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Job abilityJobseekers display ability

There are about 20,000 jobseekers in WA who live with an injury, illness or disability. Last week, some of them were introduced to employers in Geraldton.

Edward Scown

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WA’s vaccine mandate to cover 75pc of State’s workforce

Vaccination will become mandatory for a huge list of occupations including teachers and those in construction, with the Government saying we’re in the ‘final quarter’ of the fight against the virus.

Charlotte Elton

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Premier provides latest on WA’s vax rollout

Mark McGowan will speak this morning to deliver the latest in WA’s vaccination rollout, a day after he dashed hopes the State will reopen for Christmas. Watch his press conference here.

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Up to 20 sex offenders living near where Cleo vanished

Police have revealed almost 20 registered sex offenders are living in the Carnarvon area, near where four-year-old Cleo Smith vanished at the weekend.

Sarah Steger

SEE THE VIDEOCommentsShocking footage of bridge stunt surfaces online

An audacious video of two men jumping off one of Perth’s newest landmarks is making waves on the web.

Daryna Zadvirna

Rotary AuctionAuction makes waves

Items ranging from a $2400 Broome holiday package to a single movie ticket will be up for grabs on Sunday, all donated by local businesses.

Edward Scown

Vaccine driveVideoCommentsPremiumRelief as elderly to get booster shots from early Nov

Those living in aged-care facilities will be offered a third COVID-19 jab from the second week of November.

Sarah Ison

‘We will keep searching’Cleo search: Cops confirm screeching tyre reports

Police involved in the desperate search for missing girl Cleo Smith say they ‘haven’t ruled out’ reports from campers who heard the sound of screeching tyres in the early hours of Saturday morning.

Sarah Steger

Locals opposedCommentsPremiumChristian Brothers cops density flak in Waterford

The density debate has hit the Christian Brothers, which is facing opposition over plans for a three-storey complex in Waterford.

Kim Macdonald

Future proofCommentsPremiumBusso’s whale of a plan to rival Sydney Harbour Bridge

SEE THE PICTURES: It is hoped the 12m-high entrance to the $32 million underwater observatory at Busselton jetty will be as iconic and recognisable as Sydney’s famed bridge.

Kim Macdonald

Bloody and bruisedFive charged over alleged Belmont bus bashing

Five people — including a 13-year-old boy — have been charged over a brutal alleged bashing of a Perth father on a Transperth bus on Monday.

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Hunt for cluesVideoMounted police join search for Cleo on day five

The search for missing four-year-old Cleo Smith has entered its fifth day, with teams of police, State Emergency Service volunteers and mounted police joining the search at first light.

Sarah Steger

NATIONAL COVID WRAPCommentsAnother 12 deaths as Victoria records 1841 new cases

Victoria has recorded 1841 new locally acquired COVID-19 cases and 12 deaths, as the state opens its borders to fully vaccinated people from Sydney without quarantine on arrival.

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Wild weatherCommentsHundreds still without power after storm lashes Perth

State Emergency Services received 113 calls for help from across the State before 10pm Tuesday night, most for downed trees and damaged roofs as the ‘twice-a-year’ storm passed through.

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Praying for Cleo’s safe return to parents

Our thoughts — and no doubt those of everyone in WA — are with Cleo and her family as we all desperately hope for a positive conclusion.

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Police reveal the 730 outlaw bikie members across WA

The huge number of outlaw motorcycle gangs and feeder clubs in WA — as well as some of their most serious crimes — have been revealed in police report being used to justify tough new anti-bikie laws.

Peter Law

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Fresh push for strict FIFO drink limit at inquiry

WA’s peak body for the resources sector will today voice support for strict daily alcoholic drink limits as part of sweeping recommendations to be presented at a landmark parliamentary inquiry.

Caitlyn Rintoul

‘Surge plan’CommentsPremiumWA ‘has enough ventilators’, if jab rates increase

Western Australia has enough emergency ventilators to deal with a COVID-19 outbreak, health authorities have insisted — if the state’s vaccination rates pick up.

Charlotte Elton

runaway growthPremiumPerth house prices set to surge for another year

Westpac Bank has forecast another year of rising property prices in Perth but has called an end to the market’s runaway growth, with a predicted small price fall in 2023.

Kim Macdonald

‘Caged animals’CommentsPremiumTime to exit holding pattern and set date to reopen WA

This elevator music we’ve all been listening to for more than a year now is clearly sending us round the twist when we really should be preparing to go around the world.

Jenna Clarke

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Boosting presencePremiumUS group Peloton pedals fitness tech in WA

US fitness-tech group Peloton is expanding into WA next month, marking the first time residents of Perth, Busselton, Dunsborough and Margaret River will be able to order the digital exercise bikes.

Kate Purnell

New rulesPremium$700m target for Aboriginal businesses

The WA Government has set target for Aboriginal-run businesses in its state transport infrastructure program as part of a broader push to include employment targets in government contracts.

Adrian Lowe

Worst fearsFrantic bid to unravel mystery of Cleo’s disappearance

The nationwide search for ‘beautiful, funny and delicate’ Cleo Smith is now a complex criminal investigation focused on the worst-case scenario that the four-year-old has been abducted.

Kristin Shorten and Phoebe Pin

Question timeCommentsPremiumFMG winds back online participation in annual meetings

Fortescue Metals Group and Austal are among a number of WA listed companies winding back online participation in their annual meetings, drawing criticism from shareholders unable to attend in person.

Sean Smith