Mark McGowan has urged West Australians not to panic following Australia’s first coronavirus death in Perth, saying our health services are prepared to deal with an outbreak should it occur.
Emily Moulton
A man who spent 11 months in prison for a child sex offence he did not commit before having his conviction quashed is suing one of his former defence lawyers who acted for him during his trial.
Phil Hickey
Fears are mounting as news breaks the Perth man being treated at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital for COVID-19 has succumbed to the illness, making him the first Australian to die from the deadly virus.
Lanai Scarr
Curtin University’s Professor Melanie Johnston-Hollitt describes helping find the the biggest explosion in the universe since the Big Bang as one of the most exciting moments in her 20-year career.
Shannon Hampton
40 years ago, AC/DC frontman Bon Scott was laid to rest. Now, his spirit will be well and truly alive as a crowd of 100,000 lines Canning Highway for Perth Festival’s closing event, Highway to Hell.
Simon Collins
Travel bookings to Europe are down and cancellations are up amid growing concerns about the deadly virus, a Perth travel agency says.
Sarah Steger
The WA victim of a terrifying and degrading sex attack carried out by her boyfriend’s childhood friend, during which she was punched and told she would be killed, has confronted her attacker in court.
Charlie Teo — the doctor who performed the high-risk brain surgery which gave Perth girl Amelia Lucas a second shot at life — has again been called on to perform another miracle for a West Australian.
Worrying figures from Notre Dame University found nearly 70 per cent of teachers reported being on the receiving end of student aggression at least once from 2016-18.
Bethany Hiatt
Football matches, concerts, schools — even public transport — could be shut down if the potentially fatal coronavirus takes hold in Western Australia, Health Minister Roger Cook has warned.
Joe Spagnolo
WA Minister for Child Protection and Women's Interests Simone McGurk has offered her take on renewed calls for smacking to be banned in a bid to stop the scourge of domestic violence.
People in Perth have started stocking up on everyday items in preparation for doomsday-like conditions as fears about the spread of coronavirus soar.
Joanne Delalande and Elle Georgiou
This week, Glen Quartermain broke one of the year’s biggest stories — Polly Farmer’s brain injury. Here, he shares his personal insight into what the AFL should do to make the game safer.
Glen Quartermain
Update: Two people have been taken to hospital after being struck by boat propellers in separate incidents this afternoon.
Syan Dougherty and Joanna Delalande
A forensic facial examiner has released her findings after comparing photographs of Lord Lucan and a Buddhist monk following bombshell claims the fugitive British aristocrat was hiding out in Perth.
John Flint
Seven astonishing PathWest blunders have the potential to undermine the prosecution case against accused Claremont serial killer Bradley Edwards.
Tim Clarke
Two teenage boys will face court after a car was stolen in Perth’s north-eastern suburbs followed by a spate of burglaries.
A caravan being towed on the Mitchell Freeway this morning lost a wheel that then hit the car behind it causing significant delays.
A District Court jury has taken just 40 minutes to acquit self-styled crime fighter Andrew Jacob Smart of threatening to bomb a South Lake day spa.
Exclusive Victoria Rifici and Jon Bassett
Australia’s elite athletes have been given obvious tips on how to avoid the coronavirus — wash your hands at all times, use alcohol wipes and eat vitamins such as zinc and vitamin C.
Steve Butler
A security guard will face court today after an alleged shopping centre brawl in Perth’s eastern suburbs yesterday left a man missing teeth.
WA is preparing for a coronavirus pandemic amid warnings from the State’s top doctors that up to one-in-four could contract the disease. Here are the measures being considered.
Peter Law, Joanna Delalande, Sarah Ison & Kate Emery
Tomorrow’s “Highway to Hell” tribute celebration of the State’s greatest rock export should be the beginning of more events dedicated to Fremantle icon Bon Scott.
Perth viewers switched off Married At First Sight this week as contestants in Australia’s most dysfunctional marriages turned on each other, in sometimes stomach-churning ways.
Krystal Sanders & Pierra Willix
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