Perth and Kinross councillors demand answers over "short-term" pothole fixes The select group of representatives say they have received ongoing complaints from residents about a lack of road repairs Daily Record · Jan 21, 2022
Man dies following fatal crash on A90 in Perthshire Police Scotland is appealing for witnesses following the collision involving a white Citroen C1 and an HGV lorry Daily Record · Jan 21, 2022
OVO to hold two crunch meetings with Perth and Kinross politicians over redundancy plans The energy giants will meet with SNP and Conservative representatives over the course of January 21 Daily Record · Jan 21, 2022
Qantas warns London-Perth nonstop flights could be delayed even further ‘A new hard border will be introduced from Saturday 5 February, 2022,’ says government of Western Australia The Independent UK · Jan 21, 2022
Binge drinker sentenced for unprovoked attack on woman in Perth Perth Sheriff Court heard Ross Fenty (22) hit the woman so hard she fell backwards onto the ground and later had to undergo a CT scan to check the severity of her injuries Daily Record · Jan 21, 2022
Young man dies in horror crash on Dundee road after car and lorry collide Police were called to the scene on the A90 eastbound carriageway near Inchture, between Dundee and Perth, at around 2.15pm on Thursday January 20. Daily Record · Jan 21, 2022
WA's closed borders unlikely to halt spread of Omicron, epidemiologist says Epidemiologist Catherine Bennett says community cases already occurring in Perth might mean that the spread of the variant will determine when the state can reopen. ABC News · Jan 21, 2022
Seven new local WA COVID-19 cases emerge as Mark McGowan defends border opening delay Western Australia reports seven new local COVID-19 cases less than a day after the Premier delayed the state's border reopening indefinitely, with four of them not yet linked to existing cases. ABC News · Jan 21, 2022
WA border opening delay disrupts travel plans for thousands as medically vulnerable back decision Molly Richter was all set for her new life with her fiance in WA. The decision to delay WA's border reopening indefinitely has disrupted travel arrangements for thousands like her, but has also prompted support from others. ABC News · Jan 21, 2022
Supercars facing first border hurdle of 2022 Supercars is already facing its first state border hurdle of the 2022 season, with questions marks over the viability of the Perth SuperNight. Motorsport · Jan 21, 2022
Record-breaking Western Australia heatwave has days to run before it moves east Perth reaches 40C for the fourth consecutive day and the ninth time this summer The Guardian - AU · Jan 21, 2022
Man charged over WA homemade bomb blast A man is set to face court after a homemade bomb was detonated near two restaurants in Perth's inner-north, with no one injured in the blast. AAP · Jan 21, 2022
WA border opening backflip hits sport hard as Perth Glory, Perth Wildcats pick up the pieces West Australian sports teams are left scrambling following the announcement that the state's planned reopening on February 5 will not go ahead. ABC News · Jan 21, 2022
Brother of missing Perth woman wants accountability for missing, murdered Indigenous women Perth man Eric Hayward moved to Alice Springs to look for his missing sister, Rebecca Hayward, saying police "gave up far too easy". ABC News · Jan 20, 2022
ABC News · Jan 20, 2022 Perth heatwave continues with temperatures above 40 degrees expected until Sunday Western Australia's west coast, including Perth, is sweltering through the fourth day of a heatwave that could break an all-time hot-spell record.
ABC News · Jan 20, 2022 Technology helping women like Fiona Meaton juggle farm life, kids and corporate law In generations past, women with roles outside the home in regional Australia were usually teachers and nurses. But technology is changing that.
The Guardian - AU · Jan 20, 2022 Nation records highest death toll for the pandemic following grim two weeks of rising numbers – as it happened This blog is now closed
ABC News · Jan 20, 2022 WA COVID-19 close contact rules leave hospital workers confused after Perth hospital case The nurses union raises concerns over inconsistent and confusing advice around isolation rules given to hospital workers who came into contact with a COVID-positive patient just two weeks out from the WA border reopening.
ABC News · Jan 20, 2022 Emergency warning downgraded as threat eases for bushfire burning in Parkerville in Perth's hills An emergency warning has been downgraded for a bushfire burning in Parkerville, in Perth's hills.
ABC News · Jan 19, 2022 Critically ill COVID patients in regional WA to be sent to Perth for treatment The WA Country Health Service says regional hospitals are "prepared" for a COVID outbreak when the state's borders re-open, but high-risk patients will be sent to Perth.
ABC News · Jan 19, 2022 BOM forecasts a desert deluge before rain moves east, all the while the west swelters Tropical moisture is spreading all the way down into South Australia while the west swelters through a severe heatwave.
ABC News · Jan 19, 2022 Perth heatwave declared as firefighters contain blaze burning near Karrakatta cemetery on 42-degree day The fire sent burning embers and smoke around homes in Perth's inner-western suburbs, as a heatwave is declared for multiple forecast days near or above 40 degrees.
ABC News · Jan 19, 2022 Two new local COVID-19 cases recorded in WA, including man who went to Perth hospital WA records two new local COVID-19 cases, with one attending Fiona Stanley Hospital's emergency department and forcing workers to isolate, as the AMA questions if the Chief Health Officer is being "gagged".
ABC News · Jan 18, 2022 WA COVID-19 close contact rules leave Perth bar owner warning of staff shortages and closures A Perth bar and nightclub owner warns staff shortages will force the closure of hospitality venues shortly after WA reopens unless close contact rules change — and other industries are worried too.
Daily Record · Jan 18, 2022 Perth-based Scotland’s Charity Air Ambulance records 'busiest ever year' for its life-saving service Emergency call-outs soared well beyond pre-pandemic levels with crews at the charity’s Perth and Aberdeen airbases deployed 810 times during 2021 - a 76 per cent increase on the previous year’s workload