WA opens COVID jab up to over 30s as state lags behind rest of the nation in uptake rates
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WA will again make the COVID-19 vaccine available to anyone aged over 30 as the state continues to lag behind the rest of the country in its vaccine take-up.
Premier Mark McGowan also flagged unvaccinated people in certain working environments – such as courts and aged care – potentially being forced to wear masks in the future after WA Police Commissioner Chris Dawson announced a new mask rule for his officers.
The family and loved ones of a Yamatji woman will finally have their case heard in court, as a date is set for the murder trial of a WA policeman.
JC, whose name has been changed for cultural reasons, was fatally shot by police after they were called out to a disturbance in Geraldton, around 400km north of Perth.
The first-class constable officer, whose name has been suppressed, was the first serving police officer to be charged with murder over an Aboriginal death in custody in almost 100 years.
Legal representatives confirmed to Perth s Supreme Court on Thursday that the case was ready for trial in October.
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Dockers assistant coach Josh Carr has been banned from attending the next two Fremantle games after allegedly breaching quarantine rules on return from Queensland.
The former midfielder-turned-coach was granted special permission by the state government to fly from Brisbane to Perth on Sunday, however players and club officials were required to isolate at home for 14 days unless attending a training session or match.
Assistant Dockers coach Josh Carr has been reprimanded after breaching quarantine on the team’s return from Brisbane.
Three days into the order, Carr was not at his house when police attended for a compliance check, a WA Police spokesman said.
21:41 EDT, 28 July 2021
Shocked onlookers witnessed the moment a man was arrested and slapped with over two dozen offences after leading police on a high-speed chase.
The 32-year-old man from North Freemantle began speeding away from police at 11:30am on Tuesday in Anketell, Perth, after officers tried to stop a car they believe was stolen from a home in O Connor on Monday.
It is alleged that the driver, who was on bail at the time, failed to stop and sped away, leading police on a chase though the suburbs of Mandurah, Armadale and Cannington.
Witnesses reported seeing the vehicle, a Ford Escape, driving erratically and on the wrong side of the road, narrowly missing oncoming traffic.
Fears for WA man missing after driving through rising floodwaters near Wagin
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WA Police have mounted a massive search for a man believed missing in rising floodwaters near Wagin after his car was found abandoned.
A Jit Khan, 34, was on his way home from Perth to Katanning on Tuesday morning when his grey Mitsubishi Triton became stranded in rising floodwaters on Ballagin Road in Piesseville.
Missing man, A Jit Khan.
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His vehicle, along with another, was found submerged around midday Tuesday. The occupants of the second vehicle have since been found safe and well.