Police charge teen with aggravated robbery
Police have charged a 14-year-old Kenwick boy with the aggravated robbery of a woman in Thornlie as she was walking home from the train station.
View ArticleDrivers threatened during two car jackings
Police are tying to determine if two separate car jackings in Perth overnight are linked.
View ArticleMan lucky to be alive after car hits tree in Perth
A man had to be pulled from the wreckage of a burning car after the vehicle hit a tree and burst into flames in the Perth suburb of Thornlie.
View ArticleWA Labor warns of 'broken promises' after Liberals' Thornlie to Cockburn rail...
The WA Government's announcement of a rail line linking Thornlie and Cockburn is a last-minute stunt to secure seats at the March election, Labor says.
View ArticleWhich seat am I in? WA's boundary changes explained
The March state election will be the first fought under fresh electoral boundaries drawn in a 2015 redistribution — so what does it mean for the parties, their candidates and for you?
View ArticleWA One Nation candidates disendorsed for failing to 'reach standards'
Pauline Hanson's One Nation officially disendorses two of its candidates for failing to reach required standards, just a fortnight out from the March poll, in what a political analyst describes as a...
View ArticleFormer One Nation candidate 'threatened' after being dumped by party
Sandy Baraiolo, a former One Nation candidate for the southern Perth seat of Thornlie, says she has been threatened over the phone after being dumped by the party.
View ArticlePremier talks up Metronet plan to solve congestion — at an empty train station
A deserted Thornlie train station was not enough to dissuade the Premier from insisting there will be enough passengers to justify a new train line to Thornlie as part of the Metronet master plan.
View ArticleVictorian police charge WA man over 1987 death of Khmer Rouge member
A West Australian man will be extradited to Victoria after being charged with murder following a cold case investigation into the 1987 killing of a woman linked to Cambodia's Khmer Rouge.
View ArticleMan struck by police car
A police internal investigation is underway after a man was struck by a police car after fleeing officers in the Perth suburb of Thornlie.
View ArticleBystander's video of man being struck by unmarked patrol sparks internal...
West Australian Police are conducting an internal investigation into the actions of officers after a bystander filmed an 18-year-old man being hit by a police car in the south-eastern Perth suburb of...
View ArticleA passer-by recorded the incident on their mobile phone.
A man is knocked over by a police car in mobile phone footage caught by a passerby.
View ArticleOfficer stood down after dramatic new footage emerges of police car knocking...
A senior police officer is stood down and an internal probe launched after video of a dramatic chase shows the moment a man is knocked to the ground by a patrol car before beginning to convulse.
View ArticleWarning 'good rosters, good rates' will be needed to lure workers to build...
Premier Mark McGowan is confident WA has the right skilled workers to deliver on the state's Metronet public transport masterplan, despite industry concerns about competition for talent.
View ArticleOfficer accused of ramming teenager with police car, knocking him to the ground
A senior WA police officer on trial for allegedly striking a teenager with an unmarked police car says he believed his victim was "casing houses" to burgle at the time of the incident.
View Article'Old, unfit, overweight' officer convicted of running down teen with police car
A police officer who was filmed on mobile phones driving into an 18-year-old man in Perth's south-east last year, knocking him down and sending him to hospital, is found guilty of dangerous driving.
View ArticleMajor link between Armadale and Mandurah rail lines delayed until 2023 after...
The budget for one of the WA Government's signature Metronet rail projects blows out by more than $200 million, with the completion date also pushed out by two years.
View ArticleHow a neighbourhood with back-to-front houses became a world-class suburban...
Crestwood, in Perth's south-east, was moulded on a radical neighbourhood design that in many places disintegrated into crime-infested disasters. But somehow, 50 years on, life remains as peachy as ever.
View ArticleWA's popular Premier is back for another four years. What has he promised to do?
Now that Mark McGowan and Labor have won a second term in government with an unparalleled mandate, it's time to examine exactly what they promised in their bid to win over WA voters.
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