Perth

Basil Zempilas‘Terrible’ benches prove Perth needs elected officials

Another week, another reason elected officials can’t come quickly enough to the City of Perth. Ladies and gentlemen, I present the latest ‘terrible’ arrival in the Hay Street mall.

Basil ZempilasSeven News Sports Presenter

House That!Satterleys move to $30m Peppy Grove ‘worker’s cottage’

Land developer Nigel Satterley and wife Denise are finally moving into the heritage-listed Chiritta, which they bought in Peppermint Grove seven years ago.

Kim Macdonald

Kindness travelsTime to bring back the ‘West Aussie wave’

It’s a time-honoured tradition on many country roads that is sadly verging on extinction — the simple wave to fellow drivers. Now, a new campaign is urging WA motorists to bring it back for good.

Josh Zimmerman

Exclusive‘Scrap 4sqm rule’ for WA restaurants, pubs and cafes

The 4sqm rule must be scrapped in the next phase of relaxing WA’s COVID-19 restrictions — expected to be announced on Friday — members of the State Recovery Advisory Group say.

Peter Law

Read the letter in fullVirus ship vet slams WA government response to pandemic

The Australian vet aboard COVID-hit live export ship the Al Kuwait has accused world governments of “tyranny” in their response to the deadly virus, despite it killing hundreds of thousands globally.

Jenne Brammer and Peter law

Failed bidHalls Head ‘stabbing frenzy’ killer’s appeal fails

Michael Patrick Walker, who was found guilty of murdering young father Axel Boreski in a stabbing frenzy in Halls Head has failed in a bid to have his conviction overturned.

Shannon Hampton

New outbreakSix more COVID-19 cases recorded on virus ship

WA now has eighteen active cases of the deadly coronavirus after six more crew members on the Al Kuwait returned positive tests.

Peter Law

Huge drug haul$12m meth accused ‘smashed through window’ during raid

One of six men charged in connection with a $12 million drug bust this week jumped through a glass window when police busted into a home, it has been revealed.

Phil Hickey

Waiting gameMore virus ship crew test postive for COVID-19

Update: Six more Al Kuwait crew have tested positive to coronavirus as workers who unwittingly boarded the infected live export ship in Fremantle wait for their results to come in.

Rebecca Le May and Michael Ramsey

Police pursuitAccused car jacker, police chase driver faces charges

A man accused of robbing an elderly victim’s car at gunpoint — then stealing another vehicle the next day and leading police on a chase through Perth — has appeared in court.

Emily Moulton

Legal challenge failsEvidence ruling a blow for Trinity teachers’ abuse case

Admissions by two former Trinity College teachers about their alleged failures to report an incident of student sexual abuse during an overseas trip are admissible as evidence, a magistrate has ruled.

Tim Clarke

Winter is comingDownpour marks start of wet weekend

The city has been soaked with 11mm of rain in less than three hours ahead of a long weekend drenching.

Pending applicationScott Austic’s bid for bail to be heard within weeks

The man whose conviction for murdering his secret lover Stacey Thorne was overturned on an historic second appeal will seek a release from prison — on bail — next month.

Tim Clarke

ExclusivePaperwork ‘debacle’ blamed for ‘Mr Big’s court no-show’

A “misunderstanding” has sparked a brief panic over the whereabouts of a suburban dad police say is a Mr Big in a Perth drug syndicate. But his lawyer says his non-appearance was her fault.

Shannon Hampton

Wild weatherTrail of destruction after freak wind gusts

A trampoline was catapulted over a house roof in a wild weather event in Perth’s northern suburbs today.

Rourke Walsh

System failPerth sex monster bailed three times before sick attack

A man who committed a terrifying sex attack on a teenage girl had been released on bail three times in the months leading up to the assault, despite opposition from police.

Phil Hickey

Square MetresUnique amenity on fringe with huge Rockingham site

Outer city migration is to get a boost, with the listing of a Commonwealth Government site in Rockingham that could house up to 340 apartments.

Kim Macdonald

‘Medium is better’How low-rise buildings could end Perth’s ‘density wars’

Architects want more three-to-five storey buildings rather than high-rises — claiming it will help to put an end to the “density civil wars” raging across the suburbs.

Kim Macdonald

Bail amendmentParents who ‘told kids they were sick’ allowed visits

Perth parents accused of tricking their three children into thinking they were seriously ill and subjecting them to ‘years of abuse’ have had their bail conditions changed so they can see their kids.

Coronavirus shipUncertain future for 56,000 sheep stranded in Baldivis

The live exporter responsible for 56,000 sheep that were to be loaded aboard the Al Kuwait still wants to transport the animals to the Middle East, but the northern summer is approaching.

Jenne Brammer

No-showArrest warrant issued for accused drug ring ‘Mr Big’

A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Nikola Maksimovic — the suburban dad police say is a Mr Big of a Perth drug syndicate — after he failed to appear in court today.

Shannon Hampton

Mother killedCrash death truckie pleads not guilty to manslaughter

A truck driver accused of running a red light on a busy Perth highway before crashing into and killing a mother-of-three has pleaded not guilty to manslaughter.

Shannon Hampton

Trade tensionsThe sectors ‘most exposed’ to Chinese trade tensions

Three of Australia’s major industries are among those “most exposed” to a potential escalation in trade tensions with China, according to fresh analysis from a leading credit agency.

Danielle Le Messurier

Fresh new look‘Ugly’ Parliament bollards finally getting removed

Concrete bollards resembling sewerage pipes and labelled “ugly” and “cheap” by State MPs will soon be removed from the front of Parliament House as part of a long-awaited security upgrade.

Josh Zimmerman