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Perth plans New Year’s fireworks overhaul inspired by Sydney

Perth’s New Year’s Eve celebrations are set for an overhaul, with Lord Mayor Basil Zempilas unveiling new plans to have a Sydney-like fireworks extravaganza at midnight.

Joe Spagnolo

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Doctors demand call on where high-risk babies will be born

Doctors are demanding Health Minister Amber-Jade Sanderson come clean before the State Election on whether she will build a special birthing suite for high risk babies at QEII in Nedlands or in Perth’s south.

Joe Spagnolo

WA NewsCommentsTelethon to bring surfing lessons to family festival

Kids will be able to put their balance to the ultimate test with surfboards on bosu balls at this year’s Telethon Family Festival.

Claire Sadler

PropertyPremiumPerth’s million-dollar suburbs rise: Is the city overvalued?

Once deemed ‘Scabs’, Scarborough is preparing for a $20 million penthouse. It is among many gentrifying suburbs in Perth to join the million-dollar club, where the median property has a seven-figure price tag.

Kim Macdonald

HealthPremiumDermatologist costs prompts call for better Medicare rebates

West Australians are forking out an eye-watering amount for dermatology appointments with specialists calling for Medicare rebates to keep pace with clinic costs. 

Claire Sadler

TelethonSunrise stars Nat and Shirvo ‘all in’ for Telethon

They’re up before dawn five days a week, but don’t expect Sunrise stars Nat Barr and Matt Shirvington to run out of puff as Telethon’s 26-hour broadcast enters the early hours.

Zach Margolius

Conflict and WarVideoPremiumPolice confront pro-Hezbollah marchers in Perth

Tensions threatened to boil over on Saturday during a protest in the Perth CBD as police seized a sign praising slain terror chief leader Hassan Nasrallah.

Caitlyn Rintoul, Joe Spagnolo and Anneke de Boer

PolicePremiumPolice shoot dog in Canning Vale incident

Police have shot dead a dog in Perth’s southern suburbs this afternoon after it attacked and bit an officer on the face. 

Lisa Thomas

WA NewsCommentsFamily and friends to remember Bali bombing victims

The families and friends of victims and survivors of the Bali bombings will come together for a memorial service next Saturday at Kings Park to remember the innocent lives lost 22 years ago in Kuta.

Lisa Thomas

WA NEWSPremiumCar flip in Perth’s southern suburbs causes traffic delay

Emergency services rushed to the scene of an incident in Perth’s southern suburbs after a crash left one car flipped on its side.

Lisa Thomas

Emergency servicesCommentsPremiumPerth Hills event on Sunday teaching bushfire safety

Households across Perth are being encouraged to join the annual Bushfire Community Day in Kalamunda on Sunday to prepare for another challenging bushfire season.

Lisa Thomas

WA NewsPremiumGovernment ministers back West Aussies’ right to protest

State Government ministers have backed in West Aussies’ right to protest, but have warned protesters that any violence or display of terrorist insignia will not be tolerated.

Anneke de Boer and Joe Spagnolo

CRIMEPremiumMan charged over cemetery blaze south of Perth

Arson squad detectives have charged a man over a blaze they allege was deliberately lit at a cemetery south of Perth. 

Hannah Cross

courts & justicePremiumDad free after huge delay to 580kg tobacco smuggling case

A man has dodged jail despite being found with more than half a tonne of illegally imported tobacco, with the judge pointing the finger at a years-long delay by prosecutors as a key reason.

Rebecca Le May

Conflict and WarCop warns activists of action if Hezbollah flags are flown

Pro-Palestinian protesters scheduled to pack Perth’s CBD on Saturday have been warned to expect swift action if a Hezbollah flag is sighted.

Tim Clarke and Katina Curtis

TELETHONCommentsPremiumPerth firefighters take on Everest challenge for Telethon

There are only two weeks to go until Telethon weekend and the community is pulling out all the stops to raise as much money as possible for sick children across the State. 

Claire Sadler

WA NewsCommentsPremiumHow Craig Silvey’s novel idea turned into bestselling career

Western Australian award-winning author and screenwriter Craig Silvey finished writing his first novel when he was only 19.

Tony Buti

PoliceCommentsPremiumHow cost of living is ‘increasing’ demands on our cops

Cost of living pressures are having a massive impact on crimes that are on the rise across WA - such as retail theft and family violence - which in turn is ‘increasing’ the demands being put on police.

Phil Hickey

TELETHONCommentsPremiumHome and Away star pours out love for Telethon

It’s been two years since Ada Nicodemou last came to Perth for Telethon and a lot has changed in her life since. 

STATE POLITICSCommentsPremiumWhy Rob Irwin holds key to unlocking WA’s tourism potential

A global tourism summit in Perth next week is set to prove an investment bonanza for WA, Rita Saffioti believes, as she prepares to welcome hundreds of the world’s biggest names in travel to the city.

Dylan Caporn

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Review of two CFMEU officials over criminal pasts

The administrator running the bikie-ridden CFMEU is weighing the future of two senior WA officials whose criminal pasts have dragged the local chapter through the mud.

Ben Harvey

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Carbon neutral primary schools for WA on drawing board

WA’s Department of Education is forking out $87,000 for an architecture firm to investigate ways to create new ‘carbon neutral’ primary schools.

Bethany Hiatt

courts & justicePremiumMovie inspired gym owner to fake own death for insurance

A mother-of-two who faked her own death to claim a $719,000 life insurance payout was inspired by a movie, a court has been told.

Rebecca Le May

WA NEWS PremiumMultiple people witnessed violent car assault: Police

Police are investigating a violent assault involving two people inside a car on Toodyay Road.