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  2. Council decisionsPremiumChallenging the sands of time

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Amanda Battle wants to showcase women finding solace in the ocean

SEE THE PICSCommentsPhotographer captures hundreds of female surfers across WA

Shoalwater local and longtime surfer Amanda Battle said she had always seen magazines and photography projects highlighting men in the surf but very seldom women.

Ava Berryman

Train delays at Optus Stadium.

TransportPremium‘Trains do not need to be pulled from lines’: Saffioti

Two trains — both understood to be from the new C-series — stalled, with one stuck in the Perth Underground tunnel and another at Whitfords Station on the Yanchep line on Sunday afternoon.

Dylan Caporn

Baldivis Secondary College teachers were last week urged to increase patrols of school grounds, after shocking video emerged of organised fight clubs at Mandurah’s Halls Head College.

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Cops probe classroom guerilla bashing of unsuspecting girl

Two girls disguised themselves to sneak into Baldivis Secondary College and bash another girl inside a classroom.

Bethany Hiatt

A wild police chase has ended with an arrest on the shoreline at Scarborough Beach. Andy Grattidge

CrimePremiumWeapon charge after wild chase that ended on beach

A 46-year-old man has been charged with almost a dozen offences after the bizarre police chase which came to an end on the sand at Scarborough.

Jessica Evensen

Lawyer Karen Farley (centre) leaving court.

Courts & JusticePremiumAged care murder accused ‘likely never fit to stand trial’

An aged care home resident accused of murdering her 88-year-old roommate after just four days together is currently in limbo in a ‘scary’ prison environment despite likely never being fit to stand trial.

Rebecca Le May

A derelict building on Rockingham Foreshore caught fire overnight.

Sound TelegraphVideoWATCH: Derelict Rockingham building goes up in flames

The building used to be home to a fish and chip shop but has been empty for years. 

Rachel Fenner

A 38-year-old man has been rushed to hospital after his Go-Kart crashed into a car in Perth’s south.

WA newsPremiumPremiumGo-kart driver left with serious injuries after hitting car

A go-kart driver has been rushed to hospital after crashing into a car in Perth’s south.

Singing Mamas runs every Wednesday at John Wellard Community Centre.

Community groupsCommentsCommentsJoyful noise at Wellard’s Singing Mamas group

Wellard’s Singing Mamas group gathers weekly to create a safe space for women to share their feelings and make joyful noise.

Construction has begun on the $13 million Long Point Brewing Co development.

Beery closeCommentsCommentsConstruction starts on $13m two-storey waterfront pub

The venue will have a craft brewery, restaurant, function space and room for 500 guests.

Bueno is a 15-week staffy mix available for adoption at Port Kennedy this weekend.

Adopt, don’t shopCommentsK9 Rescue pups looking for their fur-ever home this weekend

The 15-week-old staffy cross is one of the many other lovable dogs on the hunt for a home.

Ava Berryman

Living Waters Lutheran College students donated hundreds of sanitary and hygiene products to homeless charity

Charity workCommentsHigh school students helping homeless

Living Waters Lutheran College students raised $400 worth of hygiene and sanitary products for Rockingham homeless charity The Crew.

Ava Berryman

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Angelo and Rebecca Rossi.

ConstructionPremiumPandemic shake-out claims another top Perth builder

One of Australia’s best builders - Perth-based Ultimo - has gone under, blaming fallout from the pandemic era for its demise.

Kim Macdonald

Jaden Martinovich with his mum, fitness guru Kelly Martinovich.

COURTS & JUSTICEPremiumPhoney drug deal murderer was ‘planned double-cross victim’

A young man who fatally stabbed a teen in a fake drug deal that went horribly wrong didn’t realise a mutual friend had set him up in a plot to steal his car.

Rebecca Le May

Kristopher Dean Sheppard, Andrew Whetu Haenga and James Patrick Fisher.

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Bikie riot to deliver ‘one of biggest trials in WA history’

A group of bikies who allegedly attacked rivals with pool cues, billiard balls and bar stools at a tavern south of Perth are set for one of the biggest trials the State has ever seen, a court has been told.

Rebecca Le May

A jumbo truck on the Onslow haul road.

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MinRes yanks all trucks off troubled haul road

Mineral Resources has hit another financial pothole by pulling all iron ore trucks off its trouble-plagued $2.6 billion Onslow haul road after notching half a dozen rollovers on the crucial transport link.

Daniel Newell and Adrian Rauso

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A truck driver has been killed after he crashed into a tree in the Wheatbelt, while another driver has been taken to hospital. 

EmergencyPremiumDriver dies after truck crashes into tree in Wheatbelt

A truck driver has been killed after he crashed into a tree, while another driver has been taken to hospital. 

Dylan Caporn

One man is dead and another three injured following a horror car rollover in WA’s south west.

EMERGENCYPremiumMan dead in horror South West crash

The other three occupants — two women and a man, all in their 20s — were taken to Boyup Brook Hospital with non-life threatening injuries. 

Jessica Evensen

Four convoys left sites at Bedfordale, Mundijong, Neerabup and Fremantle at 7.30am and will crawl through the city to rally against the $80 million industry shutdown.

WA NEWSCommentsComments‘No major congestion’ despite huge truck protest in Perth

Hundreds of farmers and truckies are moving through Perth’s major arterial roads as they protest against the Federal Government’s live sheep export ban. 

Notorious paedophile Bradley Pen Dragon is back behind bars after allegedly breaching a strict supervision order.

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Notorious Perth child abuser fighting for life in hospital

Notorious paedophile Bradley Pen Dragon is fighting for life in hospital after a suspected self-harm incident.

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PremiumCloverdale man set on fire could die, alleged attacker told

There is a ‘high likelihood’ a man who was set ablaze with a flammable liquid during an altercation in Cloverdale will die, police have told his alleged attacker in court.

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An Albany man who assaulted his 103-year-old neighbour has avoided prison.

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Man assaults 103yo neighbour, leaves her on driveway

An Albany man who assaulted his 103-year-old neighbour over bad parking and left her on the driveway to do his shopping has avoided immediate punishment. 

Melissa Sheil

Bunbury surgeon Sue Chapman has accepted 87 anonymous donations included some that totalled $100,000, $25,000, $12,500 and $10,000 despite her website promising “greater transparency and accountability”.

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Anonymous donors bankroll WA teal’s ‘transparent’ campaign

Anonymous donations are boosting a WA teal candidate’s campaign, despite her website promising ‘greater transparency and accountability’, it can be revealed.

Jessica Page

Keep the Sheep signage on Albany Highway in Gosnells.

VANDALS STRIKEPremiumKeep the Sheep signs sliced to pieces on major roads

Keep the Sheep signs on Riverside Drive and Tonkin Highway been targeted by vandals, with pro-live export paraphernalia sliced through the middle and others ripped down entirely.

Cally Dupe

Kalgoorlie-Boulder Airport.

Future projects PremiumPremiumProject plans prove city is ‘in it for the community’

Social media commentary suggesting the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder and councillors are not working in the interests of the community are “rubbish and unfair”, mayor Glenn Wilson says.

Shire of Coolgardie president Malcolm Cullen.

Budget crisisPremiumPremiumShire of Coolgardie slashes services, projects

Services will be cut, projects postponed and cancelled, and rates likely increased in coming years as the Shire of Coolgardie attempts to dig itself out of its more than $6 million budget deficit hole.

RFDS WA chief executive Judith Barker outside the Egan Street complex.

HealthPremiumPremiumRFDS to operate $1 million medical centre in Kalgoorlie

Kalgoorlie-Boulder will host the Royal Flying Doctor Service’s first medical centre in WA to help cushion the city’s doctor shortage.

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Federal Reserve Board Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell.

BusinessCommentsUncertainty increased: US Federal Reserve holds rate

The US Federal Reserve in a closely watched decision Wednesday held the line on benchmark interest rates though still indicated that reductions are likely later in the year.

Jeff Cox

China is currently facing a sluggish consumer landscape.

CNBC newsCommentsChina’s plan to ‘boost consumption’ in bid to grow economy

China announced a “Special Action Plan to Boost Consumption” on Sunday in a bid to prop up domestic consumption in the world’s second largest economy.

Lim Hui Jie

Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri last month.

Formula 1VideoComments‘Oscar and I get along’: Norris denies there’s bad blood

WATCH THE FULL INTERVIEW: The British F1 star opened up on his relationship with his Aussie teammate as the pair get ready to do battle in Melbourne this weekend.

Ben McClellan

Recession fear has rocked Wall Street (AP PHOTO)

BusinessCommentsRecession fear erupts: Dow tumbles, Nasdaq’s falls

A three-week market sell-off has intensified, with investors worried tariff policy uncertainty would tip the economy into a recession, something President Donald Trump has not rule out.

Lisa Kailai Han, Jesse Pound

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Andre Rebelo is on trial for the murder of Colleen Rebelo (inset) who was found dead in the shower of her Bicton home in Perth's southwest on May 25, 2020. Pictured with former partner Gracie Piscopo.

Courts & JusticePremium‘Rebelo used violence to kill his mum’: Judge

Andre Rebelo — the ex-partner of social media influencer Grace Piscopo — must have carried out some form of violent act against his mother when he killed her but exactly what he did may never be known.

Emily Moulton

A Perth man has been sentenced to more than 11 years prison after admitting to a string of child abuse material charges. Australian Federal Police

CRIMEPremium‘18,648 child victims’: Vile Aussie discovery

An Australian man has been caught with images depicting more than 18,000 child abuse victims.

Blair Jackson

Anthony Albanese has suggested Peter Dutton will be a Prime Minister for Sydney, if elected, while boasting about his own 30th visit to WA during a campaign whistle-stop in Perth.

Federal election 2025CommentsCommentsPM pits Sydney versus WA as election lands in Perth

Anthony Albanese has suggested Peter Dutton will be a Prime Minister for Sydney, if elected, while boasting about his 30th visit to WA during a campaign whistle-stop in Perth.

Chris Barker, 62, was riding along Eyre Highway for the Indian Pacific Wheel Race before he was struck by a truck.

Courts & JusticePremiumPremiumMajor update after Perth cyclist killed in alleged hit-run

Chris Barker was participating in the Indian Pacific Wheel Ride when he was fatally hit by a road train.

A 41-year-old Perth man has been sentenced to nearly 12 years in jail over a collection of child abuse images discovered in his home.

‘VILE’‘18,648 child victims’: Sickening discovery in Perth man’s home

The scale and depravity of the man’s offending highlights an abhorrent reality, police said.

Matildas star Sam Kerr has been found not guilty of racially abusing a London police officer.

MOVING ONMatildas bombshell as Sam Kerr finally learns fate

Sam Kerr and Football Australia have issued a stunning statement just days before the Matildas return to the pitch.

Glenn Valencich