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Basil ZempilasCommentsPremium
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Kirkup’s impact may be just what WA Libs need

My mum’s 91. I called her on the way home from work on Wednesday night and she asked me during our chat “what do you think about Zak Kirkup?”

Basil Zempilas

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Nowhere to goPremium
The West Australian exclusive
Shortage forces desperate mother to sleep on beach

The mother of an alleged child sexual abuse victim was forced to sleep on a South West beach this week with her teenage daughter because of a shortage of emergency accommodation.

Annabel Hennessy

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The West Australian exclusive
Nightmare hits homeCommentsPremium
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Annaliesse’s grieving family forced to move five times

The mother of Annaliesse Ugle, the 11-year-old who tragically took her own life after her alleged rapist was granted bail, is living in a cramped motel room — the fifth home in just a few short weeks.

Annabel Hennessy

DNA breakthroughPremiumMan charged over terrifying 2009 cold case sex attack

Advances in DNA and forensic technology have helped detectives make a major breakthrough into a cold case rape attack at a remote location in Perth’s southern suburbs over a decade ago.

Phil Hickey

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Action needed on shameful Aboriginal housing crisis

The conditions in which many WA First Nations families have been forced to live are nothing short of a disgrace. Urgent action is needed to tackle the problem on a comprehensive scale.

Playtime’s overCommentsPremiumHow your kids’ toys could be spying on you

Parents are being warned about the privacy risks posed by popular internet-connected toys such as smartwatches, talking dolls and robots, which can expose families to surveillance and hacking.

Rhianna Mitchell

House That!CommentsPremiumCouncillor lists only City of Perth property

Newly elected City of Perth councillor Catherine Lezer has readvertised her only property in the local government area — less than a month after the elections.

Caitlyn Rintoul

Powering up jobsCommentsPremiumWA steps on gas with world-first hydrogen project

Western Australia will test a world-first hydrogen-powered microgrid after a new project was approved 800km north-west of Perth — a move that will create dozens of jobs in the remote area.

Lanai Scarr

Call for changeCommentsPremiumHow blue trees became WA brother’s tragic legacy

Jayden Whyte’s shock death was the impetus for The Blue Tree Project in which hundreds of trees around Australia are painted blue in the hope of confronting the stigma of suicide.

Steve Butler

BUYING V RENTINGCommentsPremiumBuying a ‘no brainer’ as WA rentals hit ‘crisis levels’

With WA rental costs set to soar as vacancy rates fall below one per cent, REIWA says — despite rising house prices in 2021 — ‘if you can afford to buy... you will be a lot financially better off’.

Danielle Le Messurier

‘Willing to risk arrest’CommentsPremiumExtinction Rebellion plan ‘civil disobedience’ in CBD

Parts of Perth’s CBD could be brought to a standstill tomorrow as Extinction Rebellion climate protesters plan to hold a music festival on the Malcolm Street Bridge.

Michael Traill

Five-year dealCommentsPremiumSculpture by the Sea returns for 2021 despite cash woes

The founder of the financially-troubled Sculpture by the Sea says it will go ahead in 2021 after he reached a five-year deal with Cottesloe Council.

Jon Bassett

Viveash crashPremiumHit-and-run driver admits ‘I took the coward’s way out’

An unlicensed driver who fled the scene of a horror crash that left two people critically injured says he regrets not stopping to help the victims ‘more than anything I’ve ever regretted in my life’.

Shannon Hampton and Cassidy Mosconi

Party ‘conspiracy’CommentsPremium‘Dirt file’: Quigley calls for names of tipped-off Libs

Attorney General John Quigley has called on Opposition leader Zak Kirkup to reveal the identity of current Liberal MPs warned a laptop at the centre of a corruption probe contained a ‘dirt file’.

Peter Law

Miracle MilliMum says Milli ‘knocked on heaven’s door’ after surgery

The Perth family of brave cancer fighter Amelia ‘Milli’ Lucas say they are ‘blown away by her determination and will’ following her most recent round of surgery by neurosurgeon Dr Charlie Teo.

Phil Hickey

Ground beefCommentsPremiumDog Swamp Hungry Jack’s in Westpac legal bunfight

A Supreme Court legal battle is flaming over a culinary icon of Perth’s inner northern suburbs — the drive-through at Hungry Jack’s Dog Swamp.

Neale Prior

HouseThat!CommentsPremiumEx-Eagle’s empty nest up for sale ahead of flight east

Don Pyke is spreading his wings for Sydney ahead of his new Swans coaching gig in 2021, listing his mansion in a prestigious pocket of Perth on the market.

Caitlyn Rintoul & Kim MacDonald

Shock corruption reportCommentsPremiumPhone calls, texts reveal MPs warned of ‘dirt file’

A former Liberal MP contacted current members of Parliament to warn them the CCC had seized a laptop containing “a little s**t file”, according to a bombshell report. READ THE TRANSCRIPTS HERE

Peter Law and Josh Zimmerman

CCC explainerCommentsPremiumPenthouse Club and $1k lap dances: How MPs splashed out

An explosive new Corruption and Crime Commission report details how three Upper House MPs abused taxpayer funds to pay for strip clubs, interstate wine trips and expensive meals.

Josh Zimmerman

Here comes the sunCamera IconPremiumBeach and bakeries top of Leavers list on day four

Day four of Leavers saw dusty party-goers head to the beach or Dunsborough's town centre after a big week of celebrations.

Historic momentCommentsPremium$1.3 billion native title deal clears final hurdle

The High Court of Australia today dismissed all special leave applications challenging the registration of the six Indigenous Land Use Agreements that form the South West Native Title Settlement.

Rangi Hirini

Bombshell reportCommentsPremiumSeven-year ‘sham’ job for Lib MP’s lover exposed

A bombshell report from the Corruption and Crime Commission has revealed how three politicians used taxpayers’ money to fund ‘personal lifestyle expenses’. READ THE FULL REPORT

Josh Zimmerman & Peter Law

Open firePremiumWoman charged after multiple shots fired at beach

A woman has been arrested after allegedly opening fire at a Perth beach. Police were called to the shocking scene at Long Point beach just after 2:45pm yesterday.

Daryna Zadvirna

Road rageDriver allegedly stabbed after Freo car crash

A minor car crash in Fremantle could have major consequences after a driver was allegedly stabbed with a broken golf club yesterday.

Daryna Zadvirna

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