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The boat that arrived in Geraldtonon Tuesday with dozens on board.

Geraldton asylum boat arrival probed

Aleisha Orr Customs and Border Protection had no information which could have enabled them to intercept the asylum seeker boat that arrived in Geraldton according to an internal assessment on the matter.

Suspected Port Hedland homicide

Robyn Preston Police are investigating the death of a woman who was shot in Port Hedland on Saturday night.

Three doctors suspended from WA hospital

Three doctors have been suspended from a regional West Australian hospital over the deaths of five patients who died after being discharged.

Perth heat puts 20 in hospital

Perth's fiercest heatwave in nearly 80 years has led to 20 people being admitted to hospital, Western Australia's health department says.

Perth man fights for his life after drink-spiking in Lombok

Aleisha Orr The family of a Perth teenager who is fighting for his life after suffering methanol poisoning in Lombok have gathered at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital to show their support to the "fun loving"...

Boy dies after hiking in heat

A 14-year-old boy from Scotland has died after he collapsed while bushwalking with his father south of Exmouth.

Man loses his tongue in fight

A man has had a large part of his tongue removed during an incident in a house in Butler.

Tongue bite accused granted bail

Rania Spooner A Scottish man accused of biting off "a significant portion" of another man's tongue at a Perth home on Sunday has been granted bail.

Machete attack in Perth soccer club brawl

Corey Stephenson A 23-year-old man has been attacked with a machete during a fight between groups of people at a Perth soccer club.

High rise fire shuts down Hay Street

Aleisha Orr Emergency services personnel attended a high rise structure fire in East Perth this afternoon.

'He was just holding his stomach in'

Dan Proudman Despite blood gushing from a savage bite wound to his stomach, Dudley surfer Jon Hines continued the fight of his life as a shark which had already attacked him at a remote Western Australian beach...

Man jailed for "unnecessary" heroin death

Anne-Louise Brown Karen Scorgie died in the front seat of a car in a Scarborough car park after her first shot of heroin.

Missing girl, 4, found in remote WA bushland

Aleisha Orr A four-year-old girl missing from a campsite near Mukinbudin, in Western Australia's wheatbelt, and a 36-year-old woman have been found safe and well.

Surfers' horror as shark savages mate

Lucy Rickard and Aleisha Orr A man has died after he was attacked by a shark at a popular South-West beach this afternoon.

Shark attack at popular South-West beach

Lucy Rickard and Aleisha Orr A man has died after he was attacked by a shark at a popular South-West beach this afternoon.

Holiday tragedy as two die on Penguin Island sandbar

Aja Styles and Roy Fleming Two family members swept to their deaths off a notorious Perth sandbar were among 30 emergency rescues conducted by a tour company in treacherous conditions yesterday.

'There's a tragedy unfolding here': asylum seeker boat crashes off Christmas Island

Chalpat Sonti and Daile Pepper Several people are feared dead after a boat carrying about 70 asylum seekers crashed into cliffs at Christmas Island.

27 people confirmed dead in Christmas Island disaster

Rescuers have recovered 27 bodies from the wreckage of a boat that sank off Christmas Island this morning.

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Rescuers waiting to get into NZ coal mine

Emergency services on Friday night were positioning personnel for a rescue bid to be mounted on Saturday morning for the 27 people missing in the Pike Creek coalmine 46km northeast of Greymouth.