Harvey explains why the latest health system crisis, including overflowing sewage and legionnaires at Sir Charles Gairdner, is a hangover from decisions made 8 years ago by the current Labor Government.
Ben Harvey | Wed, August 13
The alarming figures came to light in a new report, despite more people feeling they were confident at using technology than the previous year.
Oliver Lane
Residents have been warned to batten down the hatches as a fast-moving band of rain and thunderstorms pass over one state, as a wetter-than-average spring takes hold.
Alexandra Feiam
Veteran bikie Troy Mercanti is in trouble with the law again after he was charged with two counts of breaching a prohibition order which banned him from entering pubs.
Caleb Runciman and Ben Harvey
The state’s acting Early Learning Minister says the “days of pretending to improve while nothing is done are over” in the childcare sector.
Other passengers were alarmed at the ‘sound’ and ‘smell’. It was so bad, a hazmat team were called.
Eloise Budimlich
The Perth local was working for Victorian Railways when he enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force in 1943 when he was just 18 years old.
Jessica Evensen
A Hong Kong court has convicted Japanese pop idol Kenshin Kamimura of sexual assaulting an interpreter while dining at a restaurant.
Kanis Leung
Israel is again inviting Palestinians to leave Gaza as a planned takeover looms, while a top Hamas official has spoken to mediators about a potential ceasefire.
Nidal al-Mughrabi and Emily Rose
Eclipse Island — once home to gangs of “pirate” sealers, isolated lighthouse families and a precarious winched basket — is the focus of the first episode of a new podcast series detailing Albany’s rich history.
Melissa Sheil
A local government marvel who stood as the first female president in a Great Southern shire has received deserved recognition, named a life member at the 2025 WA Local Government Association’s awards.
Hannah Whitehead
The elusive lottery winner has six years to claim their massive $100m winnings, but the team at Powerball are taking extraordinary steps to track them down.
A teenager who was spared jail after coward punching another student at an Ellenbrook shopping centre has been sent to juvenile detention after his sentence was appealed.
Caleb Runciman
Another two cases of measles have been reported to health authorities as locally acquired cases gain pace.
Hannah Cross
Any changes to laws governing e-rideables will not happen until 2026 following the extension of a parliamentary committee’s inquiry into the safety of the devices.
At least three people are dead as firefighters continue to battle wildfires across southern Europe that have forced thousands of people from their homes.
Staff Writers
Western Australia’s top cop says eastern state crime gangs are responsible for fire bombings and shootings across Perth.
Emma Kirk
A parliamentary probe into the ‘efficiency, integrity and probity’ of planning decisions and land deals done in WA will push ahead after a motion pushed by shadow minister Neil Thomson cleared the upper house.
Simone Grogan
Albany’s star baker Susan Retzlaff has seen her caramel slice named the best in WA at the Baking Industry Employers’ Association of WA awards.
Claire Middleton
Authorities are now working to determine how widespread the mop-top potato virus is after it was detected for the first time in Australia in Tasmania’s northwest.
Police Commissioner Col Blanch has called for tougher laws around the sale of illicit tobacco as he claimed police know exactly who is behind a string of shootings and firebombings targeting smoke shops.
Shannon Hampton
When Fremantle champion Nat Fyfe hangs up his boots at the end of this season, his dad David hopes it will mean he has another driver to call on for the family trucking business in Lake Grace.
Rourke Walsh and Cally Dupe
A paraplegic pilot who survived a fatal chopper crash has revealed bombshell alleged requests made by television star Matt Wright when he visited him in hospital.
Kristin Shorten
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