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The chopper flown by Broome tourism operator Troy Thomas carried his daughter Mia and her friend as well as family friend Maddison Down.

Tragedy

Family watched in horror as helicopter crashed onto Broome street

The helicopter crashed just moments after take-off. Investigators think a mechanical error may be to blame.

Police said 10kg amounted to about 100,000 hits of meth.

Drugs

Sprung 'drug dealers' try to flee as police bust uncovers 10kg of meth

by Fran Rimrod

WA Premier Mark McGowan calls border threat 'ridiculous'.

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Border security

McGowan calls on Prime Minister to stop supporting Palmer's border fight

by Aja Styles

Police are not treating the death as suspicious, believed to be the result of misadventure.

Crime

Perth nightclub manager dies after street violence

WA public school children have been short-changed by the government, worse than anywhere else in Australia.

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School funding

State schools shortchanged as money rains down on private education in WA

by Aja Styles

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Politics

Former City of Perth councillors and staff have been referred to prosecution authorities over possible criminal behaviour.

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City of Perth

Criminal charges loom over former City of Perth councillors and staff

Former City of Perth councillors and staff have been referred to law enforcement authorities over suspected criminal offences by a long-running inquiry into the dysfunctional council.

by Nathan Hondros

Regions Minister Alannah MacTiernan will hand her safe seat to Pierre Yang and stand in the South West.

WA election

Dumped regional Labor MP slams factional deal to keep MacTiernan and Yang in Parliament

A long-serving Labor MP has slammed her party's preselection process which was seen her become a "victim" of a "cynical factional exercise".

Clive Palmer has rubbished plans by the McGowan Government to cap election campaign spending.

Clive Palmer

Clive Palmer rubbishes Labor's changes to WA election laws

by Hamish Hastie and Nathan Hondros

Black Lives Matter

WA Greens senator silent on tweets calling for the destruction of historical statues

by Nathan Hondros

WA Opposition Leader Liza Harvey.

Coronavirus pandemic

Freo ship's coronavirus cases 'no excuse' to keep state locked up: Harvey

by Nathan Hondros

Crime & Courts

WA bikie Troy Mercanti is arrested on Tuesday, July 7. Picture: WA Police

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Courts

WA bikie arrested after trip east for gang funeral

The Perth man is accused of stalking up to 20 women he met on online dating sites.

Courts

Perth man who 'stalked' 20 women he met online fronts court accused of texting some more than 100 times a day

by Heather McNeill

WA Police Minister Michelle Roberts is furious Troy Mercanti was allowed to fly interstate to attend a funeral.

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Coronavirus pandemic

Notorious bikie Troy Mercanti granted permission to fly interstate for gang funeral

by Jerrie Demasi

A courtroom sketch of Bradley Edwards, drawn on the first day of his murder trial.

Claremont killer trial

Claremont serial killer case: How scientists in a lab finally ‘unmasked a killer’

by Heather McNeill

Tiziana, Diana, Giacomo and Paolo Merolla.

Crime

Perth couple flee to 'safe haven', leave offspring to fend off million-dollar Freo Port rort claims

by Marta Pascual Juanola

Giuseppe Napoli left behind documents wit his name, making it easy to be tracked down by DWER inspectors.

Waste

Don't leave your name behind: Perth rubble rogues nabbed in illegal dumping sting

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Education

ECU Joondalup campus.

University

ECU student teachers caught up in at-home testing controversy

by Lauren Pilat

Education

Compulsory schooling to resume in WA for Catholic and state schools

by Aja Styles

Schools

'Violence, disrespectful behaviour not on' in WA schools but sadly a reality: Education Department

by Lauren Pilat

Health

Brad and Fiona Dunn with their boys Lachie, Campbell, Joel and Harry.

Disability

'No longer viable': WA families 'dumbfounded' by closure of Cottesloe care centre

by Lauren Pilat

Healthcare

Doctors have their say on Royal Perth Hospital surgeon and specialist 'generational war'

by Nathan Hondros

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Healthcare

‘Generational war’ rages at RPH with dozens of senior Perth doctors accused of bullying

by Nathan Hondros

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