Manhunt after serial fugitive escapes custody at Royal Perth Hospital
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Manhunt after serial fugitive escapes custody at Royal Perth Hospital

Laurie John Junior Dodd,44,was arrested after he went on a rampage through Perth’s eastern suburbs in the early hours of Thursday morning.

  • byHannah Barry

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Recycled concrete is Perth's latest eco-tech,but will councils trust it?

Recycled concrete is Perth's latest eco-tech,but will councils trust it?

A Perth demolition and concrete business is breaking ground in WA,becoming one of the first companies to recycle rubble and debris into concrete footpaths,house slabs and crossovers.

  • byMarta Pascual Juanola
Man wanted by police after reportedly spitting on Perth bus driver

Man wanted by police after reportedly spitting on Perth bus driver

He was unable to pay for a ticket,so he spat in the face of the driver and walked away.

State to wrest control from Bayswater,Kalamunda councils'Metronet areas

State to wrest control from Bayswater,Kalamunda councils'Metronet areas

The move is the latest in a series to centralise planning power from local to state government hands,and follows years of development controversy in Bayswater.

  • byEmma Young
The Bayswater Bridge fights back:Car left wrecked after sign falls on roof

The Bayswater Bridge fights back:Car left wrecked after sign falls on roof

The 3.8 metre Bayswater Bridge has been hit four times this year,a total of 39 times since 2006.

Perth's tangled web:Property,power and the people who pull the strings
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Tangled web

Perth's tangled web:Property,power and the people who pull the strings

Perth is growing,with apartments springing up everywhere. But in many ways – the planning approvals system,for one – it remains a very small town indeed.

  • byHamish Hastie andEmma Young
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Power play:The tangled web of Perth property and planning
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Tangled web

Power play:The tangled web of Perth property and planning

The four-part Tangled Web series launching Monday is the result of a three-month investigation by journalists Emma Young and Hamish Hastie.

  • byEmma Young andHamish Hastie
Eight years to write a plan,as battles build to war for Perth bush

Eight years to write a plan,as battles build to war for Perth bush

Hundreds,if not thousands,of emails have poured into my inbox over recent years from distressed residents begging me to help them save bits of Perth bushland.

  • byEmma Young
Perth's low-shade suburbs join national'urban heat island'study

Perth's low-shade suburbs join national'urban heat island'study

“Cities of concrete and stone,and roads paved with asphalt create heat islands that can be significantly hotter."

  • byEmma Young
Funding cut to end 20-year history of Perth Aboriginal medical hostel

Funding cut to end 20-year history of Perth Aboriginal medical hostel

The provider has cut the service to the bone,introduced gap charges and done everything possible to self-fund the"vital"service,but says it can't go on.

  • byEmma Young
Meth and cocaine concealed in car transported from Sydney to Perth

Meth and cocaine concealed in car transported from Sydney to Perth

Police have seized almost four kilograms of meth and more than two kilograms of cocaine after a traffic stop in Perth on Tuesday.

  • bystaff writers