Mauwa Kizenga’s mother demands justice after 22-year-old allegedly fatally stabbed by stranger in Balga, Perth
The family of a woman allegedly stabbed to death in Perth’s northern suburbs say they…
The family of a woman allegedly stabbed to death in Perth’s northern suburbs say they thought they had finally found safety in Australia after escaping violence in Congo — only for their dreams to be ripped apart. Mauwa Kizenga, 22, died after police allege she was attacked by a stranger on Walderton Ave in Balga…
A young woman was stabbed to death in an alleged unprovoked attack while walking down a northern Perth street. Mauwa Kizenga, 22, was walking on Walderton Ave in Balga with her cousin just before 8pm on Saturday when she was allegedly attacked by a man with a fishing knife. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Young woman…
Regulators have delivered a hammer blow to a Perth construction firm understood to have more than a dozen unfinished projects. The Building Services Board this week refused to renew the building contractor registration of Beyond Builders. The board’s decision was based on financial grounds and followed a review of the Dianella company’s application for renewal,…
Two people suspected to have drowned while net fishing south of Perth have been identified by friends who joined a frantic search for the pair as Jon and Leslie Ballo. The bodies of the married couple, who moved from the Philippines nine years ago with their now-orphaned 13-year-old daughter, were pulled from the Peel-Harvey Estuary,…
Perth woman Nikita Piil, who was last year savagely mauled by her two rottweilers while trying to settle them during an incident in the neighbourhood, has expressed her grief in a heartbreaking tribute. Her beloved pets Harlem and Bronx were both killed over the attack, one shot by police as it happened last September, and…
A WA man has revealed how he spent six months feeling like a “walking zombie” before a generous donation from his brother turned around his life-threatening health challenge. Kim Gooding was diagnosed with kidney failure in 2023, a condition he said left him with swelling in his legs and feeling tired and run down. WATCH…
A woman who vanished after telling family she was going for a walk has been reported missing, three months after she disappeared in Western Australia. Nathalie Casal told family she was going to walk the Bibbulmun Track, about 30km east of Perth, with “a large group” in December last year. The 71-year-old hasn’t been seen…
Northern parts of Western Australia, the Northern Territory and Queensland are set to be whipped by severe winds as three tropical cyclones brew off the coast of Australia. Two of the three rapidly expanding weather systems are expected to hit Australia from tomorrow, and develop into damaging cyclones, likely to lash the affected regions into…
A police officer killed in a “freak accident” at his engagement party was set to welcome a child, his grieving fiancee has revealed. Liam Trimmer, 29, was critically injured after cutting his neck during a fall at his Fremantle home on Sunday evening. The tragedy unfolded as Trimmer, an off-duty senior constable, and his partner…
A fatal accident that claimed the life of a WA Police officer at his own engagement party at the weekend has left the community reeling. Sen-Const. Liam Trimmer, 29, is understood to have cut his neck in a fall as he celebrated, surrounded by family and friends on Sunday, reported The West Australian. Loved ones…
A man has admitted to killing his mother at the home they shared in Perth’s southeastern suburbs but says it wasn’t murder because he was high on a psychedelic drug at the time. Carol Cameron, 63, was stabbed 62 times in front of paramedics who were already in the St James house trying to help…
A young man has been charged over a police pursuit through the suburbs that ended when a luxury car ploughed into a home in Perth’s southeast. Emergency crews had to evacuate residents from Pagden Pl in Parkwood on Sunday night because the impact from the Mercedes C250 sedan ruptured a gas line. Police allege the…
There was once a point in Amal Wakim’s life when she wouldn’t eat her own birthday cake. The co-founder of nutrition app Equalution has worked hard to form a better relationship with food — but now she’s concerned about the impact that banning foods in school canteens will have on Australian children. Under controversial changes…
A man has died, and two others have been hospitalised in a serious crash in Perth’s southern suburbs. Police were called to Anketell Rd, near Spectacles Rd in Mandogalup, just after 8am Saturday after a white Toyota Hilux utility collided with a silver Subaru Forester travelling in the opposite direction. Emergency crews worked to free…
A woman has been killed when her motorcycle crashed into a roadside barrier near Perth airport. Police say the woman was travelling north on the Tonkin Hwy about 5.30pm on Friday when it struck the barrier. The 25-year-old died at the scene. Officers from the Major Crash Investigations unit are investigating. Stream local 7NEWS free…
A severely injured Perth surfer has relived the moment he was dumped by a wave, changing his life forever. Dean Amos, 58, was in the water at Secret Harbour on Australia Day when he was caught out by the swell and slammed headfirst into a sandbar. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Surfer reveals moment wave slammed…
An elderly man has been seriously injured by a car while crossing the road at a shopping centre in Mandurah, WA. A Mazda CX5 hit the pedestrian in the carpark of Halls Head shopping centre in Halls Head about 10.20am on Thursday. Police said the 77-year-old man was walking across a pedestrian crossing when he…
A boy is fighting for life and another has been injured in a serious crash in Perth’s northern suburbs. The two teenagers, aged 16 and 17, were riding a yellow Suzuki off-road motorcycle on Balgonie Ave in Girrawheen when they lost control and collided with a parked Ford Falcon sedan about 2.35pm Wednesday. The 16-year-old…
A major Australian bank almost 130 years old has revealed permanent branch closures are just months away as it transitions into a digital financial institution. Bankwest announced on Wednesday that all 45 West Australian branches — 28 in metropolitan Perth and 17 in the regions — will be closed by October 2024, meaning the bank…
A man has been charged after two young children were allegedly physically restrained at a property in Broome, in WA’s Kimberley region. Officers were called to a home on Conkerberry Rd in Cable Beach about 2.15pm on Tuesday following reports of a trespass incident. It was there police found two children, a six-year-old girl and…
Two teenagers have been charged over the stabbing of a good Samaritan who intervened during a dispute on a bus in Perth’s northern suburbs. Police said the pair, aged 17 and 18, began to verbally abuse a male passenger as the bus travelled along Karrinyup Rd in Karrinyup about 5.30pm on Sunday. WATCH THE VIDEO…
A search has been launched for father and son prospectors following the discovery of an unoccupied campsite in WA’s Mid West. Police hold serious welfare concerns for James Dempsey, 33, and his 66-year-old dad Ray Dempsey. It comes are police were alerted to an unoccupied camp on a remote station near Meekatharra, 650km northeast of…
Hundreds of millions of coffee cups are expected to be saved from landfill as the nation’s first ban on plastic-lined takeaway cups takes effect. Western Australia became the first state to introduce the ban on single-use, non-compostable coffee cups on Friday, with businesses who fail to comply threatened with hefty fines. Instead, cafes can use…
The Australian suburbs where buyers can secure a home with mortgage repayments on par with the nation’s average rent have been revealed in new data. Australia’s median weekly rent was $570 last year, according to CoreLogic’s 2023 rental report. An analysis of the market by PropTrack found more than 350 locations across the country where…
A man has died after he fell from rocks at a popular tourist beach in WA’s South West. Rescue crews raced to an area near South Point in Gracetown just before 10am on Friday following reports a man was trapped between rocks. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Man dies after falling from rocks in Gracetown. Stream…
A woman and baby have been struck and seriously injured by a car that is believed to have rolled outside a home in Perth’s northern suburbs on Friday afternoon. The child was rushed to Perth Children’s Hospital under priority one conditions and is currently with specialist doctors and nurses. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Woman and…
A dead tiger shark found floating in water in WA’s Great Southern region at the weekend has prompted a warning over safe fishing habits. The shark, reported to be about 2.5m long, was spotted near Albany’s Princess Royal Sailing Club before it was hauled onto the grass about 8.30am on Saturday. The City of Albany…
A young boy has been seriously injured when a car veered off the road and crashed into a tree in Perth. Police say a silver Suzuki Baleno hatchback travelling west on Neaves Rd, Bullsbrook about 4.05pm on Wednesday when it left the road and struck a tree. A seven-year-old boy was seriously injured and airlifted…
A man has died in a two-vehicle crash in a suburb of Bunbury in Western Australian. The 43-year-old was riding a motorcycle along Yookson Rd in Picton when he crashed with a utility vehicle about 6.50am on Tuesday. The man was taken to Bunbury Hospital by paramedics, but later succumbed to his injuries. The driver…
Fire crews have got the upper hand on a dangerous blaze that threatened lives and homes 160km south of Perth on Tuesday. Authorities were able to downgrade the Australind emergency alert to a watch and act and then an advice level just after 4pm on Tuesday because the fire is now contained and controlled. It…
A specialist clean-up company has finally moved in to remove decades of rubbish from a home in a riverside suburb in Perth. The Mount Pleasant property is considered one of the city’s worst examples of hoarding, with the collection dating back 20 years. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Perth hoarder house finally cleaned up. Stream your…
A woman has been mauled by a shark 220km north of Perth. Emergency crews have raced to a beach near Jurien Bay, after reports of an attack were made about 11.45am on Monday. It is understood a woman in her 40s was bitten on the leg. “The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD)…
Victoria’s emergency services are preparing for more perilous weather conditions, a week after bushfires and storms razed properties and left half a million homes and businesses in the dark. Temperatures are expected to top 40C in parts of the state, with storms bringing 80km/h winds and dry lightning into the afternoon. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE:…
The former bishop of Broome Christopher Saunders has been charged with a number of historical child sexual abuse offences following a 7NEWS investigation. The 74-year-old senior Catholic cleric was arrested at his home in Western Australia by detectives from the child sexual abuse squad. Saunders was led out of the property by detectives and taken…
Communities in Western Australia’s northwest are in their final preparations ahead of a powerful weather system that is expected to slam into the coast over the weekend. Ex-tropical cyclone Lincoln is currently gathering strength north of Onslow and is tracking west before its expected pivot south later on Friday. The Bureau of Meteorology predicts it…
Two people have been charged following the discovery of a 3D-printed gun allegedly hidden in a car south of Perth. Police said the firearm was seized from a stolen Mazda CX-7 that was stopped by officers on Forrest Hwy in Glen Iris, in Bunbury, on February 7 and, alarmingly, was loaded. Detectives charged the male…
A Cairns teenager living with encephalitis hopes to raise awareness of the autoimmune disease after doctors initially believed she had a common cold. Makenzie Webber, now 16, became sick after a camping trip to Port Douglas in 2018 when she was 10 years old. Her parents thought she had a cold, but in the weeks…
A motorcyclist has died after failing to stop for police in Perth’s south overnight. WA police said they were patrolling an area in Calista when they attempted to stop a motorcycle on Wellard Rd at 9.15pm on Wednesday. Police said the rider failed to stop before turning off onto Westbrook St, and then back onto…
The Bureau of Meteorology has warned Western Australia’s coastal communities that ex-tropical cyclone Lincoln could redevelop and cross the coastline as a severe tropical cyclone. The current weather system, which started in the Top End, crossed into WA near Halls Creek on Monday and has continued moving towards the coast. The bureau warned that the…
Two major attractions have come under threat from a dangerous bushfire burning in Perth’s south. An emergency warning was issued for an area of Bibra Lake that takes in both Adventure World and the Cockburn Ice Arena on Tuesday afternoon. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Bushfire threatens Adventure World, Cockburn Ice Arena in Bibra Lake. Stream…
The owners of a newsagent behind one of WA’s most famous lottery wins have brought the shutters down on their business, saying ongoing crime has left them with no other choice. Tania Parkes has run City News Kalgoorlie, 550km east of Perth, for nine years with her husband Kevin. The business closed on Saturday and…
A WA man stood between two intruders and the vulnerable and disabled person for whom he was caring when the duo allegedly broke into the person’s home. WA Police said the alleged home invasion was carried out after a social media post “incorrectly identified the residence as being for former prisoners”. Two men allegedly entered…
A man has died in a motorbike accident in Perth. The 33-year-old was riding his Harley Davidson bike west on Hawkstone St, Cottesloe about 4.20pm on Friday when the rider veered off the road and crashed into a tree. The man died at the scene. Police are investigating the crash. Stream your local 7NEWS free…
WA pet owners have been warned about a hidden household hazard after a Perth family’s dog suffered “horrific”, fatal burns. Ollie the 13-year-old poodle was outside his Hamersley home when the solar hot water system released, with water from a small pipe on the side of the house spraying the dog with boiling water. The…
A WA man is staring down a big fine and potential jail time for allegedly breaching cultural heritage laws when he built a concrete bridge at his rural home 70km northeast of Perth. Tony Maddox was charged by the state’s heritage department last year over the upgrade of a gravel crossing at his Toodyay property,…
A Perth man has made away with a clean $2.8 million lottery win using a ticket he almost destroyed by running it through the washing machine. The emotions of WA’s newest multimillionaire, from Belmont, were put through the wringer when he almost ruled himself out of the instant riches that are now coming his way…
Perth has smashed a temperature record set 91 years ago after the mercury surged past 40C on Thursday, and more milestones could be on the way. The city reached a high of 41.5C at 2.21pm (AWST), making it the fifth time this February WA’s capital has hit 40C or more. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Perth…
A Perth mother has been arrested in the US over an alleged attempt to smuggle drugs to her jailhouse lover. The saga has stranded two of her young children overseas and there is now a desperate bid to get them home to family. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Perth mum Leticia Verney arrested in Arizona. Stream…
An e-scooter rider has died from injuries sustained in a crash with a car in Perth. Police said the collision unfolded at a roundabout at the intersection of Oswald St and Hordern St in Victoria Park about 4.20pm on February 2. A white MG was travelling southwest on Oswald St in the moments before the…
Students and staff have been evacuated from a school as firefighters battle an “unpredictable” blaze threatening lives and property about 600km southeast of Perth. A bushfire emergency alert is in place for Pink Lake in the Shire of Esperance after flames were spotted near the intersection of Connolly St and Cherry Well Rd at 1.18pm…
Jaded house hunters locked out of the rental market by soaring weekly costs and a shortage of housing stock are being forced to get creative to secure a property. Agencies are seeing record numbers at home opens and prospective tenants are having to weigh up alternative arrangements like caravans, tents, yachts and vans just to…
Millions of Australians are set to sweat through the start of the week, with heatwave warnings in place for large parts of two states. The Bureau of Meteorology is forecasting temperatures in the mid to high 30s for most capital cities. People in Adelaide are set to cop the worst of the heat on Monday,…
A man has died and a woman has been injured when their car rolled on a highway in WA’s Goldfields-Esperance region. A white Toyota Hilux was heading south in an erratic manner on the Coolgardie-Esperance Hwy at Dundas, about 20kms south of Norseman, about 2.15pm Saturday when it left the road and rolled multiple times,…
A man has been found with serious head injuries on a road in Perth’s eastern suburbs. The man, aged in his 50s, was unresponsive when he was found on Abernethy Rd in Cloverdale about 4.30am on Thursday. He was assessed at the scene before St John WA paramedics took him to Royal Perth Hospital. WA…
Red hot flames have torn through a factory in Perth’s south, sending potentially dangerous smoke billowing into the air on Friday. It is one of two dangerous fires crews are battling in the city as some areas topped 43C during a third heatwave in as many weeks. A hazardous and toxic materials (HAZMAT) warning was…
A police officer has commandeered a civilian’s e-scooter to chase down an alleged thief, in what is believed to be a first for the force in WA. A woman raised the alarm after spotting a man rummaging through her car before he approached her home in Middle Swan, in Perth’s northeast, on January 24, authorities…
Sewage wastewater has been dropped on residential properties near a bushfire in Perth’s northeast, as firefighting aircraft battled the blaze threatening lives and homes. Authorities issued a hazardous and toxic materials alert, warning people living in part of Bullsbrook in the City of Swan, about 35km from the WA capital, they could be at risk….
A bushfire has threatened homes and forced the evacuation of a school in Perth’s north on day one of what is set to be a week-long period of scorching temperatures. Staff and almost 1000 students at Bullsbrook College were pulled from classrooms as the fire, that was reported at 11.35am on Wednesday, closed in. WATCH…
A Perth council is being urged to deal with a hoarding house that has caused neighbourhood tension for decades. The house is located in the riverside suburb of Mount Pleasant in Perth’s south. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Perth council weighs up tackling Mount Pleasant hoarder home nightmare. Watch the latest news and stream for free…
An urgent search for missing twins last seen in Perth, WA has concluded, with the boys “located safe and well”. Authorities held concerns for the pair, aged nine, because they had not been heard from for more than 12 hours. Their last known location was the CBD about 11pm on Monday. WA Police were able…
A pool maintenance worker has been taken to hospital and classrooms have been evacuated following a chemical leak at a high school in Perth’s southern suburbs on Monday. The emergency was triggered about 9am when the cleaning contractor breathed in a “small lung full” of liquid chlorine that spilled as he worked inside the pool…
A WA butcher selling goat meat sourced “straight from the petting farm” says an advertisement dubbed “disgusting” was not a deliberate act of provocation. East Victoria Park’s Swansea Street Family Butcher used social media to promote its limited stocks of “bottle-fed baby goats”, and included a photo of a rack of skinned carcasses. “Ever been…
A 50-year-old man has been killed when his car left the Great Eastern Highway in Western Australia and hit a tree. Police were called to the crash on the highway at Meckering on Saturday afternoon. They said the black Toyota Hilux was travelling west when it collided with a tree. The 50-year-old driver was critically…
Western Australia has sweated through another scorching day amid a heatwave that has melted many temperature records. Perth Airport climbed to 42.7C before midday on Friday and the city reached 40.4C just before 11am, while the Swan Valley and Pearce hit 43.5C and 43.6 respectively, the Bureau of Meteorology said. In the Mid West, Geraldton…
An urgent recall has been triggered on a bottle of wine from Margaret River, in WA’s South West. The presence of glass found in 750ml bottles of Voyager Estate’s 2023 Tempranillo Rosé has prompted the alert. Food and drink products containing glass “may cause illness/injury if consumed”. Watch the latest news and stream for free…
Scores of trees at popular Perth parks face the chainsaw because a tiny, invasive pest is running riot. Almost 200 of the 900 trees at Hyde Park, where the tree canopy is arguably unmatched anywhere in the city, have been damaged by the spread of the polyphagous shot-hole borer. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Hundreds of…
A man accused of starting a devastating bushfire that destroyed 86 homes in Perth has had his criminal charges dropped days before he was due to face trial. Prosecutors alleged Daniel Gunter Preuss, 42, started the massive blaze in February 2021 by using an angle grinder to remove a padlock from a sea container on…
Perth has sweated through its hottest day in almost two years. WA’s capital reached 41.9C at 1.20pm on Wednesday, well above the 39C that was forecast for the first day of a “severe” three-day heatwave. It got even hotter in the suburbs, with Perth Airport hitting 43.2C at 2.04pm, Gooseberry Hill reaching 44C and Pearce…
Two boys saved from a house fire in Perth’s southeast were heard screaming for their mother in the moments before her death, their rescuer has revealed. Emergency services were called to the Roleystone address about 2am Tuesday when neighbour Dirk Matthiesen was alerted to the smoke pluming from the home on Tyers Rd. Matthiesen heard…
A Perth woman sent to hospital with major injuries after she was savagely set upon by her pet dogs, prompting responding police to shoot one of them, says she is “broken” by their absence. Neighbours used leaf blowers, hoses and bats to deter rottweilers Harlem and Bronx, but emergency services were forced to deploy a…
A high-profile cat welfare organisation has backed a decision by one of Perth’s largest councils to ban felines from dozens of popular parks and foreshore reserves. The City of Wanneroo now prohibits cats from roaming into 29 zones in the city, following changes to its local laws that kicked in midway through December. The restricted…
Parts of Queensland remain at risk of flooding as ex-cyclone Kirrily moves across the state’s northern interior, the Bureau of Meteorology has warned. Heavy rain fell overnight Saturday-Sunday in the Lockyer Valley west of Brisbane, the Central Highlands and northwest Queensland, with the bureau issuing flood warnings for numerous rivers. “Through the rest of this…
A man has been charged with murder after a body was found south of Perth. Police were called to a residence in Fremantle about 6.10pm Tuesday and discovered the body of a 49-year-old man. Three hours later, a 53-year-old man, who is known to the victim, was arrested. Homicide Squad detectives have since the man…
Tree management is being defended after falling branches hit six people at Perth’s Kings Park. Two people were taken to hospital for monitoring after a lemon scented gum dropped limbs on Friday night as people watched an Australia Day fireworks show. Their welfare was the primary concern of park staff, Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority…
A mother and her baby were taken to hospital as WA’s start to the Australia Day long weekend was marred by multiple road crashes. The child suffered minor head cuts after a police car and the ute they were in collided at the intersection of Mandurah Rd and Murdoch Dr in Mandurah, south of Perth,…
Beachgoers were in awe after a tiger shark broke the calm of a summer day as it sliced through the water in hot pursuit of a turtle lunch in Western Australia. The action unfolded at Monkey Mia, a popular tourist destination and world heritage area more commonly associated with its wild dolphin experience. WATCH THE…
A young man killed in a fiery car crash on a Perth highway at the weekend had only purchased the vehicle hours before his death, family have said. Penuel Meli and Humphrey Ruto, first cousins once removed, died when the red Mazda CX-7 they were in drifted off Tonkin Hwy in Gosnells and hit a…
Australian median rental prices have hit new records, with the average dwelling costing $601 per week or $31,252 annually. Nationally, rental prices increased 8.3 per cent between January and December 2023, CoreLogic’s latest report found. It said the increases have averaged 9.1 per cent for the past three calendar years, whereas the annual growth rate…
WA Police have ended an urgent alert for assistance over a child who vanished after being reported injured near a Perth primary school. The child was reported injured on Normanby Rd in Inglewood — outside Inglewood Primary School in the city’s northern suburbs — about 5am on Tuesday, but when officers and paramedics arrived no…
A driver has been killed when his car rolled down an embankment in remote far north WA. The fatal crash unfolded on the Great Northern Hwy in Durack, 80km west of the WA-NT border, about 3.30pm on Monday. Police said a white 2011 Toyota HiLux was travelling south, just past the Doon Doon Roadhouse, when…
Two pet owners in Perth’s northern suburbs have each been fined and banned over the horrific state of their dog, who eventually died on an operating table. Japanese spitz Bei Bei was emaciated because a growth on his tongue had caused tissue to die, severely restricting his ability to eat, the Perth Magistrates Court was…
A car has burst into flames on a Perth highway after hitting a tree, killing two people. WA Police were called to reports of a car on fire on Tonkin Highway near the Albany Highway exit in Gosnells about 2.10am on Sunday. “It appears the vehicle left the road and hit a tree before catching…
Temperatures are tipped to rise across the country when a heatwave moves east after scorching parts of Western Australia. Warm conditions are tipped on Monday for northern South Australia, southern parts of the Northern Territory and Brisbane, while temperatures in the mid-30s are expected later in the week for Victoria and NSW. The Bureau of…
WARNING: Distressing content Kate Rasmussen is one of the lucky ones, who got out of the police force before her mental health became deadly. But she knows the dark side of the profession well, telling 7NEWS.com.au she has two friends who had to be resuscitated after attempting to take their own lives. Watch the latest…
Three teens have been charged after allegedly bundling young boys into a car and driving several kilometres before dumping them in bushland late on Wednesday. The three children — aged 11, 12 and 14 — were left at Tims Thicket Beach in Bouvard, south of Perth, in an area only available via four-wheel-drive tracks. Authorities…
People in both Western Australia and South Australia are being warned of extreme weather conditions this weekend, with temperatures expected to soar to 50C. Parts of WA, including the Pilbara region, are set to hit record temperatures, the Bureau of Meteorology has warned. The heatwave is likely to affect towns including Laverton, Leinster, Leonora, Meekatharra,…
A driver has died when his truck left the road and crashed in Donnybrook, about 210km south of Perth, on Wednesday night. The 38-year-old man was the sole occupant, according to WA Police. The white Isuzu Truck was travelling south on Greenbushes-Grimwade Rd when it crashed about 9pm. The driver died at the scene. Watch…
A popular beach in Perth’s northern suburbs could be closed for several days because of an algae bloom outbreak. Mullaloo Beach was shut on Wednesday and swimmers have been urged to steer clear of the surf because of trichodesmium. The algae, commonly referred to as sea sawdust, can be identified by a yellow-brown surface scum….
The wife of a beloved WA father killed in a cycling crash north of Perth is set to have her wish for a touching tribute realised thanks to a wave of generous community support for her late husband. Lancelin local Alistair ‘Sid’ McLean was critically injured in a collision with a car during a morning…
A man has died after he was pulled from the waters off a beach in Albany in the WA Great Southern region at the weekend. Police said the man was pulled from the water at Middleton Beach about 10.40am on Sunday and brought to shore by a member of the public who attempted to perform…
A royal facelift of Australia’s currency is well underway, with an effigy of King Charles III put onto a new collector coin. Big numbers queued outside the Perth Mint, in the city’s CBD, in anticipation of Monday’s release of the first Australian precious metal collector coin to feature the king’s portrait. It comes after Queen…
It is a world away from the bright lights of Hollywood, and it won’t win you a Golden Globe, but WA authorities are on the hunt for actors to help fulfil an important role preparing guards for a range of “real life” emergencies — including dealing with dangerous criminals. The Department of Justice has put…
A teenage girl was allegedly forced by an unknown man into a male toilet block and sexually assaulted at a beach near Perth. A man is now wanted by WA Police over the incident on Friday. Police allege the man forced the girl into the toilet block between 2pm and 3pm at Coogee Beach —…
Police have allegedly been fired at during a wild Perth chase, described by one high-ranking official as among “the most dynamic and critical incidents” he has seen. A 36-year-old man was arrested and charged with 17 offences after the rampage was eventually stopped by police when they intercepted a truck and swooped on the driver…
Australia has been urged to follow Spain’s lead and start naming heatwaves so people grasp how lethal and disruptive they can be. Heatwaves are Australia’s deadliest natural hazard and climate change means they are now more frequent, more intense and last longer. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Perth set to soar to hottest day in two…
Families have been left without a daycare centre for their children after fire tore through a facility in Perth’s south on Wednesday. The Playtime Early Learning Centre on Davey St, Mandurah, was engulfed by flames just minutes after closing about 6pm. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Electrical fault blamed for daycare centre fire. Watch the latest…
The owner of a pet dog shot dead by police during an arrest in Perth’s northeast has said the incident has “destroyed my children and myself”. Police fired at Monty after he mauled another officer and a man police were taking into custody at a home on Stratton Blvd in Stratton on Tuesday morning. WATCH…
Moving tributes from across the country have poured in for a “loyal” and “bloody hard-working driver” killed in a crash in Western Australia’s Pilbara region on Tuesday. Graeme “Dusty” Brown was behind the wheel of a heavy recovery tow truck being driven north on Great Northern Hwy in Marble Bar when it left the roadway…
Major Crash investigators are probing the death of a tow truck driver in a fatal rollover incident in Western Australia’s Pilbara region on Tuesday. A heavy recovery tow truck was hauling a garbage vehicle north on Great Northern Hwy in Marble Bar, 1500km northeast of Perth, when it was steered off the road and rolled…
A Perth woman who felt ripped off by the cost of a simple weekend fry-up breakfast says she could have got the same thing for half the price at a petrol station — but believes it is a sign of the times. Tania Lewis was holidaying in Busselton, in Western Australia’s South West, over the…
A father killed in a microlight aircraft crash in Western Australia’s Wheatbelt region has been remembered by his family as an “inspiration”. John Willson died when the aircraft he was piloting went down near Little Hill Rd in Beverley, about 100km east of Perth, just after 11am on Saturday. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Pilot killed…
A microlight aircraft has crashed in Western Australia’s Wheatbelt region, east of Perth, killing its pilot. The aircraft was carrying a man in his 60s when it crashed just after 11am (AWST) near Little Hill Road in Beverley, police said. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Pilot of ultra-light aircraft dies in WA Watch the latest news…
The disappearance of a man in a tiny mining town is being treated as suspicious, with homicide detectives called in to investigate. Raymond Smith, 68, was last seen about 5pm on December 7 in Greenbushes, 245km south of Perth. West Australian Police say he has not been in contact with family or friends since, which…
The body of a WA man who has been missing since early December has been found by homicide detectives. Raymond Smith’s body was found on the outskirts of the timber and mining town Greenbushes in the state’s south west on Friday. The 68-year-old had last been seen in the town about 5pm on December 7,…
A woman has been sexually assaulted while sleeping in a car in a popular tourist town on Western Australia’s south coast. The woman was travelling WA with a friend and had set up camp in a carpark at Twilight Beach, Esperance on Saturday. “Sometime during the night, an unknown person opened the door of the…
Two children have narrowly escaped drowning at a busy beach in Perth’s south. The girls, both younger than 10, were rushed to hospital after being pulled from under the water at Port Coogee Marina in North Coogee just before 12pm on Wednesday. Beachgoers who witnessed the terrifying moment said the girls’ parents called for help…
The death of a small dog in an attack at an off-leash area south of Perth has led to a council investigation. The pet was fatally attacked by another dog in Hamilton Hill at Enright Reserve at the end of last year. On Tuesday, the City of Cockburn confirmed the attack and that investigations are…
A popular Perth bakery chain has “unexpectedly” closed one of its locations. Mary Street Bakery Claremont, in Perth’s western suburbs, shut just before Christmas, letting customers know with a sign in the window. The store, which had been open for three years, apologised for the sudden closure and thanked customers for their loyalty. Watch the…
The drownings of two children at a Perth park on New Year’s Eve have led to calls for an independent review after claims safety concerns about the venue were ignored. A four-year-old girl and six-year-old boy died after they were found unconscious in the Swan River near where revellers had gathered for New Year celebrations…
An unpredictable bushfire that was threatening lives and homes near fishing towns in Western Australia has been controlled and downgraded. An emergency warning was issued for the southern parts of Leeman and the northern parts of Green Head in the Shire of Coorow in the state’s mid-west on Monday night. “You are in danger and…
Two young children have died after they were found floating in Perth’s Swan River on New Year’s Eve. The boy and girl, both under the age of 10, were spotted at Burswood near Perth Stadium about 5.25pm on Sunday. They were pulled from the water by members of the public but were unresponsive by the…
A man has died on a West Australian highway when his Hyundai Getz collided with a tow truck on Saturday. Both vehicles were travelling north on Forrest Hwy, near the intersection of Dorsett Rd, at Waroona when they collided about 7.20pm. The 45-year-old male driver of the Getz died at the scene. The male behind…
The end of COVID-19 didn’t herald the end of issues plaguing the construction industry, including lengthy wait times to complete homes and residential builders going bust. Housing Industry Australia South Australian director Stephen Knight said the average time for a house to be finished is now about 14 months — still much longer than the…
A single mother living in Perth says she will likely begin the new year living in her friend’s spare room because the rent on her own home has just doubled in price, making it unaffordable for her. Jakki Brooking, 28, said the price of her three-bedroom rental would soon jump from $300 to $630 per…
A young volunteer firefighter who died while responding to a bushfire threatening homes in Western Australia’s south on Boxing Day has been identified as a “larger than life” man from a well-known farming family. Harry Stead was part of a crew in a private firefighting vehicle attending the blaze near Coomalbidgup, near Esperance, the Department…
The death of a young woman with meningococcal disease was found to have been “accelerated” by Royal Perth Hospital, which offered her “below standard” care, a coroner has found. Geraldton woman Ashleigh Hunter, 26, drove to Perth from Geraldton to meet her partner for the Christmas holidays. They had rented an Airbnb apartment in East…
A man has died and a woman has been injured when their ute crashed into a tree in Western Australia’s Central Wheatbelt. The pair were travelling in a white Toyota LandCruiser ute that was towing a boat and trailer on Brookton-Corrigin Rd at Kunjin when the vehicle left the road and crashed into a tree…
Two motorcyclists have been killed in separate crashes just hours apart in Perth. In the first incident, a 27-year-old man died after his Kawasaki motorcycle and a white Toyota Hilux ute collided at North Fremantle on Christmas Day. The crash occurred at the intersection of Stirling Highway and Leslie Road about 9.15pm. Watch the latest…
A woman has died after being found with serious injuries in a popular beach town in Western Australia’s north on Christmas Day. WA Police say a woman in her 30s was found with serious head injuries at Cable Beach, Broome about 6pm Monday. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Woman dies in horror Christmas Day incident in…
A man has died when his motorcycle collided with a van in Western Australia’s Great Southern. The Honda motorcycle was heading west on South Coast Hwy and a white Toyota commuter panel van was travelling east when they collided outside a service station near the intersection of the highway and Ocean Beach Rd, Denmark about…
A man is recovering in hospital after being bitten by a shark while windsurfing in Western Australia. The 46-year-old was foil boarding at South Rocks, about 2.5km east of Wedge Island near Lancelin, north of Perth, when he was bitten on the ankle about 3pm Sunday. He was taken to Joondalup Hospital, where he remains…
Firefighters are urging people to remain vigilant to the threat of bushfires after crews battled multiple blazes through the night in parts of Western Australia. Seven emergency-level blazes have destroyed homes and torn through bushland, rural properties and suburbs on Perth’s fringes in the past three days. An advice alert was put in place for…
A Parkerville mum has described how she learnt her family had lost everything to a fire, after being sent news footage of her home succumbing to the inferno. Julie Moody’s three-storey property was one of three destroyed by the bushfire in Perth’s northeast on Thursday. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Seventh fire emergency sparks in WA….
Firefighters are battling multiple blazes across southern Western Australia as authorities warn of more “difficult” days ahead. Seven emergency-level blazes have destroyed homes and torn through bushland, rural properties and suburbs in Perth’s fringes in the past three days. Fire and Emergency Services Commissioner Darren Klemm said strong, gusty winds had pushed the blazes to…
A man who police allege punched a driver through an open car window in a dramatic road rage incident has been charged. Canning Vale Police have charged a 22-year-old Kelmscott man with assault, alleging he attacked another man in his 40s at traffic lights on Spencer Rd in Thornlie, in Perth’s southeast, about 5.20pm on…
A car has ghosted into the bedroom of a Perth home after the driver leapt from the vehicle moments before the crash to avoid police, authorities allege. An 18-year-old Huntingdale man is facing seven charges and is due in court on Thursday over the wild police chase. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Man leaps from moving…
Residents of a fishing and tourist town have been urged to leave their homes as a fire barrels towards them. The alert for Lancelin Townsite was originally an emergency warning but downgraded to a watch-and-act shortly before midnight as the fire came under control. “There is a possible threat to lives and homes as a…
The holiday season is here and motorists have been warned to drive safely as police begin a crack-down on road offences. Double demerit points and large fines will come into force over the Christmas and New Year period in some states and territories. South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and the Northern Territory do not have double…
WARNING: Distressing content A woman who threw her pet dog off a rooftop carpark in Perth will spend at least 12 months behind bars. The 26-year-old was caught on CCTV throwing Princess, a 10-year-old Maltese shih-tzu, off the two-storey carpark at Westfield Whitford City shopping centre on April 7, 2022. Watch the latest news and…
A regional city in WA’s South West is swelling with Christmas spirit after a secret Santa paid off thousands of dollars in presents for total strangers. The generous but anonymous benefactor cleared all the $12,500 in outstanding lay-bys for customers at Toyworld in Bunbury, 170km south of Perth. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Secret Santa pays…
A teenage girl has allegedly been sexually assaulted on Rottnest Island. Police say they are investigating reports a 15-year-old girl was assaulted, between 8.30pm and 11pm on Saturday 16 September. 7NEWS understands the incident occurred at a toilet block on the island. The alleged attacker was known to the girl, police say. Watch the latest…
A woman has been hit by a truck in Perth and a teenager was injured in a car rollover in regional WA during two separate emergency incidents on Friday morning. The woman, 24, was hit by a Hino truck while attempting to cross Newcastle St in the CBD about 6.30am, police understand. She suffered serious…
A Perth man has been sentenced to four years in jail over a failed attempt to import almost 3kg of cocaine hidden in purses. The cocaine was intercepted in June 2021 and replaced with a “harmless substance” before the package from the UK was delivered to its intended recipients at a Willagee home. The 31-year-old…
A hotel guest has received a rude shock after being slapped with a surprise $1400 fee that sent her bank account into negative. The woman had been staying at Novotel Perth Langley and was getting ready for the Ministry of Sound Concert at Kings Park last weekend when her hair dryer tripped the fire alarm,…
An investigation has been launched after a seriously ill patient fell from a trolley onto the tarmac during a medical airport transfer at a remote airstrip in WA’s Pilbara region. It is understood the bungle occurred on December 6 as the Indigenous man, who is in his 40s, was being prepared to be flown by…
Two men have been charged over a bizarre rooftop standoff in Perth’s east. The men allegedly climbed scaffolding to access the roof of a construction site in Rivervale, with police tipped off to suspicious activity by neighbours just after 1am on Thursday. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Two men charged over Rivervale standoff. Watch the latest…
Incredible photos have captured the moment a major dust storm rolled over parts of the country, stretching about 1800km. The long plume blasted Western Australia on Sunday afternoon, kicking up dust as it rolled through Central Australia and extended hundreds of kilometres into the Indian Ocean. Remnants of the storm remained on Monday, with dust…
A swimming pool has smashed through a car windscreen in a major crash involving several vehicles on a Perth highway. A woman driving the pilot vehicle (car warning of a heavy load) behind the fibreglass pool had to move her head to avoid being struck by a metal rod. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Pool crashes…
A distracted Perth bus driver reading and writing behind the wheel with a coach full of passengers on a four-hour trip has been captured on video. The full video obtained by 7NEWS is almost three minutes long and reveals the driver filling out what appears to be a passenger manifest as he occasionally glances at…
Authorities are investigating the death of a worker at a workshop in WA’s Goldfields. The emergency unfolded at ATS Mining Maintenance in South Boulder, about 600km east of Perth, early on Monday afternoon. According to reports, the worker had become trapped under machinery. WA Police and WorkSafe are investigating. Watch the latest news and stream…
A woman has died after she was struck by a car in WA’s Kimberley region. About 5.30pm on Wednesday, a hatchback struck a pedestrian on Jetty Rd at Derby. The pedestrian, a woman aged 45, suffered critical injuries. Watch the latest news and stream for free on 7plus >> She died at the scene. The…
A man has gone missing off the coast of Western Australia prompting a major police marine search and rescue. The 45-year-old man was reported missing from the Bicton area, near Fremantle, about 1.30am on Sunday. WA police said the man had been out scooping for crabs and failed to return home. Searches for the man…
Two students are in hospital after an alleged stabbing at a school in Perth’s northern suburbs on Thursday morning. Emergency services attended Carine Senior High School after a 16-year-old male student was injured by what police described as an “edged weapon” inside a classroom just after 10am. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Carine Senior High School…
A father who lived to tell the tale of a savage shark attack in Perth’s Swan River has welcomed the introduction of a new safe zone for swimmers, but the site of a fatal mauling has missed out on similar protection. A shark barrier is currently being installed at Bicton Baths in Melville in the…
A WA grandmother with breathing difficulties was turned away from a hospital after she was told there were no beds left for her. Diane Furniss, 77, fell ill on Monday, with local doctors booking her into Fiona Stanley Hospital. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Perth grandmother turned away from hospital after it ran out of beds….
An Australian Ninja Warrior star is mourning the death of his “fearless” brother to a snorkelling tragedy while swimming alone in WA’s Great Southern region. Sam Colback’s body was recovered from the water at Muttonbird Island in Albany on Monday in what family have described as a devastating “accident”. Ninja Warrior Australia: State of Origin…
A police officer has suffered a suspected broken nose while attempting to stop a gang of teenage dirtbike riders who had been tracked slicing across Perth on Tuesday, authorities say. The officer was allegedly rammed by an off-road bike and punched by one of three people who had squeezed onto it when the group was…
Activists have climbed a 140-metre crane next to Woodside Energy’s Perth headquarters, to decry the oil and gas producer as “Australia’s biggest climate threat”. Greenpeace says four climbers scaled the towering construction crane about 5.30am on Tuesday and unfurled a 25-metre banner reading “Stop Woodside”. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Four activists charged over Woodside protest…
Thousands of dollars in cash has been recovered from a major Perth motorway following a “fiasco” of an alleged drug deal, WA’s top cop says. It is believed up to $40,000 was sent flying across the Mitchell Fwy in Connolly, in the city’s northern suburbs, about 9.30pm on Monday. Several members of the public tipped…
A teenager who fired gunshots at a classroom, sparking fears of a US-style school shooting, has pleaded guilty to endangering the lives of staff and students at a Perth college. The 15-year-old boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, took two rifles to the Atlantis Beach Baptist College in Two Rocks, about 70km north…
Fans attending a Robbie Williams concert in Perth on Thursday have fumed after enduring hours of gridlock driving into and leaving the entertainer’s show. Thousands headed to Nikola Estate in the Swan Valley to hear a catalogue of the England star’s biggest hits — only to be hit by a traffic and parking “disaster”. WATCH…
The first juvenile to die in youth detention in Western Australia will be laid to rest after authorities reversed their last-minute decision not to let the teen’s incarcerated father attend the funeral. Cleveland Dodd, 16, was found unresponsive in his cell in a troubled youth wing at a high-security adult prison in the early hours…
WA Police are searching for a man who allegedly assaulted a child while the pair were at a Wiggles concert in Perth. Police allege a child aged between five and seven-years-old was grabbed by the throat and verbally abused, at about 1pm on Saturday, November 18 at the RAC Arena. Police believe the man and…
A Perth laneway that a young boy was crossing when he was seriously injured in a rubbish truck crash will be closed for the remainder of the school year. The four-year-old was riding his scooter to school on November 24 when the collision with the heavy vehicle unfolded on Deanmore Rd, next to Scarborough Primary,…
A critical Perth women’s shelter has closed amid a high-profile and heated war of words between Western Australia’s premier and the city’s mayor. The political rivals are bickering over East Perth Safe Night Space, which provided inner-city emergency accommodation for more than two dozen women until Wednesday night. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Political war of…
A man has been charged over the death of his housemate in Perth’s southern suburbs. The 51-year-old is due in court accused of murder following an emergency response on Revesby St, Maddington, just before 5pm on November 2. It is alleged the victim, also 51, was seriously assaulted inside the sharehouse between 11.15am and 5.45pm….
A teenager killed in a crash that also injured three passengers 260km north of Perth has been identified as a talented footballer who was just weeks from celebrating his 18th birthday. Tributes have begun pouring in for Jordan Culley, 17, who police say was behind the wheel of a Toyota LandCruiser that veered off Indian…
The pilot of a light aircraft which ditched near a popular Perth beach failed to regularly check fuel levels, investigators say. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau found that there was enough fuel on the flight when it left Carnarvon in April but the engine was likely connected to the wrong tank. “The engine power issues…
A 14-year-old boy run down while crossing a Perth road is back on his feet but his family say his mental scars will take longer to heal. Schoolboy Robert Corps was pictured in dramatic security camera vision sliding several metres down the road after he was hit by a car on William St in Beckenham…
Cost of living relief in the form of a $200 power credit is on the way for thousands of West Australian households. Electricity consumers who get their bills from Synergy or Horizon Power will have the money credited to their next bill from Saturday. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Synergy and Horizon Power customers to get…
Home and Away star Lynne McGranger was among the attendees at a memorial service in Perth for Johnny Ruffo on Saturday – and has shared her emotions about the day. Ruffo, known for his role in the iconic soap opera and his time on The X Factor, lost his battle with brain cancer on November…
A WA woman who unsuccessfully sued Coles and a security company, claiming she was falsely imprisoned and the victim of an assault and battery, gave “bizarre” evidence during the hearing, a judge has said. The woman took the supermarket giant and a security company that operated in a Perth shopping centre to court following two…
Police are appealing for help from the public after a woman was critically injured in a serious crash in Perth. A grey Mazda 3 sedan and a black Harley-Davidson motorcycle were travelling in opposite directions on the West Coast Hwy in City Beach on Sunday at 1.15pm when they collided at the intersection of The…
A child is in hospital with a badly broken leg after a collision with a rubbish truck outside a school in Perth’s northern suburbs on Friday. Four-year-old Jackson Fogarty was on his scooter when the incident unfolded as he crossed a laneway next to Scarborough Primary School — where he attends kindergarten — just before…
A Perth paramedic killed on the way to an emergency has been remembered as a happy man who was always willing to help others. Paramedics, volunteers and St John WA staff formed a guard of honour on Thursday and joined family and friends as dedicated servant Tinesh Tamilkodi was laid to rest. WATCH THE VIDEO…
At least 10 homes have been lost to a fast-moving and out-of-control bushfire that forced residents in Perth’s northern suburbs to flee to safety amid a scorching heatwave. WA’s Deputy Premier Rita Saffioti confirmed on Thursday it had been a “very long and difficult night” for the 120 firefighters actively battling the Wanneroo fire and…
Crews are battling a major bushfire in Perth’s outer north after making vital inroads into a blaze that had threatened lives and homes in the city’s south. The ongoing emergency was sparked when a fast-moving fire broke out at a pine plantation in Mariginiup just after 1pm on Wednesday, with residents now fearing their homes…
Racism and hate is experienced in every corner and every suburb of the nation, a new report has found. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have been detailing experiences of racism – including against children – for the Call it Out project since it launched in early 2022. Academics from the Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous…
Coldplay has thrilled their fans after announcing free tickets for some very lucky people. Off the back of the British band’s two Perth concerts on the weekend, they are offering new tickets to those ticketholders who missed out on the concerts when two flights were cancelled. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Coldplay perform in Perth. Stream…
Western Australia’s rental market is so overcrowded that real estate agencies are smashing open home records, while desperate parents are turning to secondhand caravans just to keep a roof over their family’s heads. Perth’s vacancy rate sits at an “extremely tight” 0.7 per cent and has been below 1 per cent since August last year….
A mother has been killed and her daughter injured during a violent altercation in a Perth home. The body of the woman, aged 60, was found in the Beckenham home by police officers after they were called to an altercation on Saturday night. Her daughter, aged 30, was also injured, police said. Watch the latest…
Iconic Australian hatmaker Akubra is set to change ownership for the first time in five generations. Tattarang, owned by Australian businessman Andrew ‘Twiggy’ Forrest and his wife Nicola, has acquired Akubra from the Keir family who trace their ownership back 147 years. The acquisition will ensure the brand remains Australian-owned and locally made with Tattarang…
A teenager has been airlifted to hospital after a quad bike crash north of Perth. A Western Australian ambulance spokesperson told 7NEWS.com.au that the boy had been injured in a quad bike crash in Lancelin. The spokesperson confirmed a RAC rescue chopper had been sent out to airlift the injured boy to the Royal Perth…
WA has responded to surging COVID-19 cases in the lead-up to Christmas by enforcing the use of masks in public hospitals. From Monday, staff and patients will be required to cover up in “high-risk” areas including haematology, oncology, organ transplant and renal dialysis. “We need to do what we can to make sure we’re keeping…
Perth’s Instagram-famous container rainbow will not be moved from its perch overlooking the Swan River and Fremantle Port. The $145,000 public art installation, nicknamed Containbow, was set to be relocated so the land it is on could be used in the construction of the new Fremantle Traffic Bridge. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: New plans revealed…
A man has been charged after allegedly climbing a crane at Elizabeth Quay in Perth’s CBD, prompting authorities into an early morning rescue operation. Emergency services were called to a skyscraper construction site on William St about 1.30am following reports someone had scaled a crane. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Man rescued after allegedly climbing Perth…
Victoria has been crowned the state with the most Magpie swooping incidents for 2023, an honour normally awarded to Queensland. There have been 3030 swooping incidents registered with Magpie Alert so far this year. Of these, 394 resulted in injuries. In a new report, Magpie Alert revealed there were 798 incidents in Victoria, 714 incidents…
Two workers are being treated for chemical burns in hospital following a toxic spill at a refinery near Mandurah, south of Perth. The pair were working at the Alcoa refinery in Pinjarra, an hour from WA’s capital, when the emergency unfolded about 4pm on Tuesday. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Toxic spill injures five at Alcoa…
Swatting season is in full swing and “holy moly, flies are crazy this year”. If you’ve noticed an army of the annoying pests glued to your skin in recent weeks, you are certainly not alone. Many Perth people say they can’t remember flies ever being this bad, but a video of a woman swarmed by…
Two people have died in a two-vehicle crash on a rural road in Western Australia. Four people were involved in the campervan and car crash on Brookton-Corrigin Rd, near Corrigin, about 3.20pm on Sunday. The 74-year-old male driver and 72-year-old female passenger of the car died at the crash site. Watch the latest news and…
A young mother-of-two who disappeared more than two decades ago died at the hands of her abusive husband, a coroner has ruled. Peta Simone Weber, 25, was reported missing from popular tourist location The Gap near Albany, Western Australia in June 1997. The 25-year-old and her husband Richard had reportedly gone there to fish when…
A Perth grandfather at the centre of a desperate international medical evacuation effort is being remembered as a “kind, generous man” following his tragic death in care. Dave Crocos was surrounded by loved ones in hospital in Brisbane when he took his last breath on Tuesday evening. Family told 7NEWS.com.au he had succumbed to critical…
Two people are in custody after a wild police chase came to a fiery end in Perth’s southern suburbs. A Mazda 6 burst into flames in the middle of Planet St in Carlisle not long after police say the car sped away from them about 11.10pm on Thursday. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Car goes up…
WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this story contains images of people who have died Prison officers were watching movies and relaxing when an Indigenous teenager fatally self-harmed in youth detention. Officers discovered 16-year-old Cleveland Dodd unresponsive in a cell at the Unit 18 facility at Perth’s Casuarina Prison in the early…
Four students are under arrest after a school in Perth’s northern suburbs was evacuated when a mysterious gas filled classrooms. Students and staff were cleared from their lessons at Ellenbrook Secondary College, in Ellenbrook, when the emergency unfolded just after 12.30pm on Thursday. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Students arrested after gas fills Ellenbrook Secondary College…
A motorcyclist has died after crashing into multiple vehicles in Perth’s north. The man, aged 33, crashed into a stationary Ford Ranger on Guildford Rd, Mt Lawley, about 10pm on Wednesday. The motorbike then collided with a second car, a Holden Captiva, which was driving on the same road. The rider sustained critical injuries and…
The intense moment police pounced on an alleged killer who sent a quiet WA town into lockdown on Saturday has been captured on body-worn cameras. Armed police had their guns drawn as they hunted the suspect who was forced to his knees as officers approached. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Intense moment police arrest alleged Wooroloo…
WA’s police commissioner has apologised to the family of a young boy wrongly served with a violence restraining order. The legal bungle was exposed on Monday after a video of the incident was shared on the social media platform TikTok. It showed the Perth child, who is aged just seven, being served the order by…
A woman in a wheelchair has been hit by a car in Perth’s northern suburbs. It is understood the 45-year-old was crossing Wanneroo Rd in Wanneroo when she was struck by a black Toyota sedan just north of Ocean Reef Rd about 7.25pm on Sunday. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Woman in wheelchair hit by a…
Three men linked to a failed housing scheme that cost dozens of elderly Australians their homes and life savings have appeared in court on criminal charges. Raymond Jones, founder of the Sterling Group, Simon Bell and Ryan Jones faced the Perth Magistrates Court on Friday. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Three men charged over failed Sterling…
A woman has died inside the engine carriage of a grain train in Western Australia in what appears to be a tragic accident. The woman, who did not work for the train company, became trapped and died while the train was stationary — but when and why she entered the engine space remains unknown. WA…
A man has been shot in a town on Perth’s outskirts on Saturday. He was airlifted to Royal Perth Hospital with gunshot wounds as the gunman fled and police locked down the surrounding area for residents’ safety. The incident occurred near the intersection of Needham Road and Marauba Cl at Wooroloo after midday, WA Police…
Another two pillars of WA’s building industry have fallen in quick succession while the downfall of a third is now all but complete. Osborne Park-based Simsai Construction Group was placed under the control of administrators Thomas Birch and Jeremy Nipps on Wednesday. The handover of control comes just weeks after it emerged the Australian Taxation…
A homeless man has been charged with five counts of arson after allegedly lighting a series of bushfires in Perth’s inner suburbs. Police arrested the 41-year-old of no fixed address at the scene of the latest blaze in Kings Park late on Thursday. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Police charge alleged Kings Park arsonist Watch the…
The Wiggles have been left “deeply disappointed” their music has been used to drive homeless people away from a beachside shelter and asked a WA council to stop doing so. It emerged on Wednesday that the band’s track Hot Potato had been playing around the clock at the Graham Bricknell Memorial Music Shell in Bunbury,…
A Perth business owner says she only moved away from where a car’s destructive path came to an end just seconds before the vehicle cannoned through her front window. Security video captured the frightening moment an elderly woman ploughed a Mazda sedan into the candle shop store in Osborne Park on Friday afternoon. WATCH THE…
Two men have been killed when their car became airborne and slammed into a retaining wall in Perth’s southern suburbs. The men, 24-year-old driver Nathaniel Fussell, and a passenger aged 29, both suffered critical injuries in the crash about 5.10pm on Monday on the Kwinana Fwy in Wandi. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Kwinana freeway collision…
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…
A homicide investigation has been launched over the death of a woman at Crown Towers in Burswood, Perth. Police and emergency services raced to the luxury, five-star hotel in the city’s inner southeast, where they found the woman just after 11am. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Homicide probe launched over Crown Towers death. Watch the latest…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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….
A driver is in hospital with life-threatening injuries sustained in a car crash in Western Australia. The man and a passenger were in a car which left the road and rolled several times on Depot Hill Rd near Lockier, heading towards Geraldton, about 2.40pm on Thursday. The 62-year-old driver sustained life-threatening head injuries and was…
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…
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…
A Perth wedding equipment hire business has been accused of ripping off couples ahead of their special day. 7NEWS has spoken to more than a dozen brides and grooms who say they paid Laced with Love thousands of dollars — but the equipment was never delivered. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Perth wedding company allegedly dashes…
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 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…
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 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 Australian man has been arrested by Singapore police after a budget Scoot airline flight was escorted back to the city-state’s Changi Airport because of a bomb threat. The 30-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of criminal intimidation and police investigations are ongoing, CNA reported on Thursday. Singapore’s air force and emergency services were activated…
Kalgoorlie’s famous Paddy Hannan statue has been beheaded, with authorities in WA’s Goldfields working to track down those responsible. Police believe vandals decapitated the statue between 11pm and midnight on Wednesday. “It’s affected a lot of people and talking to locals they all feel the same way — shock and disappointment, to be honest,” City…
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…
Anthony Albanese will visit the spiritual heart of the country as part of a final push for the Indigenous Voice just days out from the referendum. The Prime Minister will touch down at Uluru on Tuesday evening, where he will meet with representatives from the Central Land Council. The visit will be part of a…
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…
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…
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 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. Benjamin Jack McLaughlin, 19, appeared on Thursday in Perth Magistrates Court where police alleged he killed a 38-year-old man in Nambumg on Tuesday,…
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…
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…
West Australia’s resources sector is bracing for chaos ahead of a pilots’ strike that’s expected to affect thousands of FIFO workers and has sparked claims it could discourage overseas investment in the state. Pilots employed by a Qantas subsidiary Network Aviation plan to walk off the job for 24 hours on Wednesday over a long-running…
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 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…
The “miracle” survivor of a devastating crash that claimed the lives of two brothers and a young father in Perth’s southern suburbs this week has paid tribute to his late friends from hospital. Tyler Rowe, 21, was a passenger in a white Audi A3 sedan that collided head-on with another car on Sixty Eight Rd…
A devastated young mother grieving the sudden death of her husband in a crash in Perth’s south has revealed the huge gap he will leave in their family’s life. Gabby and Kody Bell, 24, had spent almost nine years together and share two children — Violet and Laiken. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Heartbroken wife of…
A firearm disguised as a marker pen and a homemade machine gun have been seized in separate raids across Perth. Police say the homemade operable pen gun had been manufactured to resemble an Artline marker and was found by authorities during a search of a home in Seville Grove, in the city’s southeast. An electronic…
A 31-year-old man will front court in Perth accused of trying to kill another man by running him down with his car. WA Police say the alleged crime occurred on Harris St in Carlisle when the accused hit the victim with a Toyota HiLux about 7pm on December 21. The four-wheel-drive also caused structural damage…
Three men have died, and two others have been injured in a horrific smash in Perth’s south. The Audi and Kia collided head-on on Sixty Eight Rd near Hearth Wy in Baldivis just after 5pm on Wednesday. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Emergency crews race to scene of horrific smash in Perth’s south. Watch the latest…
A man fighting for life in a Perth hospital has been linked to puzzling reports of a crash and brawl that closed a major highway for several hours. Witnesses reported a car crash and a group of people fighting in traffic in the west-bound lanes of Reid Hwy, between Altone Rd and the off-ramp to…
Firefighters have discovered human remains in a burnt-out car in a small holiday region north of Perth, with authorities working to determine if the crime scene is linked to another vehicle driven into the ocean. Police said the first vehicle was discovered alight on Indian Ocean Dr in Nambung in WA’s Wheatbelt region about 12.30am…
A 15-year-old is in hospital with broken bones after she fell several metres while trying to scale the home of Scitech in West Perth. The teen fractured both wrists and her pelvis when she fell almost 10 metres through a plastic skylight about 11pm on Sunday, with police and ambulance services called. She was taken…
Residents have described the horrific sound that alerted them to a motorcycle crash that killed two people in Perth’s north. The man, aged 39, and his female pillion passenger, aged 35, both died after their Honda motorbike collided with a silver Toyota Aurion on Pinjar Rd in Tapping about 9.20pm on Sunday night. The bike…
The family of a Perth woman, who was seriously injured in a savage attack by her two pet Rottweilers, have broken their silence a week after the horrific incident. Nikita Piil, 31, suffered major blood loss and serious bite wounds to her limbs when her dogs Bronx and Harlem turned on her at her home…
The father and carer of one-punch assault victim Danny Hodgson could be forced out of the country in a devastating and cruel new twist for the family. Peter Hodgson’s temporary visa will expire on October 19 and he is now desperately exploring avenues to remain in Australia permanently on compassionate grounds. If not, he will…
It was 2012 when Dana Vulin, aged 25, was doused in methylated spirits and set alight by an enraged jealous woman. The callous attack left the Perth local with burns to more than 60 per cent of her body and she was forced to wear a compression bandage over her damaged face for more than…
A WA Police officer critically injured in a horror accident in Croatia could finally be back in Perth within days, her family says. Ella Cutler, 25, has received around-the-clock care from doctors in Dubrovnik after she fell 10m from a popular photo spot in Pile, on August 26. Her travel insurer has so far knocked…
Abortion has been removed from Western Australia’s criminal code and access will be easier for women, in sweeping reforms passed by the state parliament. The amended laws to address inequity bring WA into line with other jurisdictions and remove unnecessary clinical barriers that were driving some women to seek treatment interstate. Premier Roger Cook said…
New details have emerged after a 16-year-old boy was killed when the car he was a passenger in veered off the road and smashed into a tree on a WA road. Ryan Berry was a passenger in the vehicle when it crashed at the intersection of Yanchep Beach Rd and Parkland Dr in the coastal…
Administrators have taken control of a 35-year-old fruit and vegetable wholesaler in WA. Odeum Produce is up for sale after a notice from ASIC revealed the company’s reins were placed in the hands of Hamilton Murphy Advisory’s Stephen Dixon and Brett Orzel on Monday. The extent of the company’s debt remains unclear. Looking for a…
Perth tenants are struggling amid a housing crisis with rental prices rising faster than any other capital city and a plummeting vacancy rate. Advertised rents rose 19 per cent in the past year and four per cent in the 12 weeks to September 12, according to Shelter WA. Perth also has the tightest vacancy rate…
Doctors are working to save a West Australian woman’s arm following a savage attack by her two pet Rottweilers in Perth’s southern suburbs on Saturday. Nikita Piil, 31, suffered major blood loss and serious bite wounds to her limbs when her dogs Bronx and Harlem turned on her at her home in Success about 4.30pm….
A 28-year-old man has been charged over the alleged sexual assault of two young women in Broome. A 24-year-old woman was allegedly assaulted at Gantheaume Point, a popular tourist attraction, some time between 10.30pm and 11pm on Saturday, September 16, WA police said. A 25-year-old woman was allegedly assaulted on Robinson St in Broome at…
A Perth woman has been hospitalised with serious injuries after her two rottweilers attacked her. Police were called to the 31-year-old woman’s home at Success in Perth’s south about 4.30pm on Saturday. An officer used their gun to stop the attack given the dogs were “extremely aggressive” and the woman’s life was in danger, the…
The family of a WA police officer critically injured in a horror cliff fall in Croatia has revealed the bitter devastation felt when they were told her travel insurer would not fork out for hospital costs and a flight home because she had alcohol in her system. Ella Cutler, 25, has been in hospital since…
Police are looking for a rail crossing climber who came crashing down to earth – bringing infrastructure with it – in Beverley, 130km southeast of Perth. CCTV which had only just been installed captured a man carefully placing his drink and phone out of harm’s way before climbing the signal pole early Friday morning. With…
A West Australian bakery has won the coveted award for Australia’s best sausage roll at the Official Great Aussie Pie Competition on Thursday. Jack’s Bakery, located in the coastal suburb Halls Head, Mandurah has been operating for nearly 20 years. Owner Vladas Kaskonas said, while the bakery has won awards for its sausage rolls before,…
The teenager who left Danny Hodgson in a fight for life has been accused of another violent crime in WA. One-punch victim Hodgson, who was close to death following the unprovoked assault outside Perth train station in September 2021, has taken aim at WA’s justice system, saying he was unsurprised to learn his attacker had…
Loud bangs that plunged a Perth school into lockdown and forced residents indoors have been blamed on a backfiring car — and not a gun — by authorities. 7NEWS cameras were on the ground when sounds feared to have been gunshots were heard in Clarkson on Wednesday afternoon. WATCH THE VIDEO PLAYER ABOVE: School in…
A WA police officer is in a critical condition in hospital in Europe after she was injured in a cliff fall while on a dream getaway. Ella Cutler suffered life-threatening injuries when she and a 34-year-old man she was with fell 10m from a clifftop in Pile, Croatia on August 26. The “devoted public servant”…
A “courageous” 12-year-old girl has broken free from a man’s grip during a terrifying abduction attempt in Perth’s southern suburbs. The girl was approached as she walked near the corner of Axminster St and Exeter St in Warnbro about 2.40pm Monday when the man left his parked silver or grey sedan. Authorities said he then…
A global discount retailer has put bargain hunters on alert with a major announcement over its ever-expanding Australian footprint. TK Maxx will open its first WA store at Ocean Keys Shopping Centre in Clarkson, in Perth’s north next month. The shop — which will welcome customers from 9am October 5 — will be the company’s…
A driver has died when his car crashed and caught on fire on a freeway in Perth’s east. The car crashed on the Leach Hwy, near the Tonkin Hwy northbound off ramp, in Cloverdale at 2am on Monday. When police arrived at the scene they found the vehicle fully alight. Watch the latest news and…
A Perth real estate agent has been suspended for eight months over a racist email that left her former tenants “devastated” and a commissioner feeling “sick to my stomach”. In one passage of the offending message, Mavin Real Estate director Bronwyn Pollitt claimed she hoped migrants moving to Australia “will not turn our beautiful country…
Western Australian traffic controller Frank Allen still remembers the moment he lifted his ‘SLOW’ sign — a normal, everyday act that was all just part of his duties — while on the job in Perth’s north earlier this year. Little did the 63-year-old know, the move would trigger a life-changing series of events that would…
A gastropub in Perth’s southern suburbs has hit financial trouble, with administrators appointed this week. The future of Sound Brewing Co is uncertain after the business went into administration on Wednesday, a notice shared by ASIC revealed. The brewery, taphouse and restaurant only opened at the Rockingham Centre precinct in 2022. For more Drink related…
A WA mother whose child died while she battled to secure housing said she did everything possible for her baby boy. Ten-month-old Kenneth’s lifeless body was found in a bed in July and he was laid to rest last week. WA Police confirmed the death is not suspicious and a report is being prepared for…
West Australia’s biggest home builder is facing legal action over delays and alleged contract breaches, as lawyers for disgruntled customers secure litigation funding. Morgan Alteruthemeyer Legal Group estimates up to 5000 homeowners could join the proposed class action seeking compensation from BGC Housing Group for the losses they incurred. Lawyer Spencer Lieberfreund said securing funding…
An Australian man is behind bars in the US awaiting a court hearing after he allegedly drove on the wrong side of the road and killed two people in a head-on car crash. West Australian Luke Nardini was taken to hospital after the collision which allegedly killed a man and woman aged in their 60s…
WARNING: Graphic content A WA handyman has been labelled a “medical unicorn” and is miraculously set to retain 100 per cent of his vision after doctors delicately removed a nail shot deep into his eyeball during a renovation accident. Stephan Giersberg was installing a new living room window frame at his home in Boyup Brook,…
One of the victims of the horrific weekend on WA roads has been revealed as a beloved family member and committed volunteer. Joshua Hair was a passenger in a Toyota HiLux that was travelling on Karijini Dr in Karijini, about 70km east of Tom Price in the state’s Pilbara region, when it left the road…
Karratha detectives have charged a father over an alleged attempt to drown his son at a beach in WA’s Pilbara region on Monday. The man is accused of driving a vehicle into the ocean at the Dampier Foreshore about 6.15am, with reports the dad then carried the five-year-old boy into deeper water before allegedly holding…
Two people have died and a child has been injured in a head-on crash in Western Australia’s Peel region. Emergency services were called to a crash between a Toyota Hilux and a Mazda CX5 on Pinjarra Rd near Nancarrow Wy, Ravenswood about 11.55am Sunday. Police were told the vehicles crashed head-on and at least one…
An international student in WA is facing financial turmoil after a second-hand car he bought off Facebook was seized by police, who informed him it was actually stolen. As a way to earn some money, Umair Ishfaq decided it would be a good idea to purchase a second-hand car so that he could begin Uber…
A travel influencer has been confronted by officials and fined for walking through an Australian airport with a single rose she had not correctly declared on her passenger card. Lays Laraya says she accidentally breached customs laws when she was gifted a flower by cabin crew on her Qatar Airways flight into Perth recently. The…
A Perth toddler required life-saving CPR when they were discovered unconscious with a skipping rope around their neck at a childcare centre in the CBD. The three-year-old was resuscitated and has physically recovered from the experience, but authorities have come down hard on G8 Education, trading as The Learning Sanctuary Kings Square, by dishing out…
A young Perth woman faces an uncertain future because a basketball-sized growth is placing extreme stress on her heart and causing her crippling pain. Jasmine De Mamiel-Clapp lives with a severe case of arteriovenous malformation (AVM), meaning her vessels are twisted and enlarged. The flow of blood through a tangle of vessels has resulted in…
Passengers are being let back into Perth Airport after an emergency prompted the evacuation of the busy complex Thursday afternoon. Passengers were forced from international terminal, T1, about 3.55pm when smoke was detected. A spokesperson for the airport said the source of the issue was a refrigeration unit at a retail outlet. Watch the latest…
Police have cordoned off a suburban street after a man was found dead at a home in Perth’s southern suburbs. The 46-year-old was discovered at an address on Carden Dr in Cannington after emergency services were called about 1pm on Wednesday. It is unclear how the man died or if police are treating the death…
WA Police is investigating vision of tow trucks cutting across Perth freeway traffic in an apparent race to a job. In the clip captured on the Mitchell Fwy in West Leederville about 8am on Tuesday, a truck driver slices across multiple lanes and narrowly avoids an exit barrier. A second truck follows closely behind down…
Western Australia’s energy grid is set for a $3 billion revamp as the state seeks to boost its exports and jobs. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told a business breakfast in Perth on Tuesday the funding would come from the Rewiring the Nation scheme. The national scheme would provide $20 billion in equity for modernising the…
A Perth football club has been caught up in a bizarre Facebook Marketplace scam that resulted in a shipping container full of its gear being sneakily offloaded. Brazen thieves advertised the blue cargo box on social media and when an interested buyer arrived at John Dunn Memorial Park in the city’s southeast with a truck…
A WA-based woman is unable to walk after what she thought was a simple muscle strain turned out to be a potentially fatal bacterial infection. New Zealand native Karen Stevens, who has lived in Australia for eight years, began feeling unwell late last month. She put it down to a strained neck muscle, which she…
An elderly man who was allegedly assaulted in a Perth car park in a suspected road rage attack has broken his silence, as a man is charged over the incident. Alan White, 91, drove into a carpark on Westview Parade, on Friday, August 25 at around 4.45pm and parked his car. When he got out…
Police are investigating after a 91-year-old man was assaulted in a car park. The elderly man drove into a carpark on Westview Parade, Wannanup, WA on Friday, August 25 at around 4.45pm and parked his car. When he got out of the vehicle, a motorcyclist started to verbally abuse him and then physically assaulted him….
Cricket officials have come out swinging over the decision to exclude stand-up urinals from a multimillion redevelopment at Perth’s WACA Ground. The plan will leave the northern half of the ground, where most of the work is happening, with only cubicles in men’s bathrooms, unlike most sporting grounds which have communal urinals. WA Cricket Association…
An Uber Eats driver has been bashed and had his vehicle stolen during a violent carjacking carried out by three juveniles — the youngest just 13 — in Perth’s north, police claim. Authorities allege the assault was the start of a rampage that ended more than 420 kilometres away in WA’s Great Southern region and…
A North Perth daycare facility has warned parents to test their kids and watch for symptoms after a child was diagnosed with tuberculosis. Parents were told this week their little ones had been exposed to TB, but authorities are confident the case is an isolated one and not cause for panic. Symptoms from the infectious…
A teenager has died in a single-vehicle car accident south of Perth. Police say a silver Holden Commodore was driving south along Warnbro Sound Ave near Halliburton Ave, Port Kennedy, when the car left the road and hit a tree. The 18-year-old male driver suffered critical injuries. He was taken to Rockingham Hospital where he…
More than half a litter of two-day-old puppies cruelly dumped by the side of a Perth road have died, animal welfare advocates say. The nine puppies weighed just 500 grams each when they were dropped in long, wet grass behind units near the corner of Lord St and Guildford Rd in Bassendean, in the city’s…
Teens trespassing on rides and slides at a Perth water park have prompted a warning from police. Adventure World is currently closed for the winter but it is now proving an enticing playground for another type of thrill-seeker. Local police took several reports last week about people breaking in and they want it to stop….
A Perth man has escaped injury after a car ploughed through his living room, narrowly missing him as he gamed on Friday morning. Thomas Trenaman was stunned by a “massive boom” about 6.10am. That sound was a silver Mercedes wiping out a brick wall, large tree and street sign before crashing into his home on…
A Fremantle man has been charged over the alleged assault of a crew member on a flight from Perth to Karratha, in WA’s Pilbara region. The 62-year-old accused allegedly became aggressive after being refused alcohol about 5pm Thursday. WA Police said Qantas cabin staff and passengers tried to calm the man before he headed to…
Locals are fuming over a “terrifying” proposal to ban vehicles from one of WA’s most popular stretches of coastline. Lancelin, 125 kilometres north of Perth, every year welcomes thousands of visitors keen to take their four-wheel drives and trail bikes onto the region’s famous white sand. But the Shire of Gingin is considering cutting access…
A fishing trip has turned to tragedy after a man was killed in a boating accident off the coast of Alkimos in Perth’s north, police have confirmed. An emergency rescue effort was triggered when another boat reported the overturned vessel 20km from shore about 11.45am on Friday. Two of the boaties were able to be…
A man has died in a car accident on a highway 480km east of Perth. WA Police say a black Jeep Grand Cherokee was travelling east on the Great Eastern Highway, Mount Palmer at 10.25am on Thursday when the driver lost control of the vehicle, causing it to roll. The 56-year-old male driver sustained critical…
The Colombian army were forced to form a protective wall around police during the arrest of an accused Perth crime boss living a life of luxury in South America. Moreed Noor, who police allege fled WA to avoid the grasp of authorities in 2019, now faces prosecution in his new home after he was charged…
Billionaire Gina Rinehart tasked Price Waterhouse with a confidential project to undo her mining pioneer father’s legacy and boost her shareholding in the family company at her children’s expense, a court has been told. Hancock Prospecting’s executive chair described Lang Hancock’s 1988 plan to transfer a 33 per cent share of that company into a…
It looks like the more the merrier when it comes to large lotto wins. Just a week after a team of 50 hospital workers scored big, a new WA syndicate has shared in some huge spoils. The winning group of 15 players will split a division one lotto prize worth $2.69 million from Saturday’s draw….
Six teens have been dramatically arrested after ditching a car suspected to be stolen when they were boxed in by police on Sunday night. A 17-year-old boy is now facing a series of driving charges and has a date in court following a police operation that spanned several Perth suburbs. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Teen…
A city-wide search is underway after a detainee at the Perth Watch House slipped past police, authorities say. Ivan Patrick Ugle allegedly escaped custody on Sunday and has managed to elude authorities on Monday. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Ivan Patrick Ugle ‘escapes’ Perth Watch House. Watch the latest news and stream for free on 7plus…
Emergency crews have raced to contain raging boat and jetski fires in Perth’s southern suburbs. A 15-metre long boat and the smaller recreation watercraft went up in flames at the Port Coogee Marina on Thursday morning, with the alert raised just before 11am. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Boat and jet ski go up in flames…
WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this story contains images of someone who has died. WA’s Premier says he will do his best to be available for an emergency summit on domestic violence, called following the deaths of two young mums in Perth. Tiffany Woodley, 35, was allegedly murdered by her former…
A man’s death in a Western Australia carpark is being investigated as a possible homicide. The 56-year-old man was found injured and unresponsive at an industrial carpark in Kwinana Beach, in Perth’s south, about 6.10pm on Thursday. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Homicide investigation launched over Kwinana Beach death Watch the latest news and stream for…
A woman has been rushed to hospital in a serious condition after being struck by a car in Perth’s western suburbs. The 69-year-old was hit as she tried to cross Stirling Hwy near Jarrad St in Peppermint Grove just before 8pm, Thursday. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Pedestrian suffers head injuries crossing Stirling Hwy. Watch the…
A baby has been found “safe and well” following a frantic search on Thursday. An alert issued by WA Police said “concerns are held for the welfare” of the five-week-old and it was “extremely important” they locate his father who was last seen in Perth’s south about midday. Thankfully the search was resolved quickly, with…
A Perth father who suffered a medical emergency at work has credited his quick-thinking colleagues with saving his life. When Matt Brown began to slur his speech and became paralysed down his right side, his workmates quickly identified signs of a stroke and immediately called an ambulance. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Perth stroke survivor says…
A popular West Australian bakery has gone under owing the Australian Taxation Office $2 million. Barretts Bakery, which won over customers with its bread, pastries and cakes, was recently placed under the control of Worrells’ principal Mervyn Kitay. The administrator was appointed on July 27, a notice published by ASIC revealed. Watch the latest news…
A foul-mouthed road rage attack involving a learner driver part-way through her first-ever lesson behind the wheel has been captured on camera. The vision showed a woman blast Perth L-plater Aleyna Helvaci before throwing a traffic cone towards the car the 16-year-old was driving. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Teen speaks on Victoria Park road rage….
A former BHP worker has been jailed for more than five years after raping a colleague at a mining camp after a night of heavy drinking. Ryan John Zabaznow, 37, was found guilty in May of sexual penetration without consent in Newman in Western Australia’s Pilbara region on November 18, 2020. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE:…
Authorities have identified the cause of a blast that rocked a Perth medical centre and was heard up to a kilometre away. The Dunedin Street Medical Centre in Mount Hawthorn suffered major damage after a fire tore through the clinic about 4.15am Monday. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Blast rocks Dunedin Street Medical Centre. Watch the…
A nail salon owner has been left in “shock” following news a suspicious blaze had torn through her popular business in Perth. Fire crews raced to Sculptured by Laura-Jane on Walcott St in Mount Lawley after a fire erupted just after 2am, Friday. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Fire rips through Sculptured by Laura-Jane on Walcott…
Teenagers under the age of 16 will be able to terminate pregnancies without a parent or guardian’s permission when a new abortion bill is put to the Western Australian parliament this week. The state is the only Australian jurisdiction where a child must tell their parent or guardian that they intend to have an abortion,…
A Perth woman has revealed the emotional story used by scammers that duped her out of thousands of dollars while she tried to buy a car on Facebook Marketplace. Violet Saxton paid $4550 for a vehicle she never received and now believes did not actually exist, after coming across an online ad for a Mazda…
A West Australian toddler initially told he had a virus caught at daycare is now in an agonising wait for life-saving treatment after doctors realised he had been struck down by something far more sinister. Tommy Bacon’s parents took the Perth boy to the GP when they noticed a rash forming on his body, but…
West Australian Premier Roger Cook has blasted three “extremist” climate activists over a thwarted plan to allegedly protest outside the home of the chief of Woodside Energy. Counter-terrorism police were waiting for Jesse Noakes, 34, Gerard Mazza, 31, and a 19-year-old woman when they allegedly arrived with an ABC camera crew at chief executive Meg…
A WA mother says she is no closer to overcoming the grief caused by a Broome chopper crash that killed her daughter three years ago. Mandurah girl Amber Jess Millar, 12, was a passenger in a Robinson R44 that had taken off for a scenic flight of the Kimberley but broke up in mid-air and…
Custodial officers at Western Australia’s troubled Banksia Hill detention centre will get a 12 per cent pay rise to reflect the difficulties of working at the state’s youth facilities. The WA justice department on Tuesday announced the annual base salary for ordinary officers at Banksia Hill and other youth detention centres would be between $79,156…
The resources industry has been warned it could face tougher restrictions if sexual harassment issues in the workplace aren’t addressed. WA Minister for Mines and Petroleum Bill Johnston said the state government was committed to driving cultural change and it would not rule out new regulations if it doesn’t happen. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: FIFO…
A senior Mongol has become the first person in WA convicted of breaching an anti-consorting notice after he invited bikie pals he was banned from associating with to his wedding. Jason Gastarov, 47, appeared in Rockingham Magistrates Court on Monday, having been charged earlier in the day with six counts of consorting with a named…
The origin of a huge piece of space junk that washed up on a WA beach earlier this month is a mystery no more, with authorities confirming it came from an Indian rocket. State and federal agencies spent a little over two weeks working to find exactly where the large metallic cylinder discovered near Green…
Safety regulators are investigating after an electrician died at a property in Perth’s northern suburbs. The 24-year-old was found dead in the roof space of a home in Nollamara on Saturday morning. Western Australia’s Director of Energy Safety Saj Abdoolakhan extended his condolences to the man’s loved ones. Watch the latest news and stream for…
A Perth teen who was told he was dehydrated when he was actually battling brain cancer says he can’t wait to go home after spending months in hospital. Fergus Egerton-Warburton was walking the Kokoda Track in Papua New Guinea with his father when he began suffering from headaches, vomiting, double vision and loss of balance….
A Perth family is on a mission for justice after the death of their son at Mineral Resources’ Onslow Iron project in WA. Kieren McDowall, 20, was farewelled by hundreds of mourners at a moving service on Friday. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Kieren McDowall farewelled after death at Pilbara worksite. Watch the latest news and…
Tash Peterson has added a graphic new chapter to her European jaunt, taking her bold style of protesting to the streets of London. The West Australian vegan crusader donned a green, scaly outfit and black boots and covered herself in “blood” and “guts” before planting herself outside Hermès’ flagship store in England’s capital. The notorious…
A teenage boy is fighting for life in hospital following a horror crash in Perth’s northern suburbs. The 16-year-old was critically injured after the Audi A3 hatchback he was a passenger in was wrapped around a tree on Sherington Rd in Greenwood. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Teen critically injured in Greenwood crash. Watch the latest…
A WA grandfather has detailed the terrifying moment he was attacked by a shark while swimming off the southwest coast on Saturday. The Dunsborough man was snorkelling with a team of others when he felt a two-metre shark bite into his leg. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Grandfather details terrifying shark attack. Watch the latest news…
Fifty-two whales stranded on a West Australian beach have died, with wildlife experts preparing now to lead the rest of the pod into deeper water. Dozens of workers and volunteers braved the cold Wednesday morning armed with specially designed slings to get 45 long-finned pilot whales off Cheynes Beach, 60km east of Albany, and back…
Tanggap darurat telah diluncurkan setelah puluhan paus mulai terdampar di hotspot liburan populer di WA selatan. Gambar-gambar yang menghancurkan telah muncul setelah sekelompok sekitar 70 paus pilot bersirip terdampar di Pantai Cheynes, yang berjarak sekitar satu jam di sebelah timur Albany. TONTON VIDEO DI ATAS: Paus terdampar di Pantai Cheynes. Tonton berita dan streaming terbaru…
Seorang tersangka pencuri menderita luka serius di kepala ketika dia dipukul dengan parang oleh kaki tangannya selama penyerbuan rumah yang “mengerikan” di pinggiran utara Perth, kata polisi. Dua pria sekarang berada dalam tahanan polisi sementara perburuan dilakukan untuk orang ketiga yang melarikan diri dari tempat kejadian. TONTON VIDEO DI ATAS: Api ramah parang meninggalkan pencuri…
Sebuah “kemungkinan gigitan hiu” di barat daya Margaret River saat ini sedang diselidiki oleh otoritas Australia Barat. Seorang pria berusia 20-an saat ini berada di rumah sakit setelah dugaan serangan itu, 7NEWS mengerti. Departemen Industri Primer dan Pembangunan Daerah (DPIRD) mengatakan sedang menyelidiki laporan tentang insiden gigitan hiu yang terjadi di area berperahu dekat Pantai…
Seorang gadis sembilan tahun telah meninggal dalam kecelakaan sepeda quad di jalur sepeda gunung di Australia Barat. Anak itu adalah seorang penumpang sepeda quad, mengendarai di sepanjang trek di Langford Park, Jarrahdale, ketika sepedanya terguling, dan dia terlempar dari udara pada pukul 5 sore pada Sabtu malam. Polisi WA mengatakan bocah sembilan tahun itu tewas…
Seorang siswi menemukan kabel diikat padanya setelah dia diduga diculik di luar sekolah di pinggiran selatan Perth pada hari Jumat. Polisi diberi tahu bahwa seorang gadis sedang berjalan di Warnbro ketika dia diduga dijemput oleh seorang pria dengan kendaraan tak dikenal sekitar pukul 8.45 pagi. Penjabat Detektif Inspektur Scott Johnson mengatakan orang tua melihat anak…
Aktivis vegan terkemuka Tash Peterson telah mengglobal dalam perjuangannya untuk hewan, bertukar pukulan verbal dengan penyiar Inggris Piers Morgan dan komentator politik konservatif Amerika Tomi Lahren. Morgan memberi tahu Australia Barat bahwa veganisme adalah “mode” dan “ketinggalan jaman”, dan mengklaim publik “muak” dengan taktik dramatis langsung yang digunakan oleh Peterson dan pendukung produk susu lainnya….
Sebuah ATM diseret di sekitar tempat parkir sebelum mesin tersebut ditinggalkan oleh pencuri yang merusaknya dari sebuah bisnis di South West WA. Visi yang dibagikan oleh polisi menunjukkan seorang pria menggunakan Toyota HiLux dan rantai untuk membobol ATM dari tempat berlisensi di The Promenade di Australind pada Sabtu pagi. TONTON VIDEO DI ATAS: ATM dicuri…
Ayah lima anak Ellenbrook bisa kehilangan penglihatannya setelah dia diduga dipukuli secara brutal di dalam Crown di Burswood, Perth. Aidan Collard sedang merawat rahang yang patah dan patah tulang belakang setelah dia dipukul oleh seorang pengecut dan kemudian pingsan pada Sabtu malam, kata keluarganya. TONTON VIDEO DI ATAS: Ayah ‘bisa kehilangan penglihatannya’ setelah kecelakaan bola…
Rencana lebih dari seratus pelancong ke Bali diliputi kekacauan setelah dua penumpang mabuk dikeluarkan dari pesawat sebelum penerbangan dibatalkan. Tapi ada kejutan lain pada hari Rabu, dengan pasangan yang marah itu diizinkan bergabung dengan turis yang putus asa dalam penerbangan pengganti dari Perth ke hotspot liburan. TONTON VIDEO DI ATAS: Penumpang mabuk terlempar dari pesawat…
Tugas melacak sumber benda misterius yang ditemukan di pantai di Australia Barat berlanjut untuk otoritas negara bagian dan federal, dengan silinder logam besar dipindahkan ke lokasi rahasia. Benda itu ditemukan di dekat Green Head, 250 km sebelah utara Perth di Mid West Coast negara bagian itu, pada hari Sabtu. TONTON VIDEO DI ATAS: Benda misterius…
Para pelancong mengalami perjalanan pulang yang sulit dari Rottnest setelah air membanjiri area kabin feri mereka. Kapal SeaLink lepas landas dari Fremantle ketika terlempar ke ombak dan air laut mengalir deras melalui pintu yang terbuka. TONTON VIDEO DI ATAS: Air mengalir deras melalui feri Rottnest setelah badai. Tonton berita dan streaming terbaru gratis di 7plus…
Penyelam polisi akan bergabung dalam pencarian kapal yang hilang di lepas pantai Australia Barat setelah rekannya berenang dan berjalan sepanjang malam untuk membunyikan alarm. Orang-orang itu kembali ke jalur perahu Dampier di wilayah Pilbara sekitar pukul 23:00 pada hari Sabtu ketika perahu mereka terbalik, kemungkinan setelah menabrak tambatan. TONTON VIDEO DI ATAS: Pria hilang di…
Sebuah benda misterius yang terdampar di pantai Australia Barat telah memicu pencarian militer, 7NEWS mengerti. Silinder logam besar itu ditemukan pada Minggu sore oleh warga setempat, yang kemudian menginformasikan pihak berwajib. TONTON VIDEO DI ATAS: Benda misterius yang terdampar di pantai WA memicu tinjauan militer. Tonton berita dan streaming terbaru gratis di 7plus >> Benda…
Seorang remaja terluka parah dan tiga orang ditangkap menyusul serangan penikaman di sebuah pusat perbelanjaan di selatan Perth. Polisi WA mengatakan perkelahian terjadi antara sekelompok orang di depan pembeli di Smart St Mall, Mandurah sekitar pukul 11.25 pada hari Sabtu. TONTON VIDEO DI ATAS: Remaja luka tusukan di pusat perbelanjaan Mandurah. Tonton berita dan streaming…
Seorang pria Perth telah dituduh masuk ke web gelap untuk mengakses materi pelecehan anak. Pria berusia 49 tahun dari Marangaroo, di pinggiran utara kota itu, didakwa pada 3 Juli menyusul penyelidikan oleh Tim Gabungan Anti-Eksploitasi Anak WA. Pihak berwenang diduga mengaitkan tersangka dengan situs web gelap sebelum menggerebek rumahnya pada bulan Juni, ketika mereka menyita…
Sebuah keluarga di Perth mengatakan bahwa mereka sangat terpukul setelah berselisih dengan Pemerintah Federal mengenai pendanaan untuk putra mereka yang cacat parah. Chase Charles, 13, memiliki kondisi perkembangan saraf langka yang disebut CDKL5, yang berarti dia tidak dapat berjalan atau berbicara dan mengalami kejang hingga 10 kali sehari. TONTON VIDEO DI ATAS: Tonton berita dan…
Seorang pria merangkak di bawah mobilnya untuk menghindari pukulan lebih keras dalam serangan di pinggiran utara Perth, kata polisi. Pria berusia 66 tahun itu dipukul beberapa kali di kepala selama dugaan penyerangan di dekat persimpangan Kingsley Dr dan Whitfords Ave di Kingsley tak lama setelah pukul 6 sore pada 3 Juli. TONTON VIDEO DI ATAS:…
Lebih dari selusin pemilik properti ditinggalkan dalam kesulitan setelah pembangun WA lainnya bergabung dengan perusahaan konstruksi lokal yang sedang berkembang di tumpukan sampah. Pakaian butik Perth City Residence menunjuk likuidator pada hari Rabu, menurut pemberitahuan yang diterbitkan oleh ASIC yang mengonfirmasi keruntuhannya. Otoritas WA mengetahui bahwa pembangun butik belum menyelesaikan 13 rumah, dengan pemilik properti…
Pemenang jackpot Oz Lotto senilai $20 juta hari Selasa telah menawarkan wawasan tentang apa yang mereka rencanakan dengan uang tunai yang besar. Pasangan Perth yang berbasis di Wanneroo, di pinggiran utara kota, menguangkan satu tiket pemenang pada hari Rabu. TONTON VIDEO DI ATAS: Satu tiket mengambil undian Oz Lotto senilai $20 juta. Mencari pekerjaan atau…
Seorang pemegang tiket tunggal undian Oz Lotto Selasa malam telah meraup seluruh kumpulan hadiah divisi satu senilai $20 juta. Nomor pemenang undian nomor 1534 adalah 4, 9, 26, 28, 35, 42 dan 46. Angka tambahannya adalah 21, 40 dan 47. Tiket panas dijual di Australia Barat dan merupakan kemenangan Oz Lotto divisi kedua negara bagian…
Dashcam telah mengabadikan momen memilukan saat seorang anak diterbangkan setelah berlari ke jalur bus di salah satu jalan tersibuk di Perth. Insiden itu terjadi saat antrean panjang mobil menunggu di lampu lalu lintas di depan Pusat Perbelanjaan Eastgate di Great Eastern Hwy di Rivervale. TONTON VIDEO DI ATAS: Momen mengejutkan seorang gadis ditabrak bus saat…
Polisi WA sedang memburu seorang pria yang diduga membenturkan botol kaca besar ke kepala orang lain setelah bermain game balap di arcade Perth. Korban, seorang pria berusia 20-an, mengalami luka di pergelangan tangan dan tangan saat dipukul dua kali di kepala, kata polisi. TONTON VIDEO DI ATAS: Polisi memburu pria yang ‘memecahkan botol’ pada korban…
Seorang pemuda yang diduga tewas dalam serangan parang di pom bensin Perth telah diidentifikasi sebagai kickboxer dan sabuk hitam taekwondo dengan hati yang besar. Atbin Razavianroudbarden, 22, tampaknya terkena senjata di 7-Eleven di Mullingar Wy di Landsdale sekitar pukul 16:15 pada 6 Juli. TONTON VIDEO DI ATAS: Pria berusia 22 tahun yang diduga dibunuh di…
Seorang pria Australia Barat yang meninggal dalam kecelakaan skuter di Italia telah diidentifikasi sebagai Matthew Borromei yang berusia 25 tahun. Pembalap berusia 25 tahun itu kehilangan kendali atas skuternya dan menabrak pilar semen di kota Sisilia Taormina pada Rabu, media lokal melaporkan. TONTON VIDEO DI ATAS: Pria WA yang tewas dalam kecelakaan skuter di Italia…
Seorang pria telah didakwa melakukan pembunuhan menyusul pertengkaran yang melibatkan parang di sebuah stasiun layanan di utara Perth. Seorang pria berusia 20-an meninggal setelah terkena senjata di Landsdale sekitar pukul 16:15 pada hari Kamis. TONTON VIDEO DI ATAS: Seorang pria ditikam sampai mati di bengkel 7-Eleven di Landsdale. Tonton berita dan streaming terbaru gratis di…
Keluarga seorang ayah Perth yang hilang selama tiga hari telah mengajukan permohonan emosional untuk kepulangannya dengan selamat. Pria Piara Waters Adam Faria terakhir terlihat di bengkel di pinggiran selatan Perth pada Selasa pagi. TONTON VIDEO DI ATAS: Hilangnya ayah Adam Faria secara misterius di Perth. Tonton berita dan streaming terbaru gratis di 7plus >> “Adam,…
Perburuan sedang dilakukan untuk seorang gadis remaja yang menyerang gadis lain di luar McDonald’s di timur laut Perth. Sekitar Rabu siang, polisi mengatakan seorang gadis berusia 10 tahun diduga diserang oleh gadis lain di luar restoran cepat saji di The Promenade di Ellenbrook. Pada saat yang sama, seorang gadis berusia 12 tahun skuternya dicuri oleh…
Seorang petugas polisi Australia Barat yang terluka parah saat bertugas dikenang sebagai “pelindung hebat” yang kehilangan nyawanya karena melakukan apa yang dia sukai. Polisi Anthony Woods, 28, dipukul pada bulan Juni oleh seorang pria yang diduga berusaha menghindari penangkapan. TONTON VIDEO DI ATAS: Orang-orang terkasih berduka atas kematian perwira Perth, Anthony Woods. Tonton berita dan…
Empat orang dirawat karena hipotermia setelah kapal mereka terbalik di perairan terpencil di lepas pantai Australia Barat. Otoritas Keselamatan Maritim Australia menerima sinyal sekitar pukul 11 pagi pada hari Rabu dari suar marabahaya di Cape Farquhar, selatan Coral Bay di barat laut negara bagian itu. TONTON VIDEO DI ATAS: Kru berebut ke tempat aman setelah…
Seorang pria pulih di rumah sakit dan seorang pendayung ditahan setelah dua konfrontasi yang tidak biasa di pinggiran utara Perth pada hari Minggu. Polisi mengatakan seekor anjing peliharaan diserang, ban diduga disayat dan gitar diduga digunakan seperti tongkat bisbol selama pertarungan yang mengejutkan itu. TONTON VIDEO DI ATAS: Pertarungan sengit antara pengamen dan dog walker…
Dua anak laki-laki yang menderita luka bakar serius dalam kebakaran rumah WA yang menyebabkan seorang anak meninggal telah dibebaskan dari perawatan intensif saat mereka melanjutkan pemulihan. Anak laki-laki, berusia 12 dan 14 tahun, baru-baru ini dipindahkan ke bangsal di Rumah Sakit Anak Perth untuk menerima perawatan lanjutan atas luka mereka. Seorang juru bicara Layanan Kesehatan…
Sebuah keluarga Perth mengklaim rumah mereka terbakar karena kendi air terkena sinar matahari langsung. Quioc khawatir bahwa meskipun mereka tahu kedengarannya “berlebihan”, mereka memiliki video keamanan untuk membuktikan apa yang menyebabkan kebakaran yang mengoyak rumah Ellenbook mereka minggu lalu. PERHATIKAN DI VIDEO DI ATAS: Sebuah keluarga di Perth mengatakan bahkan air di bawah sinar matahari…
Seorang remaja meninggal dan seorang lagi dirawat di rumah sakit setelah kecelakaan di Australia Barat. Polisi dipanggil ke Scarborough pada dini hari Sabtu pagi untuk melaporkan kecelakaan. Dipercaya sebuah Honda Accord berwarna perak sedang melaju di sepanjang Scarborough Beach Road saat keluar dari jalan dan menabrak pohon. Tonton berita dan streaming terbaru gratis di 7plus…
Dua orang selamat dari cedera setelah helikopter yang mereka gunakan untuk latihan pendaratan jatuh di Bandara Jandakot di pinggiran selatan Perth. 7NEWS.com.au diberi tahu bahwa pasangan tersebut, satu-satunya penumpang, tidak terluka dalam insiden tersebut, yang memicu tanggapan darurat sekitar pukul 15.30 pada hari Jumat. TONTON VIDEO DI ATAS: Helikopter jatuh di Bandara Jandakot. Tonton berita…
Seorang gadis Perth telah menjadi pahlawan keluarga instan setelah dia menggunakan keterampilan pertolongan pertama, yang dipelajari beberapa jam sebelumnya, dalam keadaan darurat medis yang melibatkan saudara perempuannya. Orang tua Tia percaya keberanian dan ketenangan anak berusia delapan tahun itu menyelamatkan nyawa adik remajanya, Bella, setelah dia mengalami kejang di rumah Swan View mereka saat gadis-gadis…
Seorang wanita muda meninggal ketika dia ditabrak mobil di jalan raya utama Perth saat dia mencoba meminta bantuan. Dia kehabisan bensin dan meninggalkan mobilnya untuk mencari bantuan Kamis malam, 7NEWS mengerti. TONTON VIDEO DI ATAS: Seorang wanita meninggal setelah dipukul minta tolong di jalan raya WA. Tonton berita dan streaming terbaru gratis di 7plus >>…
Lusinan senjata api belum diserahkan kepada pihak berwenang, hanya beberapa hari sebelum secara resmi dilarang di Australia Barat. Awal tahun ini, pemerintah negara bagian meluncurkan tindakan keras terhadap apa yang disebut senjata api dan amunisi “berbahaya” dan berkekuatan tinggi yang dirancang untuk menembak jarak jauh dan menembus lapisan baja. Larangan tersebut merupakan permintaan dari Polisi…
Otoritas WA mengatakan tindakan keras mereka terhadap vaping lebih dari membosankan setelah penyitaan rokok elektrik ilegal senilai $1 juta. Di lokasi yang dirahasiakan di Perth pada hari Rabu, Menteri Kesehatan Amber-Jade Sanderson memamerkan penangkapan yang dramatis saat dia menggembar-gemborkan pekerjaan petugas kepatuhan setelah sebuah truk yang membawa 17.000 vape dari NSW dicegat di ibu kota…
Koki selebritas yang secara sensasional melarang vegan dari restorannya di Perth mengatakan cobaan itu telah meninggalkannya dengan hubungan pribadi yang signifikan. Pemilik restoran kelahiran Inggris, John Mountain, menyukai mereka yang tidak makan produk hewani ketika dia memberi tahu mereka bahwa mereka tidak lagi diterima di Fyre di Connolly. TONTON VIDEO DI ATAS: Chef pemarah John…
Seorang pria ditangkap setelah kebuntuan selama 11 jam dengan polisi di sebuah rumah 90 menit di selatan Perth. Petugas dipanggil ke properti Heppingstone Rd di Brunswick sekitar pukul 10 malam pada hari Minggu setelah laporan perselisihan rumah tangga. Polisi mengklaim pengepungan dipicu ketika pria itu menolak meninggalkan rumah. Tonton berita dan streaming terbaru gratis di…
Agen real estat WA terguncang setelah ditipu $ 330.000 dalam penipuan panggilan telepon yang telah memicu peringatan dari pihak berwenang. Penipu menyamar sebagai agen bank selama panggilan di mana mereka meminta korbannya untuk mengkonfirmasi beberapa transaksi baru-baru ini sebelum berpindah persneling dan meminta akses jarak jauh ke komputer mereka. Scammers kurang ajar mengelabui korbannya agar…
Toko pancing tertua di Australia menutup pintunya, mengakhiri 90 tahun dan tiga generasi perdagangan. Cabang Bluewater Tackle World terakhir Australia Barat di Myaree akan menutup toko untuk selamanya dalam beberapa minggu mendatang, dengan perusahaan mengutip peraturan memancing rekreasi baru negara bagian untuk penutupannya. TONTON VIDEO DI ATAS: Hiu menggigit nelayan Florida, menariknya ke laut. Dapatkan…
Hampir 200 pekerja kasino Crown telah menerima pengembalian uang sebesar $1,2 juta dari raksasa hiburan tersebut dan pencarian sedang dilakukan untuk orang lain yang berhutang. Perusahaan juga harus membayar $350.000 kepada Commonwealth Consolidated Revenue Fund setelah menandatangani perjanjian yang dapat dilaksanakan dengan Fair Work Ombudsman. Staf yang terkena dampak bekerja dalam berbagai peran di kasino…
Lebih banyak korban dari seorang pria yang diduga memfilmkan anak-anak di pusat olahraga Perth telah ditemukan. Pria berusia 24 tahun itu diduga memfilmkan seorang anak laki-laki di sebuah ruangan, tetapi penyelidikan yang sedang berlangsung telah mengungkap puluhan korban lainnya. Pria itu awalnya ditangkap setelah insiden kamar 23 Mei di Craigie Leisure Centre, sebuah fasilitas yang…
Masyarakat berkumpul di sekitar keluarga “hancur” dari “raksasa lembut” yang meninggal setelah pertengkaran dengan penjaga di sebuah stasiun kereta api di ibukota WA minggu lalu. Josh, 24, sedang bepergian sendirian pada Jumat malam ketika dia dihentikan oleh petugas transit di stasiun Bawah Tanah Perth. TONTON VIDEO DI ATAS: Pria cacat diborgol sampai mati di stasiun…
Sekelompok preman biker yang terang-terangan mengejek polisi dan membandingkan kejenakaan mereka dengan yang terlihat di serial video game populer membuat pihak berwenang waspada. Gambaran tentang geng yang menghancurkan Ellenbrook Road di utara Perth, memotong di depan kendaraan di tempat parkir dan bermain ayam dengan pengemudi telah diunggah ke media sosial. TONTON VIDEO DI ATAS: Preman…
Perjalanan impian keluarga Perth ke Bali telah berubah menjadi mimpi buruk setelah ibu mereka ditempatkan di ruang perawatan intensif, berjuang untuk bernapas sendiri. Kristy Reyment dirawat di rumah sakit karena radang paru-paru sehari sebelum dia seharusnya terbang pulang, tetapi sekarang dia terjebak di luar negeri selamanya. TONTON VIDEO PADA PEMAIN DI ATAS: Liburan impian keluarga…
Aborsi akan sepenuhnya dihapuskan di Australia Barat di bawah reformasi yang telah lama diupayakan pemerintah Partai Buruh yang bertujuan untuk meningkatkan akses ke prosedur yang aman. Menteri Kesehatan Amber-Jade Sanderson pada hari Rabu memperkenalkan undang-undang ke parlemen yang menghapus aborsi dari hukum pidana negara bagian dan memasukkannya ke dalam Undang-Undang Kesehatan Masyarakat. Saat ini wanita…
Sepasang suami istri Australia Barat dituduh melakukan amukan berbahan bakar narkoba di sebuah traktor curian seharga $150.000 melalui negara Victoria, sebelum menabrak pagar di sebuah pangkalan militer. Quinn Schmook, 36, dan Tanya Taylor, 38, ditangkap di Puckapunyal setelah diduga mengambil traktor dan dikejar oleh polisi. Polisi menuduh pasangan dari kota gandum kecil Narrogin sedang melakukan…
Seorang pria muda jangkung sedang dicari oleh polisi setelah kematian yang mencurigakan di selatan Perth lebih dari dua minggu lalu. Paramedis menemukan mayat seorang pria berusia 70 tahun di sebuah rumah di Warnbro pada 1 Juni, kata polisi Australia Barat, Senin. TONTON VIDEO DI ATAS: Kematian seorang pria lanjut usia di selatan Perth dianggap mencurigakan….
Sebuah ute telah mendarat di Sungai Swan setelah kecelakaan dramatis di pinggiran barat Perth. Dapat dipahami bahwa mobil tersebut menabrak penghalang baja di persimpangan Leake St dan The Esplanade di Peppermint Grove dan diluncurkan 50m ke dalam air sekitar pukul 4.30 pagi pada hari Kamis. TONTON VIDEO DI ATAS: Holden ute terbang ke Swan River….
Seorang pria akan diadili karena dituduh membunuh pelatih tim bola tangan pantai pria Australia di rumahnya di pinggiran kota. Patrik Weiss, 45, ditemukan tewas di Lockridge di Perth pada Senin malam. Detektif pembunuhan telah menyiapkan Operasi Bulb untuk menyelidiki ayah dari dua kematian yang tampaknya kejam. Tonton berita dan streaming terbaru gratis di 7plus >>…
Pelatih tim bola tangan pantai pria nasional Australia berduka, karena detektif pembunuhan terus menyelidiki kematiannya. Patrik Weiss, 45, ditemukan tewas di rumahnya di pinggiran Perth Lockridge pada Senin malam. TONTON VIDEO DI ATAS: Seorang pria ditemukan tewas di rumahnya di Perth. Tonton olahraga terbaru di Channel 7 atau streaming gratis di 7plus >> Investigasi pembunuhan…
Warga Australia meninggalkan dua negara bagian paling populer dan memilih untuk tinggal di Queensland, Australia Barat dan Australia Selatan, menurut data terbaru pemerintah. Queensland dan Australia Barat memiliki migrasi bersih antarnegara bagian paling signifikan pada tahun 2022, menurut data Biro Statistik Australia. Pertambahan bersih Queensland lebih dari 34.000 penduduk dari antarnegara bagian diikuti oleh Australia…
Peringatan pemicu: Artikel ini berisi deskripsi pelecehan anak Identitas sepak bola Australian Rules Barry Cable berulang kali melakukan pelecehan seksual terhadap seorang gadis Perth selama puncak karir bermainnya, seorang hakim menemukan. Cable, 79, digugat di Pengadilan Negeri Australia Barat oleh seorang wanita yang mengklaim bahwa Cable melecehkannya selama lima tahun mulai tahun 1968 ketika dia…
Seorang pria mencari perlindungan di sungai setelah membakar dirinya, diduga saat membakar mobil, timur laut Perth. Detektif Northam mengatakan tersangka, seorang pria berusia 56 tahun, membakar Kia Ultima di Hampton St di Northam sekitar pukul 8.05 pagi pada hari Rabu. TONTON VIDEO DI ATAS: Seorang pria membakar dirinya saat diduga membakar sebuah mobil di timur…
Gempa berkekuatan 3 skala Richter menghantam kota resor pantai yang populer di Australia Barat pada Rabu malam. Gempa melanda Broome pada pukul 8.40 malam dan tercatat pada kedalaman 4 km, menurut Geoscience Australia. TONTON VIDEO DI ATAS: Gempa mengguncang tujuan wisata Australia yang populer. Tonton berita dan streaming terbaru gratis di 7plus >> Saat ini…
Seorang remaja Perth harus belajar berjalan lagi setelah penyakit pernapasan mimpi buruk meninggalkannya di rumah sakit. Pertempuran memilukan Kayla Jennings meletus ketika dia tertular flu. TONTON VIDEO DI ATAS: Remaja belajar berjalan lagi setelah berjuang melawan flu mimpi buruk. Tonton berita dan streaming terbaru gratis di 7plus >> Penyakit itu membuatnya terbaring di tempat tidur,…
Seorang wanita yang dijuluki “Cooby the raccoon” dan dituduh oleh penduduk setempat di pinggiran selatan Perth mencuri tanaman telah didakwa oleh polisi. Pihak berwenang menuduh wanita Coolbellup Kelly Harrison, 52, mencuri 12 tanaman dari taman rumah di pinggiran kota. TONTON VIDEO DI ATAS: Dugaan pencuri tanaman didakwa di Perth. Tonton berita dan streaming terbaru gratis…
Pemain premiership Richmond AFL Marlion Pickett telah diberikan jaminan oleh hakim Perth setelah didakwa dengan sejumlah perampokan di mana mata uang dicuri dari brankas. Polisi mengembalikan Pickett pada hari Minggu – sehari setelah dia bermain dalam kemenangan 15 poin Macan atas Fremantle di Stadion Optus – menuduh dia terlibat dalam perampokan komersial antara Desember dan…
Sebuah perusahaan pelayaran internasional telah runtuh, untuk dilikuidasi menyusul pembatalan pelayaran dan penyitaan kapal oleh Pengadilan Federal. Bahkan jika kapal tersebut dijual, laporan yang diajukan oleh likuidator mengungkapkan bahwa pelanggan tidak mungkin mendapatkan penggantian untuk perjalanan mereka yang dibatalkan. Island Escape Cruises (NZ) Limited diperdagangkan kurang dari setahun sebelum mengalami kesulitan keuangan. Untuk lebih banyak…
Seorang pria Australia bisa menghadapi lebih dari dua tahun penjara setelah dia ditangkap karena diduga menyerang seorang wanita Indonesia di kamar hotelnya di Bali. Sejumlah besar senjata peledak gel juga ditemukan saat pihak berwenang menggeledah kamarnya, meski belum jelas apakah senjata replika itu ilegal. TONTON VIDEO DI ATAS: Pria Australia menghadapi hukuman penjara bertahun-tahun atas…
Seorang backpacker muda Italia meninggal dalam kecelakaan di utara Perth pada hari Jumat, hanya sehari sebelum dia terbang keluar dari Australia. Jacopo Martini, 23, sedang dalam perjalanan ke pesta perpisahan, sebelum menabrak keesokan paginya, ketika mobil yang ditumpanginya bertabrakan dengan kendaraan lain yang melaju dari arah berlawanan di Lancelin. Martini bersama tiga orang lainnya di…
Seorang pria telah didakwa setelah seorang petugas polisi dipukul dan diseret di bawah mobil selama penangkapan, membuatnya berjuang untuk hidupnya. Petugas berusia 28 tahun dari kantor Polisi Belmont disematkan di bawah kendaraan, yang telah ditarik karena dicurigai melakukan pencurian plat nomor sekitar pukul 01:00 pada hari Kamis di Ascot Place di Ascot. TONTON VIDEO DI…
Orang Australia cenderung melayani pinjaman jangka pendek tetapi kekurangan kebutuhan hidup, karena biaya hidup yang tinggi membuat keuangan banyak rumah tangga menipis. Sejak Februari 2022, permintaan untuk layanan Beli Sekarang Bayar Nanti (BNPL) meningkat sebesar 28 persen, minat kartu kredit meningkat sebesar 31 persen, dan pertanyaan tentang pinjaman pribadi meningkat sebesar 36 persen, menurut laporan…
Sebuah keluarga WA yang kehilangan anak bungsu mereka dalam kebakaran rumah pada hari Kamis telah berbicara tentang kesedihan mereka, meminta bantuan publik. Putra Melissa dan Matthew Mongoo yang berusia 13 tahun, Nulla, meninggal dan saudara laki-lakinya yang berusia 14 tahun, Matt, masih tidak sadarkan diri, berjuang untuk hidupnya di rumah sakit. TONTON VIDEO DI ATAS:…
Seorang petugas polisi Australia Barat berada dalam kondisi kritis setelah dia ditabrak mobil saat bertugas semalaman. 7NEWS memahami insiden itu terjadi ketika dua petugas mendekati kendaraan yang diduga dicuri di Epson Place di Ascot, sebelah timur Perth, sekitar pukul 01:00 pada hari Kamis. TONTON VIDEO DI ATAS: WA Polisi kritis. Tonton berita dan streaming terbaru…
Perdana Menteri Australia Barat Mark McGowan mengatakan dia tidak menyesali keputusannya untuk mundur dan berharap untuk menjadi “orang normal”, menonton Netflix dan mengajak jalan-jalan. McGowan membuat langkah mengejutkan pada hari Senin, mengatakan dia kelelahan dan akan pensiun dari politik pada akhir minggu ini. TONTON VIDEO DI ATAS: Pengunduran diri Premier Mark McGowan dari WA. Tonton…
Seorang pekerja rig gas tewas dalam insiden di tempat kerja di lepas pantai barat laut Australia Barat. Perusahaan minyak dan gas Woodside mengonfirmasi bahwa pekerja tersebut meninggal sekitar pukul 12 siang AWST pada hari Jumat di Kompleks Rankin Utara, sekitar 135 km barat laut Karratha. TONTON VIDEO DI ATAS: Pekerja Woodside meninggal dalam insiden di…
Agen real WA telah menghilangkan penjualan tradisional dan malah mengirimkan akun mentah dan jujur properti top-setter lainnya untuk menantang semua properti top-setter lainnya. Dupleks Camillo dengan tiga kamar tidur dan satu kamar mandi dijual pada bulan Maret hanya seharga $140.000, dan dianggap sebagai rumah termurah yang dijual di Perth tahun ini. Camillo, tenggara kota,…