Western Australia

A tropical cyclone is forming off the coast of Queensland, and another off Western Australia.

Two-state threat as more tropical cyclones intensify off coast

Tropical cyclones have formed and are intensifying off the coast of Western Australia and Queensland bringing risk of more severe weather.

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A 19-year-old who allegedly cut off his father’s arm with a samurai sword on a Kalgoorlie-Boulder street after his father-in-law was allegedly struck with a baseball bat has been refused bail.

Bail denied for man who ‘sliced off dad’s arm with katana’

The gruesome details of Jaxon Jai Trinidad’s alleged offending were read to Kalgoorlie Magistrates Court on Friday after his Legal Aid lawyer applied for bail.

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Footage of Cassius Turvey’s last few moments before he was chased into bushland then brutally bashed with a metal pole has been played during the trial of his accused killers.

Footage of Cassius Turvey’s last few moments played in court

Cassius Turvey’s last few moments before he was chased into bushland then brutally bashed with a metal pole has been played during the trial of his accused killers.

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Rhys Bellinge has been charged over a fatal crash in Dalkeith, Perth.

Perth doctor’s tears as bail decision over fatal crash confirmed

The high-profile obstetrician has been charged with manslaughter and dangerous driving.

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Rhys Bellinge, accused of killing a young woman in a drunken, high-speed crash in Perth, wants to wait out his next court date from the comfort of his father’s western suburbs mansion.

High-profile doctor’s $1 million move over crash that killed 24-year-old woman

Rhys Bellinge is accused of being four times over the legal limit while driving at 130km/h in a suburban street before the crash.

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Landen Sturman was making a cheese toastie at home when he tripped backwards into an open dishwasher and fell on to a steak knife.

Boy impaled with knife in freak dishwasher accident

Doctors said the 10-year-old Mandurah boy escaped paralysis by a ‘millimetre’s difference’. 

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A man has been charged over an alleged laser stunt in Perth.

Man accused of dangerous laser stunt targeting aircraft

Police say the alleged dangerous act caused ‘immediate disorientation and stress’ to pilots.

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Tony Maddox was charged by the Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage after concreting his gravel crossing.

Real estate agent fined over ‘rainbow serpent’ river breach

A real estate agent has been found guilty and fined for breaching WA’s Aboriginal Heritage Act after work on his farm that he says has helped create an animal sanctuary.

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Roads have been cut and properties inundated as floodwaters peak in the aftermath of a cyclone.

Supply routes cut, communities isolated as floods peak

Flooding has hit its peak in a cyclone-hit region but it may take some time for water levels to recede after cutting roads and isolating communities.

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The woman killed in a horror Dalkeith car crash on the weekend has been revealed as Perth woman Elizabeth Pearce.

PICTURED: Woman tragically killed in Dalkeith crash horror

The woman killed in a horror Dalkeith car crash on the weekend has been revealed as Perth woman Elizabeth Pearce.

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Rhys Bellinge has been charged over a fatal crash in Dalkeith, Perth.
Cassius Turvey was fatally bashed in suburban Perth in October 2022. (Daniel Wilkins/AAP PHOTOS)

Cassius Turvey murder accused ‘attacked another boy days before’

A teen witness has told a murder trial that two of Cassius Turvey's alleged killers attacked in the days before the Indigenous teen was fatally injured.

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Flooding in the aftermath of Tropical Cyclone Zelia has cut roads and left supermarket shelves empty for some.

Supermarket shelves bare amid widespread flooding after Zelia

Flooding in the aftermath of Tropical Cyclone Zelia hitting northern Australia has cut roads and left supermarket shelves empty for some.

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Aussie superstar Kylie Minogue slammed by fans as she kicks off her Tension tour in Perth.

Legendary Aussie superstar slammed by fans as she kicks off her world tour

Some fans appeared less than impressed following the singer’s first show in Perth.

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