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• Elderly North Pinjarra woman hands over $10k cash to scammers

  Mandurah Detectives are looking for a man who was allegedly involved in a scam targeting an 89-year-old North Pinjarra resident.

• 'Gale' the whale heads back to sea after 19 days in Peel-Harvey Estuary

  A southern right whale has finally made its way back out to sea after spending 19 days in the Peel-Harvey Estuary.

• Secret Harbour by-election: Former Rockingham councillor Craig Buchanan endorsed as Legalise Cannabis WA Party candidate

  A new candidate for the Secret Harbour by-election has been announced with former Rockingham councillor Dr Craig Buchanan endorsed as the Legalise Cannabis WA Party candidate.

• Gang of youths remain on run after Warnbro servo break-in

  Police are continuing their hunt for a group of youths who broke into a Warnbro service station.

• Mandurah flooded as rainfall total tops state

  Mandurah has copped an absolute drenching overnight, recording the largest rainfall total in the state.

• Aerial firefighter loses Serpentine home in devastating blaze

  An aerial firefighter who spent a decade protecting properties and people has lost his own home in a devastating fire.

• Rumours Rockingham councillor Ryan Robertson to be announced as Liberal candidate for Secret Harbour by-election

  A City of Rockingham councillor is set to be announced as the Liberal Party candidate for the Secret Harbour by-election.

• Baldivis man fined for throwing ex-wife's elderly dog

  A Baldivis man who threw a dog so hard it broke its femur and had to be put down has been fined $3000 and banned from owning an animal for two years.