WA businessman Ted Powell donates $100 million to Perth’s Murdoch University and animal hospital
An animal-loving philanthropist has donated $100 million to Western Australia’s only veterinary medicine school, the biggest donation ever…
Jennifer Mui Len Chin, who stabbed teen daughter’s boyfriend, was ‘trying to protect family’
A mother who stabbed her teenage daughter’s secret boyfriend after finding him semi-naked in her home wanted to…
WA Year 12 students who get a D grade will still pass ATAR and achieve WACE under new reforms
Year 12 students in Western Australia who get D grades will still be able to pass ATAR subjects…
Former WA Police officer Gary Edward Fitzgerald allegedly had sex with teenager in police station
A WA Police officer had a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old girl he met while on duty, and…
Why WA may have to shift its focus to making ambulance ramping safer
Across Western Australia, ambulances spent more than 7,000 hours parked outside the state’s hospitals last month. That figure…
Geraldton mother Monique Burton handed suspended jail sentence after newborn baby found in freezer
WARNING: This story contains distressing details. A woman who secretly gave birth in her lounge room and put…
Geraldton mother Monique Burton to be sentenced over newborn baby’s body in freezer
WARNING: This story contains distressing details. A woman who secretly gave birth on her lounge room floor put…
Magnitude-4.8 earthquake hits near Wyalkatchem in WA’s Wheatbelt, north-east of Perth
A magnitude-4.8 earthquake has struck Western Australia’s Wheatbelt, with the overnight tremor shaking homes hundreds of kilometres away.…
Tanker believed to be carrying fuel processed in India from Russian oil docks in Western Australia
A tanker believed to be carrying fuel derived from Russian oil has docked in Western Australia, with questions…
Liberal Party’s climate policy a huge headache for state and federal leaders
Political parties are funny beasts, as the Liberals were reminded on the weekend. To win elections they need…
WA government broadens scope of e-rideable inquiry following woman’s death in dirt bike incident
The WA government will expand an inquiry into the safety of e-rideables to include electric dirt bikes, following…
Doctor Douglas William McCarthy admits sexually assaulting two teenage girls
A doctor charged with sexual offences against underage teenage girls has pleaded guilty to assaulting two of his…