New Police Minister Reece Whitby with Acting WA Police Commissioner Kylie Whiteley (left) and Commander Lawrence Panaia (right).

New minister softens tone on gun owners as new buyback announced

“I want to say to gun owners,and I think this is important,they need to know that we understand their concerns,” New Police Minister Reece Whitby said on Tuesday morning.

  • Hamish Hastie

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CCTV shows a gunman shooting a tradie on Denys Street at Fawkner on October 3,2024.

Lured,shot:Attack on tradie linked to Sam ‘The Punisher’ Abdulrahim caught on camera

Police are appealing for the public’s help to find a gunman who shot a tradie in broad daylight after the victim was lured with the offer of work.

  • Cassandra Morgan
Screenshot from a website claiming to “discreetly” sell high-powered guns,including military rifles and golden pistols,to Australian clients without any licenses in exchange for cryptocurrency.

Website claims to sell machine guns,gold pistols to anonymous Aussies

A website claims it can secretly ship machine guns,shotguns,pistols and body armour to any Australian city in exchange for cryptocurrency.

  • Perry Duffin
A pitbull

‘Playful’ dog accidentally shoots man in the leg

Jerald Kirkwood was in his bedroom when his one-year-old pit bull,Oreo,leapt onto the bed and got his paw stuck in the trigger guard of his gun.

  • Cameron Henderson
 A youth is subdued aboard the Jetstar plane.

Avalon alleged gunman sparks urgent security crackdown at regional airports nationwide

Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke has initiated the audit to determine what security upgrades are necessary to prevent such incidents after a teenage alleged gunman tried to board a Jetstar flight.

  • Cassandra Morgan andRoy Ward
A still from passenger Daniel Defina’s footage of the teenager being restrained by a Jetstar employee,Barry Clark and the pilot.

Safety breach probe at Avalon Airport as accused teen gunman fronts court

A lack of police presence at the airport meant officers had to race nine kilometres to arrest a teenager who claimed to be carrying a bomb on board a Jetstar flight.

  • Melissa Cunningham,Cameron Houston andMarta Pascual Juanola
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‘We told you he would murder us’:Police failed to stop Floreat murders

An internal report has found police took insufficient action before Mark Bombara killed two women,despite multiple warnings,with the state’s most senior officer acknowledging system failure.

  • Claire Ottaviano
Mark Bombara.

WA Police officers ‘face job losses’ over handling of Floreat killer’s DV complaints:report

A damning final report into the murders of a mother and daughter in their Floreat home allegedly claims police failed to take domestic violence concerns from the killer’s family seriously.

  • Holly Thompson
Police at the scene of the shooting in Collingwood.

Two teenagers shot on the street in ‘targeted’ Collingwood attack

A teenager is fighting for his life and another is being treated for serious injuries after the incident early on Friday.

  • Cassandra Morgan andMarta Pascual Juanola
Harwe Sherwani bangs on a door trying to get help after being shot overnight in Caroline Springs.

Crime figure Hawre Sherwani killed in targeted attack

Police have appealed to the public for more information after the former Comanchero was fatally shot in Melbourne’s west on Thursday night.

  • Cameron Houston,Angus Delaney andMarta Pascual Juanola