WA news as it happened: Tornado hammers Bunbury; Carousel locked down
Children were reportedly injured when a tornado hit the youth centre they were in, even as an alleged knife fight locked down a suburban shopping centre.
- by Cameron Myles and Emma Young
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Emergency services
Young boy airlifted to hospital after Lesmurdie Falls rescue
A primary school-aged boy believed to be younger than 10 was airlifted to Perth Children’s Hospital after a fall at Lesmurdie Falls.
- by Cameron Myles
Bandidos bikie arrested at Perth Airport over Bunbury assault
Police have caught up with a Bandidos bikie gang member at Perth Airport, charging him over an alleged assault in Bunbury that left a man with a badly broken jaw.
- by Cameron Myles
Dockers footy boss backs in Clark amid dissent call fallout
Fremantle’s footy boss backed in young Docker Jordan Clark after a dissent call against him in the dying minutes of Saturday’s game all but sealed their loss.
- by Cameron Myles
WA urged to roll up as government rolls out free flu jabs
The West Australian government has announced free flu vaccines for residents older than six months for the third year in a row.
- by Cameron Myles
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Bushfires
Lives and homes at risk as bushfire spreads through City of Swan
Residents in Perth’s north-east have been urged to flee as 120 firefighters battle an emergency-level blaze in the City of Swan.
- by Cameron Myles and Emma Young
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Cyclones
Ex-tropical cyclone Lincoln downgraded to a tropical low
Authorities have said Lincoln is now unlikely to redevelop into a cyclone but damaging wind gusts of 100km/h are still expected when it makes landfall on Saturday afternoon.
- by Cameron Myles and Rebecca Peppiatt
Woman who died after being ramped outside Perth hospital had ‘very slim’ chance of survival: coroner
Ashleigh Hunter died less than two hours after an ambulance rushed her to Royal Perth Hospital on what was later described as a “very busy day”.
- by Cameron Myles
The stories behind WA’s record year of lotto wins
Almost a quarter of a billion dollars has been won in Lotterywest’s Division One this year, with 2023 seeing the most winners in the premier lotto category since 2016.
- by Cameron Myles
Perth tradie stood guard over victim of alleged machete attack
Police launched an urgent search on Tuesday after a man allegedly attacked a woman with a machete after breaking into her home before fleeing the scene on an electric bike.
- by Cameron Myles