Body found inside Ballajura house fire
Detectives, alongside officers from WA’s arson squad, have been searching for clues after a body was found inside a Ballajura home yesterday afternoon.
Authorities were called to the property on Alicia Gardens around 4pm after neighbours reported seeing smoke billowing from the garage.
An examination of the scene made the grim discovery of a body.
After investigating the incident overnight, detectives this morning confirmed the death was not suspicious, and that a report will be prepared for the coroner.
Across the country and around the world
Here’s what’s making news across the country and around the world:
- US President Donald Trump has outlined a ceasefire with Iran that promises to halt the war in the Middle East after more than three months of devastating conflict and damage to the world economy, ending the hostilities “on all fronts” including Lebanon.
Today’s weather
We had a cold front to wrap up the weekend and this week it’ll be nothing but cold! Maximum temperatures not getting out of the teens and those single digit nights as low as three degrees. Time to rug up!
Welcome to our live news blog
Good morning and welcome to our live news blog for this Monday, the 15th of June.
Making headlines today, an AI-powered ‘news’ page is at the forefront of WA’s biggest stories, there’s just on problem – none of it is true.
The page claims a Dockers player caused ructions within the club by refusing to wear a “pride round” jersey, and that a Perth man was on the phone to his wife when he was attacked by a shark. Neither is correct.
Meanwhile, the federal government should shut down the current Indigenous Procurement Policy if ‘black cladding’ rorts that deny business to genuine Aboriginal enterprises are not addressed, according to former Aboriginal affairs minister Ken Wyatt.
The former member for the WA federal seat of Hasluck believes legitimate Aboriginal-owned companies are losing out to ‘black clad’ companies setting up joint ventures with Indigenous partners in a cynical bid to qualify for and win Commonwealth contracts designed to encourage Indigenous enterprise.
Stay with us as we bring you the news of the day, as it happens.
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