Perth News

A South Carolina man has been charged with stabbing his brother-in-law to death. Multiple media outlets report that 47-year-old Randall Eugene Mauldin was arrested early Friday and charged with murder. Authorities say Mauldin stabbed 53-year-old Joe Bentley Gulledge around 1...

A declaration by Reserve Bank chief Glenn Stevens that the bank would not be ''timid'' about raising interest rates has led financial markets to tip seven interest rate rises in a row, while the dollar has surged to 92.23 US...

Police say the man's light aircraft crashed while it was apparently cropdusting the property near Kojonup, about 250km south east of Perth, about 8.15 (WST) on Tuesday. The man's body was found at the scene and forensic police were investigating...

Spears tour promoter says the star is "extremely upset" at the savaging she has recieved for her much-publicised lip-synching and allegations fans walked out of her show. Paul Dainty said that the star had been left traumatised by the media coverage...

It is also significantly more optimistic than a year ago, with the bad debt cycle appearing to have peaked. Chief financial officer David Craig told the bank's annual general meeting in Perth on Wednesday that Australia's biggest lender had just...

In unveiling the plan, Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce said its domestic passengers have "told us that airport check-in today is nothing less than a major point of pain". "Check-in takes too long...Qantas’ self-service system promises to process passengers much...

RIO Tinto chief executive Tom Albanese said today the company has had recent contact with China's Chinalco over cooperating on new projects. "We are still keen to work with Chinalco in future on projects of mutual benefit," Albanese said in...

Lowndes clocked a 57.1862 second lap, edging out Whincup by just five-thousandths of a second. Whincup's nearest championship rival Will Davison will start just behind him, qualifying fourth during the top 10 shootout. Whincup holds a 122-point lead over Holden's...

OLD Aboriginal boy will no longer have to face court over receiving a stolen Freddo Frog from a friend after the West Australian police commissioner intervened in his case. Responding to a storm of protest, Commissioner Karl O'Callaghan declared on...