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Angie RaphaelDeputy Chief of Staff, NCA NewsWire

Angie Raphael has almost two decades of experience as a journalist. Angie began her career in regional and community newspapers, then worked at the Australian Associated Press for 10 years before joining NCA NewsWire in Perth. Angie has specialised in court reporting, politics and entertainment, as well as covering bushfires, shark attacks and other disasters.

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PERTH, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 4: Western Australian Premier Mark McGowan speaks during a media conference at Dumas House on September 4, 2020 in Perth, Australia. The premier announced that Western Australia is not in a recession and will not be prematurely reopening its borders at current. State and Territory leaders met today for the National Cabinet Meeting to discuss alternatives for state border closures and caps on international arrivals in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Matt Jelonek/Getty Images)

WA announces COVID rule changes

Most COVID-19 restrictions are set to be lifted in Western Australia this weekend but some will stay in place for a while. Here’s what you can and can’t do.

Federal Budget

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos MAY 3, 2021: Federal opposition leader Anthony Albanese speaks at the Brisbane showgrounds after the Labor Day march in Brisbane. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Jono Searle

Labor’s budget demands for the PM

Anthony Albanese has accused the Prime Minister of ‘callous neglect’ in listing demands for the federal budget being handed down next week.

UpdatedWA

Francis Wark, also known as Frank Wark, suspected of the abduction and murder of hitchhiker Hayley Dodd near Badgingarra in 1999. Picture: Twitter/Channel Nine

Taxpayers may fund rapist’s legal bid

A rapist twice convicted of killing a teenager wants more legal help funded through taxpayers because he is unhappy with a judge’s decision.

PERTH, AUSTRALIA - MAY 03: A health worker carries out COVID-19 testing at the Joondalup drive-through clinic on May 03, 2021 in Perth, Australia. Perth is on alert after a hotel quarantine security guard from the Pan Pacific hotel and two of his housemates tested positive for COVID-19 on the weekend. While WA Premier Mark McGowan has not imposed a lockdown in response to the recent cases, restrictions requiring the use of face masks outdoors have been reintroduced. (Photo by Paul Kane/Getty Images)

How hotel guard caught virus revealed

Authorities have revealed how they believe a quarantine hotel security guard contracted COVID-19 before infecting two of his housemates.

UPDATEDHealth & Safety

Man tests positive after flying interstate

A man has returned a weak positive to coronavirus after leaving hotel quarantine in Melbourne and travelling to another state.

Fashion Trends

line of Playboy-themed clothing launched by retail group City Beach

‘Porn culture’: Fury over fashion brand

Outraged social media users have slammed surf shop City Beach over one of its fashion lines, with claims it promotes pornography to teenagers.

Urgent virus alert for KFC store

A KFC store has been added to the list of venues potentially exposed to coronavirus after contact tracers poured through CCTV.

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - MAY 18: McDonald's Fawkner is seen re-opened on May 18, 2020 in Melbourne, Australia. McDonald's has closed 12 restaurants across Melbourne for deep cleaning after an external delivery driver tested positive for COVID-19. The precautionary decision to close the stores was made after a truck driver delivering supplies to the restaurants while asymptomatic later tested positive for coronavirus. All staff have been asked to self isolate not to return to work for 14 days. The restaurant closures come after the closure of the Fawkner and Craigieburn McDonald's restaurants due to COVID-19 cluster outbreak last week. (Photo by Daniel Pockett/Getty Images)

Macca’s, Hungry Jack’s added to virus list

More than 75 eateries including McDonald’s, Hungry Jack’s and Nando’s have been added to the COVID-19 location list in one state.

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PERTH, AUSTRALIA - MAY 03: West Australian Health Minister Roger Cook and Premier Mark McGowan pose after receiving their AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine at Claremont Showgrounds on May 03, 2021 in Perth, Australia. People over 50 are now eligible to receive the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine across Australia from today after the federal government brought forward the start of the 2a phase of Australia's vaccine rollout. (Photo by Paul Kane/Getty Images)

How quarantine hotel guard got COVID-19

A ‘working theory’ has gone some way to explain how an Australian quarantine hotel security guard contracted the US strain of COVID-19.

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PERTH, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos APRIL 26, 2021: People out exercising with masks on the Perth Esplanade after the State Government ordered a three day lockdown when a man was found to be Covid positive after leaving hotel quarantine. NCA NewsWire / Tony McDonough

All the new rules after lockdown lifts

A raft of interim rules will come into place when the Perth and Peel lockdown lifts tonight. These are all the restrictions in place until Saturday.

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