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Extraordinary twist in the collapse of Virgin Australia

Bulldozers are being used to block Virgin Australia planes from being removed from the tarmac at Perth Airport over claims the company owes a 'significant' amount of money.




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Qantas slams airport for blockade that saw it use bulldozers to block in Virgin Australia planes

Coming to its embattled rival's defence, just days after it entered voluntary administration, Qantas called the move 'ridiculous' and 'extraordinary'.




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Tragedy as Australian surfer Rhodri Thomas dies in pool at Balinese villa

Rhodri Lloyd Thomas, 31, from Perth was found dead in the Canggu villa on April 9.




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Tragic twist in case of Australian surfer who died in a pool in his luxury Balinese villa

Rhodri Lloyd Thomas, 31, from the town of Mandurah in Western Australia, was pulled from the pool in the villa he shares with his girlfriend in the idyllic resort of Canggu on April 9.




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Buster Vogt was found unconscious in Yangebup in Perth's south while walking his dog

Buster Vogt was found unresponsive by a retired paramedic while out walking his dog in Yangebup in Perth's south on April 1.




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Footage of mates fishing on Western Australian rocks emerges week before pair hit by a deadly wave

Footage taken the week before Kristoffee Salazar and Romero Pizon were swept off rocks about 260km south of Perth showed them laughing and chatting as they fished on the same outcrop.




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Confronting footage from inside one of Australia's coronavirus intensive care units

Dr Luke Torre risks his health every day he goes to work at Perth's Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital. He is part of the team treating critical patients suffering from the illness.




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Western Australian has second straight day with ZERO new coronavirus cases

It is the second consecutive day that WA has found no new cases of the disease, but residents were warned of a potential spike when hundreds of Australians arrive from overseas.




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Western Australia records just ONE new coronavirus infection amid fears of new spike

The 80-year-old Perth woman, whose partner travelled onboard the Costa Victoria, brings WA's total to 550. She is among 16 people in Perth hospitals, four of whom are in intensive care.




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Neck-tattooed man accused of bludgeoning his mother to death faces a second murder charge

Myles William Taylor is accused of bludgeoning his mother Lesley and then attacking his father Michael in a domestic dispute during the coronavirus lockdown.




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Australian men reveal their top five favourite physical qualities in a woman 

An Australian dating expert has conducted a poll to find out which physical quality in a woman men like the most, and the results may come as a surprise.




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The Bachelor 2020: Locky Gilbert busted with Married At First Sight's Aleks Markovic

Since returning home to Perth after the production shutdown last month, 30-year-old Locky Gilbert has been spending time with Married At First Sight 's Aleks Markovic




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Mum accused of trying to kill her own baby boy by poisoning pleads not guilty to attempted murder

A Perth mother accused of trying to murder her baby boy by pouring bleach into his formula will stand trial.




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Mourning Perth family come up with ingenious idea to farewell community hero during lockdown

With funerals restricted to 10 attendees, friends hatched a brilliant idea so that everyone could celebrate the life of Perth father-of-two and much-loved junior footy club official Danny Hartmann.




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Husband and wife make MILLIONS from their home in lockdown with a very simple product idea

An entrepreneurial couple have been reaping the benefits of the COVID-19 lockdown, making millions of dollars from selling their blue light blocking glasses while the population work from home.




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AFL Fremantle Dockers WAGS Lexi Mary Georgia Cummings and Liz Nolan at coronavirus lockdown party

Fremantle Dockers players Luke Ryan, Jason Carter and Michael Frederick threw a house party along with three glamorous blonde women and a male friend.  




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Rodents are invading people's homes because there's no bins to raid at closed restaurants and cafes

Rat infestations are cropping up around Perth's suburbs as the rodents shift to residential areas to fill their bellies.




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Mummy blogger Constance Hall, 36, lashes out at husband Denim for not doing any housework

The outspoken mother-of-seven from Perth said she 'can't be f****d' asking for help and revealed Denim's laziness has caused her to question if he truly loves her in a lengthy Facebook post on Wednesday.




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Female cop and her boyfriend accused of breaching coronavirus border rules TWICE in Perth

The 29-year-old serving constable and her 24-year-old partner allegedly travelled by car from the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia into Perth without a lawful exemption.




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Disturbing footage 'shows axe-wielding children terrorising local shop owners' in rich Aussie suburb

The boys, two of whom are younger than ten years-old, could be seen running riot during the Cottesloe crime spree.




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Home and Away's Melissa George reflects on infamous 2012 interview

The 43-year-old flatly refused to speak about her time on Channel Seven soap, Home and Away, back in 2012.




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Australian city Perth 'willing to host remaining Premier League games'

Current plans under Project Restart could have games held at neutral venues in England, however there have also been calls to hold the rest of the season abroad.




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How to make crispy McDonald's inspired apple pies using the new $29 sausage roll maker from Kmart 

A clever Australian home cook has baked homemade apple pies in a Kmart sausage roll maker. The Perth woman only used four ingredients and the dish took 12 minutes to cook.




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Western Australia prepares for 125km/h winds in massive storm

The damaging winds along with thunderstorms and small hail are expected to hit areas in south-west Western Australia like Perth, Margaret River and Albany on Tuesday night.




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Mum reveals how she makes oozing chocolate eclairs using Kmart's new $29 sausage roll maker

A brilliant Australian home baker has shared how to make tasty chocolate eclairs using a $29 Kmart sausage roll maker. The woman shared the recipe on Facebook and was praised by others.




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Family pen heartbreaking tribute to mum who was allegedly murdered alongside her husband

Myles William Taylor, 34, is accused of bludgeoning his mother Lesley to death then attacking his father Michael in a domestic dispute at their Perth home on April 26.




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Justin Narrier jailed after stabbing nurse, 55, at Royal Perth Hospital with makeshift shiv

Justin Trent Narrier, 31, attacked the 55-year-old nurse during her night shift at the Royal Perth Hospital around 1.50am on May 12 last year.




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Julie Bishop and Tony Abbott are both overlooked as the US ambassador

Prime Minister Scott Morrison is believed to have appointed NSW senator Arthur Sinodinos to the role, and is expected to make the announcement by Sunday afternoon.




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Tony Abbott gives rousing Brexit speech in London, saying Britain does not need EU

In a jingoistic rallying cry at centre-right think tank Policy Exchange, Tony Abbott fawned over Britain's historical achievements as he argued the country did not need the EU.




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Tony Abbott praised for battling bushfires again as people call for Scott Morrison to be sacked

Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott has been spotted in his firefighting gear battling blazes south of Sydney for the second time this week, as Scott Morrison faces criticism for his family holiday.




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Tony Abbott 'blew off cabinet meetings to fight fires' and told John Howard he was busy

Tony Abbott joined the NSW Rural Fire Service in 2000 while he was a minister and skipped cabinet meetings to help his Sydney brigade fight fires or clear storm damage, his captain said.




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Tony Abbott reveals why he REALLY became a firefighter amid bushfire crisis 

Former PM Tony Abbott spoke of going up against 20m walls of flame, leading crews into the inferno, and what inspired him to join, telling his story along with three other NSW RFS members.




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Tony Abbott filmed working to control a bushfire over the weekend in Bendalong 

The former prime minister donned a breathing apparatus and oxygen tank in 45C heat as he fought a fire that engulfed a home in Bendalong over the weekend.




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Australian ambassador to the US Joe Hockey dishes on his relationship with Donald Trump at farewell

The party was hosted by Australian billionaire businessman Anthony Pratt, with former prime minister Tony Abbott and golfer Greg Norman among the star-studded guest list.




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Tony Abbott calls for a 'complete shutdown' of Australia as the only way to limit COVID-19 spread

Tony Abbott said he believes Australia's response to the pandemic has been 'better' than other countries as the government has been thinking of a scenario such as this for many years.




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The Irishman review: Robert De Niro is fabulous and Joe Pesci quietly almost as good

The Irishman is three-and-a-half hours long and is out on Netflix towards the end of the month, raising the initially tempting prospect of watching it at home, maybe spread over two, even three nights.




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Last Christmas review: George Michael's music deserved something superior

On paper, at least, Last Christmas seemed to have so much going for it - a screenplay co-written by the clever, funny, not-to-mention double-Oscar-winning Emma Thompson.




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Knives Out review: Passes an evening gently amusingly

Somewhat improbably, this is a film that brings together two of the biggest franchises in the film-making world.




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Jumanji: The Next Level review: Slowly the equally silly and enjoyable sequel begins to win us over

When he's in the right mood and in the right film, Danny DeVito is a class act.




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Military Wives review: This is one of the must-see films of the year

The film year is not quite the same as the calendar year, effectively running from one Oscar ceremony - this year's was in early February - to the next.




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Pictured: Swedish kickboxer, 22, held over murder of Real Housewives of Cheshire star's shot brother

Flamur 'Alex' Beqiri, 36, has been linked to several gangland murders in Sweden where he was once one of the country's most wanted men. He died in a hail of bullets outside his home in London.




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Driver stuck on a level crossing battles to get his truck free as good Samaritans rush to help

CCTV footage captured the moment the passenger train struck the vehicle in Nakhon Pathom, central Thailand, on Wednesday night. The locomotive did not appear to slow down after the impact.




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Matildas embroiled in coronavirus crisis as matches moved from China because of the killer disease

Sydney will now host the Matildas' matches against China, Taiwan and Thailand after Asian Football Confederation moved games away from Nanjing due to coronavirus outbreak.




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China coronavirus: London and NYC among cities most at risk

Experts at the University of Southampton mapped the global threat using travel data. Experts say millions of Chinese people would have travelled before cities in Hubei province were put into lockdown.




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Josh Taylor insists he will not let alcohol derail his golden future after abusing nightclub bouncer

Britain's No 1 boxer Josh Taylor has vowed to never again let alcohol jeopardise that hard-earned status nor imperil his golden future.




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Factory workers caught using MOUTHS to strip bones from birds' feet before selling them to public

The footage was recorded by hygiene officials who visited the factory in Nong Khai, northeast Thailand, on Tuesday. The workers raise the chicken to their mouths and begin tearing at them with their teeth.




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Thai medics claim to have cured coronavirus patient in 48 hours

Medics in Thailand tested the drug mix on a patient in a 'serious condition' with the disease and within 48 hours they were declared disease-free. The drugs are normally used for HIV and influenza treatment.




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Coronavirus death toll rises to 427 with over 20,000 infected

The death toll from the coronavirus outbreak has risen to 426, with the total number of cases worldwide now standing at almost 21,000, officials said on Tuesday.




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Jilted husband hacks off love rival's PENIS and stabs him to death in Thailand 

Amornrak Jitkoh, 45, was furious after discovering local policeman Jumrus Doljue, 57, had been sleeping with his fortune teller wife, Nai.




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Chinese students flocking to cheap holiday resorts to get around Australia's coronavirus lockdown

In a series of text exchanges seen by Daily Mail Australia, Chinese students admit rushing to 'visa-free' countries to get around the ban - and enter Australia as soon as possible.