Two men rushed to hospital after near drowning at Trigg beach

Good morning and welcome to our first local news blog of 2026.

A Perth man making headlines today has been charged with intent to cause harm and making explosives under suspicious circumstances. Throwing bombs at crowds protesting on Invasion Day Yesterday.

Police had to evacuate Forrest Place after a man allegedly threw a device onto the stage around 12.30pm. The object did not explode but Police Minister Reece Whitby said it had the potential to be a mass casualty incident.

By the way, today signs It’s been 30 years since Sarah Spiers He disappeared after a night out in Claremont in 1996.

The 18-year-old is suspected of being the first victim of Claremont serial killer Bradley Robert Edwards, but his body was never found and the killer was found not guilty of murder in 2020.

WA Police have vowed to continue searching for Spiers’ body.

And international students pay more than $850,000 for a degreeMore than 583 courses cost more than $250,000, a situation the peak institution has criticized as an existential threat to higher education.

The most expensive degree in Western Australia was the Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery at Curtin University, which would set a student back $444,756.

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