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Applications are now open for eligible businesses in Perth and Peel that were directly impacted by COVID-19 restrictions from December 23, 2021 to January 4, 2022.

With an influx of children returning to childcare services during the height of summer, the heat is on childcare operators to ensure children are properly protected.

The Gang Crime Squad is continuing to investigate a shooting in Port Kennedy.

A vaccination blitz for Western Australian children will start this week with 4700 more appointments available before the start of the school year.

The Australia Day Celebrations happen Wednesday 26th January from 5pm to 8.45pm at Churchill Park on the Rockingham Foreshore.

Police are swarming a property in Port Kennedy after a man was shot.

Several new low-risk exposure sites have been identified in Perth and the South West.

Mandurah has welcomed its first dolphin calf for 2022.

A Rockingham man has been charged after allegedly making 119 abusive phone calls to the Australian Federal Police (AFP).

A canal home has gone up in flames in Halls Head.

The mask mandate has returned for Perth and Peel residents after WA recorded 18 local cases in the past week.

The Mandurah Train Line has re-opened after a 20-day shutdown.

Police have charged a total of 11 bikies with displaying club insignia or logos in public since the new laws came into force on December 24.

The City of Rockingham has completed work on the first part of the Mersey Point Granite Seawall project in Shoalwater. 

Rangers have closed Rockingham Beach due to a shark sighting.

A woman has been airlifted to hospital after a serious crash in Mundijong.

A $28 million homeless facility in Mandurah has reached a major milestone with the State Government appointing architects to the project.

Life is about to become "very difficult" for the unvaccinated after Premier Mark McGowan announced some of the toughest vaccination requirements in the country.

The City of Mandurah will soon be calling on proposals for the future use of the current King Carnival site on the Western Foreshore.

Community gardens in Lakelands and Baldivis have received a cash boost from the State Government.

Police are investigating a burglary in Stake Hill.

An out-of-control bushfire burning in our South West region has been downgraded to a watch and act.

The Mandurah Readers and Writers Festival is back this week with a group of talented WA authors set to share their stories and love of writing with the community from January 13 -16.

Australian children aged 5 to 11 are now eligible to get vaccinated against COVID-19.

Five people have been arrested over a police pursuit that ended in Baldivis.

A Perth family are asking for the community to keep an eye out for their pet dog who went missing off a boat in the Mandurah estuary.

A 53-year-old man has been charged over an alleged incident in Dudley Park that left four people injured.

Police are calling on witnesses to a serious crash in Secret Harbour.

The State Government has announced the mask mandate for Perth and Peel residents will be lifted from 6pm on Friday, January 7.

The Mandurah Museum will be celebrating its re-opening this weekend (January 8 and 9) with free family fun activities from 10am to 3pm.

The Mandurah Train Line is on track to re-open on January 15 as works continue on the METRONET Thornlie-Cockburn link.

Perth and Peel residents will know by today whether the mask mandate will be lifted or if it's here to stay.

Police have released footage of two crabbers being rescued near Mandurah.

Police are urging drivers in the Jandakot area to keep a look out for a missing 40-year-old man.

An elderly man has been charged with allegedly abducting his wheel-chair bound partner from her Halls Head nursing home.

Firefighters remain at the scene of a large bushfire in Coodanup.

Nine single-use plastic items will be phased out in Western Australia from January 1, 2022.

A man has been charged after he allegedly lit a fire in a 44 gallon drum which destroyed a house, two caravans, a shed and two cars in Serpentine.

The State Government has doubled the compensation payout for people affected by the power outages over Christmas.

A man has died and a woman seriously injured in a crash in Ravenswood.