cellmate in one eye in a vicious, unwitnessed attack.

Rebecca Le May

Luke Timothy O’Diam, 29, was arrested a short time after a team of Gang Response and TRG officers boxed in the car as it travelled down the highway and brought it to a stop.

Crime PremiumMongols bikie arrested in wild chase after standoff with TRG

Police have charged a Mongols bikie with possessing a gun after a dramatic pursuit in Perth’s northern suburbs.

Sarah Steger

Ms Giuffre took her own life at her sprawling farm home in Neergabby, about 80km north of Perth, on Friday night.

WA newsGiuffre’s friend doubts royals will acknowledge tragic death

A friend of Virginia Giuffre says she does not expect Prince Andrew or the royal family to ‘rise to the occasion and be gracious’ in acknowledging her death.

Caleb Runciman, Shannon Hampton & Jessica Coates

Perth Archbishop Timothy Costelloe meets Pope Francis in 2022.

Religion & BeliefPremiumPerth Archbishop hopes next Pope will be ‘man of unity’

Archbishop Timothy Costelloe said Saturday’s service was ‘very moving’ after more than 250,000 people from ‘all walks of life’ packed St Peter’s Square in Vatican City for Pope Francis’ funeral.

Caleb Runciman