Peel/Rockingham

Port recommendations endorsedFreight with destiny

Local leaders say a new $4 billion container port in Kwinana will put the industrial area on the international stage and lead to a boom in the City’s population.

Chloe Fraser

Unfair dismissalBP worker sacked over Hitler vid wins $200,000

A WA oil refinery worker has been awarded more then $200,000 in lost earnings after he was wrongfully sacked for sharing a Downfall parody video.

STEM programScience and maths on school agenda

Primary school teachers in the Kwinana and Rockingham areas have kicked-off the term with a new STEM program.

School programSchool police program aims to stop crime

A Rockingham police officer has been inspired to design a program for school students, aimed at preventing crime by providing education to the community’s youth.

Holly Thompson

Noise upsets neighboursParty house halted

A beachfront holiday home that had some neighbours thinking about moving house to flee the noise from revellers, can no longer be used as an Airbnb.

Chloe Fraser

Share the DignityCupcakes for a cause

A Year 9 student has spent her year baking scones, cupcakes, muffins and biscuits to raise money for Share the Dignity.

Holly Thompson

Beach CupCup delivers bang for its buck

The Rotary Club of Palm Beach has secured $175,000 from the City of Rockingham to run the 2020 Rockingham Beach Cup.

Chloe Fraser

StrandedSea turtle ‘run over’ on Mandurah beach

Winter is a dangerous time for sea turtles as they can lose their battle with the currents and become stranded on South West beaches. WARNING GRAPHIC IMAGES

Ben Anderson

New jobsNew industrial land creates hundreds of jobs

The land will provide new opportunities for businesses and deliver an expected economic output of $114 million each year.

Holly Thompson

Ridge View$30M boost for Baldivis school

Ridge View Secondary College has received a $30 million investment into Stage 2 of their build.

Holly Thompson

Man chargedSingleton man charged with assault

A 35-year-old Singleton man has been charged after he allegedly assaulted two victims in Perth

Deadly disputeDrunk labourer jailed over fatal Warnbro hit-and-run

A former labourer who mowed down two men with his car while drunk, killing an innocent bystander and seriously injuring another, following a fight in Warnbro will spend the next 13 years in jail.

Emily Moulton

Mandurah tragedy‘Too beautiful for Earth’: Mum’s pain over bike tragedy

The shattered mother of an eight-year-old boy killed by a truck while riding his bike to school has laid bare her grief as she paid tribute to her ‘beautiful’ boy with an ‘infectious smile’.

Syan Dougherty

Robbed at gunpointArmed man robs pharmacy in uggs, surgical mask

Police said the man left clutching a number of boxes of medication moments later and was seen getting into a silver Chrysler 300C.

Sarah Steger

‘Nowhere to go’Rubbish truck crash leaves young man fighting for life

A young man is fighting for his life after a dramatic collision with a rubbish truck at a known blackspot, causing chaos for motorists trying to get to the nearby hospital.

Chloe Fraser

Monkey businessBeeliar ‘road-rage driver’ charged over truck climb

A Perth driver who was run over by a truck he had allegedly climbed — and fallen from — during a nasty road rage incident in Baldivis last month has been charged.

Phil Hickey

Critical conditionRubbish truck crash leaves young man fighting for life

A young man is in a critical condition after a serious crash with a rubbish truck left him trapped inside his car.

Sarah Steger

Touching tributes‘Much loved’ Perth student mourned after tragic death

Students and parents have laid flowers, teddies and messages where an eight-year-old was killed while riding his bike this morning, with his school mourning a boy who ‘will be greatly missed’.

Caitlyn Rintoul & Jake Dietsch

Wannanup shootingArmed man ‘lurched’ at WA cop before fatal shooting

A WA officer who fatally shot a knife-wielding man has broken down during a Coroner’s inquest as she recounted the moment the 22-year-old got closer to her despite warnings he could be shot.

Phil Hickey

Driver questionedSchoolboy hit and killed metres from hospital

An eight-year-old boy hit and killed by a truck riding his bicycle to school was only a few hundred metres from a hospital. The truck driver has been questioned by police and is receiving counselling.

Caitlyn Rintoul

Surf lifesavingSecret Harbour women lead in surf lifesaving

Laura Adolphus and Carolyn Wilson will take part in an inaugural women’s mentoring program aimed at addressing the low numbers of females taking up leadership positions in surf lifesaving.

Holly Thompson

preston beachTourists flood Preston

Preston Beach was inundated with tourists last week, with families opting to head to the seaside town for the first school holidays since COVID-19 travel restrictions were lifted.

Briana Fiore