The Latest Breaking News from Perth

Petition launched to save Perthshire village GP from closure reaches 566 signatures

Invergowrie Medical Practice patients were told in February the health facility would shut permanently on June 16.

Daily Record · May 5, 2023

Mum who stabbed and strangled her three kids to death before burning bodies jailed

Margaret Dale Hawke pleaded guilty to three counts of murder in the family's Port Hedland home and has been given a minimum non-parole period of 25 years by the Supreme Court in Perth, Australia

Daily Mirror · May 5, 2023

Perth Covid hero will rub shoulders with world leaders and royalty at King’s coronation

British Red Cross volunteer Richard Stibbles BEM left home at the start of the crisis in 2020 to do three deployments in London working minimum 10 hour days transporting patients

Daily Record · May 5, 2023

As the WA government commits $2.6 billion to social housing, here's how many homes that gets

Western Australia is going through what the government says is its biggest ever spend on social housing, at a cost of $2.6 billion. Here's what's being done, and why the question of whether it's value for money is complicated.

ABC News · May 4, 2023

Perthshire's Cross Tay Link Road to be given name marking the King's coronation and Stone of Destiny's return

A regal shortlist of names will go before councillors next week with a proposal for schoolchildren to vote for their favourite from a list which includes Coronation Crossing and Destiny Road

Daily Record · May 4, 2023

Magistrate commends activist Deanna ‘Violet’ Coco for ‘noble’ beliefs but says she went too far

Environmental activist convicted and fined after admitting to spray painting Woodside Energy logos on Perth police centre

The Guardian - AU · May 4, 2023

Magistrate labels Violet CoCo’s protesting ‘noble’

A Perth court has commended high-profile NSW environmental activist Violet CoCo after she spray-painted a gas company's logo on a Perth police station.

The New Daily · May 4, 2023

Action plan launched to attract people to Perthshire town of Coupar Angus

The town - set amid rolling countryside and within half an hour of Perth and Dundee - has seen its population dwindle due to a range of issues

Daily Record · May 3, 2023

Perth Doo'cot Cricket Club's new overseas amateur Joel Rush shines in season-opening victory against Kinloch

The Australian produced an impressive knock of 129 as the Fair City club started the season strongly

Daily Record · May 3, 2023

Curtin University researchers say back pain treatment trial gives hope to millions

A Perth man says his debilitating back pain is nearly gone after participating in a cognitive functional therapy trial that focused on regaining natural movement rather than moving in protective ways.

ABC News · May 3, 2023