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Community spiritVideoCommentsStaff snapped up after fire devastates beloved eatery

The mass of chefs, bartenders, and waiters who suddenly found themselves unemployed when their workplace was destroyed by fire this week have been snatched up by hospitality venues in the South West.

Catherine Massey

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Patients lose outCommentsPremium
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Doctors hate working at Bunbury Hospital

Four out of five doctors at Bunbury Hospital say the bad culture at the issue-plagued facility had a negative impact on service delivery to patients.

Briana Fiore

Out of its shellCommentsPremiumYabbies proved unlikely saviour for this Wheatbelt farm

Living with a big family on a Wheatbelt farm filled with feisty yabbies is not exactly where Mary Nenke thought she would be when she was growing up.

Steve Butler

Lifetime of givingCommentsPremiumTelethon auctioneer remembered as charitable man

Telethon’s longtime auctioneer Ron Farris, who dedicated himself over many years to help WA’s famous fundraiser and numerous other charitable causes, has died at the age of 79.

Angela Pownall

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The West Australian exclusive
West Coast recruitCommentsPremium
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Eagles on cusp of major signing with role for Wyatt

The West Australian can reveal former WA treasurer Ben Wyatt has accepted an offer to join the club and the process has begun to formalise his appointment with the WA Football Commission.

Peter Law

Fast food empirePremiumJack marks hungry half-century

WA billionaire Jack Cowin has returned to the store where his wealth was born 50 years ago, to celebrate the Hungry Jack’s site that launched his national empire.

Kate Purnell

Multi-million dollar damageCommentsPremiumCyclone Seroja insurance claims soar into the thousands

Thousands of claims have been submitted in the wake of Sunday’s devastation, as authorities prepare for a total clean-up bill that could top $200 million.

Caitlyn Rintoul

SEE THE PHOTOSCommentsPremiumPM rolls up his sleeves in visit to Kalbarri

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has joined clean-up efforts during his visit to the cyclone-ravaged town of Kalbarri today.

Lanai Scarr

Caution urgedCommentsPremiumWill pool plan be ‘noose around the neck’ for WACA?

A former WACA board member, and leading sceptic of the disastrous Ascot Capital project, has urged cricket members to be cautious about supporting a proposed City of Perth pool at the WACA Ground.

John Townsend

Another blowPremiumSenior Rock Machine bikie facing weapons charges

The Rock Machine bikie gang has suffered yet another hammer-blow after senior figure Daniel James Bailey appeared in court this week over a string of serious weapon and drugs charges.

Phil Hickey & Shannon Hampton

SEE THE PHOTOSCommentsPremiumFrustrated cyclone victims forced into six-hour queues

Hundreds of locals impacted by ex-Tropical Cyclone Seroja continue to spend hours queuing in the sun to get vital pre-paid food and fuel vouchers, prompting calls for the system to be moved online.

Sarah Steger

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The West Australian exclusive
Fraud chargesPremium
The West Australian exclusive
Race car driver guilty of stealing company cash

A championship race car driver accused of siphoning $330,000 from a company he started with Heath Ledger’s dad has been found guilty of several offences.

Emily Moulton

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The West Australian exclusive
New-look partnershipCommentsPremium
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Nats and Libs to form alliance after election bloodbath

The Nationals and Liberals are just days away from signing an agreement to form an alliance in State Parliament for the next four years, The West can reveal.

Peter Law

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The West Australian exclusive
MORE RUFF JUSTICECommentsPremium
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Nine new recruits join WA Police dog squad

The WA Police canine squad has been boosted with an extra nine dogs who are specially trained to sniff out drugs and cash and chase down crooks, The West can reveal.

Phil Hickey

Fallen starPremiumEx-Eagle Kerr admits breaching family VRO

Former AFL champion Daniel Kerr has pleaded guilty to breaching a family violence restraining order taken out by his ex-partner Michelle McAtackney.

Angie Raphael

PM’s visit to WAScoMo lands in cyclone-ravaged Kalbarri

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has thanked volunteers after arriving in the decimated town, noting that homes in the area ‘look like sardine cans with the roof pulled off’.

Lanai Scarr

‘Satanic articles’Premium‘Twisted’ Hitler auction slammed ahead of ANZAC Day

The ‘perverse and twisted’ sale of Hitler’s personal effects by a Perth auction house has been slammed as ‘spitting on the graves’ of the diggers who fought him — just a week out from ANZAC Day.

Caitlyn Rintoul

Sentence overPremiumPICTURED: Prison reunion of Chapman and bikie’s girl

Ricky Chapman, who was injured by the ricocheting bullet that killed Rebels chief Nick Martin, has walked out of prison to an adoring display from Martin’s stepdaughter.

Shannon Hampton and Brianna Dugan

NEW PICTURESPremiumAustralia, meet Squat Morrison

Australia’s daggy dad prime minister has again shown he’s just one of the blokes doing morning exercises with miners in WA.

Jade Gailberger

‘I do not consent’PremiumSpeeding teen slammed for ‘sovereign citizen’ defence

A teenager caught speeding on Bussell Highway has been lambasted by a magistrate for ‘wasting the court’s time’ after claiming she did not consent to the charges because she was a ‘sovereign citizen’.

Taylar Amonini

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The West Australian exclusive
Making a splashPremium
The West Australian exclusive
Drug trafficker jumped in pool ‘to destroy evidence’

A convicted drug trafficker allegedly tried to destroy evidence by jumping into his swimming pool while handcuffed after police raided his Perth home.

Phil Hickey

‘Deeply ashamed’PremiumPerth dentist cops 10k fine for working unregistered

A Perth cosmetic dentist has been fined thousands of dollars after admitting she performed dental procedures while she was unregistered.

Shannon Hampton

Disaster zoneVideoCommentsFed Govt extends Seroja help ahead of PM visit

Support for West Australians affected by Cyclone Seroja has been extended by the Federal Government, with Scott Morrison set to tour the disaster zone today.

Sarah Ison

‘Haulage constraints’PremiumTruck driver shortage cuts into MinRes shipments

The Chris Ellison-led miner has been forced to trim shipping guidance by millions of tonnes as output sits idle amid a shortage of truck drivers.

Stuart McKinnon

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