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Jetstar Asia flights between Singapore and Broome will end on July 29 as Qantas brings 13 Airbus A320 aircraft jets back to Australia.

WA TourismCommentsTour operators take hit after Broome to Asia flights culled

The burgeoning Kimberley tourism industry is set to be collateral damage in Qantas’ scrapping of its Singapore-based offshoot Jetstar Asia.

Neale Prior

SpinalCure Australia executive director Duncan Wallace lives with quadriplegia and said he hoped the trials bring about change.

HealthTrials hoping to bring movement back to those with paralysis

Two state-first clinical trials are aiming to bring life-changing movement back to people who live with paralysis through neurostimulation therapy.

Oliver Lane

Pictured is Jessie Chen (8), Leah Nelson (5) and Salaar Naqvi (6) reading books from the Premier's reading challenge. Riley Churchman

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Aussie book tops the most loved by WA kids

A picture book by an Australian author is the most popular with WA school kids taking part in this year’s Premier’s Reading Challenge — even though American and British writers dominate their top 10 favourites.

Bethany Hiatt

A new report found 210,000 West Australian households now consider their housing unaffordable, an increase of 91 per cent in two years. NewsWire / Sharon Smith

News‘No end in sight:’ Housing crisis 91% worse

Hundreds of thousands of households in a major mining state believe their housing situation to be unaffordable, a troubling new report has found.

Emma Kirk

Consumer group Choice tested the SPF claims of 20 popular sunscreens and found 16 of them did not meet the thresholds on their labels.

Health CommentsPremiumPopular sunscreens claiming to be SPF 50 under investigation

A sunscreen stoush is unfolding after a consumer report testing sunscreens found 80 per cent of those marked SPF 50 were under the threshold, with several manufacturers disputing the claims.

Hannah Cross

Dramatic footage has emerged of the tactical response group arresting a man outside a Bunnings in Perth’s inner east, with witnesses claiming he tried to set gas canisters on fire.

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TRG arrest ‘attempted gas canister firebug’ at Bunnings

Police made an exclusion zone around the Bunnings following reports of a person acting suspiciously in the area.

Caleb Runciman

Assistant Commissioner Gailene Hamilton was stood down from duty this month after she was accused of inappropriate behaviour with another officer.

CRIMEPremiumHow ‘unwanted messages’ led to top cop being stood down

A investigation into one of WA’s highest ranking police officers centres around ‘persistent’ and ‘unwanted’ messages to another senior officer, WA’s top cop has revealed.

Jessica Evensen and Shannon Hampton

Roger Cook cannot guarantee there won’t be another sewerage disaster because of Perth’s ageing pipe network.

WA NewsCommentsFoul sewerage disaster may happen again: Roger Cook

The Premier said he cannot guarantee there won’t be another waste water pipe burst.

Oliver Lane

A male massage therapist has been charged with multiple sex offences after he allegedly assaulted two female clients at massage business in East Victoria Park. 

CRIMEPremiumMassage therapist charged over sex assault of clients

A male massage therapist has been charged with multiple sex offences after he allegedly assaulted two female clients at a massage business in East Victoria Park. 

Caleb Runciman

ECU researcher David Cook.

DrinkCommentsWhy your morning cup of coffee could become a lot cheaper

At a time when the average price of a flat white in Perth has soared to $6.50, a team of researchers has good news for caffeine addicts.

Kate Emery

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NewsDesperate search for 21yo missing in bush

An urgent search is underway to find missing 21-year-old man Finn Coyle who was last seen leaving his home on foot six days ago.

Emma Kirk

The attack occurred on the beach east of Wilson Inlet at Ocean Beach.

WA newsHunt for owner of dog that bit woman on beach in Denmark

City of Albany rangers are urging the owner of a dog that attacked a woman while she walked on Ocean Beach on the WA Day public holiday to come forward.

Melissa Sheil

A WA couple were left ‘shaking and in tears’ after a Lotto win.

WA newsCouple’s sweet score after scooping Lotto loot

They had just taken in the joy of a thrilling music concert — but the real music to their ears was still to come.

Joseph Cassidy

Finn’s brother Conor Coyle (right) said he was ‘seriously worried’ and said his brother was struggling with his mental health.

MISSING PERSONSearch resumes for Finn Coyle missing in Perth Hills

Finn’s brother Conor Coyle said he was ‘seriously worried’ and that his brother was struggling with his mental health. 

Jessica Evensen

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NEWSPremiumShock Greens claims, fiery resignation letter

In a stunning resignation letter, ex-Greens senator Dorinda Cox has accused her former party of racism.

Brendan Kearns

Assistant Commissioner Gailene Hamilton was stood down from duty this month after she was accused of inappropriate behaviour with another officer.

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Top ranking officer stood down amid internal investigation

A WA Police rising star has been marched off the job just days after being promoted to one of the force’s highest ranks.

Shannon Hampton and Ben Harvey

John McKechnie pictured in The Supreme Court.

WA NewsCommentsPremiumMcKechnie’s take on crims, corporate cowboys & politicans

After 50 years in the business of law and order - as Director of Public prosecutions, Supreme Court judge and head of the Corruption and Crime Commission - John McKechnie knows where a lot of bodies are buried.

Ben Harvey

City of Rockingham building

Local GovernmentComments‘Gross use of public funds’: WA council curbs legal policy

A controversial policy that allowed City of Rockingham councillors to use ratepayer funds to pursue defamation cases has been overturned. 

Rachel Fenner

Monique Boucher (left) receiving her award.

Best on tourCommentsHidden deTours host gets moment in spotlight

Rockingham tour guide Monique Boucher won the FACET Golden Guide Award at the recent Perth Airport WA Tourism Conference dinner in Fremantle. 

Rachel Fenner

Katanning police are searching for 24-year-old Mario Alesio Porru who has not been seen since he arrived in Queerarrup Lake 11 days ago.

MISSING PERSONPolice ask for help to find missing man last seen near Wagin

There have been no sightings of Mario Alesio Porru since he went missing and police hold concerns for his welfare. 

Melissa Sheil

Jyttes Hytte by Thomas Dambo, Giants of Mandurah.

EnvironmentCommentsMandurah’s iconic giant amputated after grim discovery

One of Mandurah’s iconic Thomas Dambo giants’ feet have been amputated and are under repair after the Mandurah Men’s Shed made a grim discovery.

Ava Berryman

Police are responding to a serious truck rollover east of Gingin.

WA NEWSPremiumPerson seriously injured after truck rollover east of Gingin

St John WA paramedics, police and firefighters are responding to the incident.

Caleb Runciman

Jack Taylor, who was diagnosed with bladder cancer, with Professor Dickon Hayne.

HealthCommentsLandmark WA study offers hope for bladder cancer patients

A West Australian-led study could solve the shortage of a life-saving drug with the results revealing a new treatment was just as effective in treating bladder cancer. 

Claire Sadler

Caitlyn Bragger, 15, was a passenger in a Toyota Land Cruiser with six other teenagers when it rolled several times south of Perth. Go Fund Me

NewsTributes for teen killed in horror crash

Tributes for a 15-year old girl who was killed in a horror crash south of Perth that injured five other teens travelling in a 4WD that rolled.

Emma Kirk