Shark drumlines set to catch-and-kill

A rider on a jet ski gets a close look at the shark boat laying a baited drum line COLIN Barnett's controversial shark-kill policy saw the first baited drum lines set off the South-West yesterday. At 2.25pm, the first...

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Serco spy games: Escapees' ultimatum

The Yongah Hill Immigration Detention Centre. Source: News Limited ASYLUM seekers who escape detention would be sent offshore for processing under tough new measures to deal with breakouts. Detainees would also undergo a vetting process...

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Aussie of the Year a Goodes choice

Collingwood president Eddie McGuire cautions against hysteria in the matter of a racial slur directed at Swans champ Adam Goodes, allegedly from a teenage Pies fan. AFL star and Australian of the Year finalist Adam Goodes. Source:...

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Li Na's hilarious victory speech

Gracious winner.. Picture: AP Source: NewsComAu SHE won the Australian Open, then she won the crowd. Chinese tennis superstar Li Na had Melbourne Park fans in stitches after her straight sets victory over Slovak Dominika Cibulkova. She...

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Brit flees facebook fury to Perth

Anton Casey with his wife, former Miss Universe Singapore Bernice Wong, has been forced to apologise after disparaging remakrs about "poor people" on public transport. Source: Supplied/Facebook Source: Supplied A BRITISH wealth fund manager...

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Kwinana bushfire downgraded

A bushfire emergency in the Kwinana area has been downgraded, but homes are still under possible threat as crews battle two blazes just 4km apart. Fire crews battle an out of control bush fire threatening homes in Kwinana....

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Teen gets seven years for rape

A 16-year-old boy who raped and threatened to kill a young woman in her Perth home last year has been sentenced to seven years' detention. Picture: File image Source: News Limited A 16-YEAR-old boy who raped and threatened to kill a young woman...

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Triple January rainfall in one day

Heavy rainfall has resulted in roads in the Kalgoorlie/Kambalda area being flooded. Picture: Travis Anderson Source: News Limited INLAND parts of WA have received unseasonal and record-breaking rainfall, bringing floods to parts of the state...

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Officers suspended over unlocked cell

Five youth custodial officers have been suspended over allegations a cell was left unlocked at WA's only juvenile detention centre. Picture: File image Source: News Limited FIVE youth custodial officers have been suspended over allegations...

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Celebrities back 'anti-shark cull' campaign

Ricky Gervais is one of several UK celebrities publicly urging the WA Government to stop the planned shark catch-and-kill policy. Picture: Natalie Banks/Twitter Source: Supplied RICKY Gervais and a host of other British celebrities have backed...

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Asylum escapees could face sanctions

Three more asylum seekers have broken out of the Yongah Hill Detention Centre today. Picture: File image Source: News Limited THE Federal Government is considering introducing "sanctions" against asylum seekers who break out of detention. ...

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Woman threatened with hammer in violent invasion

A police officer has risked his life trying to arrest a man wanted over a home invasion. A 21-YEAR-OLD woman is too scared to sleep in her family home after a man threatened her with a hammer in a violent home invasion....

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Claremont killer rumours 'wrong'

Murdered: Jane Rimmer Source: News Limited Missing: Sarah Spiers Source: Supplied WA Police have been forced to hose down rumours of an imminent arrest in the State's biggest unsolved murder case. In an unusual move this afternoon,...

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Taser cops may appeal, union angry

Two policemen who tasered Kevin Spratt repetitively assaulted their vulnerable victim in a gross error of judgment, a Perth magistrate found as he spared the officers jail time today. TWO policemen who tasered Kevin Spratt...

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Escapee caught in Northbridge

A detainee who led police on major police hunt throughout Perth city centre today after escaping while under the watch of Serco guards has been caught. Police have recaptured a detainee who escaped Serco custody. He was...

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Sharks exempt from environment laws

FEDERAL Environment Minister Greg Hunt said it was in the "national interest" to exempt WA's plan to bait and kill sharks from national environment law. Mr Hunt said public safety and the impact on the tourism industry were both "matters of national...

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80yo man avoids jail over fatal crash

An 80-year-old man who caused a freeway crash that killed another motorist has been spared jail time, instead given a 12-month suspended term. Ronald Frank Weston avoided jail when he was sentenced over a fatal freeway...

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Chopper rescue for stranded family

A dramatic helicopter rescue saved five children and their father, who had been bogged on a remote flooded Western Australian road for nearly four days. A DRAMATIC helicopter rescue saved five children and their father,...

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Two cops guilty of Spratt Taser assault

Kevin Spratt is relieved that two policemen who repeatedly tasered him in a Perth lockup were today convicted of assault, saying it confirms no one is above the law. Sgt Aaron Strahan, left, and his colleague Troy Tomlin...

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Four Northam escapees caught

Three more asylum seekers have broken out of the Yongah Hill Detention Centre today. Picture: File image Source: News Limited FOUR more asylum seekers broke out of the Yongah Hill Detention Centre today. Sources have told PerthNow the four...

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Johnson wins Allan Border Medal

Australia's quick Mitchell Johnson can now add an Alan Border medal to his impressive start to 2014, edging out Captain Michael Clarke. Mitchell Johnson with his wife Jessica Bratich-Johnson. Picture: Phil Hillyard. Source:...

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Two cases prompt measles warning

West Australians have been warned to check their measles vaccination status after two adults with the disease were hospitalised last week. Picture: File image Source: News Limited WEST Australians have been warned to check their measles vaccination...

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Verdict near in Spratt tasering case

A decision will be handed down tomorrow in the case of two policemen accused of the tasering assault of Kevin Spratt. Picture: File image Source: News Limited A MAGISTRATE will tomorrow hand down his decision in the case of two policemen...

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Man jailed over fatal drunken assault

Murdered Mandurah teenager Jessie Cate. Source: News Limited In the Supreme Court today a 42-year-old man has been jailed for six years and two months over a drunken assault causing the death of the father of murdered teenager Jessie Cate....

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Threats force Fisheries into shark cull plan

Threats to the safety of fishermen being paid to kill sharks for the State Government has forced Premier Colin Barnett to order his own Fisheries officers to carry out the controversial catch and kill policy instead. ...

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