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Netball’s back!WA Netball League set for July 3 start

The WANL fixtures are set to be released next month, with Netball WA and the clubs still working on them.

Mitchell Woodcock

Swansong?Peters prepares Delta for potential swansong

Mississippi Delta will be first up after an almost five month break, when she won the $400,000 Group 2 Perth Cup.

Mitchell Woodcock

READ THE EXCLUSIVE FIGURESWA rich kids sign up for JobSeeker in droves

EXCLUSIVE: The number of adult children living with their parents in Perth’s ritziest suburbs signing up to the dole has surged in recent months, The West Australian can reveal.

Josh Zimmerman

EXCLUSIVEPalmer launches legal battle over border snub

Clive Palmer has launched his legal challenge of WA’s border closure, arguing it is unconstitutional and discriminatory to deny him entry to the State, The West Australian can reveal.

Josh Zimmerman and Peter Law

Perth hospital send-offGuard of honour for ‘miracle’ Artania virus survivor

A German tourist who came perilously close to dying from COVID-19 was given a hero’s salute as he walked out of Joondalup Health Campus having made a miraculous recovery.

Phil Hickey

War of wordsPolitical battle flares up over WA’s border stoush

WA’s recovery from COVID-19 is turning nasty, with Labor and the Liberals trading political insults at the same time as tens of thousands of West Australians are out of work due to the crisis.

Peter Law and Josh Zimmerman

Osmington tragedyFather’s letter prompts ‘unprecedented’ Quigley move

Attorney General John Quigley has asked for legal advice over a potential public inquest into the Osmington shooting after the father of the children killed wrote him an open letter over the tragedy.

Phil Hickey

State electionWA Liberal pulls out of State race after investigation

Christopher Tan was pre-selected for next year’s State election but has resigned following an investigation by the WA Liberal Party.

Peter Law

Stabbing attackPerth grandfather ‘millimetres’ away from paralysis

A Perth grandfather who was stabbed in the head and neck last week has revealed how close he came to being paralysed.

Ana Hay and Phil Hickey

‘Rockstar’ to real estateReal estate agent allegedly steals home open signs

EXCLUSIVE: An award-winning ‘rockstar’ real estate agent who sells multi-million dollar beachfront mansions has been charged with stealing home open signs.

Kim Macdonald

More troubleBaby-dropping mum in court again over stolen clothes

A mum who was spared jail after she dropped her newborn child, then failed to get medical help for her fractured skull, found herself in court again today for stealing baby clothes.

Shannon Hampton

Intensive supervision orderPerth child sex doll maker avoids jail term

A man who made his own child sex dolls with internal heating and Bluetooth capability “because he was lonely” has been placed on another intensive supervision order.

Emily Moulton

Fashion forcesWA eco-creator backs Wintour’s fashion warning

Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour has issued a harsh warning to the global fashion industry, saying brands need to become eco-friendly - and she’s got the support of an up-and-coming WA designer.

Jessie Stoelwinder

WATCH THE SHOCKING FOOTAGECCTV catches storm ripping roof off Geraldton home

Shocking security camera footage has emerged of the moment WA’s mega storm, caused by Ex-Tropical Cyclone Mangga, tore the roof off a house in the State’s Mid West.

Coronavirus restrictions‘No reason’ for State borders to remain closed: Hunt

There is currently no Commonwealth advice or expert body in favour of state border closures, Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt says.

Sarah Ison

Breaking the shacklesBroome businesses ‘now one step closer to certainty’

The Broome Chamber of Commerce and Industry says it’s time to gear up for visitors after the State Government revealed it has taken the first step to allowing travel to the Kimberley to resume.

Jakeb Waddell

Power playJenna Clarke: WA police sex scandal has bigger lesson

This should not be about some greedy corporate fat-cat getting his comeuppance, Sarah Colja’s story is a lesson in how, much like privilege, power is invisible to those who have it says Jenna Clarke.

Jenna ClarkeAssistant Editor

Borders downWA borders down for long weekend despite four new cases

Western Australians will be able to travel freely anywhere in the state besides the Kimberley in time for the WA Day long weekend, Premier Mark McGowan revealed this afternoon.

Josh Zimmerman

Happy or horrorWhat a WA staycation is like in a post-isolation world

Will we be saying goodbye to reading by the pool and the brekkie buffet and hello to room service by masked staff? Two West Australian journalists dish on their recent WA hotel experiences.

Jade Jurewicz and Lily Hoffmann

Hard-hit industryWA artists to share in $1.5m COVID support package

Culture and Arts Minister David Templeman said people working in creative industries had been especially hard hit by COVID-19, watching as their incomes all but disappear as a result of travel bans.

Josh Zimmerman

Road to recoveryLIVE: Premier expected to ease restrictions

Premier Mark McGowan is expected to announce eased restrictions across WA during today’s coronavirus press briefing. Watch the announcement live here at 12.30pm.

Another blowStorm unleashes ‘all merry hell’ on Mid West

WA’s storm of the decade has smashed the State’s Mid West coastline, with damaging winds and downpours causing beach erosion, fallen power lines and stripping farming land of its valuable topsoil.

Caitlyn Rintoul