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Chicken accountant appeals sentence but not conviction

A Peppermint Grove accountant and shire councillor who stole millions of dollars from a wealthy chicken farmer will appeal his six-year jail term — but will not fight to clear his name.

Shannon Hampton

Framework overhauledWA trader to enter new restructuring process

The first WA business has put its hand up to enter the Federal Government’s simplified debt restructuring process, which forms part of major insolvency reforms that went through parliament last year.

Danielle Le Messurier

Grim discoveryDead body found inside Armadale home

Firefighters called to a house fire in Armadale have discovered a dead body inside the home.

Sarah Steger

Mixed reactionsKirkup pledges 100 beds for Freo’s ‘Tent City’

Liberal Leader Zak Kirkup has accused the State Government of ‘sitting on billions of dollars of revenue’ and ‘choosing’ to ignore WA’s homelessness crisis during a visit to the encampment.

Charlotte Elton

Massive haulCigarette smuggling ‘mastermind’ cousins jailed

Two cousins, who tried to smuggle 9.5 million cigarettes into WA by hiding them under ceiling panels in a sea container, have both been jailed for nearly five years.

Tim Clarke

Bushwalker hotspotRescue mission for hiker, 75, at Bibbulmun Track

A coordinated rescue mission is underway in the State’s south after a 75-year-old woman hiking the Bibbulmun Track injured her leg.

Sarah Steger

Jobs impactNew stats reveal WA’s hardest hit businesses, workers

New payroll figures out today have laid bare the full impact of pandemic-related job losses in WA, revealing which businesses and sectors were hit hardest and the workers who have suffered the most.

Meilin Chew

Money bluesPeeved backer puts administrators into The Agency

The move came despite efforts to pay down debt, including a sizeable loan in the form of a convertible note subscription from WA horse breeder and investor, Bob Peters.

Kim Macdonald

Leap of faithWA’s newest police recruit breaks the mould

Const. Stacee Burrows, who trained as a child health nurse, has been dubbed one of the force’s brightest stars. While she doesn’t fit the mould of cops of the past, she embodies a new wave of police.

Sarah Steger

Tragic crashTraffic controller killed in WA’s south-east

A traffic controller has been struck and killed by a car near Ravensthorpe in WA’s south-east.

Sarah Steger

Beachside violenceParty bus operator hits back at Scarborough ban plan

Banning party buses in Scarborough won’t curb rising antisocial behaviour in the area, according to the operator of a bus service that regularly visits the coastal party hotspot.

Ben O'Shea

Coronavirus crisisHealth Department slammed over UK COVID case secrecy

The McGowan Government’s failure to disclose cases of the highly-contagious UK variant of COVID-19 in the State is undermining public trust, according to the Australian Medical Association WA.

Ben O'Shea

High alertWA Govt to disclose more virus source details

The WA Government has promised better transparency after it was not disclosed that several recovered COVID-19 cases were linked to the highly contagious British strain.

Michael Ramsey

‘Anarchists’‘Professional protesters’ running tent city: Premier

Mark McGowan claims ‘professional protestors’ and ‘anarchists’ are enticing homeless people to Fremantle’s tent city by offering them ‘attractive food’ like ham off the bone.

Josh Zimmerman

Foreign labour$6000 farm work bonus a bust as just 350 sign up

Australia’s Agriculture Minister has all but given up on trying to convince young and unemployed people to move to the bush for farming jobs.

Daniel McCulloch

Mini boomWA home building doubles in rush to secure handouts

Figures from the Master Builders Association WA showed a more than 100 per cent increase in approvals for new homes in October, with cashed-up first-time buyers leading the charge.

Kim Macdonald

In custody‘Covidiot’ quarantine breacher to stay behind bars

The South Australian ‘covidiot’ who is accused of lying on her G2G application and breaching WA’s quarantine laws for the second time in a year will spend at least another two weeks behind bars.

Emily Moulton

Four-car pile-up‘Like a bomb going off’: Horror crash in Perth’s north

A black Audi was left scorched and lying on its side after the fatal crash this morning.

Daryna Zadvirna

Landsdale crashHorrific multiple-car crash closes roads

Emergency services are at the scene of a serious multiple-car crash in Perth’s North this morning. Witnesses say at least one car burst into flames.

Daryna Zadvirna

WA electionNationals ‘open’ to siding with Labor as rift grows

The Nationals are ‘open’ to preferencing Labor over the Liberals at the WA election, according to a party candidate as the rift between the conservative parties deepens.

Peter Law

Best of the bestMarco’s muscle cars tipped to bring in millions

Eight cars from the collection of Chris Marco, whose unregistered managed investment scheme was shut down by ASIC, will be auctioned online — and collectors are already going crazy for them.

Cameron England

Shock revelationsAndrew Forrest reveals he had COVID-19

Mining magnate Andrew ‘Twiggy’ Forrest spent several days in a Swiss hospital receiving high-level care after contracting COVID-19 while on a Fortescue business trip last year.

Fight night fix?Party bus ban in motion for Scarborough

The City of Stirling will meet with police to tackle antisocial behaviour after confronting photos exposed alcohol-fuelled violence plaguing nightlife in the seaside suburb.

Michael Traill

Perth to PilbaraAlleged meth bust after ‘drug dealer’s’ phone tapped

A suspected Pilbara drug dealer was being monitored by police for two weeks when he allegedly tried to smuggle more than 137grams of methamphetamine into the region.

Emily Moulton