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Emergency services
Husband, wife drown while saving daughter at Great Southern beach
Two people have died after being pulled from the water at a beach in Western Australia’s Great Southern.
- by Cameron Myles
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Police
Teenager charged after WA Police officer attacked outside Optus Stadium
Police had previously received several reports of a group of young people creating a disturbance on bikes, scooters and e-bikes through Perth, Northbridge and Burswood.
- by Cameron Myles
Bushfire emergency in WA’s Mid West
Residents in the Shire of Irwin have been urged to flee to Port Denison, where an evacuation centre has been set up.
- by Cameron Myles
Holiday horror on WA roads with five fatal crashes days out from Christmas
Five fatal crashes within the space of just a few days have marked a grim start to Western Australia’s Christmas holiday break.
- by Cameron Myles
‘Like hell on earth’: Neighbours tell of frantic efforts to save boy from fatal house fire
A GoFundMe page has raised more than $34,000 to help the family rebuild their lives just days out from Christmas.
- by Cameron Myles
Ex-Broome bishop to plead not guilty to new sex assault charges
Christopher Saunders faced Broome Magistrates Court on Monday for the first time since being charged with five more historical offences.
- by Cameron Myles and Jamie Freestone
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Trade unions
WA nurses’ union members back new government pay deal
The new deal avoids an ugly showdown between Labor and WA’s biggest union ahead of the March state election.
- by Cameron Myles
Young boy dies in Meadow Springs house fire
A four-year-old boy has died in a house fire just days before Christmas.
- by Cameron Myles
A white-hot Christmas? Not quite. But as for the weekend before...
Perth is staring down two days of 40-plus over the final weekend before Christmas even as coral bleaches in Broome – but then things take a cooler turn.
- by Cameron Myles and Emma Young
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Bushfires
Port Kennedy bushfire warning downgraded
Emergency services rushed to the coastal southern suburb after the fire was reported about 1.30pm.
- by Cameron Myles and Claire Ottaviano
Elderly man dies after Claremont crash
Police are calling for anyone with information to come forward following a crash in the car park of a business on Stirling Highway on Monday.
- by Cameron Myles
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