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Shock grading scandal prompts ECU executive dean to resign

The head of WA’s biggest teacher training institution has resigned after academics accused senior leaders of pressuring them to change grades so that failing students would pass.

Bethany Hiatt

AnimalsPremium‘Lucky to be alive’: Man rammed by shark

A young man has told of his frightening encounter with a shark that left him with “a little bit of poo in my pants”.

Melissa Iaria

Embattled CEO VideoCommentsPremiumFyfe backs herself in to fix ambulance woes at St John

St John WA chief executive Michelle Fyfe has labelled the suggestion the not-for-profit is financially incentivised to ramp its ambulances outside hospitals ‘insulting’.

Josh Zimmerman

PoliticsPremiumBig move to prevent Juukan Gorge repeat

A “long overdue” proposed law would seek to prevent the kind of destruction seen at Juukan Gorge from ever happening again.

Anton Nilsson

FatalTesla involved in fatal crash

A cyclist has died five days after being involved in a fatal crash with a Tesla.

Hamish Spence

Industrial dispute PremiumEx-cop ‘no longer eligible’ for union boss job: Commission

The former boss of the WA Police Union Harry Arnott has failed in his bid to win his job back, after WA’s Industrial Relations Commission revealed he was no longer a police officer.

Tim Clarke

Face to faceCommentsPremium‘In shock’: Perth man’s wild encounter with Swan River shark

A 20-year-old man has recounted his incredible brush with a massive bull shark in Matilda Bay on Thursday morning - but has vowed to jump back in the water as early as Friday.

Phil Hickey

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Ten minutes awayCommentsPremium
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St John WA paramedic not deployed as Georgina Wild was dying

St John WA had a qualified paramedic stationed at Joondalup Health Campus at the time Georgina Wild dialled triple zero complaining of chest pains – but never deployed them to assist the 80-year-old woman.

Josh Zimmerman

Family’s hell continuesPremiumHayley Dodd’s killer makes second bid to clear his name

The man twice convicted of killing Hayley Dodd has returned to WA’s highest court in a second bid to clear his name, maintaining claims an earring found in the investigation did not belong to the missing teen.

Shannon Hampton

Crazy encounter PremiumDiver ‘barged’ by 3.5m bull shark in Swan River

A diver has had a lucky escape in waters off Matilda Bay after being rammed by a 3.5m bull shark on Thursday morning.

Phil Hickey

PoliticsPremiumData reveals least politically loyal generation

New data has revealed how some Australians will cast their vote in the upcoming election on Saturday.

Daniela Pizzirani

Health problemsPremium‘Breaking point’: Ambo crisis linked to deaths

St John Ambulance could lose its contract in five years if it does not improve its service amid staff shortages linked to the deaths of at least two people.

Angie Raphael

‘Shocked and traumatised’CommentsPremiumFriend’s frantic bid to save man left waiting 2hrs for ambo

A neighbour has revealed how he tried in vain to save an elderly man who was waiting for an ambulance — just hours after grandmother Georgina Wild died on Sunday — leaving his family feeling ‘traumatised’.

Brianna Dugan

Brazen robberyPremiumPorter’s court return to defend gun-heist-accused delayed

Former Attorney-General Christian Porter’s first trial since he retired from politics to represent one of the men accused of a ‘highly-sophisticated’ gun heist has been delayed for a week because of COVID.

Emily Moulton

Coronavirus‘Significant weaknesses’ in Covid system

Highly sensitive information collected for Covid-19 contact tracing was put at risk due to a weak system, a scathing report has found.

Angie Raphael

Tragic development PremiumMan dies after leaving motorised bike and Tesla crash scene

A man has died days after a collision in Bellevue, after leaving the scene of the crash without realising the extent of his injuries.

Sarah Steger

CoronavirusWA Covid infections skyrocket

A woman aged in her 40s is among the new Covid-related deaths in Western Australia as the state hit a new unwanted record.

Angie Raphael

CrimePremiumPolice investigate brutal assault and robbery

Police are investigating a shocking assault in Perth’s south last week that resulted in the victim being hospitalised.

Hannah Cross

Stressed systemCommentsPremiumSt John WA should have ‘five years to sort ambo crisis’

A parliamentary inquiry has recommended St John WA be given up to five years to improve ambulance services before the WA Government awards the contract to a new provider or takes control of the fleet itself.

Josh Zimmerman

Record numbersCommentsPremiumWA COVID cases soar to new high as deaths mount

WA’s reported COVID infections have soared to a new record high.

Sarah Steger

Brutal beatingVideoPremiumRockingham man left with facial injures after violent attack

Rockingham detectives are investigating after a man was brutally beaten and robbed in a Rockingham underpass.

Sarah Steger

‘unfairly suffer’CommentsPremiumTown of Cottesloe fights to stop beachfront land development

The Town of Cottesloe is set to clash with the State Government over plans to restore the McCall Centre, and sell and develop the surrounding beachfront land.

Jake Dietsch

Election attackCommentsPerth Liberal MP slams ‘grubby’ ad campaign against him

The final days in the battle for Tangney have turned bitter, with sitting member Ben Morton blasting personal attack advertisements targeting him for spending too much time outside his home State.

Indigo Lemay-Conway

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WA man caught delivering $500K for crime syndicate jailed

A public servant moonlighting as a ‘runner’ for a WA crime syndicate has been jailed for three years after he was caught delivering half-a-million dollars to a western suburbs apartment.

Shannon Hampton