New figures have revealed where Aussies are being hit hardest by out-of-pocket GP fees as bulk billing clinics become increasingly rare.
Clareese Packer
Western Australia has endured the biggest drop in bulk-billed GPs across mainland Australia, with just one clinic for every 46,000 people providing free healthcare to all of their patients.?
Claire Sadler
As WA parents prepare to dip into their pockets to cover back-to-school costs, many fear they will not be able to afford classroom supplies.
Bethany Hiatt
Andrew Forrest has spoken out on the ‘terrible enemy’ AI would be if left unconstrained to control the world’s militaries after his charity facilitated historic talks between the US and China.?
Dylan Caporn
A Joondanna man shot in the hand by police after allegedly brandishing a weapon in Perth’s north on Friday night has been charged with a string of offences.?
Caitlyn Rintoul
An inner-city council is eyeing a bold move to cut out vaping amid a worrying new trend.
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The search for a missing WA yachtsman — lost while sailing between Albany and Busselton?— has been suspended a fortnight after he was last sighted.?
One person has been found dead after a house fire in Perth’s northern suburb of Balcatta on Saturday afternoon.?
An Australian man killed in devastating California wildfires can’t be added to the official death toll until one tragic development takes place.
Thomas Sargeant, Liam Beatty
A disturbing number of dangerous weapons — including a replica firearm and a large knife — were seized from passengers at Perth Airport in the past year.
Caleb Runciman
The abrupt closure of another WA abattoir this week was ‘disappointing but not surprising’ for farming leaders, as meat processors reevaluate their future amid rock-bottom confidence in the sheep industry.?
Adam Poulsen and Olivia Ford
Once a sacred social tradition, the days of ‘buying a round’ at the pub may be on borrowed time.
Kate Emery
In Perth, we can garden right through winter, but because we’re so used to basing our gardening practices on those of the northern hemisphere, Perth summers usually surprise and disappoint.?
Casey Lister
An inner-city Perth council is considering expanding its smoke-free zone after a noticeable rise of vaping, despite issuing just two fines to smokers in two years.
Becka Hume-Cook first suspected her son had an addiction when he was seven years old. Two years later, she dreads the short, one-word answer she gets when she asks how his day was.
Ella Loneragan
West Aussies have scored a hat trick in the Saturday Lotto division one prize pool as three lucky locals prepare to take home large sums of cash.
Police are trying to confirm the whereabouts of an elderly woman who is unaccounted for after a house fire broke out in Balcatta on Saturday afternoon.
Police shot a man in the hand after he allegedly aimed a gel blaster at officers. The same resident called triple-0 claiming somebody was ‘smashing up’ his Craigie home.?
Rachel Fenner and Caleb Runciman
A 40-year-old man has been charged after he allegedly deliberately caused a Beckenham property to go up in flames.
The number of rescues performed by surf lifesavers almost doubled on the second day of this year’s abalone season despite calls for fishers to take care.
Rachel Fenner
Police are concerned for the welfare of 77-year-old yachtsman who went missing from Albany two weeks ago.
A Danish tourist who was seriously injured in a seaplane crash off Rottnest Island that killed three others has been discharged from hospital to grieve the tragic loss of her partner.
Shannon Hampton
The F1 star hit the Perth streets for a ‘pre-race day spin’ on Saturday morning.
Morgan de Smidt
Police have released horrific footage of a gang-related attack that has left a man fighting for his life after he was allegedly doused in accelerant and set alight with a blow torch outside a Baldivis home.
Caleb Runciman and Rachel Fenner