9 h. ago Federal government to spend $12 billion on AUKUS submarines facility

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will today announce the government is spending $12 billion on a new submarine facility south of Perth.

Economics

13 h. ago I spent all my younger years trying not to be like my mother. And, yet, here we are

One of the most powerful relationships in our lives is also one of the least understood.

Politics

13 h. ago How a sleepy Perth hills town became the scene of a heinous crime

Better known for its country pub, billy-cart races and slower pace of life, Mount Helena has recently made headlines for another reason.

Events

13 h. ago The mother of all preliminary finals takes centre stage, with Pies the support act

It is rare for the leviathan Collingwood Football Club, the club that draws eyeballs and attention like no other, to be overshadowed in a weekend of preliminary finals. It will be this time.

Politics

37 h. ago She stood by her mother Gisele Pelicot in France’s shocking rape trial. They no longer speak

Caroline Darian supported her mum as her father was revealed to be a sexual predator. Yet on realising she was his “second victim”, she felt abandoned.

Events

48 h. ago Hefty sentence for Perth man who set his wife on fire days after she left him

Peter Moiler was found guilty of setting his wife on fire as she sat in a parked car outside their house, hours after she sought to be granted a restraining order against him.

Events

54 h. ago Mother’s emotional outburst at court over accused Sydney daycare paedophile

The mother-of-two whose young children came into contact with the childcare worker has spoken about her disgust, shock and fear.

Events

56 h. ago WA news LIVE: Case of woman charged over baby found in drain heard in court for first time

Follow out live coverage here.

Events

3 d. ago Perth finally gets access to a modern transport payment system, but landlubbers will have to wait

The Public Transport Authority is launching a four-week trial of the system from the end of September.

Sport

3 d. ago Two police officers charged with manslaughter after builder died in traffic arrest

Homicide squad detectives have charged two police officers with negligent manslaughter following the death of Luke Briggs outside a Hoppers Crossing convenience store last year.

Events

3 d. ago Jacinta Price still on the bill for Liberal fundraiser at Perth Indian community centre

The event at the Indian Society of WA’s Indian Community Centre in Willeton will feature Price alongside outspoken conservative WA Liberal powerbroker Nick Goiran and is billed as hearing from “two MPs who are never afraid to say what needs to be said”.

Economics

3 d. ago This show once ‘saved’ a comedian’s career. Can a reboot with a giant rat recapture its magic?

Talkin’ ’Bout Your Gen is back with a new host and no Baby Boomers in sight. But yes, you can expect the same kind of ‘nonsense’.

Politics

4 d. ago Sussan Ley sacks Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price from Liberal frontbench

It came after the firebrand senator refused to say she supported Ley in a hastily arranged six-minute press conference in Perth on Wednesday afternoon.

Politics

4 d. ago Jury finds Perth hills man guilty of deliberately setting his wife on fire

Peter Moiler claimed his now ex-wife set herself on fire days after she ended their marriage in 2023. On Wednesday, a jury decided he was lying.

Events

4 d. ago Jacinta Price refuses to back Sussan Ley, or apologise for Indian migrant comments

The firebrand senator gave a hastily arranged six-minute press conference in Perth on Tuesday afternoon, after days of pressure from colleagues who wanted her to apologise.

Events

4 d. ago Ennis returns to Red V; Perth land recruitment coup after Howe integrity saga

Michael Ennis and Shane Flanagan will reunite as Perth move on from the drama that engulfed Mal Meninga’s preferred pick to build Perth’s NRL roster.

Politics

4 d. ago ‘We were so imperfect, the both of us’: Arundhati Roy on her mother, Mary

The Booker Prize-winning author’s new memoir explores the complicated relationship with her late mother.

Politics

4 d. ago ‘We were so imperfect’: Arundhati Roy tackles her most personal subject yet

The Booker Prize-winning author of The God of Small Things explores her complicated relationship with her late mother in her new book.

Politics

4 d. ago Perth doctor faces jail after pleading guilty to fraud for a second time

Dr Phillip Meyerkort was convicted of fraud last year and narrowly avoided jail. Twelve months later was back before the courts.

Events

4 d. ago Death of apprentice at factory labelled 'preventable tragedy'

The death of a 45-year-old apprentice at a Perth factory has been called a "preventable tragedy" by unions.

Events