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The Perth man killed by a shark while spearfishing off Rottnest Island on Saturday was taking part in a members-only spearfishing competition, and was also a member of the Kingsley Football Club.

New baits have been approved to combat a mouse plague that has ravaged WA's regions.

Thousands of mice have been running rampant in towns including Northampton, Mullewa and Ravensthorpe. Now, farmers have a new tool in their fight against the rodents.

For the third time in club history, the Dockers have won nine consecutive matches. It previously occurred in seasons Fremantle reached the preliminary finals. What’s stopping them making it 10?

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The Kalgoorlie store was raided on the same day the laws kicked in, and police allege it resulted in the seizure of nearly 2000 illegal cigarettes and about three kilograms of loose tobacco.

The first closure order was issued following a police raid on a Kalgoorlie barber shop.

A man who died after he was bitten by a shark off the coast of Rottnest Island at the weekend has been identified as prolific spearfisher and father-of-two Steven Mattaboni.

The charter pilots escorted the passengers from their virus-infected cruise ship to Australia and voluntarily quarantined with them on Friday night.

Four of the state’s top legal minds have signed a public notice stating that a number of remote and regional courthouses would be temporarily closed for a three-month period as security for the buildings cannot be provided.

Since 2000, 22 people have been killed in shark attacks off the WA coast.

The incident happened just before 10am on Saturday morning near Georgie Bay, one of the island’s northern beaches.

It was a court battle that began in a small 12-sided building in Roebourne and ended up creating history - the largest figure ever handed down in Australia for Native Title compensation.

The Western Australian Planning Commission has approved a development application for a portion of the Perth Park project, including a portion of the Burswood racetrack.

Documents released under freedom of information laws reveal Alcoa’s Willowdale mine is currently being investigated over land clearing.

Brenda Walker, an award-winning author and sister of Cold Chisel musician Don Walker, was killed in Perth’s Kings Park in December 2024.

Six passengers from a cruise ship struck down by the hantavirus have touched down in Perth after the government secured a plane to fly them back from The Netherlands on Thursday night.

If there’s one thing the Kailis team know how to do well, it’s coastal dining. Think Gibney, the Shorehouse, and Magic Apple.

Their next coastal precinct takes it up a notch further. A four-metre marble statue. Custom coins placed into every guest’s hand on arrival. A walk-in wine cellar holding 4,000 bottles, with a tasting table set among them. George Kailis has just unveiled the design details for Surreo and Bar Surreo, the first two venues inside his Sorrento Beach precinct.

Kailis Hospitality Group bought the entire 1,500 sqm hospitality stretch on West Coast Drive in 2025 — described as the largest single sale of coastal hospitality real estate in metro Perth in decades. The new venues will occupy 1,000 sqm of it, with construction already underway. The plan is to open in April 2027, following a multi-million dollar fit-out by Rezen Studio, the design team behind Gibney Cottesloe. 

A coastal steakhouse and a bar

Surreo will operate as a seaside steakhouse with Basque-leaning, Roman-inspired food and design. Bar Surreo sits alongside it as a coastal bar with a substantial dining menu, its own head chef, and its own kitchen. 

“The bar and restaurant offer two different experiences,” Kailis said. “While you can use one before or after the other, we wanted to create a point of difference to provide options for guests. Bar Surreo has its own kitchen and head chef, whilst still a bar, the culinary agenda is a priority.”

It’ll be WA’s largest beachside restaurant precinct, and the only seaside steakhouse. Although George Kailis describes it as more of a grillhouse than a traditional steakhouse.

“The concept leans more toward a grillhouse than a traditional steakhouse, reflecting a menu that balances premium meats with a strong emphasis on seafood and vegetables. While Basque and Roman traditions have informed the culinary direction, the intent is to create a broader seaside o/ering, featuring seafood, house-made pasta and produce-driven dishes, with steak as the hero.”

The actual menu will be announced closer to its opening.

The story behind the name

Surreo is the Ancient Greek word for Sorrento, meaning “a coming together.” There’s a lot more to it than that: Sorrento, the Perth suburb, was carved up as a private land division in the 1900s by an Italian family who named it after their hometown. That sent Kailis down a research path through Ancient Rome and back out into Perth’s northern suburbs.

“I had many friends that lived in Stirling and Dianella, the European influence in these suburbs was awesome — columns, statues of lions — the similarities between them and this ancient Rome period we were in was uncanny,” Kailis said. “Having some authentic Northern suburbs DNA in the venue was essential.”

Bringing the Gibney design team back to do it again

Rezen Studio, the design firm behind Gibney, is handling the fit-out, with directors Rhys and Zenifa Bowring describing the bar as a grotto-like retreat with mother-of-pearl detailing and textured ceilings and walls throughout.

Inside the main dining room, a stained-glass dry-ageing room sits at the kitchen pass, where chefs will cut steaks in full view of the room. A Champagne Lounge near the entrance will seat up to 30. Three handcrafted selenite crystal chandeliers will hang above the dining space, inspired by the Greek goddess of the moon. Outside, the alfresco terrace will be the largest on West Coast Drive, anchored by that wishing well and marble statue we previously mentioned, where guests will use those custom Surreo coins they were handed on arrival.

The 4,000-bottle walk-in cellar will house a bespoke tasting table for bookable private wine tastings led by Surreo’s sommelier team.

What’s still to come

Plans for the remaining two spaces in the precinct will land later this year. Kailis has confirmed they’ll be more casual — breakfast and coffee-focused — to round out the 1,500 sqm site.

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May-Ring Chen, 69, appeared in the State Administrative Tribunal on Thursday, in the first court hearing related to a police raid across Perth and regional WA last year.