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Newly-minted MP Basil Zempilas voted in unopposed as WA Liberal's new leader After winning his seat by an extremely thin margin, newly minted Churchlands MP and Perth Lord Mayor, Basil Zempilas, has been voted by his colleagues as leader of the WA Liberals.

Broadcaster turned-Perth Lord Mayor Basil Zempilas has completed his rapid rise through Liberal ranks to become the party's new leader.

Mr Zempilas was elected to the position unopposed at a party room meeting. Former leader, Libby Mettam, will serve as his deputy.

As Labor loses total control, WA's upper house is set to get interesting The WA Greens say strengthening the government’s climate change legislation will be a top priority after they seize the balance of power in the upper house.

The WA Greens say strengthening the government’s climate change legislation will be a top priority after they seize the balance of power in the upper house. #ABCNews #PerthNews #WAPol

Abandoned bush campsite in Perth's south-east a symbol of housing crisis As the WA election draws promises to address the housing crisis, in one part of Perth where suburbs are bursting at the seams and homelessness is rising, services are pleading for urgent help.

As WA's major parties make significant election pledges to address the housing crisis, in one part of Perth where suburbs are bursting at the seams and homelessness is rising, services are pleading for urgent help.

#WAStateElection #WAElection2025 #WAPol #Housing #Homelessness

WA Premier Roger Cook has called US Vice-President JD Vance a "knob" during a leadership forum in Perth.

Cook was participating in a rapid-fire "finish the sentence" game with a reporter.

JOURNALIST: JD Vance is a …

ROGER COOK: Knob.

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WA Labor, Liberals reveal health policies after damning ambulance ramping report In the first weekend of election campaigning, Labor is promising a multi-million-dollar upgrade to Royal Perth Hospital's emergency department, while the Liberals are committing $91m for urgent care c...

On the first weekend of election campaigning, WA Labor and Liberals have announced their health policies days after a damning report into ambulance ramping in WA.

Labor has promised a $104m upgrade to Royal Perth Hospital, while the Liberals have committed $91m to funding more urgent care clinics.

Broome to Perth flights most delayed in the nation — again Travellers call on airlines to fix delays that have left some people stranded for hours at Broome airport as the community worries about the impact on tourism.

The report found that in December 2024, the Broome–Perth route had the lowest percentage of on-time arrivals (47.9%) and the lowest percentage of on-time departures (39.7%) in Australia.

The Broome International Airport also recorded the lowest percentage of on-time departures (39.7%).

Ten people living under one roof. This is the reality of WA's housing crisis Three parents and seven kids crammed into a four-bedroom house with bunk beds stacked like Tetris — Rebecca Nickels' living situation is the reality for too many West Australians grappling with the ho...

Three parents and seven kids crammed into a four-bedroom house with bunk beds stacked on top of each other like Tetris.

It's realities like this that illustrate the pressures being experienced by West Australians currently grappling with a housing crisis.

FIFO worker Kerry had it all. Now she's living in her son's hospital room Perth's housing crisis is so dire, Kerry Mitchell-Bathgate is using her son's hospital room as a makeshift bedsit while she struggles to find a roof to put over her head.

Unable to find a rental, 53-year-old single mother Kerry is sleeping by her son's bedside in a Perth hospital after he was diagnosed with stage five kidney failure.

Breaking: Former West Coast Eagles premiership player Adam Hunter dies Former West Coast Eagles player Adam Hunter is found dead in his hometown of Bunbury aged 43, the latest incident in a tragic week for the AFL community.

Former West Coast Eagles AFL premiership player Adam Hunter has died aged 43.

Hunter was found dead in his hometown of Bunbury in Western Australia.

As WA bets on big batteries, it faces pressure to offer home battery help Whether home batteries will ever become a solar-style success story in Western Australia remains to be seen, but there seems to be a rare political consensus on how to speed things up.

Whether home batteries will ever become a solar-style success story in Western Australia remains to be seen,
but there seems to be a rare political consensus on how to speed things up.

#WANews #PerthNews #WAPolitics #Energy #Batteries

Perth's new smart freeway was meant to cut commute times. Is it working? The state government spent $200 million on creating a 'smart freeway' to the city from Perth's northern suburbs, but motorists are yet to be convinced by the new technology.

With adjustable speed limits and traffic signals at on-ramps, authorities boast the $200 million new 'smart freeway' technology shaves 10 minutes off the morning commute.

But some residents in Perth's north say it's made their journey times longer by pushing congestion back into the suburbs.

Ariel Bombara delivers powerful wake-up call after Floreat murders probe The WA Labor government has put tackling family and domestic violence at the top of its agenda. In spite of this, eight police officers did not perform their duties in lead-up to the Floreat murders, ...

"The sad reality is that had my father come to the correct location and murdered my mum and me, we would have become just another domestic violence statistic that disappears with little further investigation," Ms Bombara said.

'Simply unfathomable': Perth parents jailed for starving daughter The Perth parents who deliberately starved their only child, causing the emaciated teenager to suffer serious health complications, are jailed.

The Perth parents who starved their only child, causing the emaciated teenager to suffer serious health complications in an apparent bid to keep her a little girl forever, have been jailed.

The father was sentenced to 6-and-a-half years, while the mother received a 5-year jail term.

Probe finds eight police officers at fault before Floreat murders An internal investigation into the actions of WA Police officers in the weeks before Mark Bombara killed two women in the Perth suburb of Floreat finds eight officers did not perform their duty.

"We told you he was going to murder us. So did you not believe us? Or did you just not give a sh*t?"

An internal investigation into the actions of WA Police officers in the weeks before Mark Bombara killed two women in the Perth suburb of Floreat has found eight officers did not perform their duty.

Woman starved by parents as a teenager blames herself, court told A young woman who was at risk of death after her parents starved her as a teenager makes an emotional appeal to a Perth judge to spare them further punishment.

WARNING: This story contains distressing content.

A young woman who was at risk of death after her parents starved her as a teenager has made an emotional appeal to a Perth judge to spare her parents further punishment, saying she blames herself and the media for their predicament.

Pair labelled 'muppets' jailed over attempted 'astronomical' cocaine import Two young Victorian men who were involved in the attempted importation of more than 100 kilograms of cocaine into South Australia have been sentenced to three years in jail with a non-parole period of...

Judge Joana Fuller said the drugs had first been imported to Western Australia hidden inside luxury buses on a cargo ship before the Australian Federal Police and Australian Border Force removed the packages and replaced them with "an inert substance", before surveilling them to South Australia.

Four homes lost as WA bushfire emergency continues Within two hours, major blazes broke out across the state as gusty winds and a heatwave combined for a dangerous outbreak.

Four homes have been lost with fears for more after a series of bushfires tore through southern Western Australia overnight.

#ABCNews #WAFires #Bushfires

Surfer who could see shark 'was going to have a crack' tells of narrow escape A West Australian surfer says he is extremely lucky to escape injury after a shark charged at him and bit a chunk out of his surfboard.

"When it started heading towards us, I knew it was going to have a bit of a crack, so I swung my board around and it took a bite out of the back. I jumped off the back of the surfboard. I didn't swim off, I didn't want to splash too much. I got back on my board and caught the next wave in."

Fears traffic infringement backlog is delaying licence suspensions WA authorities are sitting on a backlog of more than 70,000 traffic infringements, sparking fears people could be driving when their licences should have been suspended.

Western Australia's Department of Transport has revealed it's working through a backlog of 73,000 traffic infringements, sparking concern that people whose licences should have been suspended are continuing to drive.

#ABCNews #PerthNews

Fears pets are being deliberately killed in country WA town Residents in Morawa in the state's Mid West have reported a number of pets dying after shootings and suspected baitings.

Over the past three months, residents in Morawa, 350 kilometres north-east of Perth, have reported a number of pets dying in similar circumstances.

In each case, the animal has been left for a short period of time, only to be found suffering vomiting, lethargy, lockjaw, seizures and diarrhoea.

Public transport slashed to $2.80 flat fee under re-elected Labor government Public transport fares would drop to a flat fee of $2.80 for smart ride holders, under a one zone system WA Labor would roll out if re-elected.

Public transport fares would drop to a flat fee of $2.80 for smart rider holders, under a one-zone system WA Labor would roll out if re-elected.

#ABCNews #PerthNews #WAElection #Politics #PublicTransport #CostOfLiving

Drownings at holiday hotspots raise calls for tourism marketing re-think Experts are calling for better education surrounding the perils of WA beaches to be included in tourism advertising.

A spate of drownings at remote West Australian beaches have raised concerns about how Western Australia's remote locations are being advertised.

Experts say marketing campaigns on beach safety are not targeting the most at-risk groups.

#ABCNews #WANews #Tourism #WaterSafety

WA braces for 'prolonged' heatwave, damaging winds as cyclone forms off coast West Australians are bracing for heatwave conditions from Sunday as residents in the state's north are being urged to prepare for wild weather as a cyclone forms off the Pilbara coast.

West Australians are bracing for heatwave conditions from Sunday as residents in the state's north are urged to prepare for wild weather as a cyclone forms off the Pilbara coast.

#PerthNews #WANews #Cyclone #Heatwave #TCSean #TropicalCyclone #Weather

WA Liberal leader Libby Mettam refuses to stand in front of Aboriginal flag The WA Liberal leader's vow not to stand in front of the Aboriginal flag if elected premier has been slammed as "short-sighted" and "divisive" by the former federal Liberal minister for Indigenous aff...

WA Liberal Leader Libby Mettam's vow not to stand in front of the Aboriginal flag at media events if elected premier has been slammed as "short-sighted" and "divisive" by former federal Indigenous affairs minister Ken Wyatt.

#ABCNews #PerthNews #Politics #WAPol

Tropical cyclone likely to form off WA's northern coast over weekend Forecasters say two large tropical lows sitting off the Pilbara coast could form into a tropical cyclone over the weekend, but a coastal crossing is unlikely.

Two tropical lows sitting off Western Australia's northern coast look set to combine, with chances increasing they could form into a tropical cyclone as soon as Sunday.

The potential cyclone would be named Tropical Cyclone Sean.

#ABCNews #Weather #Cyclone #TropicalCyclone #TCSean

Footage reveals 'devastating' scale of mass fish kill in WA's Pilbara A Karratha woman shares video of the "eerie" moment she and her family discovered tens of thousands of dead fish along a stretch of beach near Karratha, as locals call for answers.

A Pilbara local who stumbled upon a massive fish kill has described the "devastating, eerie" sight of thousands of dead fish scattered across a popular beach.

More than 30,000 fish were found dead at Gnoorea Beach, about 1,500 kilometres north of Perth, late last week.

#ABCNews #Fish #FishKill

Company scammed out of $192k via fake invoice ordered to pay bill In a likely precedent-setting court case involving two companies, a business that received a fraudulent invoice email is ordered to pay costs to an electrical contractor who was hacked.

Company Inoteq Pty Ltd has been ordered to pay more than $190,000 to Mobius Group after paying a fraudulent invoice.

Hackers used the email of Mobius's director to send the invoice with new bank details and the court found Inoteq didn't do enough to protect itself.

#ABCNews #PerthNews #Law #Scam

Parents turn to credit, grandparents in face of rising education costs Families are facing crippling costs to educate their kids — even at public schools. It has led some to withdraw their children from hobbies and plan carefully simply to get them through school.

The latest data on the cost of educating a child shows a significant increase on last year, and many families are having to compromise.

Expenses such as uniforms, extracurricular activities and electronic equipment are a major contributor to the education bill.

#ABCNews #Education #CostOfLiving

Patient group queries costs of TV in Perth's public hospitals The Health Consumers' Council of WA says TV access can help soothe patients during what can be an overwhelming experience.

"I just couldn't believe that you had to pay for free-to-air television."

A patient group is questioning a policy of charging for access to television sets in Perth public hospitals.

#ABCNew #PerthNews #Healthcare #TV

Family holiday spot now 'place of fear' after 4yo mauled by dog A four-year-old girl is recovering after being viciously mauled by a Rottweiler at a WA beach while on holiday with her family.

A Perth mother says she feared her four-year-old daughter would not survive a vicious dog attack that left her with puncture wounds all over her body.

⚠️ WARNING: This story contains details and photos some readers may find distressing.

#ABCNews #PerthNews #DogAttack #Rottweiler