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Perth to get drive-in RAT collection sites

The West Australian government is establishing three drive-through sites for the collection of COVID-19 rapid antigen tests.

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Perth woman dies after waiting more than two hours for ambulance as St John promises inquiry

Premier Mark McGowan says WA's ambulance service could have called upon the support of the Department of Fire and Emergency Services on the night Georgina Wild died.

ABC News

Invergowrie hourly train service hit on first day by driver strike cancellations

Train driver strikes threw a spanner in the works of a new hourly schedule connecting Invergowrie to Perth and Dundee so on its first day several services were cancelled.

Daily Record

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Three men on trial over 'highly sophisticated' heist at Yangebup gun shop in Perth's south

Three men are on trial accused of involvement in "a highly sophisticated" firearm heist that included the surveillance of one of Perth's biggest gun shops and cutting through concrete walls.

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Australian election briefing: Morrison’s housing sales pitch knocked off course as Albanese dodges a digger — plus ‘polite incentives’

Monday: the best of Guardian Australia’s 2022 federal election coverage

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Geraldton radiotherapy service funding stalls, leaving patients with long drive to Perth

A Geraldton doctor is among cancer patients in her region who have to travel to Perth for radiotherapy despite a promise three years ago to build a treatment centre.

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Albemarle lithium processing plant just weeks from first production already looking to expand

As lithium prices surge, US chemicals company Albemarle is considering a major expansion of its refinery south of Perth, with plans for a 1,000-bed capacity workers' village at Binningup.

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Perth teenager upcycles old electronics and computers to give them back to those in need

In the Jacaranda House in Perth's south-east, defunct phones, iPads, and PCs are stacking up the walls. Thrown in the trash by someone, Sam says it's often simple fixes that turn them into treasures for someone in need.

ABC News

Huge 10ft shark bites down on boat motor and doesn't let go in spine-tingling footage

Captain Matt Zen and his friends were out fishing in Perth, Australia, when things took an unexpected turn when a huge shark started biting down on their boat's motor

Daily Mirror

Perthshire pensioners complete epic 225-mile cycle challenge for charity

Jim Thomas, of Scone, and Davie Ramsay, of Perth, have been likened to Jack and Victor from TV series Still Game

Daily Record

St Johnstone to face Inverness in Scottish Premiership play-off

The Perth side finished the top-flight campaign in 11th and will now need to defeat the Highland men to stay up

Daily Record

Perth musician undertaking project to rewrite 892 Robert Burns songs nears the halfway mark

Come May 25, Eddie Cairney (70) will have completed song number 446 in his revamp of the National Bard’s lengthy musical discography

Daily Record

Call for Strathearn to be granted independence and given its own distinct council

Local resident Roger Cartwright - who stood in the local elections as an independent candidate - would like to see the decentralisation of power from Perth and Kinross Council

Daily Record

Perth man must do unpaid work for barging into former partner's home

Colin Swan (44) pushed his way inside the house, took his ex-partner's mobile phone from her during a row then trashed a number of household items on his way out again

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Questions raised over council contractor's agreement to clean Perth watercourse

BAM Nuttall has been tasked to clean the Lade in Perth to meet a requirement agreed through its contract for the Cross Tay Link Road project

Newcastle Herald

The Lowedown: Amazing Ange the pride of a nation

In a week of much footballing news, this is surely the one that resonates most remarkably with Australian football fans? Ange Postecoglou does what he does best, in a season that started as a rebuild and finished with glory, and claimed a fourth championship with, from memory, only his fifth…

Daily Record

Fire crews rushed to Perth city centre to tackle chimney blaze above popular restaurant

Three units were spotted on Perth's High Street on Thursday evening after receiving reports of smoke billowing from a rooftop

Daily Record

Coffee and food chain Bob & Berts set to open on Perth's High Street in July - creating 35 jobs

The business is transforming the High Street property into a new coffee shop with a “relaxed, family-friendly style, with a cosy interior and alfresco dining space for customers to enjoy"

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Billion-dollar infrastructure budget blowout highlights impact of labour, supplies shortages

While much has been made of the effects rising costs and labour shortages are having on housing construction in Perth, the state budget lays bare the impact on the state's finances — and it's a billion-dollar problem.

Irish Mirror

Lorry driver's eye-watering salary that lets her take half a year off work

Ashlea, who is from Perth, Australia, is a fly-in fly-out (FIFO) worker, a method of employing people in remote areas by flying them temporarily to the worksite instead of relocating them

Daily Record

Man arrested in Perth after police stand-off saw street closed for six hours

Local officers were called to the scene at a block of flats located on Victoria Street after reports of 'concern for a person'

Daily Mirror

Jockey astounds Perth punters by clinging onto horse head first before unlikely win

Stephen Mulqueen somehow stayed aboard the Lucinda Russell-trained Spark Of Madness after a mistake. The 13-8 favourite went on to win the n ovices' handicap chase at Perth

AAP

Goodwin confirms Gawn will play in AFL

Melbourne coach Simon Goodwin says captain Max Gawn will play against West Coast on Sunday in Perth after suffering a knee injury last weekend.

ABC News

Boy dies in hospital after falling from height at Perth construction site

A 12-year-old boy who was critically injured when he fell from a height at a residential construction site in Perth's south-east dies, his family confirms.

ABC News

Staff shortages due to lengthy red tape for skilled migrants, employers say

Australian businesses need skilled workers now, but are migration laws getting in the way? Perth hairdresser Elizabeth Stillisano has lost thousands of dollars in business due to ongoing staff shortages and she wants the government to review its sponsorship policy.

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