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Jobs impactNew stats reveal WA’s hardest hit businesses, workers

New payroll figures out today have laid bare the full impact of pandemic-related job losses in WA, revealing which businesses and sectors were hit hardest and the workers who have suffered the most.

Meilin Chew

HealthLatest on worldwide spread of coronavirus

The World Health Organization has come under fire for not declaring the COVID-19 outbreak an international emergency until January 30 last year.

CrimeCourt told of injuries in NCA bombing

The Supreme Court in Adelaide has heard of the horrific injuries suffered by two people caught up in the bombing of the National Crime Authority office in 1994.

Tim Dornin

State ElectionLibs pledge regional road safety blitz

Liberal Leader Zak Kirkup has pledged to carry out a $900 million regional road safety blitz over the next four years, including $40m to increase passing lanes on roads such as Albany Highway.

Sarah Makse

Lender movesWA staff in limbo as The Agency calls in administrators

The decision came despite efforts to pay down debt, including a sizeable loan in the form of a convertible note subscription from WA horse breeder and investor, Bob Peters.

Kim Macdonald

Leap of faithWA’s newest police recruit breaks the mould

Const. Stacee Burrows, who trained as a child health nurse, has been dubbed one of the force’s brightest stars. While she doesn’t fit the mould of cops of the past, she embodies a new wave of police.

Sarah Steger

LATESTMan found dead in campervan may have been robbed

Police are investigating whether a man found dead in a campervan at a rest stop near Tamworth may have been ambushed by a robber.

Georgia Clark and Mitchell Van Homrigh

UpdatedAunt breaks down, neighbours dispute balcony death claims

The aunt of a former cheerleader who plunged to her death from a Gold Coast highrise has broken down outside the accused killer’s murder hearing. It comes after a neighbour took issue with claims in court.

Greg Stolz

Social AffairsPush for Australia Day minute of silence

Federal MP Zali Steggall is pushing for councils in her Sydney electorate, and across Australia, to observe a minute of silence on Australia Day.

Tiffanie Turnbull

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Traffic controller struck in WA’s south-east

A traffic controller has been struck by a car near Ravensthorpe in WA’s south-east.

Sarah Steger

Beachside violenceParty bus operator hits back at Scarborough ban plan

Banning party buses in Scarborough won’t curb rising antisocial behaviour in the area, according to the operator of a bus service that regularly visits the coastal party hotspot.

Ben O'Shea

Disaster and EmergencyTrapped China miners phone rescuers

Miners trapped after an explosion at a mine in Shandong Province, China, nine days ago have been in phone contact with the surface as rescue efforts continue.

Workplace accidentTradie fights for life, another hurt in workplace accident

Two tradesmen have been seriously injured – one critically – following a workplace incident at a fast food outlet on the Gold Coast.

Elise Williams, Danielle O'Neal, Jeremy Pierce

Power upGoldfields mines power up with clean energy fund

WA Environment Minister Stephen Dawson and Energy Minister Bill Johnston yesterday visited the Goldfields to announce two projects would share in $2.6m through the $19m Clean Energy Future Fund

Tom Zaunmayr

COURTZlatko Sikorsky’s alleged killer revealed

A prisoner accused of killing the man suspected of murdering 16-year-old Larissa Beilby has had his matter brought to court.

Patrick Billings

Virus probeChina was ‘too slow’ to contain COVID-19

An independent panel has delivered a report on the early days of the pandemic that changed the world.

Sarah Ison

Coronavirus crisisHealth Department slammed over UK COVID case secrecy

The McGowan Government’s failure to disclose cases of the highly-contagious UK variant of COVID-19 in the State is undermining public trust, according to the Australian Medical Association WA.

Ben O'Shea

High alertWA Govt to disclose more virus source details

The WA Government has promised better transparency after it was not disclosed that several recovered COVID-19 cases were linked to the highly contagious British strain.

Michael Ramsey