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Major crime detectives are urgently trying to track down 33-year-old Jayden Stewart Selfe, who hasn’t been in touch with family or friends since early to mid-May., For the past five days, police and forensic teams have been combing through a unit on Money Road, just south of Perth’s CBD, after new information raised serious concerns for Jayden’s welfare., Officers remain tight-lipped about what led them to the property, but they’ve confirmed there’s no danger to the community.

Update after man’s mysterious disappearance

Police have provided an update in the search for the body of missing man Jayden Stewart Selfe following a tip off they received three months after he disappeared.

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos APRIL, 8, 2021: Pictured: Bertie Beetle show bag stand at the Easter Show in Sydney, NSW. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Dylan Coker

Safety fears for Perth Royal Show

The consumer watchdog threatens instant penalties for selling unsafe products at this year’s event after discovering dozens of dangerous items.

Optus Stadium, Perth. Picture: Supplied

‘Don’t deserve it’: Call for big Optus change

The growing calls to strip a landmark arena of its name comes days after the telco’s outage, which has been linked to three deaths.

38-year-old mum Tara Marie Morrison was murdeed at home in Broadwater WA

Accused killers deny murdering a mother

A Busselton pair accused of murdering mother Tara Morrison at a home in the tourist hotspot have denied killing her.

BREAKINGTechnology

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos. September 21st, 2025: Optus Chief Executive Officer Stephen Rue provides an update to the media with regards to the Triple Zero call failures. Picture: Dylan Coker / NewsWire

‘Not followed’: Update on Optus triple-0 outage

An early investigation into an Optus outage connected to four deaths across Australia shows that “established processes were not followed”.

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‘WE HAVE LET YOU DOWN’: Optus triple-0 tech failure leaves 3 dead

Baby dead in horror Optus fail

Devastating details have come to light about the horrendous network upgrade failure from Optus that left three people dead.

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WOOROLOO, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos. NOVEMBER 4, 2023 Residents of an outer Perth suburb have been warned to lock their doors as specialist police respond to a firearm incident. Police are responding to a firearm incident near the intersection of Needham Road and Marauba Close, in Wooroloo, 55km east of PerthÃ¢â¬â¢s CBD. Picture: NewsWire / Sharon Smith

Woman assaulted in supermarket aisle

A woman has been rushed to hospital after she was allegedly assaulted by a stranger at a local supermarket.

A 12-year-old boy has been charged after allegedly stealing a car from a driveway in Perth and leading police on a wild chase through the suburbs. Picture WA Police

12yo charged, person on run after wild chase

The 12-year-old boy allegedly stole the car from a driveway and led police on a chase through the streets, before trying to flee on foot into bushland.

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA NewsWire Photos OCTOBER 27, 2022: Brittany Higgins with her partner David Sharaz arrived at court for the trial. Bruce Lehrmann is the man accused of the sexual assault of former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins. He arrived with his lawyers at the Magistrates Court in Canberra. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Gary Ramage

Brittany Higgins’ husband faces massive bill

The former political staffer alongside his wife Brittany Higgins was found to have defamed former Liberal senator Linda Reynolds.

Senator Linda Reynolds is suing Brittany Higgins and her husband David Sharaz for defamation in the WA Supreme Court.

Higgins’ big move after crushing court defeat

Senator Linda Reynolds started bankruptcy proceedings against Brittany Higgins but the former Liberal staffer has hit back.

CORONAVIRUS: Microscopic view of influenza virus cells. 3D medical illustration

Urgent warning after disease outbreak

Health authorities have issued a list of locations where an infectious person travelled early last week.

Major crime detectives are urgently trying to track down 33-year-old Jayden Stewart Selfe, who hasn’t been in touch with family or friends since early to mid-May., For the past five days, police and forensic teams have been combing through a unit on Money Road, just south of Perth’s CBD, after new information raised serious concerns for Jayden’s welfare., Officers remain tight-lipped about what led them to the property, but they’ve confirmed there’s no danger to the community.

‘Grave concerns’ for man missing since May

Detectives fear a missing man is dead following a tip-off that led to a week-long forensics investigation at residential property.

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos SEPTEMBER 16, 2025: People enjoy the warm spring weather at Bondi Beach on Tuesday. Picture: NewsWire / Nikki Short

Shocking spike in heatwave deaths

The number of deaths from heatwaves in Australia has increased massively in recent years, according to new research.

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA. NewsWire Photos. JUNE 13, 2025. Generic photos of Queensland Police and Emergency Services attending an incident on George St in the Brisbane CBDPicture: NewsWire/ Glenn Campbell --

Homicide probe after man found unconscious

Homicide detectives are continuing investigations after a man was found unconscious at a property and later died.

Scam social media ad selling tickets to lantern events that do not exist.

Scam ads luring Aussies to bogus events

Aussies have been warned about scam social media ads and websites selling tickets to bogus lantern events that don’t exist.

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Pasifique Zawadi Niyonyishi, 21, has been sentenced in the WA Supreme Court over the murder and attempted murder of his friend's foster parents at their Greenwood home in March 2024. Picture: Nine News

Man killed friend’s foster dad after tiff

A man who murdered his friend’s foster dad so he would “feel lifelong pain” has been sentenced to life in prison.

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos SEPTEMBER 10 2025; Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles, addresses the media in a press conference at HMAS Kuttabul naval base, Sydney. The Government is investing $1.7 billion to acquire a new fleet of Australian??designed and built extra-large autonomous undersea vehicles known as the Ghost Shark for the Royal Australian Navy. Photo: NewsWire/ Gaye Gerard

Aus rejects Trump link after $12bn move

Richard Marles sidestepped questions probing whether the funding splash was done to appease Donald Trump, ahead of a highly-anticipated meeting with the PM.

Premier Roger Cook has unveiled a dramatic overhaul of WA's public holiday calendar that will give workers more days off and bring the state in line with the rest of Australia.

State set for two new public holidays

A major mining state will add two new public holidays and shift three existing ones from 2028 in the biggest shake-up of the state’s holiday calendar in years.

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Multiple protests against racism, migration and corruption kicked off across Australia on Saturday. Picture: NewsWire/

Cops separate opposing groups amid protests

Officers have been forced to separate opposing demonstrators as major protests kick off across Australia’s capitals, including four separate rallies in Melbourne.

Health ministers have gathered for emergency talks as a devastating aged care shortage leaves thousands of elderly patients in hospital beds.

Ministers slam $1bn aged care crisis

Almost 2500 elderly Australians are trapped in hospital beds due to aged care shortages, as health ministers meet to tackle the billion-dollar crisis.

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Liquidators have been appointed to wind up Perth builder Tingey Development Group.

Another home builder goes bust

A custom residential builder has gone into liquidation with 15 projects left in limbo after two years of operation.

UK rapper Andres Barrientos, known as Yung Filly, is facing two more rape charges and is set to face trial in July next year over allegations he raped and choked a woman in Perth while touring Australia.

Major call for rape accused YouTube rapper

British YouTube rapper Yung Filly was hoping to travel back to the UK for Christmas while he is on bail in Australia over rape charges.

Floreat, Perth. Picture: Supplied

Leafy seaside council overcharges $1m in rates

Some of the richest landowners in one city have been overcharged $1m in council rates, a mistake that’s been acknowledged as “unacceptable”.

UPDATEDEnvironment

Karratha Gas Plant, North West Shelf Project. Please credit woodside

‘Carbon bomb’: Major gas decision slammed

Environmentalists have taken aim at the Albanese government after the controversial North West Shelf gas project in WA was extended till 2070.

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PERTH, AUSTRALIA-The scene of a drain on La Salle Road, Alexander Heights, where the body of a baby was discovered yesterday: A detective appears to take a phone picture through the hatch of the drain. Picture: The West Australian/ NewsWire

‘Vulnerable’ mum allegedly hid baby in drain

A mother who allegedly hid her baby’s body in a stormwater drain is “extremely vulnerable” and suffers intellectual disability, a court has been told.

ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos NOVEMBER 06 2023: RBA rate review file pics of realestate signage, buildings, ATM machines, banks Westpak, Commonwealth, Bendigo Bank, NAB, Coles, Woolworths, Foodland, people in the Adelaide Mall, office employees gathering. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Roy VanDerVegt

Popular Woolies salad pulled from shelves

The popular salad has been urgently recalled after it was found to be contaminated, with a risk of causing serious illness.

UPDATEDPolitics

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA, NewsWire Photos. FEBRUARY 16, 2024: Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price during the Cross-Portfolio Indigenous Matters Senate estimates at Parliament House in Canberra. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Martin Ollman

Price avoids media at Indian society event

Jacinta Price will speak at an Indian Society venue less than 24 hours after being axed from the frontbench for controversial comments on migrants.

UPDATEDMining

Iluka Resources will mothball its Cataby mine north of Perth. Picture: Supplied

‘Devastating’: Hundreds of mining jobs up in the air

A slowdown in house building and oversupply from China is threatening hundreds of jobs in one of Australia’s key industries.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos DECEMBER 1, 2023: Brittany Higgins leaves the Federal Court on Friday. Bruce Lehrmann is suing Channel 10 and journalist Lisa Wilkinson after TenÃs The Project aired an interview in which Brittany Higgins alleged she had been raped. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Nikki Short

‘$2.7k per hour’: Higgins’ massive lawyer bill

The WA Supreme Court has released documents related to Brittany Higgins’ defamation costs after she lost her fight with Linda Reynolds.

A worker has died at a Bassendean engineering factory, the second fatal workplace incident to occur at Hoffman Engineering in six years., If possible, are we able to use grab this image from the West? Richard Marles was at the factory a few weeks ago to announce it was the first Australian company to be awarded a contract to supply US submarine parts.

Second death at factory in 6 years

An apprentice has been killed at an engineering factory, making it the second workplace fatality to occur at the same business in six years.

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