Police said a 45-year-old man died at the scene after being hit by a Transperth Bus which was turning right from Milligan Street onto Wellington Street about 6.15pm on Friday.
A man has died after he was fatally struck by a bus on friday night.
He became trapped under the vehicle and sustained critical injuries.
The crash unfolded in front of a crowd of bystanders, including children, just after the start of a netball match between the West Coast Fever and Adelaide Thunderbirds, which was being held at the arena.
Police on Monday said the 37-year-old bus driver had been charged and would face court next month.
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Federal Liberal Canning MP Andrew Hastie says preventing Iran from developing a nuclear weapon is a priority for the west, and described the risk as “huge” while urging the Middle East nation’s government to come to the negotiating table.
With just two weeks left to claim the $150 per primary school child and $250 per high school student under the government’s student assistance payment scheme, about 23 per cent of eligible families in the metro area and 30 per cent of families in the regions still haven’t applied for the free money.
A 73-year-old woman has died after a crash involving a truck and a Prado towing a caravan south-east of Perth this morning.
AC/DC will head home to Australia in November, marking their first shows Down Under in nearly a decade – and Perth is on the itinerary.
Western Australia is falling behind other states and territories in its uptake of renewable energy, and is “likely to fall far short” of its future energy generation requirements without rapid action.
The Salaries and Allowances Tribunal handed down its 2025 pay scale for MPs and top bureaucrats, which has seen all pays in the top echelons of government and parliament increase by 3.5 per cent.
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WA’s pollies, top bureaucrats get pay bump
By Hamish Hastie
Premier Roger Cook has been given a $13,740 pay bump with a stroke of the pen today by the state’s salary determiner.
The Salaries and Allowances Tribunal handed down its 2025 pay scale for MPs and top bureaucrats, which has seen all pays in the top echelons of government and parliament increase by 3.5 per cent.
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That has seen the premier’s pay increase from $392,584 a year to $406,324 while Deputy Premier Rita Saffioti’s pay jumped from $334,466 to $346,172.
Opposition Leader Basil Zempilas and other cabinet ministers get paid the same amount, with their remuneration increasing from $306,236 to $316,954.
The base salary for an MP increased by $6000 to $179,462.
The highest-paid public servants in the state are now earning $547,000 annually, which includes Department of Education Director General Jay Peckitt, Police Commissioner Col Blanch, Public Sector Commissioner Sharyn O’Neill and Transport Director General Peter Woronzow.
In its determination, the tribunal said it monitored the wages price index and consumer price index, at both the state and federal level, when determining new rates of pay.
“Since those decisions, a 3.5 per cent increase has been supported by other bodies such as the Fair Work Commission providing a 3.5 per cent increase to the national minimum wage, the WA Industrial Relations Commission providing an increase to the state minimum wage of 3.75 per cent and the recent state budget 2025-26 projecting a wage price index of 3.5 per cent,” it said.
WA’s renewable future in focus
Western Australia is falling behind other states and territories in its uptake of renewable energy, and is “likely to fall far short” of its future energy generation requirements without rapid action.
That’s according to a new report from climate policy firm Common Capital, which breaks down each state or territory’s renewable energy ambitions – and what they need to do to achieve them.
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The States of transition report found renewable energy deployment must accelerate in all jurisdictions to meet future electricity demand – but WA appears to have a steeper hill to climb than the others.
WA’s renewable generation is about 27 per cent of its energy mix, according to the report. And, with no renewable energy target set, its progress is falling behind other states.
“Renewable energy targets may help to improve investor confidence,” the report read.
While there was enough renewable energy generation capacity in the pipeline to meet WA’s 2030 requirements, it was almost all in the early stages of planning.
“Unlocking as much of this capacity as possible will be critical in ensuring Western Australia meets its future generation requirements,” the report read.
Police said a 45-year-old man died at the scene after being hit by a Transperth Bus which was turning right from Milligan Street onto Wellington Street about 6.15pm on Friday.
A man has died after he was fatally struck by a bus on friday night.
He became trapped under the vehicle and sustained critical injuries.
The crash unfolded in front of a crowd of bystanders, including children, just after the start of a netball match between the West Coast Fever and Adelaide Thunderbirds, which was being held at the arena.
Police on Monday said the 37-year-old bus driver had been charged and would face court next month.
Perth, are you ready to rock?
Some welcome news for the rock ‘n’ roll fans out there; AC/DC will head home to Australia in November, marking their first shows Down Under in nearly a decade – and Perth is on the itinerary.
The band, which formed in Sydney in 1973, will be in the country between November 12 and December 14 as part of their Power Up world tour.
The Aussie rock royalty will paint the town black for the first time in nearly 10 years.Credit: Getty Images
In early Christmas present to Perth and Brisbane-based Acadaca fans, the group will head to Perth’s Optus Stadium on December 4 and Brisbane’s Suncorp Stadium on December 14, following shows at the MCG, Accor Stadium and the bp Adelaide Grand Final in November.
The Grammy Award-winning group will be supported by Melbourne pub rock band Amyl and the Sniffers.
“AC/DC puts their fans ahead of everything else. They’re perfectionists in every way and will always make sure each fan walks out with a big smile on their face,” said Australian tour promoter Christo Van Egmond, son of Garry Van Egmond, who promoted AC/DC’s Australian tours for 40 years.
Woman dies in crash between truck, Prado towing caravan
A 73-year-old woman has died after a crash south-east of Perth this morning.
The woman was a passenger in a Toyota Prado which was towing a caravan when it and a white Volvo truck collided at the intersection of Kargotich Road and Gossage Road in Cardup about 8.35am.
The woman died from her injuries at the scene, while the 73-year-old man driving the Prado and the truck driver, a 28-year-old man, were both taken to Royal Perth Hospital.
Officers from WA Police’s major crash investigation section were on the scene on Monday morning and have called for anyone with information, or dashcam, mobile phone or CCTV footage to contact Crimestoppers on 1800 333 000, or make a report online.
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Student assistance scheme ‘tracking better’, Cook says as deadline nears
By Hamish Hastie
Premier Roger Cook has just held a press conference at Burrendah Primary School in Willeton in another push to get eligible families to claim their student assistance payment.
With just two weeks left to claim the $150 per primary school child and $250 per high school student, about 23 per cent of eligible families in the metro area and 30 per cent of families in the regions still haven’t applied for the free money.
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Cook said the scheme was tracking better this time compared to the same stage of the payment last year, where 80 per cent – or 400,000 eligible families – applied.
With one in five families not applying for the payment the government was criticised for not doing enough to spread the word of the payment, particularly in regional areas where uptake was worse.
Cook said the government was getting better at raising awareness of the payment, particularly in the state’s north-west, where Education Minister Sabine Winton had written to schools urging them to contact families.
Cook would not provide a breakdown of schools with the lowest uptake.
“We don’t want to create a lot of noise, we don’t want to stigmatise particular schools or particular areas,” he said.
‘We don’t want to see Iran getting a nuclear weapon’: Hastie
Federal Liberal Canning MP Andrew Hastie says preventing Iran from developing a nuclear weapon is a priority for the west, and described the risk as “huge” while urging the Middle East nation’s government to come to the negotiating table.
Shadow home affairs minister Andrew Hastie.Credit: James Brickwood
“Obviously, the Coalition does not want to see any further war. We want to see Iran come to the negotiating table to verify where that 400 kilos of enriched uranium is,” he said.
“And we’d like to see peace in the region, because there are a lot of innocent people being affected by this.”
Hastie, the opposition home affairs spokesman, said it was always the Coalition’s position that Iran couldn’t be allowed to get a nuclear weapon, but refused to speculate on what steps may come next.
“We wanted to see Iran come to the negotiating table, open itself up to a full inspection by the International Atomic and Energy Agency. They didn’t, and President Trump took action to strike those three facilities,” he said.
Hastie downplayed criticism of the legality of Trump’s attacks – “international lawyers can parse the strikes” – but was resolute they were necessary because Iran would not come to the negotiating table, “and the risk of them getting a nuclear weapon was huge, and it was a direct threat to regional stability and world peace”.
He pointed to comments from International Atomic Energy Agency director general Rafael Grossi earlier in June, when the agency’s board passed a resolution condemning Iran for being in breach of its non-proliferation treaty obligations.
“[Iran] had 400 kilos of 60 per cent uranium stockpiled,” Hastie said.
“The IAEA has a ceiling of 20 per cent enrichment for military fuels. So, Iran had no explanation for this 60 per cent enrichment, other than they were working towards a nuclear weapon.”
Perth golf star joins exalted company
By Peter Ryan
Perth’s Minjee Lee has held her nerve to win her third major championship with a three-shot victory in the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship in Texas.
She dropped her broomstick putter and threw her hands to her head after completing the job with par on the 18th to finish the final round with two-over-par 74.
Minjee Lee poses with the trophy after winning the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship 2025.Credit: Getty Images
Her win lifts her into exalted company as just the third Australian female with at least three major championships alongside Karrie Webb, who won seven, and Jan Stephenson, with three.
Hannah Green is the only other Australian female golfer with a major win, while there is only one male Australian golfer with more than three majors to his name – Peter Thomson, who won five British Opens.
Saturday Lotto Superdraw produces two WA millionaires
In case you missed it at the weekend, two West Australian ticket-holders took home $2.2 million in the Saturday Lotto Superdraw.
The division one winners bought the winning tickets at Derby Newsagency and through Lotterywest Play Online.
There was also a WA division one winner in Super66 worth $135,164, with that ticket bought from Lotterywest Play Online.
Lotterywest spokesperson Zoe Wender said it had been a great weekend for players in the west, with Friday’s Millionaire Medley draw also netting two WA-based division one winners.
“WA has celebrated five division one wins this weekend,” she said.
“We can’t wait to find out who these ticket-holders are and welcome them into the Lotterywest Winner’s Room.”
