A woman found dead in a luxury room at Crown Towers in Burswood, Perth, has been identified as a talented and much-loved family lawyer. WA’s legal community is in mourning after it emerged Alice McShera, 34, was allegedly murdered on Monday, triggering a homicide investigation. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Murder charge laid over Crown Towers…
Two men have been killed when their car became airborne and slammed into a retaining wall in Perth’s southern suburbs. The men, a driver aged 24, and a passenger aged 29, both suffered critical injuries in the crash about 5.10pm on Monday on the Kwinana Fwy in Wandi. Police said their sedan struck a concrete…
WA Police are investigating the death of a woman at Crown Towers in Burswood, Perth. Authorities sent “a number of resources” to investigate the scene at the luxury, five-star hotel in the city’s inner southeast on Monday. It is understood the alert was raised about 11am. Watch the latest news and stream for free on…
One of the detectives who rescued kidnapped girl Cleo Smith leaked sensitive information about the case to a young journalist he was in a relationship with, a corruption watchdog has found. Former detective senior sergeant Cameron Blaine was among the officers who found the four-year-old at abductor Terence Kelly’s home in northern WA on November…
A pet rottweiler “securely housed” by a Perth council following the savage mauling of its owner in the city’s south has been put to sleep, authorities have confirmed. Staff at the City of Cockburn’s Animal Management Facility have managed Harlem for more than five weeks after the dog turned on Nikita Piil at her home…
Australia is renowned for its sun and sand but warnings on a sign posted at a Perth beach have left the internet wondering whether venturing Down Under is really worth it after all. A list of 14 cautions and restrictions in place for visitors of Mindarie Beach, a stretch of coastline just south of a…
Authorities in at least two Australian states have raised concerns about a new coronavirus subvariant which has reared its head amid a surge in COVID-related hospital admissions. The number of Queenslanders in hospital with a COVID-19 infection has swelled to 146, twice what it was just two weeks ago. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Growing fears…
Major Crash detectives are working to understand why a van left a regional WA road and struck a tree, critically injuring two people. A White Toyota HiAce van was travelling north on Wickepin-Corrigin Rd in Kunjin, 200km southeast of Perth, when the crash unfolded just before 6pm on Wednesday. Two passengers, a 25-year-old woman and…
Emergency services have rushed two women to hospital after a collision between a car and a horse-drawn cart. The incident unfolded on Soldiers Rd near Norman Rd in Mundijong, an outer suburb in Perth’s southeast, about 12pm on Thursday. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Two women injured in horse and cart crash in Perth. Watch the…
Three people have been taken to hospital following a destructive multi-car collision in Perth’s southern suburbs. It is understood a car driven by a pregnant woman lost control on Leach Hwy in Booragoon before taking out a traffic light and smashing into several other vehicles at the intersection of Riseley St just after 9.30am on…
Detectives in Perth are investigating a serious assault in which a 22-year-old man was struck over the head with what is believed to have been a metal pole. The attack occurred at the Diwali Mela cultural festival, which was held at the Abruzzo Molise Sporting Club in Wattle Grove on Saturday. Police said two groups…
Authorities have closed Perth’s Kings Park as emergency services battle five separate bushland blazes that are threatening lives and homes. The fires, currently being treated as suspicious, were reported at 2.42pm on Tuesday. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Arson fears over blazes sparked at Perth’s Kings Park. Watch the latest news and stream for free on…
One of two pet rottweilers that savagely turned on its owner will be put to sleep after the animal was officially surrendered to a Perth council on Friday. Harlem has been securely housed at the City of Cockburn’s Animal Management Facility for more than five weeks over the September mauling of Nikita Piil at her…
The wedding of West Coast Eagles veteran Andrew Gaff has been brought to an abrupt end after a bushfire took hold in Perth’s western suburbs. The fire started in Bold Park in City Beach just after 9pm on Sunday, with the blaze escalating to threaten lives and homes. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Andrew Gaff’s wedding…
Two teens have escaped serious injury after their car slammed into a power pole and rolled several times in Perth’s east. The crash unfolded at the intersection of Beaufort St and Broun Ave in Bedford just before midnight on Thursday. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Teens escape serious injury in Bedford crash. Watch the latest news…
Astronomers in Western Australia have detected the most distant burst of fast radio waves ever discovered – eight billion light-years from Earth. The cosmic blast lasted less than a millisecond but it released the equivalent of the sun’s total emission over 30 years and could be the key to weighing the Universe’s missing matter. Astrophysicist…
A popular outdoor cinema is being forced to close this summer after 22 years in operation. Noise complaints have forced the Camelot Outdoor Cinema in Mosman Park, Perth to bow out of this year’s summer season, Luna Palace Cinemas said in a statement. “Due to the noise restrictions implemented in the area, we are unable…
Police have appealed for help to find a 27-year-old man missing in a small fishing and tourist town 130km north of Perth. Kieran Johnston-Brennan’s blue Nissan Patrol was found near the Lancelin sand dunes about 1pm on Friday. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Police call for help to find a missing man in the Lancelin area….
It’s the biggest fundraising weekend on the WA calendar and there is one major goal in mind — to change the lives of sick kids for the better. Telethon 2023, the 56th year of the beloved event, launches at RAC Arena in Perth’s CBD on Saturday at 7pm. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: One more sleep…
Witnesses have described racing to help a motorbike rider who was seriously injured in a Perth crash. The bike and a car collided on Cambridge St at the intersection of Leonards Ave in West Leederville about 7.30pm on Wednesday. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Motorbike rider seriously injured in West Leederville crash. Watch the latest news…
Police have publicly identified the person they are searching for over alarming reports of a suspected gunman in Perth’s northern suburbs. Blake Unkovich was last seen in Aveley on Wednesday, having been given a lift there by workers from a building site in The Vines, near Ellenbrook. Authorities believe the 28-year-old may be armed with…
Up to 100 WA property owners are sweating on the future of a high-profile building group that appears to be teetering on the edge of collapse after it was issued with a wind-up order by the Australian Taxation Office. In a fresh blow to the country’s building sector, Simsai Construction Group’s future remains clouded as…
An unpredictable bushfire threatening lives and homes in WA’s Wheatbelt is spreading, authorities have warned. The blaze is burning in Corrigin, a small town of about 900 people, 220 kilometres southeast of Perth. A bushfire emergency warning is in place for the area bounded by Brookton-Corrigin Rd, Dry Well Rd, Heal Rd, Bruce Rock-Corrigin Rd,…
Another WA construction firm could be set for the scrapheap after its building contractor registration renewal was knocked back on financial grounds. It was revealed on Monday that the Building Services Board would not be issuing Boston Keys with an extension to its registration, effectively pumping the brakes on all of its services. The board’s…
A 38-year-old man has been accused of launching a pet cat up to seven metres through the air after allegedly picking the animal up and swinging it by its tail. The alleged incident unfolded about midnight on January 16, 2022, when the accused was walking with three people on Sheldon St in Piara Waters, in…
A WA teenager is in a critical condition following a stabbing in Scarborough, northwest of Perth. The 15-year-old was allegedly injured in a brawl with about 15 people, where one person was allegedly carrying a knife. It has been reported by the West Australian that the alleged attack occurred at The Esplanade about 3.50pm. Watch…
A convicted rapist and killer who sparked an urgent search after cutting off his electronic ankle monitoring device is back in police custody. Paul James Carr was released from prison in Western Australia on a supervision order in 2022 after having spent much of his adult life behind bars. Detectives from the WA Police Serious…
The former boyfriend of a German backpacker whose naked body was found at a caravan site on the NSW north coast will receive a substantial payout after a murder charge against him was withdrawn. Prosecutors have been ordered to pay $190,000 to Tobias Moran four months after withdrawing charges against him over the death of…
A mother who survived a head-on collision that claimed three lives in Perth’s southern suburbs says she is unsure whether her life will ever return to the normal she once knew. Ika Lauchlan was travelling along Sixty Eight Rd in Baldivis on the afternoon of September 27 when her life changed in an instant. Coming…
Two companies have been charged over the death of an apprentice carpenter in a roof collapse at a university construction site in Perth three years ago. Tradie Jonathan Hartshorn, 23 was working on the glass roof of Curtin University’s $110 million School of Design and Built Environment when a steel structure partially caved in and…
An investigation into the disappearance of a potentially deadly radioactive mining capsule in outback Western Australia has concluded with no charges or fines laid. The item, measuring 8mm by 6mm, fell out of a density gauge while being trucked from a Rio Tinto mine in the Pilbara region to Perth in January. Search crews spent…
A teenage detainee at Casuarina’s Unit 18 youth detention area has been rushed to hospital and remains in a critical condition in hospital, WA’s Premier has revealed at a snap press conference on Thursday. Roger Cook said the 16-year-old was found unresponsive in his cell during routine checks about 2am. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Teen…
A male cat has been shot twice and left for dead on a Perth driveway in a “sickening” attack that has animal advocates fuming and disgusted. A resident found the black and white feline in a dire state, unable to walk, outside her home on Patrick Way, Huntingdale, in the city’s southeast, on October 2….
Security cameras have captured the moment a Mongol bikie jumped a neighbour’s fence fearing for his life as members of a rival gang allegedly opened fire in Perth’s southern suburbs. Speaking on the footage after it emerged a second man had been charged over Thursday’s shooting in Baldivis, Gang Crime Squad officer in charge Bevan…
Authorities are confident there are no suspicious circumstances behind a huge explosion at a Perth chemical warehouse that shook homes and sent ferocious flames into the night sky. The blast was triggered by a chemical fire that ripped through Chemsol Australia on Cocos Dr in Bibra Lake about 7.45pm on Monday, with reports suggesting it…
A man has died in hospital after he was struck by a car on a busy stretch of road in south Perth. First responders attended Canning Hwy near Gwenyfred Rd following reports a white Ford Falcon sedan had collided with a pedestrian about 8.45pm on Sunday. The 84-year-old was taken to Royal Perth Hospital in…
WA Police say a 48-year-old woman found dead in Perth’s northern suburbs may have been hit by a car. The body was discovered near Wanneroo Rd and Nollamara Ave in Balcatta just before 1am on Wednesday. WATCH THE VIDEO PLAYER ABOVE: Mystery person found dead near busy Perth intersection. Watch the latest news and stream…
A teenager who was found naked and acting erratically on a boat has been charged with murder over the discovery of human remains in a burnt-out car about 200km north of Perth, as friends honoured his alleged victim. Benjamin Jack McLaughlin, 19, appeared on Thursday in Perth Magistrates Court where police alleged he killed a…
A member of an outlaw motorcycle club sprinted for his life as up to 10 shots were fired at a home in Perth’s southern suburbs on Thursday. Police said the Mongols member was standing on the street outside his home on Amazon Dr in Baldivis when a man got out of a passing car and…
An Irish tradie who died suddenly while working at a WA mine site was “living his best life” before a medical episode cruelly cut it short. Alan Walsh, 26, has been described as a “much-loved family member, loyal friend and workmate” after he died last month. Generous donations have poured in to help repatriate his…
A woman killed in a suspected hit-and-run in Perth’s northern suburbs has been identified by WA Police as they work to track down a dark-coloured car seen in the area at the time of her death. A 48-year-old woman’s body was found near Wanneroo Rd and Nollamara Ave in Balcatta just before 1am on Wednesday….
A woman has been killed and two others have been seriously injured in a car rollover in rural WA. Police say a white Toyota Prado station wagon was travelling on the Geraldton-Mount Magnet Rd in Yalgoo when it veered off the road and rolled. A 62-year-old woman, who was a passenger inside the car, died…
A pet dog has been strangled on a defective catchpole while rangers tried to move the animal to a council facility in Perth. The incident unfolded when staff were transferring the staffordshire bull terrier cross, reportedly named Snowflake, from a vehicle to a dog pen at the City of South Perth’s Animal Care Facility in…
Thousands of travellers have had their plans thrown into disarray after dozens of Qantas flights were cancelled in Western Australia due to a pilots’ strike over a long-running pay dispute. Pilots employed by a Qantas subsidiary Network Aviation walked off the job for 24 hours on Wednesday, with Perth Airport’s website listing more than 40…
Police have laid charges over a terrifying incident in which a man allegedly held up a bank in Perth’s northern suburbs while wielding an axe. Authorities claim a man stormed the National Australia Bank branch at Mirrabooka Square about 1.30pm on Monday, threatening staff and demanding cash. It’s alleged he stole a $100 note before…
Facebook’s parent company Meta has issued a summons for billionaire Andrew Forrest to hand over sensitive documents amid a legal battle over an alleged cryptocurrency clickbait advertising scam. Lawyers for the tech giant took the unusual step of issuing a summons to demand 20 categories of documents, alleging the mining magnate’s lawyers had failed to…
A young child is in hospital with serious injuries, having been struck by a car at a Perth train station in the city’s southeast. The seven-year-old boy was hit by a white Toyota Rav4 at Kelmscott Station about 1.40pm on Sunday. WA Police said the incident unfolded near the northeastern entrance. Watch the latest news…
A young man has died in hospital after an apparent attack in Perth’s northeast on Saturday morning. The 23-year-old Midland man was found with life-threatening injuries on Chatham Rd, Woodbridge, after police received reports of a man in need of assistance at 1.25am. “The man was conveyed by ambulance to Royal Perth Hospital, where he…
A woman is recovering in hospital after being stabbed in an alleged attempted murder in Perth. The woman was allegedly stabbed by her ex-partner, Leon Kenneth Bropho, in Willagee on Friday morning. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Man charged with attempted murder Watch the latest news and stream for free on 7plus >> The 33-year-old faced…