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Police investigationPremium19yo man in custody after $20,000 cash stolen from hotel

A suspect is in police custody following a late night burglary at a Geraldton accommodation resort which resulted in an estimated $20,000 in cash being stolen from a Chinese tourist’s room.

Jessica Moroney

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Man charged after guns, drugs seized during gang crime raid

Police have seized guns along with drugs and other weapons after raiding a home in Perth’s eastern suburbs on Tuesday.

Phil Hickey

courts & justicePremiumCFMEU thug involved in junior AFL brawl admits guard assault

A CFMEU council member freshly fined over his role in a wild brawl at a junior AFL match has been blasted by a magistrate over an attack on a security guard at a shopping centre in Perth’s east.

Rebecca Le May

POLICEPremiumPolice gun processes are ‘strict’, Col Blanch says

Police Commissioner Col Blanch has defended the processes for signing out weapons, in the wake of the suicide of a detective in Perth on Monday.

Dylan Caporn

WA newsPolice in fresh search for missing canoeist in Dwellingup

Police have launched a new search this morning for a missing canoeist in the Nanga Brook area who was last seen at the weekend.

Phil Hickey

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Girlfriend of dead Mandurah man charged with his murder

The girlfriend of a Mandurah man who died after a serious assault in his home has appeared in court charged with his murder.

Phil Hickey

MelbourneVideoCity protest chaos: Thousands clash in violent escalation

Protests on Melbourne streets turned ugly this morning with bricks, rocks and faeces thrown at police and horses as thousands clashed outside the Convention and Exhibition Centre.

Max Corstorphan

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How road rage is plaguing WA as horror crash toll soars

As the WA road toll soars to levels not seen in years, a new RAC survey has exposed the shocking rate of road rage incidents on Perth roads.

Phil Hickey

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Charity walker found safe and well on Gibb River Road

Police have found a charity walker who abandoned his trolley and water on a remote section of the Gibb River Road in the East Kimberley. 

Sarah Crawford and Phil Hickey

PolicePremiumNew details emerge after WA cop takes his own life

Fresh details have emerged after a WA Police officer took his own life on Monday.

Phil Hickey

Zero tolerancePremiumMore than 148 fines issued in traffic operation

WA Police road policing command unit dished out 148 sanctions to Geraldton drivers over two weeks, as part of a regional blitz targeting unsafe driving behaviours north of Perth.

Jessica Moroney

CRIMEPremiumPolice receive fresh clues in hunt for Broome rapist

Several people have come forward with information since police announced a $250,000 reward for information that helps catch the rapist responsible for a terrifying sex attack in Broome.

Shannon Hampton

PolicePremiumHomicide squad officer takes own life at WA Police facility

It is understood the male officer took his own life at a WA Police facility in Perth in the early hours of Monday morning.

Rebecca Le May and Dylan Caporn

PolicePremiumMan convicted of breaching DV order has guns returned

A shooting enthusiast who admitted to breaching a violence restraining order has had his firearms licence returned, despite objections from WA Police.

Tim Clarke

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Tragedy as body pulled from fire in Perth’s southern suburbs

A body has been recovered from a major blaze at a warehouse in Perth’s southern suburbs.

Lauren Price and Phil Hickey

WA NewsKalgoorlie cops launch manhunt for 26-year-old man

Police in Kalgoorlie are on the hunt for this man - 26-year-old Domonic Shackleton.

Phil Hickey

WA NewsPremiumCharges laid over Sikh temple incident

Police have charged a man with ‘conduct intended to racially harass’ over an alleged incident at a Sikh temple last week.

Phil Hickey

CrimePremiumPerth mum charged over alleged kidnapping to go for bail

A Perth mum charged over the alleged kidnapping and assault of a 17-year-old girl is in a schedule two position - meaning she was already on bail for other serious offences - a Perth court has heard.

Phil Hickey

WA NewsPremiumMan, 23, dies in shocking crash in Perth’s south

A young man has died in a shocking fatal car crash in Perth’s southern suburbs, with police saying the driver was evading their attempted intercept.

Phil Hickey and Caitlyn Rintoul

WA NewsPremiumMore booze buses and $20m to upgrade regional roads

More than $32 million in funding has been announced to boost road safety in regional WA, which will see two new drug and alcohol buses and a fleet of ‘highly visible’ police cars sent to dangerous routes.

Caleb Runciman

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Owners restrict access to popular surf beach after cruel act

Leaseholders of a Mid West property where more than half a dozen young calves were allegedly deliberately run over in a vehicle have closed their land to the public. WARNING: Confronting content

Phil Hickey

POLICE PremiumCops enforce ethics committee to govern invasive ‘data lake’

Intimate details of the lives of West Australians are being encoded and stored forever in a police ‘data lake’ that is so invasive the force is creating an independent ethics committee to govern its use.

Ben Harvey

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Police offer $250k reward to help find brutal Broome rapist

Police have announced a $250,000 reward for information that helps in the hunt for a depraved predator who raped a young backpacker at a Broome bush doof two years ago.

Shannon Hampton

WA NewsPremiumHorror attack on young girl forced into car

Shocking footage has emerged of the moment a teenage girl was bashed and thrown into a car by two women in Perth’s south before she was filmed begging for help with a bloodied face.

Caleb Runciman