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Fears ignoredPremiumHousing advocate raised alarm years before teen’s death

A homelessness advocate raised concerns to the State Government about an overcrowded public housing property nearly two years before a 15-year-old orphan who was staying there took his own life.

Annabel Hennessy

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The West Australian exclusive
Ashes splitPremium
The West Australian exclusive
Feud over funeral for trans teen who took his own life

A 15-year-old trans boy who took his life has been farewelled in two funerals and will have two different names on separate memorials after his estranged parents agreed to divide his ashes.

Briana Fiore

New EraCommentsPremiumNats, Libs sign ‘alliance agreement’ to battle Labor

The Nationals and Liberals have committed to hold talks on how they can work together to defeat Labor after signing an ‘alliance agreement’ today.

Peter Law

See the picturesCommentsPremium‘You have no idea what this means’

Tears of joy, squeals of ‘nanna!’ and embraces transformed the arrivals hall at Perth Airport this afternoon, as loved ones locked eyes and exchanged hugs for the first time in more than a year.

Sarah Steger

Significant haulPolice swoop on pair after $1m cemetery cash haul

Two men have been charged with money laundering after police discovered $1 million in cash at the Guildford Cemetery.

Major seizurePremiumEx-Comanchero bikie charged over huge WA drug bust

A former Comanchero bikie who survived a shooting outside a Melbourne mosque four years ago is among three people charged over a major WA drug bust.

Phil Hickey

‘It doesn’t feel real’CommentsPremiumEmotions soar as first NZ arrivals touch down in Perth

The first New Zealand arrivals as part of the trans-Tasman travel bubble have touched down in WA — with families embracing after more than a year apart.

Sarah Steger

‘Very disappointing’CommentsPremiumUrgent review after WA hospital staff exposed to COVID

Three staff members from Royal Perth Hospital are in quarantine after they were exposed to infection during the transfer of a COVID-19 positive captain evacuated from a ship off the Pilbara coast.

Bethany Hiatt

Nazi auctionPremiumPerth bidder buys Hitler’s cigar box for $29,000

A controversial Morley military antique store has collected $130,000 from Perth buyers at its Nazi auction today — with Hitler’s personal items selling for tens of thousands.

Rangi Hirini

‘I did not expect a reply’VideoCommentsPremiumWA teacher battling cancer gets letter from Philip

One of the final letters commissioned by the Duke of Edinburgh was delivered just days before his death to a Mandurah man who met the late prince during his WA tour in the 1960s.

Steve Butler

Art of the nailCommentsPremiumNail business booms as beauty is the new Bali

West Australians unable to travel overseas thanks to the border closure are spending big on beautification, with nail salons turning into artistic studios where self-expression knows no bounds.

Jenna Clarke

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The West Australian exclusive
No certaintyCommentsPremium
The West Australian exclusive
Doctors call for PCH ‘revolving door’ to stop

The ‘revolving door’ at Perth Children’s Hospital needs to stop — Australian Medical Association Chief Andrew Miller has warned — after revelations the facility had three bosses in three years.

Joe Spagnolo

Drug chargesPerth journalist freed from Burma jail after 3 years

Newspaper co-founder Ross Dunkley has been released from a Burma jail after serving three years of a 13-year drug sentence, as part of a large-scale pardon by the country’s military junta.

Brianna Dugan

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The West Australian exclusive
What a wasteCommentsPremium
The West Australian exclusive
Hundreds of WA homes empty as rental crisis worsens

More than 900 government-owned houses are sitting empty in WA, while desperate families are having to pitch tents in family and friends’ backyards because they have nowhere to live.

Joe Spagnolo

Crowd concernsCommentsPremiumWildcats play down smaller crowd during code clash

Perth Wildcats CEO Troy Georgiu won’t make any swift judgments on the reasons behind Friday night’s lower than usual crowd, but believes a combination of unique factors played a part.

Craig O'Donoghue

FireballCar explodes in flames outside Northbridge bar

Police patrolling Northbridge overnight found themselves adopting a different role — that of firefighter.

Emily Moulton

Immune to the boomCommentsPremiumThe Perth suburbs failing to sell in red-hot market

A handful of suburbs appear immune to the boom that has sent listed properties flying off the market, with sales taking up to three times longer than average — and tenants could be to blame.

Kim Macdonald

Lost all hopePremiumIndigenous boy trapped in poverty cycle takes own life

A teenage boy who was staying in an overcrowded public housing property in Perth has died by suicide just years after he was left orphaned.

Annabel Hennessy

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The West Australian exclusive
‘On a mission’Premium
The West Australian exclusive
Murder victim’s mum ‘won’t stop until they get justice’

The mother of murder victim Kym Taylor says she will not stop fighting for justice after two people accused of being involved in her daughter’s killing were acquitted.

Phil Hickey

Lifetime of givingCommentsPremiumTelethon auctioneer remembered as charitable man

Telethon’s longtime auctioneer Ron Farris, who dedicated himself over many years to help WA’s famous fundraiser and numerous other charitable causes, has died at the age of 79.

Angela Pownall

Another blowPremiumSenior Rock Machine bikie facing weapons charges

The Rock Machine bikie gang has suffered yet another hammer-blow after senior figure Daniel James Bailey appeared in court this week over a string of serious weapon and drugs charges.

Phil Hickey & Shannon Hampton

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The West Australian exclusive
New-look partnershipCommentsPremium
The West Australian exclusive
Nats and Libs to form alliance after election bloodbath

The Nationals and Liberals are just days away from signing an agreement to form an alliance in State Parliament for the next four years, The West can reveal.

Peter Law

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The West Australian exclusive
MORE RUFF JUSTICECommentsPremium
The West Australian exclusive
Nine new recruits join WA Police dog squad

The WA Police canine squad has been boosted with an extra nine dogs who are specially trained to sniff out drugs and cash and chase down crooks, The West can reveal.

Phil Hickey

Fallen starPremiumEx-Eagle Kerr admits breaching family VRO

Former AFL champion Daniel Kerr has pleaded guilty to breaching a family violence restraining order taken out by his ex-partner Michelle McAtackney.

Angie Raphael

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