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The data shows that the rate of crimes against a person in regional WA is more than double the metropolitan rate.

Across Perth there were almost 200,000 people still paying off an average debt of $26,900. Here’s where most of them live.

The nationwide “students say no to Hanson” protest, organised events in state and territory capitals on Thursday and attracted students angry at One Nation’s policies. 

The verdict follows a marathon three-week trial for the former bishop, who was initially committed to trial on 26 charges, before seven were dropped last week.

Laurence Escalante faces more legal troubles, with a writ lodged in the WA Supreme Court revealing he is being sued for up to $60 million over an alleged breach of contract.

“It’s critical that we’ve been on the front foot, implementing mitigation strategies to reduce the risk to our wonderful animals.”

As another Perth council faces pushback over plans to fell more than two dozen trees, one advocate warns “we simply can’t plant our way out of this problem”.

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Lara Jensen’s brother lost his life in a tragic railway accident more than a quarter of a century ago. She has accused the government of “kicking the can down the road”.

It is the second tree-borne headache for the council in as many months.

Jatin Pudaruth, 18, assaulted the 87-year-old after repeatedly asking him to stop making unwanted advances towards his girlfriend’s sister.

A failed attempt to outlaw data centres in Perth’s largest council area highlights growing tensions over where to host Australia’s massive digital expansion.

Fremantle coach Justin Longmuir has played down any serious injury concerns surrounding Murphy Reid, saying the gun midfielder has merely copped a hit to the groin.

The decision to provide the letters, aimed at helping to reduce the man’s sentence, was labelled appalling, and a ‘terrible lapse in judgement’.

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Locals near Mount Claremont’s Graylands Hospital are calling for a $218.9m forensic expansion to be halted, claiming they were never consulted over new beds.

Chloe Wright plans to campaign for an appeal over what she dubbed a “pitiful” sentence for the man who left her with a broken cheek bone and nose.

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The state’s peak independent schools body says bad behaviour from parents is a growing topic of conversation that private schools want to address.