The Latest Breaking News from Perth

After two disastrous elections, Liberals debate major reforms at landmark state party conference in Perth

After two dismal election results in Western Australia, at both state and federal levels, the stakes are high for the Liberal party as it weighs up major reform at a two-day state conference in Perth.

ABC News · Jul 30, 2022

Scots 25-stone sex offender slapped with curfew after stalking shop worker by standing and glaring at her

Gordon Simpson - who appeared at court via video link as he was too large to fit in a police escort van - stood and stared at the worker for 40 minutes in a shop in Perth.

Daily Record · Jul 30, 2022

WA Liberals shift to candidate plebiscite

Western Australia's Liberals have announced changes to how it selects its candidates following two devastating election losses.

AAP · Jul 29, 2022

Residents hear ‘big bang’ as tumble dryer sparks Perth flat inferno

Emergency services rushed to the top-floor property on Rannoch Road on Wednesday with the blaze seen raging from one of the windows

Daily Record · Jul 29, 2022

Perth woman seriously injured after falling into sinkhole at New Zealand tourist attraction

The woman is in a stable condition after a hole opened up in a footpath leading into a Māori village tourist attraction about 200 kilometres south-east of Auckland.

ABC News · Jul 29, 2022

Perth writer Rosa takes her insurgency play to Edinburgh Fringe

Violent events in America prompted Rosa Maria Alexander to write a play about the spread of hate over the internet. Beg For Me is going to be performed as part of the Fringe Festival.

Daily Record · Jul 28, 2022

Fire rips through top floor Scots flat as crews tackle blaze in dramatic footage

Flames engulfed a top-floor flat on Rannoch Road in Perth last night.

Daily Record · Jul 28, 2022

Ashley Christensen and James Egan jailed over heist at Yangebup gun shop in Perth's south

Two Perth men will each spend around a decade behind bars after a judge found they played an "instrumental role" in the theft of 200 guns from a Perth firearms store, while many unrecovered weapons remain a "lasting threat to the community".

ABC News · Jul 28, 2022

Date set for launch of 'one-stop shop' Jacobite collection

A “ONE-STOP shop” collection of Jacobite books, manuscripts and other materials will be officially opened in Perth in September.

The National (Scotland) · Jul 28, 2022

Dad's fury as Scots OAP golfer who ran over son in hit-and-run allowed to keep her licence

Muriel McPherson, 79, was allowed to stay behind the wheel despite fleeing after running over the 13-year-old in Perth with her victim's father claiming she hasn't yet said sorry.

Daily Record · Jul 28, 2022