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Rooney Taua, inset, died after a Transperth bus crashed on Joondalup Drive in Wanneroo on Thursday morning.

Man killed in Transperth bus crash identified as Banksia Grove father

Rooney Taua died on what should have been an ordinary commute to work on Thursday morning.

  • Indigo Lemay-Conway and Cameron Myles

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James Heggaton was identified as the thirty-year-old man who died in a car accident in Jingalup on Saturday morning.

Four people lose their lives on WA roads during National Road Safety weekend

The accidents occurred across WA over the weekend as police urge drivers to be careful on the road.

  • Indigo Lemay-Conway
Copper cable, Main Roads WA, copper theft, Western Australia, Perth, Perth roads. Picture: WAtoday

WA’s 1200-kilometre trail of stolen copper cable could stretch from Perth to Exmouth

Main Roads has revealed widespread outages are often linked to stolen copper cables. Here’s what it intends to do about it.

  • Holly Thompson and Hamish Hastie
The car police are looking into.

Two young girls die in hospital more than a week after Swan Valley crash

The children were rushed to Perth Children’s Hospital with life-threatening injuries, but it is understood they both died nine days later on Sunday evening.

  • Hannah Murphy
Malcolm Harris with his patrol car.

100 years of RAC: See the evolution of the roadside assist in WA

RAC has serviced Western Australians for 100 years. See how the evolution of the roadside assist has changed over the years.

  • Indigo Lemay-Conway
Main Roads is extending the curb at the Mitchell Freeway Romeo Road interchange to prevent further tragedies.

Both deadly wrong-way Mitchell Freeway crashes Romeo Road-related, Main Roads confirms

Main Roads confirmed it was working on additional road safety treatments to prevent motorists wanting to travel south on the freeway from turning onto the northbound off-ramp.

  • Hamish Hastie
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The delayed Malcolm Street Bridge barrier project in West Perth.

Why this 100-metre Perth city bridge has taken two years to fix

The $1.3 million project started in February 2024 and has forced the closure of the right lane on Malcolm Street in West Perth heading east to St Georges Terrace for that period.

  • Hamish Hastie
Kaleb Brunsdon died after a head-on crash on Perth’s Mitchell Freeway. There are now questions about a nearby intersection believed to have played a role in a similar crash several months ago. Pictures: Supplied

Father of Mitchell Freeway crash victim says son had his whole life ahead of him

The northern section of the Mitchell Freeway, which opened in 2023, is again in the spotlight after two more people died on Sunday night in a wrong-way collision.

  • Hamish Hastie and Amber Wilkinson
The new Fremantle traffic bridge under construction.

Freo bridge has officially closed. What happens next?

While the new bridge rounds out the Fremantle port, don’t expect the next year without a crucial river crossing in one of Perth’s busiest corners to be smooth sailing.

  • Hamish Hastie
Emergency services at the site.

Teenage girl fighting for life after truck crash in Perth’s south-east

Police and St John Ambulance officers attended.

  • Hannah Murphy