Thousands of primary school kids are enduring extra-long swimming lessons, partly because of a lack of access to public swimming pools and a shortage of swimming instructors.
Bethany Hiatt
WA’s taxi industry has been overrun by a sophisticated network of temporary immigrants who are working illegally for companies which are ripping off customers with inflated fares.
Ben Harvey
More than 400 Australian Army personnel have taken part in a major live-fire exercise near Lancelin, where soldiers fired an anti-armour missile system in WA for the first time.
Liam Murphy
One woman in a ragtag crew accused of attempting to smuggle a wanted man out of the country has pleaded not guilty to her role in the botched plot.
Hannah Cross
Elon Musk’s X Corp fought harder to keep footage of deceased Bondi attack victims online than it has to combat anti-Semitism, an inquiry has heard.
Kate Stephenson
A postal worker accused of tampering with secure mail bags loaded with cash could face further charges, a court has been told.
Hannah Cross and Jessica Evensen
Police have charged three people after an alleged pursuit that led to the discovery of methylamphetamine in a car.
Brooke Rolfe
He surfs the Whalebone every year, then returns next morning to pick up the rubbish. James McGhee, the humble heart of Cottesloe’s 27-year classic.
Clare Perrott
Police have charged six men after the air wing chased them through bushland north of Kalgoorlie-Boulder and directed officers on the ground to catch them.
Neil Watkinson
A Perth basketball referee is behind bars and has been hit with a string of new charges after allegedly refusing to abide by a restraining order protecting his young victim.
The accused killer became emotional after reading the contents of his mother’s message following his arrest.
Zosia Melanczuk
An 11-month-old child has been taken to hospital in a critical condition, and a man has been charged with inflicting serious injuries.
Jackson Robb
A man has been killed after crashing his car on a remote road in WA’s Wheatbelt on Wednesday.
With 100 days to go until Telethon, there’s another highly-anticipated countdown being looked forward to by five-year-old Ava O’Kelly.
Woodside wants three people convicted over a stinky gas stunt, which caused the evacuation of thousands of employees in 2023, to reveal the identity of others involved.
Emma Kirk
The Cook Government has opened the door to negotiate with teachers asking for a 15 per cent pay rise.
Bethany Hiatt and Oliver Lane
A man has been charged with aggravated grievous bodily harm after he allegedly shook an 11-month-old baby so hard it caused critical head injuries, with the baby fighting to survive.
Caleb Runciman
Major crash officers have released a photo of a wanted man as they continue to investigate a serious bicycle crash that left a pedestrian with critical injuries.
Two more wild seabirds found in WA are suspected to be positive for H5 bird flu with one found as far north as Northampton in the Mid West.
Claire Sadler
Telstra’s outage left small businesses across the city unable to conduct critical work and left some who needed immediate help stranded.
A Thailand woman has revealed vile details about a night she spent with Perth man Simon Carman just weeks before he allegedly killed a 17-year-old girl.
An after school care service operated by one of Australia’s largest providers has been shuttered after several children were left unsupervised on an excursion to Perth Zoo during a busy holiday period.
A drunk driver has pleaded guilty to killing a beloved grandmother in a late night crash after ploughing into a home in Perth’s eastern suburbs.
Jessica Evensen
WA Police have conducted a welfare check in Perth’s southern suburbs after a caller affected by Telstra’s network outage failed to reach triple-0.
