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CRIMEPremiumPolice hunt arsonist after two cars torched

Detectives are probing a suspected arson attack that damaged two cars parked at a Ballajura home. 

Caleb Runciman

BREAKINGPremiumMystery as 23yo woman found dead on street

Two men believed to have chased a woman down a suburban street shooting a gun and killing her are at large, as police race to solve the baffling crime.

Hannah Moore

WA NEWSPremiumRescue chopper sent to serious car rollover in the Wheatbelt

Firefighters are working to free a seriously injured driver after a car rolled in Beverley.

Caleb Runciman

NewsPremiumWorrying trend emerges days before Xmas

As people complete their last-minute online shopping in the weeks leading up to the festive season, a worrying trend has emerged in a major Australian city.

Alexandra Feiam

newsHuge move after shocking attacks rock Aus

One Australian state has made a major move to ensure safety at places of worship, after a spate of attacks shocked the nation.

Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer

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Cops seize arsenal of weapons in first night of new laws

This is the tip of the knife-berg — what thugs are concealing when they head out for night on the town in WA.

John Flint

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The West Australian exclusive
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Investors hurt in battle of the wannabe tycoons

Once-tight business associates fell out when Sasha Hopkins’ A Team Property Group took off like a rocket with slicker marketing and more success Ricky Hirsch’s Fulfil The Dream.

John Flint

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ConstructionPremium
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Perth’s building conman & Insta-wife move to China

Fugitive Perth conman Ricky Hirsch has uprooted from his Dubai bolthole to Guangzhou, China, while his many scam victims are struggling to keep their heads above water.

John Flint

CrimePremiumFrench court convicts eight over beheading of teacher

Eight people have been convicted in France over their involvement in the 2020 beheading of a teacher who showed his pupils cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed.

Mathieu Rosemain

CrimeMan killed after fall during police operation

A man has died after he was seriously injured after falling from a building during a police operation.

Nathan Schmidt

BREAKINGPremiumMajor update on cop allegedly hit with sword

A female police officer has been airlifted to hospital after she was allegedly attacked with a sword, and a man has been charged with attempted murder.

Nathan Schmidt, Hannah Moore

CrimePremiumNazis ran off after ‘disgusting’ sign: cops

A group of 20 masked men “ran away” after they were confronted holding an anti-Semitic sign by the community and police.

Liam Beatty

Road deathsPremiumNo respite in road deaths, another person killed in crash

A 21-year-old man is the latest person to die on WA roads, with another family mourning the loss of a loved one this Christmas.

John Flint

CrimePremiumPharmaceutical giant sued over 'ineffective' cold drugs

Pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson is facing a class action concerning cold and flu medication known to be "ineffective".

Neve Brissenden

CrimePremiumGood Samaritans rammed by car after stopping to help couple

Good Samaritans attempting to help two pedestrians who just had been run down in a suspected hit and run were themselves then terrorised by another man after he mistook them as being involved in the incident.

Hannah Cross

CrimePremiumTears on street after deadly ‘brawl’

Family and friends of a man killed in what police suspect was a targeted group attack have shed tears as flowers were laid in Melbourne.

Liam Beatty

CrimePremiumPolice search bush for evidence after man killed in brawl

Police are combing the roadside in a Perth coastal suburb in connection with an ongoing investigation into a serious brawl that resulted in a man’s death.

Hannah Cross

newsPremiumDriver’s bizarre act after police chase

A man found a bizarre hiding place after a dramatic police chase through Sydney.

Clareese Packer

NEWSPremium8yo rescued after alleged abduction

Footage has captured the chilling moment an eight-year-old girl was rescued after she was allegedly abducted.

Clareese Packer

CourtPremiumMoment dentist drugged date before rape

Footage shows the moment a dentist drugged a woman before he was jailed for raping six victims he met on dating apps.

Emma Kirk

NEWSPremiumDeadly disease arrives in Aussie state

Aussies who visited several locations in inner-Sydney have been issued a warning.

Clareese Packer

NEWSPremiumMurder charge after botched break in

It’s believed a group broke into a home before the occupant shot one of the intruders, with another intruder then shooting the resident.

Clareese Packer

updatedPremiumNew theory on what caused fatal bus crash

A new theory has emerged about the possible cause of the fatal bus crash that saw one man die and 13 passengers injured in a tragic start to the holidays.

Liam Beatty, Clareese Packer and Alexandra Feiam

CrimeGirl, 7, killed in knife attack at Croatia school

A man has been arrested after a young girl was killed and a teacher and five other students were wounded in a knife attack at a primary school in Croatia.

Staff Writers