A Preston Beach resident has recalled the moment he thought a plane falling from the sky before crashing was an ‘astronaut’ or a ‘space shuttle’.
Oliver Lane and Caleb Runciman
Daniel Hocking
Amid water concerns for struggling farmers, the Boyup Brook shire council has unanimously agreed to install a short-term standpipe off the Water Corporation’s Reservoir Dam.
Detectives are investigating a horrific sex attack in the South West after a teenage girl was attacked while walking down a street.
Caleb Runciman
WA’s only youth cattle handling camp came to Brunswick last week, offering young people from Exmouth to Albany the opportunity to test their skills and dip their toes into cattle handling.
Craig Duncan
The Pierce Brothers will return to the South West as part of a national tour following the release of their new album Everything Is Bigger Than Me.
Sean Van Der Wielen
A prostate cancer survivor is gearing up to take on a run of the the South West’s Cape to Cape track.
Josh Kempton
Busselton councillors have voted on a motion which could make certain fishing practices illegal off the Busselton Jetty.
Oliver Lane
Busselton Swimming Club achieved a strong set of results when it sent eight swimmers to the 2024 Australian Age Championships on the Gold Coast last week.
Ten members of the Fremantle Table Tennis Club came to Dunsborough last Saturday to take on a group of local players.
Over 10 million native animals meeting their end on our roads each year. Squashed, splattered and smacked by the unending barrage of vehicles.
It was a lively Wednesday morning in Yornup, when more than 250 people turned up to Yornup Hall for a farmers’ meeting hosted by WAFarmers.
Despite looking destined to go to an Australian Human Rights Commission mediation session, a last minute breakthrough has given hope the Bunbury Speedway could become accessible in the future.
The much-vaunted Rising Stars 2024 report by Canstar and Hotspotting ranks includes ten Perth suburbs in the list of 110 rising stars around the nation.
Kim Macdonald
The ATO has confirmed the 2024 superannuation thresholds will rise in line with predictions made in Your Money more than a month ago. Here’s everything you need to know and how to play the changes.
Nick Bruining
AFL expert Danielle Laidley runs the rule over every West Coast Eagle after a huge win and Fremantle Docker after another heartbreaker in round five. Here’s who starred and who struggled.
Danielle Laidley
They may not be in the same league as Leederville or Mount Lawley yet, but it’s only a matter of time before these Perth suburbs undergo the same trendy transformation. SEE THE SURPRISING LIST.
Raquel de Brito
Three men who carried out a violent home invasion, in which they bashed and robbed a grandmother while her husband was bound, are still on the run. WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGE
Lauren Price
A high-profile defamation lawyer representing Linda Reynolds has been fined heftily for professional misconduct after airing protected health information.
Claire Sadler
A 10-year-old Indigenous boy has taken his own life while in the care of the State Government.
A traveller has been fined after he was caught with tens of thousands of dollars’ worth of undeclared currency before departing on an overseas flight from Perth.
WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGE. Sickening details have emerged after a suburban home invasion in which a couple was viciously assaulted by a trio posing as police officers.
More attention is needed to support mothers at the women’s prison unit in Kalgoorlie-Boulder, an inspection review has found.
Anneke de Boer
The owner of a now-defunct cafe has been fined after he refused to pay for staff insurance and an at-work injury claim.
Holly Prentice
The Kalgoorlie CBD playground which opened a few months ago as part of a $16 million redevelopment project has been temporarily closed for “routine maintenance”.
A young teenage girl who had a stolen backyard table in her bedroom and stole a bag of lollies from an IGA store has received a good behaviour bond.
A project has begun to reduce the number of feral goldfish in the Vasse River, and the community is being encouraged to help.
Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell says the US economy, while otherwise strong, has not seen inflation come back to the central bank’s goal.
Jeff Cox
People with more money than their peers often ask you to transfer comically small amounts of money.
Aditi Shrikant
A majority of workers know the feeling of wanting to retract an email right after they’ve sent it, and the youngest professionals are the most likely to feel email regret.
Jennifer Liu
Oil prices could soar to $US100 per barrel and beyond, said market watchers, after Iran mounted an aerial attack against Israel reigniting fears of a regional war.
Lee Ying Shan
Police claim the 37-year-old drove at police cars, mounted footpaths, went through bollards and hit a garden brick wall.
The partner of the woman whose son fatally self-harmed in a WA prison has been sentenced in a Kalgoorlie court for breaching a police order put in place to protect her.
Tegan Guthrie
Labor politician Dave Kelly has called for landlords to show compassion amid the cost-of-living crisis, after recently setting a record for low rent on his investment property in a bid to help a single mother.
Set on a 3064sqm block in Mt Pleasant, the mansion built by late builder Syd Corser has been revealed as one of WA’s most stunning properties.
The Department of Communities would be barred from evicting children into homelessness and prevented from easily terminating tenancies if a bombshell Supreme Court challenge launching this week is successful.
Fair Game is putting a smile on the faces of children in socio-economically disadvantaged communities by promoting a fit and healthy Australia.
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