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Teen who made black swan vape for Snapchat ‘streaks’ avoids jail after online backlash
A magistrate has called community backlash for a teenage boy who killed a black swan in Mandurah by forcing it to vape, “deplorable”.
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Elizabeth Quay luxury apartment residents sue over alleged $10.3m building defects
Residents of one of Perth’s most luxurious apartment towers are suing the development company behind the project for more than $10.3 million over alleged building defects.
Perth daycare centre forced to close over asbestos concerns
Parents were notified the centre would be closed on Wednesday morning as they arrived to drop off their children.
Minister intervenes as open day Perth film studio actors paid with lunch and ‘opportunity’
Last month West Coast Crew put out a callout for more than 30 “volunteer” actors to be part of the event across four sets in roles including Kung Fu fighters, cops, and zombies.
Visa crackdown hits home: The WA construction giant with 160 foreign workers locked out
Summit Homes Group said it had 162 workers in the Philippines ready to work in WA who were being held up by visa delays.
Mandurah teenager arrested after alleged rock attack left man seizing in carpark
Footage posted to social media showed a 25-year-old man being approached by a group of teens outside Red Rooster in Falcon.
Fight in car park of Perth’s south
The footage, shared to social media, appears to show a man confronting a group of children in a car park.
Australia’s tiniest wallabies spotted in the north-west in a tale of survival against the odds
They’re smaller than a cat and weigh little more than a bag of sugar. So, when rangers found them in WA’s Kimberley region, it gave renewed hope for their survival.
Family of WA man missing in Nepal ‘hoping for a miracle’ as search for survivors continues
Luke Costanzo was travelling with a group that last made contact at the Gyirong Port border crossing between China and Nepal.
WA hit by worst coral bleaching on record across 2000km of coastline
It is “the most detailed assessment of the status of the world’s coral reefs to date”, pulling together more than 21.1 million observations from 87,299 surveys, representing 36,886 sites across 124 countries.
‘A stonking gold result’: WA tops the nation in hunt for mineral riches
However, the exploration boom comes with a warning that the impact of capital gains tax changes, announced in the May federal budget, are yet to trickle down.
Historic WA seat secured, One Nation’s newest MP has sights on a much bigger prize
Having stormed home to victory in Secret Harbour on Saturday, Luke Herdegen said One Nation would now work on a policy platform with a view to ousting Labor at the next state election.
Why Thursday night will dictate Freo’s fortune – and shape the entire finals series
Fremantle sit just three wins away from their first premiership in the club’s 32-year existence. On Thursday, they have a golden opportunity to take a big leap towards breaking the drought.
‘The pressure is astronomical’: Why this WA principal quit her job – and what it can teach us about our schools
Jenny Cole says the situation has become “significantly worse” since she left and that more teachers and principals than ever before are burning out.
Labor only have themselves to blame for losing Secret Harbour
The safe seat of Secret Harbour was WA Labor’s to lose in the by-election this weekend, and they deserved to lose it.
Why this Perth author’s fifth book was her most difficult to write yet
Family history and a dark revelation shape West Australian author Tess Woods’ fifth book – and that was just in the writing process.

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