A container of ashes has been found on a bus in Perth, with police now trying to find the person who left it there. The word ‘Ranga’ is written on the container, along with the dates 24/4/77 and 29/4/23. The ashes were found on a bus in Rockingham, in Perth’sContinue Reading
A small white container of ashes has been found on a bus in Perth, sparking over a month-long mystery as police appeal for family members to claim the remains. The packaged ashes were found on a bus in Rockingham, about 50km south west of Perth CBD, on February 24. TheContinue Reading
A Perth magistrate has told a man accused of trying to lure a schoolgirl into his car that he’ll need to enter a plea at his next court appearance. Ryan Ashley Darken, 37, appeared in Rockingham Magistrates Court on Monday morning via video link from Hakea Prison. He’s been heldContinue Reading
The Western Australian Premier has congratulated the new member for the seat of Rockingham, following a win for Labor at Saturday’s by-election forced by the shock retirement of Mark McGowan. Magenta Marshall, 28, won the safe Labor seat in Perth’s southern suburbs with 49.41 per cent of the primary voteContinue Reading
Voters will return to the polls in Perth today after long time MP and Labor leader Mark McGowan’s shock resignation earlier this year. Mr McGowan resigned from politics in May after six years as Premier, and more than a decade as leader of the West Australian Labor party. For residentsContinue Reading
WA Premier Mark McGowan says leading the state through the Covid-19 pandemic was “all-consuming” and had “taken it out of him”, as he made the shock announcement he was quitting. “I just don’t have the energy or drive that is required to continue in the role as premier,” he toldContinue Reading
Western Australia’s HMAS Stirling naval base will benefit from an $8bn upgrade in order to house Australia’s nuclear-powered submarines. The state will play a key role in AUKUS defence agreements between Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States over coming decades. Announcing the base’s expansion on Tuesday in Rockingham,Continue Reading
What appears to be a phone/gun hybrid was seized by Western Australia Police during two raids on properties in the Mandurah area on February 15. Gang Crime Squad officers executed search warrants at homes on Cassinia St, Baldivis and Bellingham Pde, Wellard, allegedly uncovering a “drug distribution station containing 1.03kgContinue Reading
Two young children spent a scary few hours alone on a jetty in Perth’s south after their jetskiing parents got into trouble out on the water. The kids, aged just five and 11, were left alone at the Port Kennedy Boat Ramp around 8pm on Wednesday night while their parentsContinue Reading