Traffic
Young boys hospitalised after crash in Perth’s north
An eight-year-old was critically injured and an 11-year-old seriously injured when they were hit while riding their bikes.
- by Claire Ottaviano
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Electric vehicles
EV takeup rocketing as WA hands out millions to people going electric
Expansion of the zero-emission vehicle rebate scheme was warranted by the 513 per cent surge in the number of electric cars on West Australian roads.
- by Connor McGoverne
Police plead for safer driving after multiple WA crashes including deaths of two women
In addition to the fatal Indian Ocean Drive crash, a Honda sedan also ploughed through a Nando’s restaurant at Mount Lawley.
- by Alex Condon
Driver charged after Perth crash leaves three dead, two fighting for life
Three men have died and two are fighting for life after a vehicle crashed into an unoccupied home in Carlisle, in Perth’s east, about 5am on Saturday.
- by Neve Brissenden
WA farmers plan to flood freeways in stand against live export ban
Mitchell and Kwinana freeway and Stirling Highway commuters should prepare for added congestion Friday morning as #keepthesheep campaigners head to Elizabeth Quay.
- by Claire Ottaviano
Rogue sheep falling off truck causes fiery Kwinana Freeway crash
A sheep falling off a truck in Perth’s south has caused a fiery crash and traffic gridlock on the Kwinana Freeway on Wednesday afternoon.
- by Heather McNeill
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Perth
Why Perth drivers refuse to carpool, cycle or use public transport
“Time is money and time is life”, says one expert as Perth commuters continue to clog our roads rather than choose alternatives.
- by Heather McNeill
Teenagers seriously injured in Swan View quad bike crash
Police were called to the corner of Morrison Road and Bladon Way in Swan View this afternoon.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
Opinion
City life
Slow lane: why can’t we have what European cities have?
A brisk bike ride through the Perth CBD gave our writer an insight into what Perth might have been if Amsterdam was our model, not Los Angeles.
- by Mark Naglazas
Former fire boss slams Satterley’s hills housing estate
The site, surrounded by an extreme bushfire zone, is 150 hectares bigger than Kings Park, and larger in area than London’s Hyde Park and New York’s Central Park, combined.
- by Sarah Brookes
Part of Kwinana Freeway reopens after young woman dies in crash
The freeway northbound between Mundijong and Mortimer roads reopened on Thursday after being closed for more than 12 hours.
- by Heather McNeill
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