‘Could happen to anyone’:Perth mother couldn’t walk,speak after drink-spiking incident

‘Could happen to anyone’:Perth mother couldn’t walk,speak after drink-spiking incident

Kura Perkins said all she remembered was dancing with friends at Freo.Social on Friday night and having a few drinks before things “drastically went downhill”.

  • byLauren Pilat

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‘Superstar’ Perth girl saves mum’s life with triple zero call

‘Superstar’ Perth girl saves mum’s life with triple zero call

A six-year-old Perth girl has been hailed a superstar for calling triple zero to save her mother’s life while she sat on the floor unresponsive and struggling to breathe.

  • byBrittany Hoskins andLauren Pilat
Perth house prices continue to rise but experts flag slowdown over affordability concerns

Perth house prices continue to rise but experts flag slowdown over affordability concerns

Despite Perth house prices continuing to rise,the capital recorded the lowest increase across the nation last month.

  • byLauren Pilat
WA’s biggest rail project to be nearly two years overdue after more delays

WA’s biggest rail project to be nearly two years overdue after more delays

The $1.86 billion project is now expected to become operational in the first half of 2022,18 months after its original completion date of December 2020 and 6 months after the revised date of late 2021.

  • byHamish Hastie
Police stand-off with armed man continues in Bayswater
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Police stand-off with armed man continues in Bayswater

The stand-off between police and an armed man in Perth's north east has ended after more than 20 hours.

  • byLauren Pilat
Bayswater'Bunnings trestle table'train station design scrapped after fierce backlash

Bayswater'Bunnings trestle table'train station design scrapped after fierce backlash

Previous designs were mocked on social media due to their resemblance to a Bunnings trestle table and prompted angry locals to petition for a re-think.

  • byMarta Pascual Juanola
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Furious Bayswater locals call for redesign of'Bunnings trestle table'train station

Furious Bayswater locals call for redesign of'Bunnings trestle table'train station

The group of 140 locals plans to present a petition to Parliament calling for a re-think of the design which they say differs from original drawings released in 2018.

  • byMarta Pascual Juanola
Perth's five new Metronet train stations on the Morley-Ellenbrook line revealed

Perth's five new Metronet train stations on the Morley-Ellenbrook line revealed

The construction of five new train stations in Perth’s north-eastern corridor is expected to create thousands of local jobs to help support the state’s economic recovery from COVID-19.

  • byLauren Pilat
Can we get a hell yes on the Ellenbrook line? Well,no,but it's good enough
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Can we get a hell yes on the Ellenbrook line? Well,no,but it's good enough

Infrastructure Australia described the long awaited rail line as having a “marginal” business case and warned about patronage. But forecasts aren't everything.

  • byEmma Young
Why one Perth council has heritage listed its entire town centre

Why one Perth council has heritage listed its entire town centre

Residents are outraged,but the Mayor admitted the council had"no control"over development in the town centre anyway.

  • byMarta Pascual Juanola
Bayswater council overruled in attempt to trade trees for cash

Bayswater council overruled in attempt to trade trees for cash

Perth councils are increasingly placing a dollar value on trees to encourage developers to build around them,but such policies are only beginning to be tested.

  • byEmma Young