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Cosy at the Quay is set to evoke a European winter by offering free, family-friendly activities from noon to 10pm on July 18-20.

PerthCommentsSchool holiday ‘snow’ forecast for Perth CBD

From next week it is set to snow in Elizabeth Quay every hour from 1pm to 9pm.

Kellie Balaam

Nedlands mayor Fiona Argyle says the mass resignation of councillors on Monday was due to a 2024 proposed rates rise.

Council crisisComments‘Why Nedlands councillors turned against me’

Sacked mayor Fiona Argyle has revealed where she believes the uprising against her from within — which came to a council-imploding head this week — really began.

Matt Zis

Bring your re-usable cup to a cafe in the City of Vincent and you may just get a coffee on the house.

WA newsCommentsWake up and smell the coffee! Go plastic free

To celebrate Plastic Free July, City of Vincent staff will be taking to the streets to offer free coffee as a reward to locals who drink from reusable cups.

Sophie Gannon

Photo of Eileen Bond. Suppiled by family

WA NewsCommentsA-listers to descend on Fremantle for Eileen Bond’s funeral

Social, business and political A-listers from across Australia will gather at St Patrick’s Basilica to farewell the socialite.

Ben Harvey

Indiana Tea House, Cottesloe.

PropertyCommentsPremiumThe seven western suburbs where property prices are falling

Research shows houses in seven of the 22 western suburbs have fallen in value by tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars in the past 12 months.

Kim Macdonald

Perth’s rental prices have hit a new high in more pain for crunched household budgets.

EconomyCommentsPerth rent hits new high in more pain for crunched budgets

Surging rental prices in Perth now account for more than 60 per cent of a single person’s weekly disposable earnings in what has been described as another hit to already stretched household budgets.

Cheyanne Enciso

Dean English and his partner Sharon both lost their right leg in a horror motorbike crash.

Disaster and EmergencyPerth couple both lose a leg after surviving horror crash

A Perth couple remarkably survived a motorcycle crash - but were left with the same devastating injuries.

Jerrie Demasi 7NEWS

140 St Georges Terrace Perth

Commercial propertyCommentsPremiumChanging of the guard on city skyline

The writing is on the wall - or more precisely, on the roof, at the former AMP tower.

Kim Macdonald

Victoria Park will lower its planned rate rise by one per cent.

Local governmentCommentsPremiumVic Park backs down on rate rise over cost-of-living crisis

Victoria Park mayor Karen Vernon said it had responded to feedback from residents and lowered the rate increase, which was ‘sufficient to cover the town’s operating and capital expenditure’.

Sophie Gannon

A driver has been charged following a dangerous police chase after allegedly stealing a woman’s car from a shopping centre carpark.

CrimePremiumDriver faces charges over hijacking car, police chase

It is alleged the 44-year-old woman stole the car from a shopping centre on Albany Highway in Kelmscott before speeding away from police.

Jessica Evensen

RPH Noongar Co-Naming event with WA Minister of Health Hon Meredith Hammant MLA. Francine Eades EMHS Area Director of Aboriginal Health – Ben Noteboom RPBG Executive Director – Minister for Health Meredith Hammat - Aunt Sandra Harbin - Ken Nicholls RPBG Manager of Aboriginal Health - Sandra Miller EMHS Acting Chief Executive.

HealthRoyal Perth Hospital co-named Walbirring Karlup

The hospital on Tuesday said it had been co-named the Noongar phrase during NAIDOC Week, following extensive consultation with at least 20 First Nations people. 

Jessica Evensen

A Singapore Airlines flight from Brisbane to Singapore has been diverted to Perth because of a ‘technical issues while airborne’.

AviationComments‘Technical issues’ force Singapore flight to land in Perth

A Singapore Airlines flight from Brisbane to Singapore has been diverted to Perth because of ‘technical issues while airborne’.

Jessica Evensen

Scarboro Hardware will close their doors after 40 years.

‘Irreplaceable’CommentsLocals devastated as Perth hardware store forced to close

The family run store announced they will shut their doors at the end of the year. 

Fraser Williams

Allan Jason Dean Howard leaves Armadale Court on Monday morning with his lawyer. Kelsey Reid

CRIMEPremiumPICTURED: Tradie accused of scamming people across Perth

An accused con-artist tradie who allegedly stole thousands in deposits from victims and never completed renovation works across Perth has been identified. 

Caleb Runciman

Muuray Mews “coffee rave” at Murray Mews, 329 Murray St, Perth.

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The Perth rave where caffeine is the only drug you’re on

The music is pumping, the drinks are flowing and the sun is. . . high in the sky?

Kate Emery

A creeping deluge of human waste sliding into Perth’s Swan River in June.

PerthCommentsWarning as pipe debacle contaminates Swan River with sewage

People have been warned to stay out of parts of the Swan River after the second major pipe burst in a month saw sewerage spewing into the waterway.

Caitlin Vinci

Alfred Cove crash on Canning Highway.

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Woman fighting for life after crash on major Perth highway

The woman in her 60s was rushed to Royal Perth Hospital under lights and sirens.

Taylor Renouf

Police from (ROG) Regional Operations Group operating out of the Maylands Police Complex.

WA newsMotorist, pedestrian fighting for life in separate accidents

Two people have been left fighting for life in separate accidents north and south of Perth.

Troy de Ruyter

Christine Hamilton-Prime and her husband, Dr Ganesa Raja.

Local GovernmentCommentsYoungest-ever councillor’s bid to become first female mayor

A councillor has embarked on a campaign to be the first woman to become the mayor of one of Perth’s biggest councils.

Justin Bianchini

Fight breaks out during UK rapper’s Perth concert at RAC Arena

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WATCH: Teen punches woman ‘unconscious’ at RAC Arena concert

WA Police have charged a 17-year-old boy after the shocking incident at Central Cee’s concert at RAC Arena on Wednesday night.

Kellie Balaam

A young girl was terrified of returning to class for days after a Year 3 boy allegedly made a death threat then showed her a knife he had smuggled into a primary school in Perth’s south.

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Mum’s ‘horror’ after boy scares girls, takes knife to school

A young girl was terrified of returning to class for days after a Year 3 boy allegedly made a death threat then showed her a knife he had smuggled into a primary school in Perth’s south.

Bethany Hiatt

Reagan Ainslie Chown (left) killed WA Police Constable Anthony Woods (right).

Courts & JusticePremiumFIFO worker who killed ‘larger-than-life’ WA cop learns fate

Reagan Ainslie Chown — the meth-fuelled car thief who killed a young constable in the line of duty — has been sentenced.

Sarah Steger

The Riviere Residences, developed by Edge Visionary Living and designed by Hillam Architects, comprises three buildings.

PropertyCommentsPremiumHigh-end apartment complex officially opens in Applecross

The development includes a 25m infinity pool, sauna, spa, theatre, wine cellar, private dining rooms, whisky den, gold-class style cinema, a gymnasium, a yoga studio and five-star games and entertainment room.

Sophie Gannon

Police say a Toyota Yaris sedan sped off after failing to stop about 3.10am on Thursday. 

CrimeDriver on run following dangerous police chase through Perth

Police say a Toyota Yaris sedan sped off after failing to stop about 3.10am on Thursday. 

Jessica Evensen