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Debra complained about her Rivervale neighbours 60 times in three years. It’s worse than ever
E-scooters at 3am, open drug deals, and a council security team too terrified to enter the street. Inside one Perth suburb’s battle against a system they say has abandoned them.
‘Thank you for contacting puff!’: Perth’s black-market smoke slingers turn to WhatsApp to avoid crackdown
A note delivered to letterboxes in Perth’s south this week claims to be from “Perth [sic] Cheapest Tobacco and Vape”.
Pilot who survived Muchea plane crash tells of moment he knew he was in trouble
Thomas Murfett is recovering in hospital from multiple broken bones after his plane crashed in Muchea on Saturday morning.
‘Stabbed her’: Court played jail admission from WA mother accused of murder
A woman admitted fatally stabbing her ex-girlfriend to her new prison lover while police listened on a hidden microphone, a court has been told.
WA parliament erupts into chaos as minister details uni merger conversation
Higher Education Minister Tony Buti claims Opposition Leader Basil Zempilas privately offered his support for the controversial three-way merger of WA’s universities.
A fix for an ‘east coast problem’: WA wary as gas reservation policy unveiled
WA already has a gas reservation policy in place, and the legislation announced on Wednesday largely leaves the western scheme untouched. But would that remain the case if another party came to power?
City of Perth brings back former boss after council sacks CEO
Garry Hunt will return to lead the local government for 12 months as the city faces a $120,000 inquiry into “fractured” leadership and allegations of a toxic council.
‘I wanted a different life for my children’: What poverty in WA looks like when you are trying to rebuild
Almost 10 years ago, I fled regional Western Australia and an abusive relationship, taking my children with me and carrying little more than a bag of clothes each.
Scarborough foreshore’s ‘gateway’ primed for development, but nightclubs need not apply
After regaining control of the beachfront, City of Stirling Mayor Mark Irwin “can’t wait for the woodchips to be gone”.
The $6600 donation that has WA politicians up in arms
Ruah Community Services disclosed the “gift” to WA Labor last month, which the party confirmed was the ticket price to attend one of its fundraising events.
‘I lost it’: Sleep-deprived Perth cop sentenced for shaking five-week-old baby
The court heard that Nickolas Peake, 30, was struggling to settle his newborn when he shook her three times and told her to shut up.
Music review: Hans Zimmer brings hit movie scores to life in Perth
What is a movie without music? A good soundtrack can make or break a film and Hans Zimmer has written the best of the best of them.
Elderly man rushed to hospital after police pursuit crash in Leeming
An elderly man is fighting for his life after becoming collateral damage in a police pursuit in Perth’s southern suburbs on Monday morning.
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