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A 'radicalised' 16-year-old boy was shot dead by police after stabbing a man in the back. Western Australia Premier Roger Cook said the boy was killed after he ran at a police officer while armed with a knife in a Bunnings car park on High Street in Willetton, south Perth, around 10pm. 'A 16-year-old male armed with a knife who had already wounded a member of the public, rushed the attending officers, in response a police officer discharged his firearm fatally wounding the male,' he said.

Joan Drane, 78, was found dead inside her home of four decades in Yangebup, in Perth's southern suburbs, at about 7.15am on Monday. Police believe Andre Lafayette Drane, 54, allegedly murdered his elderly mother sometime between Saturday and Monday. It's understood neighbours raised the alarm after blood - including bloody footprints - were spotted outside the home on Monday morning. Drane fronted Fremantle Magistrates Court for the first time on Tuesday with what appeared to be an injured hand and leg.

Eli Kelly, 21, died at St Ives mine site near Kambalda in Western Australia, at 3pm on Tuesday. It is the second fatality at the site in 18 months. It is understood that he died at the scene after suffering a crush injury. His partner Lydia Higgins broke the news on social media.

Rhys Davies, 21, (left) was driving a Nissan Navara on the Great Eastern Highway near Clackline in Western Australia's Wheatbelt region when he lost control of the ute, veered onto the wrong wide of the road and slammed into a tree (inset) about 12.30am on Friday. Mr Davies and his brothers Ambrose, 19, and Strahan, 9, all suffered catastrophic injuries and died at the scene about 80km north-east of Perth, along with family friend Bob Martin, 45, (right) who was visiting from NSW. Mr Martin was in the front passenger seat while the two younger brothers were in the back. It's been revealed that the victims were all much-loved members of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church.

The parents of a 10-year-old boy who took his own life in state care were made to jump through 'hoop after hoop' in their failed bid to be reunited, an advocate says.

Police shot and killed a staffy after it attacked two smaller dogs during an arrest at a beach north-west of Perth. According to police, officers attempted to speak with the 39-year-old driver of the car but she fled down a beach track. An American Staffordshire Terrier accompanying the woman became aggressive towards the officers, forcing the officers to use capsicum spray. Police are investigating the circumstances around the incident.

An Indigenous footy star is accused of directing a racial insult at a white NRL rival as the NRL continues to battle with deep racial divisions and a clash of cultures. Spencer Leniu (right) was banned for eight weeks for a racial attack on Ezra Mam, and Manly's Haumole Olakau'atu (left) said he had been verbally assaulted on the track for eight weeks.

A group of visitors who have been trapped in the flooded Outback since Sunday have been rescued. On Wednesday, the seven family members were discovered next to their bogged-down vehicle, a full three days after they started from Kalgoorlie for the remote Aboriginal community of Tjuntjuntjara.

Her legal team will return to court next month in the hopes of getting the case dismissed. She has been charged with insulting, threatening, or abusive words that caused fear or distress to the officer. Many Australians have been left stunned by Sam Kerr's alleged call of a 'poor white PC' during a boozy night out in London last January, with others claiming the offence is nowhere near serious enough to warrant a criminal investigation.

Both sisters, Macey and Riley, died when they were riding in ploughed into a tree about halfway between Perth and Kalgoorlie at about 11 a.m. on Sunday. In a 2020 Facebook post,'sunshine souls.'

An 11-year-old boy was charged with the sustaining and serious assault of a 69-year-old man who was reportedly bashed by three people. On January 5, western Australian police say the perpetrator (left) was spat and kicked and punched to the ground outside his house in Bentley, Perth, WA. On the right, one of the suspects is pictured.

Authorities have revealed the identities of two young men who were tragically injured after their car fell over a cliff. On Saturday night, Matthew Farr, 22, and Louis Eeles, 22, (both pictured left) were among six people camping in Little Bay, West Australia's Midwest region. According to reports, the two guys and another man, 21, decided to take a Nissan Patrol 4WD out for an early morning ride around midnight. However, the tragedy struck less than four hours later as their car plummeted 20 to 30 meters down a cliff on a private property along White Cliffs Road (wreckage pictured right).

During a tense discussion over Australians struggling with their mortgages on Sunrise, deputy Opposition leader Sussan Ley has said it would result in "economic ruin" if politicians were to vote interest rates.

Over 30 years after their last appearance, one of the 1970s' most popular pop bands has announced that they are reuniting. During an eight-year tenure, the group released six top 20 singles before separating in 1974. Despite receiving only one complaint, Melting Pot's signature song Melting Pot was also banned by Ofcom for including 'derogatory references to particular ethnic groups.'

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A mother was found dead in a house fire that her two boys barely escaped from with their lives. Elizabeth Quijano was asleep inside her house in Roleystone, south east of Perth, when it caught fire just before 2 a.m. She is thought to have fainted after awakening to discover her house ablaze and could not be saved.

The changes are taking place in Western Australia, weeks after Premier Roger Cook's state Labor government barred newborns from receiving genderless birth certificates. The new gender pick is part of an amendment to the Equal Opportunity Act, which was announced in late 2022. A year later, however, and the changes are still being made.

For the first time, WA's Labor government has drafted a draft bill that will promote home ownership in remote Indigenous communities. The Aboriginal Lands Trust, a statutory body that has been administering the land for traditional owners since 1972, controls nearly 7% of the state (right). On South America's North Atlantic Coast or Belarus in eastern Europe, the trust is larger than most countries and marginally larger in area than Guyana. According to estimates, 12,000 people live on the trust's estate in 142 permanent settlements, including 17 of the state's 20 largest Indigenous groups.

Around 550 of the jobs are expected to go by September, with another 200 to follow by the third quarter of 2025. A further 300 workers work at the site, with their fate in the event uncertain after Alcoa's statement that announced the rundown. The step would bring an end to 60 years of production at Alcoa's Kwinana refinery, leaving the operation with just a skeleton crew of 50 people.

Two children drowned in Swan River on New Year's Eve had arrived in Australia as refugees from the Middle East. When they were taken from the river about 5 p.m. on Sunday, the six-year-old boy and the four-year-old girl were incobriation. A medical ambulance and a police officer are seen on the scene.

A young volunteer firefighter who died fighting an out of control bushfire has been named, sparking a outpouring of tributes. Harry Stead, 21, was part of a team of a 'private firefighting vehicle' responding to a massive fire that threatened homes near Coomalbidgup, Western Australia's south. According to reports, the young volunteer was thrown to his death from the fire truck in a freak accident.

A firefighter was responding to the explosion as part of a 'private firefighting unit,' according to the firefighter (inset). He is believed to have been thrown from a fire truck while fighting the fire. Firefighters (main image) rushed to battle the fire on Tuesday morning with the out-of-control fire burning more than 7000 acres of land.

In Perth's east, another bushfire is threatening lives. At least one home has been reduced to a 'pile of ashes'. Residents of Parkerville's hills suburb have been warned of having to leave or in some areas where evacuation is too late, take shelter safely to survive. Despite helicopters dropping fire retardant on the burning two-story house, at least one house had been reduced to 'pile of ash' (left).

After immediately selling out his Perth dates, WWE wrestler Mark 'The Undertaker' Calaway has revealed new dates for his Australian tour of UNDERTAKER 1 deadMAN SHOW. On Monday, wrestling legend 58, announcing extra dates in Melbourne (Palais Theatre, February 26), and Brisbane (Fortitude Music Hall, February 29). On Tuesday, AEDT's exclusive fan pre-sale began at ten o'clock.