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‘Silver lining’CommentsPremiumNew LGBTQIA+ advisory group to guide Perth Council

Council House’s gallery erupted in applause Tuesday night after council unanimously voted in favour of formally establishing the Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Group.

Michael Traill

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David versus Goliath: The key to Libs’ election battle

By any measure, the task facing the WA Liberal Party as it attempts to rebuild itself into an effective and relevant Opposition is Herculean. Appointing Zak Kirkup as leader is a good start.

‘Unimaginable’ tragedyVideoPremiumMissing boy’s name revealed as search turns to recovery

The West Australian can now reveal the boy who went missing in waters off Scarborough beach last night is Mercy College student Matiyas Bekuretsion.

Daryna Zadvirna, Phil Hickey & Sarah Steger

Molotov cocktailsVideoCommentsPremiumOsborne Park firebomber wanted ‘revenge’ on brother

The motives behind a terrifying attack on a Perth business have been revealed in court today.

Emily Moulton

Urgent searchSearch for teen missing at Scarborough Beach continues

Police continue to search for a 16-year-old boy who went missing after going for a swim with mates at Scarborough Beach.

Phil Hickey and Justin Bianchini

Youth over experienceCommentsPremiumKirkup firm favourite to become new Lib leader today

Zak Kirkup is poised to replace Liza Harvey as leader of a WA Liberal Party that looks set to embrace youth and a changing of the guard over the political experience offered of Dean Nalder.

Josh Zimmerman

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WA transgender inmates can now apply to switch prisons

Biologically male prisoners who identify as transgender can apply to be placed in female prisons — and vice versa — under a new Department of Justice policy that came into effect this week.

Josh Zimmerman

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‘When we’re ready’CommentsPremium
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PM refuses to say when submarine decision will be made

Scott Morrison is refusing to say when a decision will be made on a multibillion-dollar submarine maintenance contract — let alone if WA has won the work.

Joe Spagnolo

Safety breachesPremiumBreaches at East Perth death site cost Hanssen $60k

A Perth construction company has been fined $60,000 for breaching an occupational safety regulation during the construction of an East Perth apartment complex where a worker was killed in 2016.

Adam Poulsen

Secret communicationPremium‘Ciphr phone’ lands alleged drug trafficker in custody

One of four people charged in connection over a major drug bust last year is back in custody after allegedly being caught with an encrypted mobile phone, a breach of her bail conditions.

Phil Hickey

‘Beautiful human being’PremiumMum killed in crash revealed as soccer club president

Natalie Harding, the 51-year-old woman killed in a horrific car crash on Friday, was the president of the Wembley Downs Soccer Club and a close friend to outgoing WA Opposition Leader Liza Harvey.

Phil Hickey

Leadership tussleCommentsPremiumThe six Liberal MPs still in play as Harvey backs Zak

Outgoing Opposition Leader Liza Harvey will back Zak Kirkup as her replacement, with the 33-year-old still on course to claim her mantle — but as many as six Liberal MPs are believed to be undecided.

Josh Zimmerman

‘It can’t be used’PremiumDisgraced MP Urban claims alleged lies ‘protected’

Disgraced Labor MP Barry Urban — who sensationally quit politics amid a fake medal scandal — is arguing the alleged lies he told a committee be thrown out of court due to parliamentary privilege.

Emily Moulton

Unimaginable tragedyPremiumTeen’s twin brother, girlfriend killed in tragic crash

A Pinjarra Senior High School student is mourning the loss of his twin brother and his girlfriend after a devastating crash in Coolup on Saturday night.

Daryna Zadvirna

‘Rich heart’‘Kind, loving’ father-of-eight remembered

Tributes have poured in for a Rockingham father-of-eight who was killed in an alleged hit and run in Perth’s south on Sunday.

Caitlyn Rintoul

Possible injuriesVideoPolice concerned for boys who fled toilet block blast

A toilet block has been destroyed and concerns are held for three boys after an explosion in Perth’s northern suburbs on Sunday.

ZAK TO THE FUTURE?CommentsPremiumKirkup frontrunner to replace Harvey as Libs leader

Zak Kirkup is in the box seat to be the next leader of the WA Liberals after Liza Harvey yesterday quit to give voters a ‘real choice’ at the State election.

Peter Law

Suicide preventionCommentsPremiumYouth mental health crisis close to home for Perth dad

The father of a Dalkeith teenager that took her own life before her 18th birthday is leading a WA research foundation’s push to create significant, tangible change for Australia’s most vulnerable.

Rhianna Mitchell

Horrific crimesPremiumJudge blasts sicko who paid boys for sex acts

A convicted thief has been handed further jail time for recording young boys in the shower and paying them in cash and drugs to do sex acts.

Shannon Hampton

Siege stand-offPremiumAlleged Bayswater gunman critical after 21-hour siege

A 32-year-old man is in a critical condition with a gunshot wound after a marathon stand-off with police in Perth’s north-east.

Sarah Steger

Border bargainCommentsPremiumPremier stands firm as almost 25k apply to enter WA

Premier Mark McGowan remains defiant on his hard border stance as new figures reveal thousands of Eastern States travellers are waiting to come to WA.

Steve Butler and Peter Law

Deadly crashesCommentsPremiumFive dead in horror weekend on WA’s roads

Five people are dead and five are in hospital, including two children, after a shocking weekend on WA’s roads — as the identities of two women tragically killed in Ludlow on Friday has been revealed.

Sarah Steger

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Being Opposition Leader is hard work — just ask McGowan

Before he was ‘Mr 91 per cent’, now Premier Mark McGowan was a long-term Opposition Leader. And it was hard going for most of those years.

Traffic chaosWoman airlifted to hospital after Baldivis crash

A woman has been flown by helicopter to hospital after a crash that closed Kwinana Freeway northbound this afternoon.

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