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Teen who made black swan vape for Snapchat ‘streaks’ avoids jail after online backlash

3 hours 45 min ago
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

3 hours 52 min ago
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.
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WA news LIVE: Car smashes into Perth CBD shopfront

11 hours 16 min ago
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Perth daycare centre forced to close over asbestos concerns

11 hours 38 min ago
Parents were notified the centre would be closed on Wednesday morning as they arrived to drop off their children.
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Minister intervenes as open day Perth film studio actors paid with lunch and ‘opportunity’

18 hours 2 min ago
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.
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Visa crackdown hits home: The WA construction giant with 160 foreign workers locked out

Wed, 09/02/2026 - 15:21
Summit Homes Group said it had 162 workers in the Philippines ready to work in WA who were being held up by visa delays.
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Mandurah teenager arrested after alleged rock attack left man seizing in carpark

Wed, 09/02/2026 - 11:34
Footage posted to social media showed a 25-year-old man being approached by a group of teens outside Red Rooster in Falcon.
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Fight in car park of Perth’s south

Wed, 09/02/2026 - 08:36
The footage, shared to social media, appears to show a man confronting a group of children in a car park.
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As it happened: WA news on Wednesday, September 3, 2026

Wed, 09/02/2026 - 07:34
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Australia’s tiniest wallabies spotted in the north-west in a tale of survival against the odds

Wed, 09/02/2026 - 01:00
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.
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Family of WA man missing in Nepal ‘hoping for a miracle’ as search for survivors continues

Tue, 09/01/2026 - 17:12
Luke Costanzo was travelling with a group that last made contact at the Gyirong Port border crossing between China and Nepal.
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WA hit by worst coral bleaching on record across 2000km of coastline

Tue, 09/01/2026 - 12:14
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.
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As it happened: WA news on Tuesday, September 1

Tue, 09/01/2026 - 07:30
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‘A stonking gold result’: WA tops the nation in hunt for mineral riches

Mon, 08/31/2026 - 15:25
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.
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Historic WA seat secured, One Nation’s newest MP has sights on a much bigger prize

Mon, 08/31/2026 - 13:12
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.
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Why Thursday night will dictate Freo’s fortune – and shape the entire finals series

Mon, 08/31/2026 - 09:10
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.
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As it happened: WA news on Monday, August 31

Mon, 08/31/2026 - 07:31
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‘The pressure is astronomical’: Why this WA principal quit her job – and what it can teach us about our schools

Mon, 08/31/2026 - 01:00
Jenny Cole says the situation has become “significantly worse” since she left and that more teachers and principals than ever before are burning out.
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Labor only have themselves to blame for losing Secret Harbour

Mon, 08/31/2026 - 01:00
The safe seat of Secret Harbour was WA Labor’s to lose in the by-election this weekend, and they deserved to lose it.
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Why this Perth author’s fifth book was her most difficult to write yet

Sun, 08/30/2026 - 15:15
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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