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‘She’s been taken’VideoCommentsAching couple’s heart-wrenching plea for Cleo

Ellie Smith has made a heart-wrenching plea with the person who snatched her little girl as she revealed more details about the morning she went missing.

Shannon Hampton

More arrestsPremiumHuge number of bikies targeted in new AN0M raids

Police around the country are preparing to swoop on a second significant wave of alleged criminals who were unwittingly using the FBI’s encrypted ‘AN0M’ messaging app.

Tim Clarke

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‘reckless and irresponsible’CommentsPremium
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Goiran questions lawfulness of mandated jabs

Shadow Attorney General Nick Goiran has questioned the lawfulness of the McGowan Government’s sweeping ‘no jab, no job’ policy in a ‘sponsored’ post on Facebook.

Peter Law

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Devastating mysteryPremium
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The 20 burning questions about Cleo’s disappearance

It’s the mystery that has shocked WA, but getting to the bottom of little Cleo’s disappearance is proving much harder than initially hoped. Here are the 20 burning questions that must be answered.

Travel boostCommentsWA to allow quarantine-free travel from Qld

People travelling from Queensland to WA will not be required to quarantine from Wednesday, as the State Government moves to reclassify the state as ‘very low risk’.

Charlotte Elton

‘Awful twist of fate’PremiumSon jailed over ‘reckless’ drink-driving death of dad

A WA judge has told a young concreter that he will have to spend the rest of his life knowing that his ‘selfish and reckless’ behaviour caused his father’s death — before sending him to jail.

Emily Moulton

WAMan in custody after body found

West Australian police are questioning a man over the death of an adult whose body was found in bushland on Sunday.

Catie McLeod

Important milestoneCommentsAustralia’s most endangered reptile given massive boost

WA Environment Minister Amber-Jade Sanderson hopes the program will ‘safeguard’ the future of the species.

Michael Traill

‘Extremely concerning’CommentsPremiumAMA slams ‘unacceptable’ maternity bypass numbers

WA hospitals called dozens of maternity bypasses over a three-month period — a figure the Australian Medical Association WA has slammed as ‘not acceptable’.

Charlotte Elton

Prison timePremiumAnother Demons fan jailed for grand final border breach

A Melbourne fan who sneaked across the WA border to witness the Demons’ historic AFL Grand final win has been sent to prison.

Tim Clarke

Family affairPremiumNev Power’s son involved in helicopter ‘COVID breach’

Businessman Neville Power allegedly breached WA’s border restrictions on a private chopper with his son Nick, who previously dated Bachelorette Brooke Blurton, it can be revealed.

Peter Law

InquiryFixing Crown’s woes ‘not rocket science’

New chair Ziggy Switkowski has told a royal commission examining Crown Resorts’ affairs the company’s compliance issues can still be fixed.

Melissa Iaria

Hunt for cluesVideo‘Credible sources’ saw car at centre of Cleo mystery

A chance sighting of a car turning off Blowholes Road in the dead of night, about the time Cleo Smith vanished from a nearby campsite, could be the crucial clue police need to find the four-year-old.

Restoring trustPremiumCrown boss insists culture change can fix problems

Crown’s new chairman Ziggy Switkowski admits the gambling giant needs to change — and any staff who can’t make the transition will not be welcome in the organisation.

Tim Clarke

Right moveCommentsPremiumWorkforce vaccine mandate a bold but vital measure

‘Until Wednesday’s announcement, we were in a holding pattern. Some people were delaying vaccination for a stronger impetus, while others were content to keep life as it is.’

Katie Attwell

No stone unturnedVideoPolice collect local CCTV in search for mystery car

Officers have collected CCTV from businesses and homes along North West Coastal Highway after receiving calls they may have vision that can help the investigation into Cleo Smith’s disappearance.

Brianna Dugan

VisionWoman’s frightening act in busy tunnel

Shocking footage has emerged of a woman stumbling across lanes in a busy tunnel, forcing motorists to dodge her.

Anthony Piovesan

Personal plea‘Give her back’: McGowan’s fresh Cleo plea

Amid a $1 million reward for information, the Premier has made his own plea for anyone who has taken Cleo Smith to return her to her devastated family.

Briana Fiore

Hunt them downCommentsPremium‘We’ll find you’: top cop’s warning to McGowan’s trolls

Acting WA Police Commissioner Col Blanch has vowed to hunt down and ‘bring to justice’ anyone who bombarded Premier Mark McGowan’s phone with threats last week.

Daryna Zadvirna

Laying down lawPremium‘No one is above WA’s COVID laws’: McGowan on Nev Power

Premier Mark McGowan says ‘no one is above the law’ after the man who spearheaded Australia’s COVID-19 economic task force, Neville Power, was charged with breaching WA’s quarantine laws.

Briana Fiore

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On the run paedophiles register website down

As the search for little Cleo Smith intensifies, it can be revealed that the missing dangerous sex offenders register is no longer available to access on the WA Government website.

Daryna Zadvirna

Defence droppedNew twist in Palmer McGowan battle

Clive Palmer has moved to drop large parts of his defence to allegations he defamed Western Australia’s premier after losing a separate legal battle.

Heath Parkes-Hupton

Silence brokenVideoStepdad’s first post since little Cleo vanished

Cleo Smith’s stepfather has posted about the little girl’s disappearance for the first time since she vanished from the family’s tent while on a camping trip more than a week ago.

Staff writer

TerrifyingVideoPremium‘Violent struggle’ before cops fired fatal shots

In the frantic seconds before police fired the two or three shots that killed a man in Gosnells on Monday, a violent struggle had broken out resulting in one officer being stabbed.

Sarah Steger & Briana Fiore