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It's a high-tech retirement living where a simple "good morning" is able to spark a series of pre-programmed actions like opening the blinds and boiling the kettle.

A plan to change the name of Melbourne's most famous waterway has received mixed reviews.

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has signed a new agreement to work with China as part of its controversial belt and road initiative.

A doctor who twice diagnosed a NSW teenager's appendicitis as gastro in the days before he died,  had only been in the country for four weeks on a working visa.

When Lisa Chikarvoski's latest electricity bill arrived, she couldn't believe what she was being charged.

The Today show's Tom Steinfort on the story that shaped his career - and continues to haunt him.

Family and friends have paid tribute to the woman who "held their family together" after she was hit and killed by an out-of-control car in Adelaide's inner north.

A 91-year-old Perth great grandmother is in hospital tonight after a terrifying home invasion.

Explosive allegations that former Perth Lord Mayor Lisa Scaffidi sacked the council CEO because he reported her to the Corruption and Crime Commission (CCC) have been heard at at a government inquiry.

9News has been given an exclusive look inside the state's first legal medicinal cannabis farm, situated somewhere in the south-west town.

A crime scene is still in place at an asbestos removal business on Treasure Road in Welshpool, where the body of a 26-year old woman was discovered on Tuesday.

A WA state taskforce is aiming to reduce the notoriety of tags and remove them as quick as possible.

A WA pig farm has been fined $500,000, and two of its workers jailed, over an "arrogant" plan to create a Danish "super-pig" using smuggled semen.

They say experience is the best teacher and now there are calls for children in schools across Western Australia to spend less time at the desk and more time out and about.

Premier Mark McGowan today joked in parliament about press freedom after admitting he didn't know whether a dangerous resident had escaped from Perth's Disability Justice Centre.

The West Australian Department of Transport is cracking down on the state's boaties through the introduction of high-tech security cameras at popular locations across the Swan and Canning Rivers.

Scott Austic is serving a life sentence for the 2007 murder of Stacey Thorne, who was stabbed to death in her Boddington home, south-east of Perth.

A woman accused of stealing almost $140,000 from her Alzheimer's-affected mother has cried in a Perth court and defended her spending.

Ebony and Chris Taylor were on a family holiday in Bali when he suddenly died right in front of his wife.

Mitchell Brindley is the first person to be sentenced under WA’s new revenge porn laws and was today handed a 12 month intense supervision order.

The couple say they went to a WA hospital with concerns their unborn baby wasn't moving, but were discharged after being reassured everything was normal.

The 36-year-old senior constable was escorting the girl to the watch house when he wrestled her in a "gross overreaction" against a vulnerable girl.

Twiggy Forrest’s Minderoo Group is proposing something very different for the iconic Cottesloe beach front - opting to demolish The Indiana Tea House.

Heavily armed police have arrested a suspected gunman in Perth's east following a spate of armed robberies.

Two companies and two people have been charged over the death of a teenage boy who had been working on a construction site in Perth in 2017.

A Perth truck driver, accused of causing a deadly highway crash which killed a mother-of-three, has had his charge upgraded to manslaughter.

A Perth couple has taken a neighbourhood dispute to court, angry over children kicking sports balls into their backyard.

Questions are being asked of school south of Perth after a bushfire broke out dangerously close to it on Thursday morning.

A supporter of a Perth mother accused of trying to kill her baby son with bleach has lashed out at the media as she was released on bail.

Mobile footage shows a young woman running away in fear before Ryan Alexander Ball, 24, tackles and throws her to the ground before kicking her.

The artist behind the world renowned Field of Light installation at Uluru is set to embark on his first city-wide exhibition later this year.

An elderly Perth man, accused of hitting an UberEats cyclist with his car and leaving her for dead, has faced court after police spent more than two weeks trying to track him down.

A Perth man who stabbed a young father through the heart has been jailed for life - beginning his long sentence the day before his mother is due to be released for a murder she committed nearly twenty years ago.

A dangerous driver who led police on a high speed chase through Perth’s south has escaped arrest after running from his burning car. 

WA Police have issued a warning after a man was allegedly was caught on security tapes stalking several women in public toilets.

A South Australian hobby farmer who kidnapped and raped a European backpacker has been hospitalised, forcing a delay in his sentencing.

Avoiding driving over speed bumps to carrying a canine first aid-kit while taking your pooch for a walk, these are just some of the guidelines the WA government has proposed for the state's dog owners.

Police are hunting a group of teenagers behind a wild brawl inside a Perth shopping centre, which left two police officers and a Good Samaritan injured.

The world first housing estate called East Village at Knutsford in Fremantle, will source all of its power from solar panels and a 670kw/h residential battery – the largest of its kind in WA.

New data revealed by 9News shows some mid-range suburban locations across Adelaide are defying the national house price downturn.

West Australian seniors have been conned out of tens of thousands of dollars in a fake telco scam, targeting newly-connected National Broadband Network customers.

Bali bombing survivors are preparing for a new fight, after plans to build a peace park on the Sari club site have taken a turn.

Former rookie-listed West Coast Eagles ruckman Tony Olango admitted to punching another man at a party in Darwin, despite pleading not guilty to the charge.

A male driver and his two passengers have survived a steep five metre drop after crashing their car into a dam during a tense police chase in Perth.

The West Coast Eagles management team have held a crisis meeting with Optus Stadium officials over their concerns about the ground’s hardness.

Ambitious fiscal measures announced by the Northern Territory Government today will see net debt peak at $8.8 billion in 2026/27. 

Police raided Arriana Diamonds just off Hay Street on April 2 where a second hand dealer was met by Perth Detectives and Forensic Officers.

The Perth millionaire was heard manipulating his friend to burn down his Welshpool warehouse, offering him $50,000 to 'get the job done'.

WA drinkers are being warned the cost of beer will go up when the state’s container deposit scheme kicks in next year.