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Growing anxietyCommentsPremiumWhy are we still in the dark about Feb 5 restrictions?

With 16 days until the border falls everyone from schools to hospitals and business owners remain in the dark about exactly what rules and restrictions will be in place come February 5.

Josh Zimmerman and Danielle Le Messurier

Dramatic rescue VideoPremiumBoy, dad survive four hours after boat flips near Yanchep

Four people, including an 11-year-old boy, have been rescued after their boat flipped along Perth’s northern coastline.

Peter Devlin

Virus blueprint CommentsPremiumMiners’ COVID guidelines to be based on QLD, SA

The head of the State’s most powerful resources lobby group expects guidelines on how miners will operate after the border reopens are just days away, as more than 50 companies prepare to meet on Thursday.

Danielle Le Messurier

Commuter chaos Perth’s train network experiencing delays due to heat

Perth’s train network is experiencing delays due to Wednesday’s hot conditions.

Phil Hickey

The West Australian exclusive
The West Australian exclusive
African connection Premium
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Perth Airport considers new Qantas Johannesburg service

Perth Airport says it’s willing to consider a Qantas proposal to operate a Johannesburg service from its contentious domestic/international swing Terminal 3.

Geoffrey Thomas

Inlet rescue VideoPremiumYoung girls help in dramatic rescue of men after dinghy tips

WATCH: Two young girls have jumped to the rescue of two elderly men who were clinging to their capsized dinghy hundreds of metres offshore near Denmark on Tuesday.

Cameron Newbold

Fresh hopeCommentsPremiumRelief for exhausted industry amid new worker plan

WA business groups expect the State to benefit from a Federal scheme to make Australia more attractive to backpackers and international students — even though none of them can get here just yet.

Adrian Lowe

Bushfire alert Fire crews get on top of Karrakatta blaze

UPDATE: Firefighters are getting on top of a bushfire in the City of Nedlands.

Sarah Steger

Covid-19WA hospital rocked by Covid case

Western Australia has recorded two new local cases of Covid-19 including one man who visited a hospital emergency department.

Angie Raphael

Crown commission PremiumCalls for Chief Casino Officer ­­role to be axed

WA’s gambling regulator has called for the role of Chief Casino Officer ­­— brought into sharp focus during scathing Royal Commission evidence surrounding former incumbent Mick Connolly — to be scrapped.

Tim Clarke

Allegations denied PremiumSon accused of murdering dad in Mandurah to stand trial

A man accused of murdering his elderly father in Mandurah will fight the allegation and may seek to have a trial by judge-alone.

Shannon Hampton

‘Cockburn cluster’CommentsAnother two new local COVID-19 cases as outbreak spreads

WA has recorded two new locally-acquired cases of COVID-19, including a man who visited a hospital emergency department.

Peter Law and Josh Zimmerman

CourtSniper’s next move after killing bikie boss

The former soldier who murdered Rebels bikie boss Nick Martin has made a new legal bid after being jailed for the crime.

Angie Raphael

Legal stoushPremiumMcGowan loses court bid to keep Clive Palmer texts secret

Confidential text messages from West Australian Premier Mark McGowan about mining magnate Clive Palmer will be revealed at their defamation trial.

Angie Raphael

Not guilty pleaPremiumPier Street crash driver denies manslaughter charge

The allegedly unlicensed drug-driver accused of being behind the wheel of a luxury SUV that lost control and killed a man on Pier Street in Perth’s CBD has pleaded not guilty to manslaughter.

Shannon Hampton

Gun-for-hirePremiumMartin sniper to appeal ‘excessive’ sentence

The ex-soldier who was jailed for 20 years for the planned public assassination of bikie boss Nick Martin has lodged an appeal against the rare sentence, arguing the punishment was “excessive”.

Shannon Hampton

Floodgates opened CommentsPremium‘Antivax workers’ prepare jab mandate legal challenges

Workers from seven industries — including nurses, school teachers, prison officers, tradies and FIFO workers — are preparing legal challenges to the McGowan Government’s vaccine mandates.

Josh Zimmerman

Dirty ratsPremiumWA consumers warned of surge in RAT scams

Rapid antigen test scams, price gouging and ‘bogus’ COVID-19 treatments — West Aussies have been warned of a range of murky opportunistic online sales tactics ahead of the border reopening.

Caitlyn Rintoul

Details revealedPremiumElijah Taylor admits to more domestic violence charges

Former AFL young gun Elijah Taylor has admitted to more domestic violence charges — after a court was told he climbed down six floors of an apartment building after being told by police to leave.

Tim Clarke

UpdatedWhy opening WA won’t be good for all

Covid-19 staff shortages have already dented BHP’s iron ore and coal output in WA and Queensland, even before the west opens the border floodgates.

Rebecca Le May

Jab blitzCommentsThousands more COVID vaccination appointments for WA kids

An extra 4700 COVID-19 vaccination appointments are being made available for WA children ahead of the return of school, starting Wednesday.

Peter Law

The West Australian exclusive
The West Australian exclusive
Green shootsPremium
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Tall timber to sprout in Perth’s concrete jungle

There are signs of green shoots in the CBD concrete jungle, with new plans for a 10-storey timber tower in the city’s Bishop See precinct.

Kim Macdonald

Summer scorcherCool change still days away as city sweats through heatwave

Beaches are set to be packed as Perth sweats through yet another heat wave.

Brianna Dugan

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The West Australian exclusive
Nothing to see CommentsPremium
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McGowan Govt keeps secret COVID docs under wraps

The State Government has succeeded in keeping secret scores of documents that record the behind-closed-doors deliberation of Mark McGowan’s pandemic management.

Peter Law