German backpacker Carolina Wilga has bid farewell to Perth in a heartwarming Instagram post after capturing hearts with her incredible story of survival.
Kellie Balaam
WA Police have established a dedicated hate crime unit to combat rising racial hatred and anti-Semitism across the State.
Joe Spagnolo
A 21-year-old woman has been charged over an alleged hit-and-run that killed a beloved Albany nurse.
Melissa Sheil
Col Blanch has appointed a new assistant commissioner to the portfolio held by a member of the top brass before she became the centre of an internal investigation.
Shannon Hampton
WA Police have lifted the lid on new technology which played a vital role in helping with the search effort for missing German backpacker Carolina Wilga.
Charlton Hart
Albany police have successfully located a 77-year-old woman who had not been seen for a day.
A pair of Pilbara police officers who put their own lives in danger to rescue a man from a car engulfed by fire have been recognised for their incredible bravery.
Albany police are gearing up for another year of their annual polar plunge off the Middleton Beach jetty this Sunday, a much-loved fundraising effort for Special Olympics WA.
Jacki Elezovich
The mother of a seven-month-old baby boy stabbed to death in front of other family members at a home in Balcatta has been charged with murder.
The father of murdered British backpacker Peter Falconio has made an impassioned plea in the hope his killer will disclose the whereabouts of his son’s remains before he dies.
Matt Shrivell
Heartbroken sister Brooke Lane has called for anti-tampering laws for e-rideables after her brother Leigh Tagell’s death in a Kalgoorlie crash on Valentine’s Day.
Caitlyn Rintoul
Police have identified the vehicle involved in a hit-and-run on Hardie Road in Albany’s Spencer Park that claimed the life of a 57-year-old woman last Wednesday night, but have not yet laid charges.
Roger Cook has spoken about the remarkable journey endured by Carolina Wilga as she recovers at Fiona Stanley Hospital.
Caleb Runciman
A sophisticated steroid lab has been dismantled after intercepted packages of testosterone led border force officials to a drug den in Perth’s southern suburbs.
German backpacker Carolina Wilga was found by a member of the public injured and ravaged by mosquitoes but, miraculously, alive after 12 days missing in the outback.
Aerial images of the bushland where missing backpacker Carolina Wilga’s abandoned van was found show just how remote the area is and the bizarre situation in which her vehicle was left.
Police have this morning stepped up their search for Carolina Wilga — who has been missing for almost a fortnight — after finding her van abandoned in the Wheatbelt.
Jessica Evensen
Police have found the van belonging to a missing German backpacker who vanished in the Wheatbelt — but the young woman was not with the vehicle.
The 26-year-old German backpacker was last captured on CCTV on June 29 before vanishing in the Wheatbelt.
Caroline Wilga, 26, was last seen at a convenience store on Stirling Street, near the intersection of Goomalling-Toodyay Road in Toodyay on June 28.
The Australian Border Force and WA Police join forces to target illegal imports of cigarettes into the State.
Members of the public are urged not to approach the man if they see him, but to call police immediately.
Fraser Williams
A disturbed former Qantas flight attendant who ‘derived pleasure’ from sick child abuse content has learned his fate after police uncovered a giant haul of the vile material at his home in 2024.
Police have unveiled a brand new station in Perth’s east and a fleet of 12 cars for the crack squad tasked with catching serious offenders fast.
