A police officer has been airlifted to hospital and an elderly woman has been left with serious injuries after two separate crashes involving police vehicles on Thursday.
The Boorloo Bridge, which connects Perth's inner southern suburbs with the CBD, will remain closed until Thursday after lighting fell from the structure.
A WA mother says asking her teenage son to swim 4 kilometres through rough seas to get help after their family was swept out to sea, was "one of the hardest decisions" she has ever made.
Weather may have derailed the main event, but some swimmers were determined to complete their own version of the Rottnest Channel Swim in the name of charity.
The WA government announces plans to undertake the first reform of the social housing waitlist in more than 70 years, with families fleeing domestic violence and homeless people to be among those prioritised for housing.
Beachside memorial plaques honouring two brothers who died in separate freak accidents will be reinstalled following their family’s battle with a local council south of Perth.
