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South Hedland girl saves cousin from bottom of pool

Beaming from his hospital bed, three-year-old Marshall Hilzinger is too young to realise why he will always owe his remaining days to his big cousin Zahara Farrell sitting beside him.

Danielle Raffaele

Mechanical issuesBoaties stranded on island wait for rescue

Three people spent the night stranded on an island off the Carnarvon coast after their boat broke down.

House fireVideoFamily of four and pet dog escape blaze

A family of four and their pet dog have made a lucky escape after their Karnup home was engulfed in flames.

Daryna Zadvirna

Fears ignoredPremiumHousing advocate raised alarm years before teen’s death

A homelessness advocate raised concerns to the State Government about an overcrowded public housing property nearly two years before a 15-year-old orphan who was staying there took his own life.

Annabel Hennessy

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Feud over funeral for trans teen who took his own life

A 15-year-old trans boy who took his life has been farewelled in two funerals and will have two different names on separate memorials after his estranged parents agreed to divide his ashes.

Briana Fiore

‘Fearless’PremiumSurvivor’s tribute to South West teens killed in crash

One of the survivors of a fatal car crash in the South West that killed a pair of teenage boys at the weekend has spoken of his ‘unimaginable’ heartache over losing two of his closest friends.

Catherine Massey & Jakeb Waddell

Disaster and EmergencyPower still out after Seroja smashes WA

About 4000 homes and businesses remain without power in Western Australia's Mid West and Wheatbelt regions after being hit by Tropical Cyclone Seroja.

Michael Ramsey

Disaster and EmergencyTraffic 'offal' after chicken guts spill

An entire truck load of chicken guts has spilled on a Queensland highway leaving authorities with a stomach-churching mess to clean up.

Tracey Ferrier

Disaster and EmergencyBodies recovered from Colombian mine

A month after the collapse of an illegal gold mine in Colombia's northwest, the bodies of 11 workers have been retrieved.

Martina Farmbauer and Chiara Palazzo

Long road aheadCommentsPremiumCyclone Seroja clean-up to take at least two years

WA’s State Emergency Management Services Executive Officer Melissa Pexton has been handed the massive task of leading the Cyclone Seroja recovery effort — which she says could take two years.

Joe Spagnolo

Critical conditionVideoMan fighting for life after motorbike crash

A young motorcyclist is fighting for his life after a colliding with a car in Rivervale yesterday.

Daryna Zadvirna

US crash horrorVideo‘Driverless' Tesla crash kills two

US police say no one was in the driver's seat during a fatal crash of a Tesla car in Texas.

Hyunjoo Jin

railway accidentEgypt derailment leaves 11 dead, 98 hurt

Egyptian authorities say 11 people died and 98 were injured when four carriages of a train derailed north of Cairo.

Ramadan Al-Fatash

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Teen deaths a tragic reminder to stay safe on WA roads

The horrific road crash at the weekend that claimed the life of two boys and injured five others is a heartbreaking reminder of the need for greater road safety awareness, especially among our young.

Animals attackVideo‘Poacher’ killed by elephants

A suspected elephant poacher has met a terrifying end in South Africa.

Kristin Palitza

Classroom ClosuresCommentsPremiumSchools smashed by Seroja ‘unsafe’ for Term 2 start

Students at two public schools smashed by Cyclone Seroja will not be able to return to their classrooms for the start of Term 2, but their schooling will go ahead.

Bethany Hiatt

Disaster and EmergencyCall for witnesses to Qld dingo mauling

Rangers want to speak with neighbours who found a toddler being attacked by a dingo on Fraser Island.

Hannah Ryan

Car split in twoTwo boys confirmed dead in horror South West crash

Two boys have died overnight after a car carrying seven teens — two of whom are believed to have been travelling in the boot — crashed into a tree.

Catherine Massey

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Call for FIFO wages to help tradies rebuild Mid West

WA’s peak building body has called on the State and Federal governments to provide tradies with free accommodation and $2000 bonuses if they move north to work in the cyclone-ravaged Mid West.

Kim Macdonald

Seroja DisasterVideoCommentsPremiumScoMo praises the ‘resilience of West Australians’

As he flew out of Perth today, Scott Morrison said the fighting spirit of the people of the Mid west — who had seen their homes and businesses destroyed by Cyclone Seroja — was ‘inspiring’.

Joe Spagnolo

Mateship enduresCommentsPremiumWest Australians dig deep for Seroja survivors

The outpouring of support in response to ex-Tropical Cyclone Seroja has been immense, with almost $3 million already raised for survivors of the catastrophic storm.

Sarah Steger

FireballCar explodes in flames outside Northbridge bar

Police patrolling Northbridge overnight found themselves adopting a different role — that of firefighter.

Emily Moulton

Lost all hopePremiumIndigenous boy trapped in poverty cycle takes own life

A teenage boy who was staying in an overcrowded public housing property in Perth has died by suicide just years after he was left orphaned.

Annabel Hennessy

Multi-million dollar damageCommentsPremiumCyclone Seroja insurance claims soar into the thousands

Thousands of claims have been submitted in the wake of Sunday’s devastation, as authorities prepare for a total clean-up bill that could top $200 million.

Caitlyn Rintoul

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