Short-term stays are swallowing up housing stock in these WA coastal havens
Tourism is these towns’ biggest breadwinner — but with a housing crisis in full swing, short-term stays are…
Inside Ninga Mia, a forgotten community in the shadow of Kalgoorlie the city of gold
There’s an eerie silence in Ninga Mia. It’s palpable, like a heavy fog. The paint on the playground…
WA politicians slam Optus after telco’s outage linked to triple-0 call failures
The WA government has confirmed the death of a 74-year-old man is one of three deaths linked to…
What we know about the Optus outage which disrupted triple-zero calls, resulted in three deaths
It’s been two days since three people died, including an eight-week-old baby, after a devastating Optus outage caused…
Perth childcare worker Robert David Reti found not guilty of indecently touching two young girls
A male childcare worker has been found not guilty in a Perth court of indecently touching two young…
WA coal phase-out uncertainty amid Bluewaters power station closure backflip
In many ways, it was a perfectly reasonable venue to launch “a comprehensive plan to upgrade” Western Australia’s…
Brittany Higgins files last-day appeal over ex-senator Linda Reynolds’s defamation win
Brittany Higgins has lodged an appeal against a WA Supreme Court judgement that she defamed former Liberal senator…
WA Police officers subject to restraining orders desk-bound under gun reforms, union says
WA Police officers are being taken off the beat because new firearms laws mean they can’t carry a…
What the federal government’s $12 billion AUKUS investment means for WA’s labour, housing shortages
WA’s civil construction industry says it’s confident it can meet demand stemming from the federal government’s $12 billion…
Shadow minister Andrew Hastie says he will be ‘without a job’ if Liberals don’t abandon net zero
Liberal frontbencher Andrew Hastie has indicated he will quit or be dumped from the shadow cabinet if the Coalition…
Arhab Haque sprayed fart gas at restaurants for TikTok clout, court hears
An amateur mixed martial arts fighter sprayed fart gas in a fast food restaurant so he could make…
WA Health issues measles warning as two more cases linked to Bali travel
West Australians planning to visit South-East Asia are being urged to get vaccinated against measles after two more…