Minister slams ‘extremist’ candidates nominating for WA council elections
A West Australian minister has condemned the emergence of “extremist” candidates nominating for the state’s forthcoming council elections,…
Aldi launches second recall on popular frozen food item over glass hazard
Supermarket giant Aldi has issued a nationwide recall on a popular dumpling product found to have been contaminated…
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…
7NEWS live updates: Hunt for arsonist after national park fire, Sydney power outage
Thousands of homes are without power and traffic lights are down in Sydney’s northwest due to an unplanned…
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…
7NEWS live updates: Teen injured in Sydney stabbing attack
A woman has been charged after a cyclist was killed in an alleged hit-and-run in Melbourne’s north. The…
7NEWS live updates: Driver killed in fiery cotton truck crash
An “anticipated confrontation” between two groups is believed to be behind a deliberate hit-and-run that left a teenage…