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WA Police major crash Detective Sergeant Ollie Edwards.

Teenager charged after woman killed in Edgewater ‘high-powered’ e-bike crash

Police allege a 17-year-old boy was driving an off-road electric motorbike recklessly and dangerously before he hit and killed a pedestrian in Edgewater on Saturday.

  • Cameron Myles

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PERTH, AUSTRALIA - JULY 26: Isaiah Dudley of the Dockers looks to handball during the round 20 AFL match between the Fremantle Dockers and West Coast Eagles at Optus Stadium on July 26, 2025 in Perth, Australia. (Photo by Paul Kane/Getty Images)

Dockers overwhelm Eagles, but miss chances as finals loom

Fremantle coach Justin Longmuir has urged his team to become more ruthless after being left to rue yet another missed opportunity to build percentage.

  • Justin Chadwick
Who’s the main breadwinner in your house? Could it be the house itself?

The Perth suburbs where house values rose most over 20 years

The cost of living is pushing people further away from the CBD – but there is a limit to how far people will move.

  • Holly Thompson
Callum and Jake Robinson with their dog.

Accused killers of Australian brothers on Mexico surf trip seek plea deal

Three of the four people charged over the deaths of Callum and Jake Robinson in a robbery that turned deadly are seeking to strike a deal with Mexican prosecutors and avoid trial.

  • Jordi Lebrija and Rebecca Peppiatt
Nardia Spice thought she was driving towards a new future. But a trap was being laid for her.

What a Perth mum’s death tells us about the city’s darkest corners

Nardia Spice was thought of by most as a sweet and kind person, naturally motherly. How did her life end with violence, theft and a shallow, lonely bush grave?

  • Hannah Murphy
Flares were let off at Lakeside Joondalup shopping centre on Thursday afternoon.

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The Transperth driver was charged with two counts of careless driving after one man died and another person was injured while he was behind the wheel.

‘Deeply tragic’: Perth bus driver avoids jail for fatal crash outside RAC Arena

A Transperth bus driver who hit and killed 45-year-old father Praveen Matcha as he crossed the road outside RAC Arena last month has narrowly avoided spending time in jail.

  • Rebecca Peppiatt
The Avalon Beef Wellington. Picture: Supplied
13.5/20

This restaurant within a sleek Claremont development reinterprets Mediterranean cooking for the western suburbs set

Fine dining aspirations, sharply composed plates and a high-flying cellar speak to an operation with an eye on style.

  • Max Veenhuyzen
The immunity gap occurred just after COVID-19.

How WA’s border closures could have caused Perth’s preschoolers to get sicker

WA’s hard border closures caused more young children to be hospitalised with common viruses like the cold or flu, than pre-pandemic.

  • Yvonne Ardley
Perth mother Yvonne Ardley in hospital with her son.

I took my son to the GP with what I thought was a cold. Now he is hospitalised every winter

As I sat in a Perth doctor’s surgery with my young son in 2022, I had no idea how serious his condition was. And it turns out, we’re not alone.

  • Yvonne Ardley

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