Killer rapist who took lives of pregnant mum and toddler son set to be freed from jail
Kingsley Pickett, who killed pregnant mother Margaret Blurton and her baby son in a 1991 high-speed crash and earned a reputation as WA's worst serial offender, is being released on a supervision order.
Energy giant Woodside backs away from $80 billion merger deal with Santos
The combined business would reportedly have had an LNG (liquefied natural gas) capacity of 16 million tonnes a year.
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Trains to go slow, tradies to down tools and schools to keep kids inside during second Perth heatwave in two weeks
More scorching hot weather is on the cards for Perth, just days after another heatwave broke weather records across Western Australia.
Struggling nickel sector asks for urgent support, but analysts say 'folly' to give a taxpayer-funded lifeline
Nickel prices have plummeted in recent months due to a glut in the market, but some analysts say it's part of the "boom and bust" nature of the industry.
'I heard this terrible screaming': Five years on, has anything changed since 13 children and young people died by suicide?
It's been five years since an inquest laid bare the chaotic lives of children, including a 10-year-old girl, who took their own lives in outback Australia. Are kids any safer now?
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Italian restaurant owner on trial over string of alleged sexual assaults on women across Perth
Alberto Nicoletti, the former owner and manager of an Italian restaurant in Como, has pleaded not guilty to 11 charges for a series of alleged sexual assaults.
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Sea sponge study suggests Earth has already surpassed 1.5C of warming
An analysis of sea sponge skeletons from the Caribbean suggests Earth has already hit 1.7 degrees and could be 2C warmer than before industrialisation in the next six years, but not all scientists are convinced.
Agriculture department forbids 16,000 livestock stranded in Perth being re-exported to Israel
About 16,000 livestock will stay stranded on a ship in Perth after the federal agriculture department forbid them from being re-exported.
'Everybody is feeling it': 4WD plunges off steep cliff claiming two young lives
Wreckage of the four-wheel-drive, which was driven off a steep cliff at a remote beach in the early hours of Sunday morning, will be closely examined by police.
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Cocaine allegedly hidden in luxury buses seized by police and border force officials
Two Victorian men will face court after 139 kilograms of cocaine were found allegedly hidden inside luxury buses in an international shipment that arrived in Adelaide via Perth, with border force officials saying cocaine shipments are being seized at "unprecedented levels".
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After catching a burglar on her property, Stephanie accessed a fund allowing her to install extra home security
A federally-funded Neighbourhood Watch program is offering people in certain parts of the country rebates to improve home security.
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'Low number' of animals confirmed dead on live export ship MV Bahijah, off WA's coast
The agriculture department says the number of deaths is below the reportable mortality rate, as authorities are continue deciding what will happen to the remaining stock.
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The shocking death of a 16-year-old in police custody 40 years ago continues to reverberate in this outback town
John Pat's death at just 16 inside an outback police lock-up sparked national outrage and a royal commission. Forty years later, what is his legacy in his hometown?
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This doctor says ableism has hindered her career in medicine, and she wants the stigma to end
Hannah achieved her dream of becoming a doctor — but she says it's come at a great cost due to the traumatic discrimination she's faced.