Perth
Review
Hawker
Brilliant prawn noodles, supple chicken rice, and deep-fried milk at Hey Hawker
Brilliant prawn noodles, supple chicken rice, an intriguing deep-fried milk dessert masquerading as an appetizer.
- by Max Veenhuyzen
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WA news LIVE: Severe storm warning for Perth; Mercanti charges dropped
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- by Heather McNeill
Rape charges against Perth bikie Troy Mercanti dropped
A woman who claimed Troy Mercanti assaulted and raped her after a night out in Northbridge has withdrawn her accusations, forcing the police to drop the charges.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
Your five-minute guide to WA’s budget winners and losers
Treasurer Rita Saffioti has used her first-ever budget to address the key issues facing the state. So, how did you fare?
- by Jesinta Burton
Updated
WA budget
Stamp duty relief as Cook, Saffioti tackle housing in WA budget
Stamp duty relief was a key announcement in Premier Roger Cook and Treasurer Rita Saffioti’s first budget, which Cook said had something for everybody.
- by Hamish Hastie
AFR to cut print in WA after Seven’s ‘abuse of power’
The Australian Financial Review will no longer have a physical edition in Perth after Kerry Stokes’ Seven West Media doubled the cost of printing the newspaper.
- by Colin Kruger
Read the letter a concerned parent sent about radicalised schoolboy before attack
A letter from the parent dated April 3 claims a year 11 boy was trying to convert younger students to Islam through controversial videos screened in the school’s prayer room.
- by Heather McNeill
Can WA’s drought-ravaged forests survive this year’s prescribed burns program?
In coming weeks, the DBCA will start torching 200,000 hectares of the state to boost our defences in the face of increasing bushfires. But is it causing irreparable damage to our ecosystems?
- by Sarah Brookes
Exclusive
Police
‘They refused to attend’: Perth paramedic slams police response to service station death
But police deny they were called ‘multiple times’ to attend a Dawesville scene where an alleged altercation between two men resulted in a death.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
Perth man stabbed by radicalised 16-year-old ‘coming to terms’ with what happened
The man stabbed by a teenager on Saturday night in Willetton by a teen boy who was later shot dead by police has spoken publicly about his ordeal.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt
Slain bikie boss’ widow sues WA government, hitman after witnessing assassination
Amanda Martin and her daughter filed a lawsuit in the Perth District Court for “damages by way of mental harm suffered” from witnessing Nick Martin be shot by a sniper.
- by Rebecca Peppiatt and Heather McNeill