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The first session of the 2025/26 Western Zone abalone fishing season has begun in Perth. Fisheries personnel were on patrol checking size and bag limits. License holders descended on the inshore reef in what is a potentially dangerous coastal activity. Gary Ramage

FishingCommentsChaos erupts as abalone season opens

Nearly a dozen people had to be rescued in the first hour of the tightly managed abalone fishing season on Saturday.

Hannah Cross

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MONEYPremiumWhy Aussies will face huge bill hike

Millions of Aussie households are set to face a bill shock as a key cost-of-living relief is discontinued. Here’s what it means for you.

Cameron Micallef

British backpacker Alicia Kemp has been jailed for four years over a fatal e-scooter crash that killed pedestrian Thanh Phan in Perth. Image: Supplied.

CourtBackpacker jailed over fatal e-scooter crash

British backpacker Alicia Kemp has been jailed over an e-scooter incident that killed a Perth dad.

Emma Kirk

Jacinta Brindley has received support from WA Police Legacy after the death of her partner Luke. PIctured is Jacinta with her children Lyla (6), Luca (2) and Milena (2) at home in Byford Justin Benson-Cooper

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WA Police Legacy offers lifeline to officers and families

Jacinta Brindley lost her partner, a police constable, when she was three months’ pregnant with twins. Then the blue family wrapped its arms around her. WARNING: This story contains reference to suicide.

Hannah Cross

Best friends Brooke Kober and Jasmin Doherty share their tales from a post social media life.

WA NewsCommentsTeens share their diaries from a post social media ban world

What is it like for teenagers to go cold turkey from something that is so deeply woven into the fabric of who they are, and how they live their lives? Two WA friends share their experiences.

Rhianna Mitchell

WA might be experiencing a decade-long economic boom — but look under the hood and an increasing number of families are struggling financially.

WA NewsCommentsPremiumFinancial pressures are crushing WA’s low-income families

Financial pressure is crushing low income families across the State, a damning new report has revealed. 

Oliver Lane and Kirsty Lichtenstein

AGWA Director Colin Walker pictured with Studio interior by Bernard Hall from the exhibition Attachment Styles: Modes of Belonging in Modern and Contemporary Art. Ian Munro

Iconic art PremiumIconic WA art goes on new display

They have been safely in storage for a time to allow some of the gallery’s more than 18,000 other works space to shine

Malcolm Quekett

Caitlin Vinci behind the wheel of a manual car Andrew Ritchie

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‘What’s a clutch?’: Automatic-driver faced with a manual car

Caitlin was set the daunting task of driving a manual car, but when asked to find the clutch, her first instinct was to look in her wardrobe.

Caitlin Vinci

37-year-old Jennifer Mehoia got her manual license on Thursday after needing it for her new position on the mines.

WA NewsCommentsPremiumIndustry experts warn manual cars could be extinct by 2030

Manual cars, once a rite of passage for young drivers, are now on the brink of extinction.

Caitlin Vinci

McCain Foods (Aust) Pty Ltd are conducting a recall of the above product. The product has been available for sale in Woolworths, Coles and independent retailers including IGA nationally and online. Supplied

NEWSRecall issued over common frozen food

A popular frozen food sold at Woolworths and Coles nationwide faces an urgent recall over plastic contamination fears that could pose serious health risks.

Pamela Rontziokos

WA farmer Mark Adams disappeared while on a solo fishing trip off the Albany coast in WA on December 3. Authorities announced a body, believed to belong to the Woogenellup farmer, had since been located. Supplied

NEWSPremiumTragic update in search for missing farmer

Police have delivered a tragic update in their search for a missing farmer who disappeared off the coast during a solo fishing trip.

Pamela Rontziokos

Road Safety Minister Reece Whitby has told motorists to use common sense after AI cameras captured wild behaviour behind the wheel, including a drive who clipped their finger nails behind the wheel.

WA NewsCommentsPremiumMinister urges drivers to use common sense to beat AI fines

Reece Whitby has scolded ‘ridiculous’ behaviour behind the wheel after AI cameras picked up people eating meals, drinking hot coffees and grooming themselves while driving.

Oliver Lane

The 62-year-old was reported missing on the night of December 2, when he failed to return home from a solo fishing trip. 

Albany AdvertiserPolice find body believed to be of missing WA farmer

The 62-year-old was reported missing on the night of December 2.

Claire Sadler

New Curtin University Chancellor David Lock.

EducationCommentsPremium‘Visionary leader’ named Chancellor of Curtin University

WA agribusiness leader David Lock has been named as the next chancellor of Curtin University.

Bethany Hiatt

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WEATHERPremiumAussie Christmas Day forecasts revealed

Australians are set to bask in hot and sunny conditions this Christmas, according to the latest Christmas Day forecasts across the capitals.

Pamela Rontziokos

Two childcare centres in WA have been put on notice after incidents that left two children unaccounted for at one premises and others unsupervised near a water activity station at another.

WA NewsCommentsPremiumTwo WA childcare services penalised in supervision crackdown

Two childcare centres in WA have been put on notice after incidents that left two children unaccounted for at one premises and others unsupervised near a water activity station at another.

Hannah Cross

WA Health has urged those planning to travel overseas in the Christmas school holidays to ensure they are fully protected against measles, following two more recent cases. 

Public HealthCommentsHealth alert as highly contagious disease spreads in WA

A busy Bunnings, Coles and Woolworths have all been identified as exposure sites.

Claire Sadler

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NEWSShocking driver behaviour caught on camera

Disturbing footage has exposed some of the outrageous acts drivers are performing while behind the wheel - from nail painting to using a laptop at highway speeds.

Emma Kirk

Owners of the Chow Chow puppy are pleading to have their four-month old returned.

WA NewsCommentsPerth puppy stolen from home, family offers $2k reward

The heartbroken owner has issued a desperate plea to the community to help find their four-month old puppy.

Fraser Williams

A bushfire that forced residents to evacuate and destroyed a shed in Kenwick is being investigated as a possible act of arson. 

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Arson investigators make call on destructive Perth bushfire

The blaze forced residents to evacuate and destroyed a shed on Thursday.

Caleb Runciman

Mindum Alexander Brown, 32, made both guilty and not guilty pleas to an extensive list of charges.

courtsPremiumAlbany man admits to violent gym invasion, gives mixed pleas

An Albany man who went on a violent rampage through a busy gym and a Centennial Park home has pleaded guilty to a string of charges.

Jacki Elezovich

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updatedPremiumHiggins declared bankrupt in court

Brittany Higgins has been officially declared bankrupt by a Federal Court judge, with a trustee to now take over her financial affairs and deal with creditors.

Emma Kirk

Abalone hunters will descend on beaches around Perth. Pictured are lifeguards at Mettams Pool.

FishingComments Hundreds of lifesavers ready for abalone fishing rush

Abalone lovers are set to descend on designated fishing areas across WA’s coast on Saturday, prompting a fresh safety warning from surf lifesavers after 118 rescues last season. 

Caleb Runciman

States and territories will take the fight to the federal government after a new report revealed more than 3000 aged care patients are languishing in hospital beds. NewsWire / Luis Enrique Ascui

NewsPremiumFresh blow to Albo in health battle

The Albanese government has been dealt a blow after state and territory leaders voted to reject the latest health funding offer.

Nathan Schmidt