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A game where teens stalk and shoot each other using water guns — prompting police warnings in Australia and overseas — has become wildly popular in Perth.

WA NewsVideoComments‘Genuine threat’: Police issue warning over trending game

A game where teens stalk and shoot each other using water guns — prompting police warnings in Australia and overseas — has become wildly popular in Perth.

Bethany Hiatt

FluMist — a needle-free alternative to flu vaccinations — became available for free for WA children between the ages of two to under 12, but the rollout has stalled less than one week in.

Public HealthVideoCommentsNeedle-free flu vax rollout stalls after just one week

FluMist — a needle-free alternative to flu vaccinations — became available for free for WA children between the ages of two to under 12, but the rollout has stalled less than one week in.

Claire Sadler

Perth is set to enjoy a further drop in fuel prices on Monday, as the cost at our bowsers gradually begin to fall since the war in the Middle East began at the beginning of March.

FUELVideoCommentsMore relief for Perth motorists as fuel prices to drop again

Perth is set to enjoy a further drop in fuel prices on Monday, as the cost at our bowsers gradually begin to fall since the war in the Middle East began at the beginning of March. 

Katherine Kraayvanger

Premier Roger Cook has guaranteed that six public school sites will be safe for the return of hundreds of students for the start of Term 2, one week after the Maddington area was blanketed with toxic smoke from a blaze at a lithium-ion battery recycling facility. Sandra Jackson

EMERGENCYCommentsMajor update for Perth schools after toxic smoke emergency

A Hazmat incident warning is still in place on Sunday as firefighters continued to remove hazardous materials from the site in Maddington, seven days after the facility went up in flames on April 12.

Bethany Hiatt

Prison bosses have been left red-faced after occult-loving podcaster Tobias Marcus Nuttall, who admitted murdering his fiancee in a brutal stabbing, was given a cushy job in Casuarina’s library.

COURTVideoPremiumDV monster gets cushy library job in WA prison

Prison bosses have been left red-faced after an occult-loving podcaster who admitted murdering his fiancee in a brutal stabbing was given a cushy job in Casuarina’s library.

Ben Harvey

Roger Cook, pictured with Rita Saffioti (left) has not ruled out further targeted relief measures in this year’s State Budget to help ease rising cost-of-living pressures for West Australian households.

State PoliticsVideoCommentsPremiumPremier refuses to rule out more cost-of-living relief

Roger Cook has not ruled out further targeted relief measures in this year’s State Budget to help ease rising cost-of-living pressures for West Australian households.

Bethany Hiatt

A teenager has died after he was unresponsive when pulled from the Prince Regent River.

Disaster and EmergencyTeenager dies in tragic WA river drowning

A teenager has died after he was unresponsive when pulled from a river in the remote Kimberley. 

Claire Sadler

Opinion: If you can find $100m of taxpayer dollars for the Perth Bears, surely you can find $30m to fix up the disgraceful Cottesloe Foreshore

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Iconic WA stretch is a patchwork quilt of disgrace

If you can find the cash to pour at least $100 million into a new rugby league side for WA, then surely you can find $30m to fix the embarrassment that is the Cottesloe foreshore.

JOE SPAGNOLO

Police investigate a fatal crash in Hamilton Hill between a car and a pedestrian.

PolicePremiumPedestrian dies after being hit by car on major Perth road

Major crash investigators are appealing for any witnesses to contact Crime Stoppers.

Claire Sadler

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FUELPremiumSubtle sign reveals surprise fuel panic truth

New data has revealed a surprising detail about Australia’s fuel spending, as the Iran war continues to rage and a key shipping lane remains blocked.

Kate Stephenson

The State Government has announced a major update to free public transport across WA, as part of a $70.1 million Budget measure. Pictured: Rita Saffioti and Roger Cook.

Free transport CommentsMajor update to free public transport across WA

The State Government has announced a major update to free public transport across WA, as part of a $70.1 million Budget measure.

Joe Spagnolo

The so-called Catalpa Rescue of April 19, 1876, has just about everything a journo like Ben Harvey wants in a tale — political skullduggery, gritty jailhouse deals and a bit of espionage capped off by a naval chase and a dramatic stand-off in front of a 12-pound cannon. Pictyred: Fenian political prisoner John Sarsfield Casey.

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150th anniversary of WA’s most incredible prison escapes

It’s with great pleasure that Ben Harvey can deliver the news that 150 years ago (to the day, if you don’t mind) Fremantle was the scene of one of the most audacious prison escapes the world has ever seen.

Ben Harvey

Ben Harvey

Michael Lannigan had to wait eight months for a colonoscopy after getting a referral from his GP — only for it to be too late.

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WA dad sues hospital after tragic terminal cancer diagnosis

Michael Lannigan had to wait eight months for a colonoscopy after getting a referral from his GP, only for it to be too late. 

John Flint

The WA Police Union is turning into an industrial farce, icing its under-investigation president Dave Flaherty, weeks after a decision to keep him in the job triggered uproar from members and a motion to replace every board member.

PolicePremiumPolice union ‘farce’ as boss removed from top job

The WA Police Union is turning into an industrial farce, icing its under-investigation president weeks after a decision to keep him in the job triggered uproar from members.

Ben Harvey

Velco Plumbing and Gas owner Anthony Vella, right, with son and staff member Daniel Vella.

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Why Perth is the best city in Australia for tradies

Perth has outclassed the Eastern States in a comprehensive new study, crowned the best city in the nation for tradies.

Caitlin Vinci

A crash in Burekup, 165km south of Perth has left one man dead and another fighting for life.

Fatal crashCommentsOne dead, another fighting for life after crash on WA road

The 30-year-old male driver died from his injuries at the scene.

Kirsty Lichtenstein

Premier Roger Cook has told his ministers and senior bureaucrats to stay put during the fuel crisis.

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Premier imposes travel ban amid fuel, cost-of-living crisis

Premier Roger Cook has imposed a travel ban on his ministers and senior public servants, telling them they need to stay put during a fuel and cost-of-living crisis.

Joe Spagnolo

Two people have been airlifted to hospital following separate water incidents in the South West on Saturday.

Heli RescueCommentsTwo people airlifted to hospital after South West incidents

Two people have been airlifted to hospital following separate water incidents in WA’s South West on Saturday.

An Aboriginal woman was found unresponsive in her bed at Bandyup Women’s Prison, 23km north-east of Perth in West Swan.

Prison deathsPremiumTwo people die in WA prisons in less than 24 hours

Preliminary reports indicate no suspicious circumstances surrounding either death, which occurred in the space of 24 hours.

Hannah Cross

Thousands of teenagers flooded Forrest Place on Saturday afternoon to ‘hail the great cactus’ in a bizarre display of devotion to the iconic CBD sculpture.

Cactus worshipComments‘All hail the cactus’: Massive turnout for bizarre CBD event

Thousands of teenagers flooded Forrest Place on Saturday afternoon to ‘hail the great cactus’ in a bizarre display of devotion to the iconic CBD sculpture.

Kirsty Lichtenstein

Louise Pope loves living in White Gum Valley with her family.

PropertyVideoCommentsPremiumREVEALED: Perth’s most sought after suburbs for buyers

A surprise suburb in Perth’s south is the most sought-after areas for house hunters in the entire State, new data has revealed.

Natalie Richards and Claire Sadler

News. Service Station. Vibe. 126 Forrest Road, Armadale.

FUEL CRISISVideoCommentsPerth fuel prices to fall AGAIN as downward trend continues

The cost of Perth fuel is set to fall again tomorrow, continuing the welcome trend of downward prices following a six-week-long spike caused by the Middle East war.

Katherine Kraayvanger

The parents of Perth toddler Sandipan Dhar who died after being denied medical treatment are speaking out

Court‘Highly preventable’: Sad reason toddler died

Coroner finds 21-month-old boy’s life would have likely been saved if doctors had given him a simple test to diagnose his illness.

Emma Kirk

The scene of the horror crash in Burekup.

Disaster and EmergencyPremiumDriver dead, another critical after horror South West crash

A man has been killed and another left fighting for life after a horror crash in Burekup.

Troy de Ruyter