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Charter flightCommentsPremium‘Phenomenal job’: Hero WA COVID nurses back in Perth

A WA nurse who contracted coronavirus while working in a Melbourne aged care facility has arrived back in Perth along with six of her colleagues.

Josh Zimmerman

‘Right to know’CommentsPremiumHarvey demands release of ‘full’ border health advice

Liza Harvey has called for the immediate release of the ‘full health advice’ underpinning WA’s hard border while accusing the WA Government of gagging Chief Health Officer Andy Robertson.

Josh Zimmerman

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The West Australian exclusive
‘F...ing maggots’Premium
The West Australian exclusive
Ex-bikie boss Kaos in jail for meth-fuelled video rant

Notorious former Bandidos boss Brett ‘Kaos’ Pechey has been jailed over his ‘bizarre’ yet ‘menacing’ drug-fuelled threats to kill cops — despite apologising to police for his crimes.

Shannon Hampton

Standing trialPremiumBorder sneak’s ‘boyfriend’ risks jail for iso breach

The boyfriend of quarantine breacher Asher Vander Sanden will stand trial for allegedly helping her hide from police after she sneaked into WA via a truck.

Emily Moulton

Manning fireSuspicious house fire causes $300,000 damage

Arson squad detectives are investigating a suspicious fire at a home in Manning on Monday that caused more than a quarter of a million dollars damage.

Cold case rapePolice follow fresh leads in Mosman Park rape appeal

Cold case detectives are following up several pieces of fresh information flushed out by a report in Tuesday’s The West Australian into the 2010 rape of a nanny in Perth’s western suburbs.

Phil Hickey

Banned for lifePremiumArmadale grandad avoids jail for virus checkpoint chase

A Perth grandfather who led police on a chase through the Wheatbelt after breaching a regional border checkpoint during the height of WA’s coronavirus lockdown has avoided jail.

Emily Moulton

The West LivePremiumPerth CEO’s ‘self-responsibility’ call on Northbridge

New City of Perth chief executive officer Michelle Reynolds has admitted Northbridge violence is a big issuebut party-goers needed to take ‘personal responsibility’.

Caitlyn Rintoul and Jenna Clarke

The West Australian exclusive
The West Australian exclusive
Students frustratedCommentsPremium
The West Australian exclusive
‘Last straw:’ UWA graduation falls victim to COVID-19

Students at WA’s pre-eminent university are venting their frustrations after one of the biggest events of their life was called off.

Bethany Hiatt

The West LiveCommentsPremiumStranded WA digger’s dad slams McGowan over travel caps

The father of a WA digger left stranded overseas admits he’s ‘at boiling point’ and has lashed out at Premier Mark McGowan in an emotional and furious interview.

Caitlyn Rintoul and Jenna Clarke

The West LiveCommentsHomeless advocate’s Perth mayoral election wish list

House the Homeless WA advocate Dr Betsy Buchanan will join The West Live to lay down the group's election wish list for Perth Lord Mayor candidates. LISTEN LIVE FROM 8.45AM.

Caitlyn Rintoul

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Trial of the centuryPremium
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Giving a voice to the Claremont victims

How the prosecution lawyers in the Claremont serial killings trial tried to unravel the evil that stalked our streets — and gave a voice to the victims in the process.

Tim Clarke

The West Australian exclusive
The West Australian exclusive
‘Ignored and sidelined’CommentsPremium
The West Australian exclusive
Health boss sends dire warning after shock resignation

A leading geriatric medicine expert has resigned from the Health Department, saying the group he chairs was ‘ignored and sidelined’ in the middle of a pandemic that’s killed 633 aged care residents.

Peter Law

Bumper crowdCommentsPremiumCountry’s biggest crowd to watch Eagles final at Optus

West Coast’s elimination final at Optus Stadium will be played in front of the nation’s biggest crowd, with the venue’s capacity set to be lifted from the previous limit of 30,000.

Peter Law

‘Deep sadness’CommentsPremiumMegan Gale opens up on brother Jason’s ‘shock’ death

Supermodel Megan Gale has spoken of the devastation at the loss of her brother Jason in July, admitting it was a “huge shock”.

Krystal Sanders

The West Australian exclusive
The West Australian exclusive
Guilty pleaPremium
The West Australian exclusive
The Kid’s ‘money launderer’ facing two decades in jail

The money launderer for a ‘Mr Big’ of the WA drug trade could be facing up to 20 years in jail after admitting to possessing almost three-quarters of a million dollars.

Emily Moulton

War of wordsCommentsPremium‘Relax’: Wyatt returns fire at NSW Premier over borders

Ben Wyatt has hit back at a thinly-veiled jab at WA from NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian after she said some State leaders had forgotten they were a part of a nation.

Peter Law

The West Australian exclusive
The West Australian exclusive
Distinctive featuresPremium
The West Australian exclusive
Fresh details emerge of Mosman Park nanny rapist

Cold case detectives have revealed new information about the rape of a German nanny that shocked the State and remains unsolved 10 years later.

Phil Hickey

Legal mattersPremiumQuarantine appeal shifts ‘goal posts’, says magistrate

A WA magistrate says a Supreme Court ruling to hand down a community-based order to the quarantine breacher who sneaked into WA changed “the goal posts” for sentencing others who break the same law.

Emily Moulton

No showPremiumPorsche-driving iso ‘breacher’ skips court for Sydney

A Porsche driver accused of repeatedly breaching COVID-19 quarantine after being given permission to isolate at his Perth apartment was unable to appear in court today because he has left the State.

Shannon Hampton

Mayor campaign donations rowCommentsPremiumDi Bain under fire for developer campaign donations

Perth lord mayoral aspirant Di Bain has come under fire from fellow candidates over her independence after she declared nearly $100,000 in donations — including from a bevy of property developers.

Josh Zimmerman

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Countdown to the verdictCommentsPremium
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The West to give unrivalled coverage of historic trial

We are now just three days away from potentially discovering the truth behind the enigma of the dark — the sinister phrase prosecutors coined to describe the mystery of the Claremont serial killings.

The West Australian exclusive
The West Australian exclusive
Black market valueCommentsPremium
The West Australian exclusive
WA cops hunt for 180 stolen guns amid gang fears

Police have vowed to hunt down dozens of firearms stolen from a Perth gun store last year, amid revelations organised criminals are willing to pay up to $35,000 for black market handguns.

Phil Hickey

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analysis
Claremont trialPremium
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How a 20-year wait for answers could finally end

This week, one of WA most enduring mysteries could end — revealing an answer to the question Perth was forced to first ask in 1996 and has been returning to ever since.

Tim Clarke

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