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Madelyn Jane's Coffee Queen wearable art gown made of recycled coffee pods.

WA NewsCommentsWearable art in fashion for Perth’s sustainable celebration

Western Australia’s biggest celebration of sustainable style is a Perth first to showcase the best of local fashion with a difference.

Megan French

Alfie Prenter (front), Ben Gannon, Flynn Williams, Kevin Shi and Julian Ong, at Hale School, in Perth.

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The West Australian exclusive
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Elite WA school’s major move on smartphones and social media

Hale School will expand a groundbreaking policy to delay smartphone and social media access for Year 7 students, after parents said the approach eliminated peer pressure and reduced conflict at home.

Rhianna Mitchell

Albany Youth Support Association's CEO Ian Clarke says homeless figures are understated in reports.

HOMELESSNESS WEEKPremiumHomelessness actually worse than figures, says service boss

Recent statistics revealing the amount of people experiencing, or risk of homeless in the Great Southern are “hugely understated”, according to the chief executive of an Albany support service.

Melissa Sheil

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politicsPremiumRussia, China flexing muscle in Indo-Pacific

Anthony Albanese is facing calls to toughen his stance on China as Beijing teams up with another nuclear-armed foe in the Indo-Pacific.

Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer

A man has appeared in court after allegedly assaulting a worker at Albany’s Hungry Jack’s store this month.

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The West Australian exclusive
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Bail for man alleged to have assaulted Hungry Jack’s worker

A man who allegedly assaulted an Albany fast food worker twice in three days while on bail has been granted bail again, but remains banned from the city’s main street.

Melissa Sheil

Early symptoms include fever, tiredness, cough, runny nose, and sore eyes, followed by a red non-itchy rash three to four days later.

HealthPremium‘Get vaccinated’: Warning to Aussie workers

FIFO workers in Western Australia’s mining heartland are on alert after new measles cases were detected in the Pilbara and Perth.

Emma Kirk

Col Blanch says he accepts the findings of a coroner who found police failed to respond quickly enough to a call for help before a Perth woman was murdered by her estranged husband

Courts & JusticePremium‘We get it wrong’: Top cop on Lynn Cannon murder findings

Col Blanch says he accepts the findings of a coroner who found police failed to respond quickly enough to a call for help before a Perth woman was murdered by her estranged husband.

Caitlin Vinci

An Albany woman who injured another woman while stealing her car and drove it through stop signs to avoid police in Katanning has been sentenced.

CourtsPremiumReckless Albany car thief has jail term suspended

An Albany woman who stole a car and sped dangerously through a major Katanning intersection has been handed a suspended jail term and lost her licence for 12 months. 

Jacki Elezovich

The fire damaged industrial shed on Stow St, Webberton

CrimeMan escapes injury after shed goes up in flames

Firefighters spent hours putting out a blaze that engulfed a shed in Geraldton’s industrial area last night.

Caitlin Vinci

Emily Elliott has just come out of a period of her life where she did not have secure housing.

WA NewsCommentsPremiumWest Aussie shatters stereotype as women bear homeless brunt

‘I was working, I was a university student, I was married. I did all the things society expects you to do - and I was homeless.’ Emily Elliott explains how some homeless people do not fit the stereotype.

Kim Macdonald

Siblings Simon Newport 38, Jason Newport 36 and Lisa Falcinella 40.

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How scans uncovered Perth siblings’ early heart attack risk

Jason has a family history of heart attacks but never knew he was at high risk until he was rushed to hospital. Now a screening method gives his siblings a chance to change their lifestyle before it’s too late.

Claire Sadler

Chuck E. Cheese has revealed where in Perth their first store will be.

Say CheeseCommentsIconic American restaurant reveals first WA location

The iconic fast-food chain has revealed where in Perth that their first Australian store will be.

Fraser Williams

Deputy Premier Rita Saffioti announced the Pavillion Precinct at the WACA.

State PoliticsCommentsPremiumREVEALED: Cost of world-first WACA pool funded by taxpayers

WA taxpayers will foot the bill for ongoing operational costs of the pool and water slide, after the City of Perth baulked at the bill under former mayor Basil Zempilas.

Jessica Page

Splashers Bec MacDonald, Shane Kirkwood, Nathan Skinner, Matt Anning, Rachel Skinner, Kellie Bilgic, Sam Keenan and Ray Benson get ready to take the icy plunge.

Icy plungePremiumSplashdown! Footy club raises over $10k for Parkinson’s WA

The rain held off so at least the spectators were able to stay dry, which is more than can be said for those who dived into a tank of icy water in Denmark to raise $10,000 for Parkinson’s WA on Saturday.

Claire Middleton

August Wright at Perth City Farm in East Perth.

EducationCommentsPremiumGen Alpha embrace no screen time at Perth’s nature playgroup

Despite being known to look bewitched by an iPad in a restaurant, Generation Alpha are proving they too know how to have fun without technology.

Caitlin Vinci

West Australians are struggling more than the rest of the country to afford hygiene and cleaning products.

HealthCommentsPremiumStark number of West Aussies living in hygiene poverty

West Australians are struggling more than any other State to afford hygiene and cleaning products with experts warning this could lead to serious ill physical and mental health. 

Claire Sadler

WA Year 12s who achieve D grades will still be able to pass ATAR subjects and graduate from high school under a reform to impact students from this year.

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The West Australian exclusive
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The West Australian exclusive
Shock change to ATAR grading system in WA

WA Year 12s will be able to pass ATAR subjects and graduate from high school if they achieve D grades.

Bethany Hiatt

Albany man Robert Dwayne Watson appeared in Albany Magistrates Court on July 31 facing driving-related offences.

courtsPremiumMan accused of dangerous driving in fatal crash fronts court

An Albany man accused of causing the death of another man in a serious crash on Albany Highway in Narrikup earlier this year has faced court for the first time. 

Jacki Elezovich

Detective Acting Inspector Jessica Securo.

PoliceCommentsPremiumCops plead for info as WA records hundreds of missing people

WA’s top homicide cop says her ‘heart goes out’ to the families of the 367 people who vanished in the State as police pledge to investigate ‘every bit of information’ related to their disappearances.

Caleb Runciman

Two West Aussies banked life-altering Lotto wins at the weekend after purchasing tickets from opposite sides of the Swan. 

LottoCommentsREVEALED: Two WA suburbs home to $1.42m Lotto jackpot wins

Two West Aussies banked life-altering Lotto wins at the weekend after purchasing tickets from opposite sides of the Swan. 

Chloe Maher

Saffron Waters, Summer Brown, Poppy Brown and Penny Waters enjoy the snow on Bluff Knoll.

SNOWY PEAKVideoCommentsNo snowing these kids down on famous WA peak

Trekkers on one of WA’s best-known peaks were delighted after being treated to snow — the fourth time it has fallen on Bluff Knoll this winter.

Melissa Sheil

The brazen thieves back the stolen car straight through the roller door before making their getaway.

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Shocking moment thieves smash straight through roller door

A Perth mother-of-three has been left ‘scared and traumatised’ after brazen thieves broke into her garage — with her kids home — before stealing a car and smashing through the roller door. SEE THE FOOTAGE

Caleb Runciman & Nick Overall

A 71-year-old man was given more prison time after admitting to sexually abusing his young daughter and another female family friend for 16 years.

COURTPremiumWA dad who raped own daughter learns fate for vile crimes

The man is already serving jail time for sexually abusing his five-year-old granddaughter.

Melissa Sheil

Western Australia witnessed severe storms over the weekend that led to hail and damage.

WeatherCommentsCoastal warning issued as wild WA storms set to continue

The weekend’s explosive weather is expected to continue into today.

Tegwen Bescoby