Heather McNeill

4 weeks ago | watoday.com.au | Heather McNeill

SaveNormal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text sizeA swimmer has been rescued from the water off Port Beach in Perth’s south after being bitten by a shark which circled him as he scrambled onto a stranger’s boat. Authorities believe a 1.5 metre tiger shark bit the man on the foot at the Sandtrax Surfing Spot around 2.30pm Wednesday afternoon. The swimmer was about 40 metres offshore.

4 weeks ago | watoday.com.au | Hamish Hastie |Heather McNeill

Other states, such as Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria – where Labor is trying to sandbag support ahead of the federal election – received the lion’s share of the infrastructure funding. Saffioti suggested WA’s share was also impacted by its ability to build road infrastructure without the size of blowouts seen in projects in the eastern states. “I know there’s been some criticism of our rail projects, but we’ve delivered real value for money,” she said.

4 weeks ago | watoday.com.au | Heather McNeill

SaveNormal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text sizeAlcoa hit with $400k fine after student, workers burnt in caustic spillUS aluminium producer Alcoa has been fined $400,000 over an incident at its Kwinana refinery in 2022, when a caustic solution burnt workers and students on a work experience placement.

4 weeks ago | theage.com.au | Heather McNeill

Good morning readers, and welcome to our live news blog for Wednesday, March 26. Making headlines today is an investigation into the cold case disappearance of Sally Greenham, who went missing from a small town near Geraldton almost four decades ago. Her friends and even the policeman who investigated her disappearance believe she was killed, and they think they know where her body is. Sally Greenham went missing in 1987. Rebecca Peppiatt has the full story. You can read all about it here.

1 month ago | watoday.com.au | Heather McNeill

The court was told Davies, who had no prior criminal history, was initially looking for a house to burgle when he targeted the family’s home. While inside, he noticed a child’s name on one of the bedroom doors and entered the room. The child woke up, and he tried unsuccessfully to cover her mouth with tape before attempting to choke her unconscious. He used extreme force during the offending against the girl, who was so afraid she wet her pants.