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‘Very disappointing’CommentsPremiumUrgent review after WA hospital staff exposed to COVID

Three staff members from Royal Perth Hospital are in quarantine after they were exposed to infection during the transfer of a COVID-19 positive captain evacuated from a ship off the Pilbara coast.

Bethany Hiatt

Nazi auctionPremiumPerth bidder buys Hitler’s cigar box for $29,000

A controversial Morley military antique store has collected $130,000 from Perth buyers at its Nazi auction today — with Hitler’s personal items selling for tens of thousands.

Rangi Hirini

‘I did not expect a reply’VideoCommentsPremiumWA teacher battling cancer gets letter from Philip

One of the final letters commissioned by the Duke of Edinburgh was delivered just days before his death to a Mandurah man who met the late prince during his WA tour in the 1960s.

Steve Butler

Art of the nailCommentsPremiumNail business booms as beauty is the new Bali

West Australians unable to travel overseas thanks to the border closure are spending big on beautification, with nail salons turning into artistic studios where self-expression knows no bounds.

Jenna Clarke

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No certaintyCommentsPremium
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Doctors call for PCH ‘revolving door’ to stop

The ‘revolving door’ at Perth Children’s Hospital needs to stop — Australian Medical Association Chief Andrew Miller has warned — after revelations the facility had three bosses in three years.

Joe Spagnolo

Drug chargesPerth journalist freed from Burma jail after 3 years

Newspaper co-founder Ross Dunkley has been released from a Burma jail after serving three years of a 13-year drug sentence, as part of a large-scale pardon by the country’s military junta.

Brianna Dugan

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What a wasteCommentsPremium
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Hundreds of WA homes empty as rental crisis worsens

More than 900 government-owned houses are sitting empty in WA, while desperate families are having to pitch tents in family and friends’ backyards because they have nowhere to live.

Joe Spagnolo

Very nice!VideoHollywood A-Listers spotted holidaying in Perth

Perth-raised actor Isla Fisher and her husband, Borat star Sacha Baron Cohen jetted into Perth this week with their three children Olive, Elula and Montgomery — and were spotted at Crown Towers.

Stephanie McKenna

Crowd concernsCommentsPremiumWildcats play down smaller crowd during code clash

Perth Wildcats CEO Troy Georgiu won’t make any swift judgments on the reasons behind Friday night’s lower than usual crowd, but believes a combination of unique factors played a part.

Craig O'Donoghue

FireballCar explodes in flames outside Northbridge bar

Police patrolling Northbridge overnight found themselves adopting a different role — that of firefighter.

Emily Moulton

Immune to the boomCommentsPremiumThe Perth suburbs failing to sell in red-hot market

A handful of suburbs appear immune to the boom that has sent listed properties flying off the market, with sales taking up to three times longer than average — and tenants could be to blame.

Kim Macdonald

Lost all hopePremiumIndigenous boy trapped in poverty cycle takes own life

A teenage boy who was staying in an overcrowded public housing property in Perth has died by suicide just years after he was left orphaned.

Annabel Hennessy

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‘On a mission’Premium
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Murder victim’s mum ‘won’t stop until they get justice’

The mother of murder victim Kym Taylor says she will not stop fighting for justice after two people accused of being involved in her daughter’s killing were acquitted.

Phil Hickey

Lifetime of givingCommentsPremiumTelethon auctioneer remembered as charitable man

Telethon’s longtime auctioneer Ron Farris, who dedicated himself over many years to help WA’s famous fundraiser and numerous other charitable causes, has died at the age of 79.

Angela Pownall

Another blowPremiumSenior Rock Machine bikie facing weapons charges

The Rock Machine bikie gang has suffered yet another hammer-blow after senior figure Daniel James Bailey appeared in court this week over a string of serious weapon and drugs charges.

Phil Hickey & Shannon Hampton

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New-look partnershipCommentsPremium
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Nats and Libs to form alliance after election bloodbath

The Nationals and Liberals are just days away from signing an agreement to form an alliance in State Parliament for the next four years, The West can reveal.

Peter Law

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MORE RUFF JUSTICECommentsPremium
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Nine new recruits join WA Police dog squad

The WA Police canine squad has been boosted with an extra nine dogs who are specially trained to sniff out drugs and cash and chase down crooks, The West can reveal.

Phil Hickey

Fallen starPremiumEx-Eagle Kerr admits breaching family VRO

Former AFL champion Daniel Kerr has pleaded guilty to breaching a family violence restraining order taken out by his ex-partner Michelle McAtackney.

Angie Raphael

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Making a splashPremium
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Drug trafficker jumped in pool ‘to destroy evidence’

A convicted drug trafficker allegedly tried to destroy evidence by jumping into his swimming pool while handcuffed after police raided his Perth home.

Phil Hickey

House That!CommentsPremiumFirst time lucky for mining exec with $3m bid

The property market has been brutal to many people, but not to Mineral Resources executive Joshua Thurlow, who got the first home he put an offer on — a $3 million luxury City Beach property.

Kim MacDonald

‘Millionaires’ row’CommentsPremiumPerth investor turns $1 million profit in 18 months

Saunders Street in Mosman Park is known as ‘millionaires’ row’, home to the 0.1 per centers who can afford to spend more than $5 million on a home.

Kim Macdonald

Another ‘crisis’CommentsPremiumRPH turns away intensive care patients for 12 hours

Royal Perth Hospital is in the midst of another ‘crisis’ — turning away new critically ill patients from its intensive care unit for more than 12 hours.

Michael Traill

Death threatsPremiumScorned Thai lover found guilty of sinister acts

A woman who stalked, extorted and threatened her lover, his ex-wife and edited their daughter’s face onto pornographic pictures then sent them to her school has been found guilty of the crimes.

Emily Moulton

‘Team effort’CommentsPremiumScoMo claims credit for McGowan’s landslide victory

Prime Minister Scott Morrison is claiming credit for Premier Mark McGowan’s electoral wipe out of the WA Liberal Party, in his first trip to Perth in 537 days.

Michael Traill

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