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Detectives have charged a 28-year-old man with murder as a result of their investigation into the death of Dinh Lam Nguyen.

Local individuals and groups who made an outstanding positive contribution to the Mandurah community have been recognised during the Australia Day ceremony.

Community champions have been recognised at the Shire of Serpentine-Jarrahdale's Australia Day awards ceremony.

WA has recorded the highest number of January road fatalities in a decade.

The State Government is offering Western Australians a $200 discount if they book a stay at up to 80 hotels across Perth including in Rockingham.

The first COVID-19 vaccine has been approved for use in Australia.

The State Government has launched a new recruitment campaign as the Western Australian Police Force embarks on the single biggest recruitment drive in the State's history.

WA parents of newborns favoured more classic names in 2020, according to the latest baby names list compiled by the Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages.

UPDATE: Mr Hird has been located safe and well in the Maylands area.

A whale shark has ventured far from home, giving Rockingham swimmers a rare sighting.

Major Crash officers are calling for witnesses to a fatal crash in Pinjarra yesterday afternoon.

UPDATE: Both boys have been located safe and well.

Premier Mark McGowan has unveiled the Plan for Peel which features a large funding package to keep Murray-Wellington, Mandurah and Dawesville strong if re-elected.

$1 million of State Government funding will go towards nine initiatives across WA in the hopes of diverting 1,000 tonnes of e-wastes annually from landfill.

Police are urgently seeking information to help locate Gregory William McCullough.

Investigations continue into a multiple rear-end car crash which occurred in Karnup yesterday.

Rockingham police station operating times will be extended by three hours if the Labor Government is re-elected in March.

Child Abuse Squad detectives have charged a 75-year-old man from the Mandurah district following an investigation into reports of child sexual abuse which spanned over a 35 year period.

A rescue is underway off the coast of Secret Harbour after a jet ski capsized.

The State Government has committed $2.5 million to help construct turf playing fields and a sporting pavilion with change rooms at the Baldivis District Sporting Club.

A bushfire that tore through parts of Oakford and surrounding areas over the weekend has been downgraded to an advice.

Mandurah's Longest Australia Day Weekend will bring locals four days of activities from January 23 to 26.

The speed limit on Sixty Eight Road in Baldivis, from Mandurah Road to Eighty Road, will be reduced by 10km/h to improve road safety for motorists.

The price of public transport will be capped at a standard two-zone fare if the McGowan Government is re-elected.

Police are hunting for a driver who fled the scene of a crash in Rockingham.

UPDATE: Trains on the Mandurah Line have resumed servicing all stations from Mandurah to Perth.

Authorities believe the cause of an out-of-control bushfire in Oakford is suspicious.

Major Crash officers are investigating a fatal crash in Hopeland yesterday, which has claimed the life of an elderly woman.

Rockingham detectives have charged two men from Baldivis, following their investigation into two burglary incidents at a local shopping centre.

Police are urgently seeking information on the whereabouts of Kamryn Teila Wikitoria Davis-Gray.

The RAC Rescue helicopter has been sent to a car crash in Hopeland.

A man has been bitten by a shark in the Swan River in Bicton this morning.

Parents of Amelia 'Millie' Lucas have invited every West Australian to attend her funeral service at Optus Stadium this morning to say goodbye.

The City of Rockingham is reminding residents to dispose of their household batteries responsibly.

People living in parts of the lower west and south west districts are being urged to prepare for severe weather coming in early tomorrow morning.

Strike Vulcan Officers are calling for more information to help in their investigation into a suspicious fire which occurred in Secret Harbour.

In the lead up to the opening of the upgraded Peel Health Campus emergency department next month, Health Minister Roger Cook has visited today to check out the brand new facility.

The McGowan Government plan to cap airfare prices to more remote parts of the State if re-elected, so regional residents can pay less for flights.

A bushfire believed to be started by a car fire on the Kwinana Freeway has been downgraded to a watch and act alert.

A shark has been sighted off the coast of Secret Harbour, in front of the Surf Life Saving Club.