Two women, passengers in each one of the cars and aged 45 and 48, were rushed to Royal Perth Hospital with critical injuries.
Last December, the horror blaze destroyed three homes and severely damaged a fourth — including the Moody’s family home of 20 years.
Caleb Runciman
UK rapper Yung Filly has been charged with hooning and had his vehicle impounded after he was allegedly clocked driving at 158km/h while on bail.
Caitlyn Rintoul
Barry Breslin was killed while working in Perth’s north.
Bryce Luff
A highly regarded US expert on a tiny beetle killing Perth trees says Australia still has a window of opportunity to get on top of the invasive pest before it leads to the destruction recorded in California.
WA’s Public Transport Authority has been scrutinised for its handling of a use of force incident at Aubin Grove Train Station in February 2023.
Prolonged cooler weather might be a point of pain for Perth residents but it could been a boon for flower lovers, with Perth Hills flowering fruit trees expected to have greater longevity this season.
Joanne Taggat’s East Fremantle backyard has been dubbed ‘ground zero’ of the spread of the destructive polyphagous shot-hole borer in Australia.
Geof Parry and Caitlyn Rintoul
The State Government has expanded its quarantine area of the tree-killing polyphagous shot-hole borer in a bid to curb its spread.
Struggling to find a day to hang out laundry amid seemingly relentless showers in Perth lately? You’re not alone.
A motorcyclist has been hospitalised with critical injuries after a serious crash in High Wycombe on Friday evening.
The tiny beetle destroying Perth’s trees can be combatted if a diverse mix of natives are planted as replacements, experts say.
One man has been arrested after a house fire in Perth’s eastern suburb of Brabham on Saturday afternoon.
The arson squad is investigating a raging bushfire in Perth’s north-east that destroyed a community building as the threat of the blaze is reduced to a watch and act level.
Lauren Price and Caleb Runciman
A child care centre in Perth’s foothills has been fined $12,000 for failing to adequately supervise kids in their care after a two-year-old was found with bite marks and scratches on their face.
Bethany Hiatt
Two cyclists have been injured after falling off separate bike paths on Sunday morning as rescue services are en route to try and winch the riders out.
Harriet Flinn
A tree falling onto a power-line has been revealed as the cause of a fire just metres from three schools in the Perth Hills on Wednesday.
Hannah Cross
The mother of two young boys who perished in a terrifying house fire in Perth’s Hills has been identified.
The number of homes left without power following widespread blackouts triggered by bushfires and storms has fallen below 1000, with the vast majority of those in the Wheatbelt.
Josh Zimmerman
Anyone who pours their heart into a garden does so knowing one difficult fact: just because you love and care for it, there is no guarantee anyone else will when you’re gone.
Casey Lister
The search for an elderly man living with dementia is entering its third night after 200 SES personnel spent the day searching through bushland.
Premier Roger Cook has revealed it may take until the end of the weekend for power to be restored to every affected property, while compensation payments have been boosted for residents.
A massage therapist and her 79-year-old client narrowly escaped death after a huge tree ploughed into her Sawyers Valley home during the severe thunderstorm that hammered the Perth Hills on Tuesday.
Thousands of homes remain without power after flash floods, hail and wild winds caused significant damage across Perth’s eastern suburbs and further inland.
Lauren Price
