Courtney Withers

Every budget is a tightrope – balancing spending on the now while also preparing for the future. But with cost-of-living pressures biting hard in WA, some feel the government got the mix wrong.

When her house burnt down, Kristine Meakins and her four children were left with nowhere to go. They now live in a tent in a Perth caravan park — yet another sign of a housing crisis that shows no signs of easing.

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As COVID-19 case numbers fall and remain out of the spotlight, some experts reckon it’s probably for the best as we enter into a new territory of case reporting.

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau says there was no protocol in place to confirm the driver of the train, which derailed, killing two people, understood routing changes that had been made.

The family of a pregnant Perth mother who died after an allegedly unprovoked attack in a shopping centre car park remember the 30-year-old as funny, happy, and full of “wicked attitude”. WARNING: This story contains the image and name of an Indigenous person who has died.