A charge against one of the men accused of taking part in the alleged kidnapping of former Australian cricketer Stuart MacGill has been dropped at the 11th hour.
Steve Zemek
Disgraced MP Gareth Ward has made a surprise move as he remains in custody on remand awaiting sentencing after his convictions for raping two men.
Nathan Schmidt
The federal environment minister has taken an unreasonably long time to determine an application to protect rock art near a gas plant, a court has found.
Aaron Bunch
The embattled owner of Dan Murphy’s is experiencing a shift in consumer behaviour, saying drinkers are opting to go to quiz nights at its pubs rather than buying a bottle of wine at its liquor stores.
Cheyanne Enciso
A crown jewel of a major city’s dining scene is shutting down, but a new restaurant could fill the gap for foodies.
Duncan Evans
Touted by Anthony Albanese as fast-tracking home ownership, the 5 per cent home loan scheme is not everyone’s cup of tea.
Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer and Jessica Wang
Doubts are being cast whether a ground-breaking proposal to rebuild an abandoned train station and up to 10,000 new homes will plug housing gaps.
Farid Farid and Luke Costin
It’s been a turbulent few years for the local authority, but what has actually happened between the latest resignation of Peter Carter from the Town of Port Hedland and his last resignation back in 2019?
Cain Andrews and Laura Newell
Education Minister Sabine Winton has refused to say if she will buy into an expert’s opinion that WA’s education system must ‘enshrine the right to enrol’ for kids with disabilities in public schools.
Bethany Hiatt & Jessica Page
The family of three people murdered by a toxic mushroom dish prepared by Erin Patterson, and one surviving victim, have delivered emotional statements to her.
Emily Woods and Tara Cosoleto
An investigation into how an accused child sex offender allegedly escaped from custody during his court hearing will be completed as ‘a priority’ the Department of Justice boss has confirmed.
Oliver Lane
A Perth man has been fined for working as an electrician despite not holding a licence for the second time this year.
Jessica Evensen
South Korea is seeking to restore its relationship with China, according to the leader of a high-level delegation from Seoul during a visit to Beijing.
Staff Writers
Family members of a slain Indigenous teen left a courtroom as footage of a fatal collision between a police car and a boy was played during an officer's trial.
Adelaide Lang
An inquest into the death of a much-loved 23-year-old has started, as investigators try to determine who punched him in a 2022 brawl.
Alex Mitchell
RSPCA WA inspectors were in the Great Southern recently to investigate several animal cruelty reports in the region, and help members of the community with welfare concerns.
Jacki Elezovich
An expert has warned that a highly contagious strain of bird flu will “almost certainly” spread to Australia, with the country “essentially surrounded”.
Jessica Wang
Harrowing CCTV of the moment an Aboriginal teenager was killed when the trail bike he was riding collided with an unmarked police car has been shown in court.
Rhiannon Lewin
A 42-year-old woman has been charged for allegedly biting a member of staff after being asked to leave a Leederville venue last month.
Police have released jaw-dropping CCTV that shows the moment an allegedly stolen vehicle crashes into fuel bowsers in country WA before erupting into a ball of flames on Sunday morning.
Hannah Whitehead
The AFL has confirmed its two qualifying finals, with one club hitting out at the scheduling for not being “logically fair”.
News Corp Australia
David Hurst transferred more than $1.5 million from his company’s bank account to a mortgage offset account in the months after he and his wife splurged $6.5 million on a Claremont mansion.
John Flint
Tennis with the Prime Minister, a flight to a pub lunch with the Opposition Leader or dinner with the nation’s economic leaders are up for grabs in an annual charity auction.
Katina Curtis
Albany’s Andy Barnett has flown to Ireland to represent Australia in the World Eight-Ball Pool Championships which start in Ennis, Co. Clare on Tuesday.
Claire Middleton