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Leslie Grantham was shot, burnt and left for dead outside Rockingham Hospital.

BikiesPremiumBikie shot and left for dead at Rockingham Hospital revealed

A senior Comanchero bikie who was shot, burnt and left for dead outside Rockingham Hospital is the gang’s one-time sergeant-at-arms Leslie ‘Lethal Les’ Grantham.

Jessica Evensen and Ben Harvey

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NewsAussie housing truth no one wanted to hear

An international housing affordability study has backed up what many Aussies already know – four major Australian cities are ‘impossibly unaffordable’.

Emma Kirk

Michael Anthony Woodhall, 51, has been jailed for more than 20 years.

Courts & Justice PremiumSerial rapist jailed for 20 years over 1990s sex attacks

For almost three decades serial rapist Michael Anthony Woodhall went unpunished for the brutal and terrifying attacks he unleashed on four innocent women in the 1990s. On Friday he was jailed.

Emily Moulton

While there has been little to no rain so far this month, the tides are turning with a high chance of a cold front in the metro area next week. 

WeatherCommentsWarm May continues with rain on the horizon

Perth’s warm weather looks set to carry on past May with uncharacteristically high temperatures looking likely to continue through June.   

Fraser Williams

Food company Fresh Frontier has issued a recall notice for its spicy chicken mango pasta product. Supplied

FoodUrgent recall for contaminated chicken

An urgent alert has been issued for a contaminated chicken product sold at IGA and Farmer Jacks stores, with authorities warning pregnant women are at risk.

Duncan Evans

The boat after the fire.

WA newsAbandoned boat goes up in flames in the middle of the night

The boat had been stranded on the sandbar in Point Walter for months.

Caitlin Vinci

An elderly man has died as a result of a crash at the intersection of Lion Street and Albany Highway in April.

Fatal crashElderly man dies in hospital after Albany Highway crash

An elderly man has tragically died almost a month after he was injured in a serious crash in Centennial Park in Albany after a light truck and hatchback collided on Lion Street.

Cameron Newbold

Lauren Vivian Brown has been jailed.

Courts & JusticePremiumDV victim jailed for killing her sugar daddy

A woman who fatally stabbed her abusive partner in their Joondalup apartment after just 142 days together has been put behind bars.

Rebecca Le May

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CrimePremiumBikie shot, burnt, dumped at hospital: cops

A bike was found dumped outside a hospital emergency room with gun shot wounds and burns from people who allegedly tried to remove his gang tattoos.

Emma Kirk

WA newsPremiumPilbara miner dies after being wrestled to the ground

Homicide squad and internal affairs officers are investigating the death of a miner at Newman Hospital following a physical struggle.

Sarah Steger, Jessica Evensen and Adrian Rauso

The crash scene on Brand Highway at the intersection with Endeavour Drive in Wandina.

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Young woman dies after two cars collided in Geraldton

The 20-year-old was taken to hospital where she later died from her injuries. 

Josephine Hingst and Jessica Evensen

Anne Aly has sold her investment property in Wilson.

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Aly a property investment millionaire after Perth house sale

The freshly minted Minister for Small Business has more than proven her commercial nous with the sale of an investment property she bought in Wilson.

Kim Macdonald

The teacher has been on leave since Premier Roger Cook ordered the department to “revisit its response” after The West’s front page story.

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Boost in anti-Semitism guidance for schools after review

WA public schools are bolstering their approach to managing anti-Semitism after a teacher’s classroom tribute to a dead terrorist leader triggered an inquiry.

Bethany Hiatt

The union is using Wednesday’s no-vote on the Port Hedland general employee agreement as the trigger for industrial action. 

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Wharfies union prepare to strike in resources-rich Pilbara

Australia’s economic engine room is heading for its first industrial strike in 17 years, with the wharfies union preparing to down tools in the resources-rich Pilbara.

Ben Harvey

Pictured at Optus Stadium are Premier Roger Cook and Sport and Recreation Minister Rita Saffioti who were speaking on plans to develop the Burswood Precinct. Ian Munro

State PoliticsPremiumPremier holds confidence in proposed Burswood Park face lift

Roger Cook remains confident he can sway opinion towards plans to redevelop Burswood Park into an ‘entertainment and sporting precinct’ as the Government starts community consultation on the contentious project

Dylan Caporn

The 77-year-old pedestrian was declared dead at the scene.

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Woman dies after being hit by car on major Perth highway

The 77-year-old pedestrian was declared dead at the scene.

Ella Loneragan and Jessica Evensen

The driver was allegedly doing burnouts in a grey Holden Commodore on Gwendoline Drive in Beldon.

CrimeVideo‘Beyond disappointing’: Driver caught hooning in school zone

Police have called for help from the public to find a driver who was allegedly hooning in a school zone in Perth’s northern suburbs while students were in the area. 

Ella Loneragan

Louise Carruthers walks out of Magistrates court on Friday afternoon.

State PoliticsCommentsPremiumVenuesWest hires ex-CCC officer at centre of bombshell probe

Premier Roger Cook has questioned the ‘gap in the system’ that allowed a former senior CCC officer accused of having an intimate relationship with an informant to land a senior government job.

Sarah Steger

A man accused of ramming a police car injuring two officers following a dangerous pursuit through a Perth suburb had two juveniles inside and was already on bail for other offences, a court was told.

Courts & justice PremiumDriver accused of ramming police car had kids inside

A man accused of ramming a police car and injuring two officers after a dangerous pursuit through Perth had two juveniles inside and was already on bail for other offences, a court has been told.

Emily Moulton

Thousands of Aussies found a new job in April. NewsWire / David Crosling

BusinessShock jump in Australia’s employment rate

A staggering number of Australians have found a new job in the month of April, but it could impact houses.

Cameron Micallef

Police are probing a suspicious fire at manufacturing business in Perth’s east.

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Cops probe suspicious early morning Midvale bushfire

Police are probing a suspicious fire at manufacturing business in Midvale.

Jessica Evensen

Stephen Dawson, Regional Development Minister, arrives ahead of the ceremony. The official Swearing-in Ceremony of the new Cook Labor Ministry at Government House. Pictured in the Government House Ballroom. Danella Bevis

WA NewsCommentsWA-first strategy launched to converge medical research

A clinical trials ‘roadmap’ will be launched in Bunbury today that aims to set out a plan to bring together research by universities, hospitals and medical research institutes to improve health outcomes.

Pulse 2025 artist Damien Hoffman and work The 51st State.

WA NewsPremiumPulse art piece a bitter reflection of homelessness crisis

Damien Hoffman said his art piece, The 51’st State - featured in this year’s The West Australian Pulse exhibition - portrayed Australia’s bitter rental and homelessness crisis. 

Jessica Evensen

A 3D billboard in the Pavilion Kuala Lumpur shopping precinct showcasing the whale shark and Western Australia.

State politicsCommentsPremiumWA tourism market targeted with Walking on a Dream campaign

Western Australia is now being targeted to potential travellers from a key tourism market which has struggled to rebound since the pandemic.

Oliver Lane