source : the age
Emergency crews have been called to a workplace incident at a towing car yard in Osborne Park this morning.
WA Police, firefighters and paramedics attended a business on the corner of Collingwood and Sundercombe streets around 5.40am.
It’s not clear what has occurred, but Worksafe has been notified.
Workers could be seen outside the venue, speaking with police.
Here’s what’s making news across the nation and around the world today:
- Key Sydney Swans players are at the centre of a Victoria Police sexual assault investigation, putting their immediate playing futures under a cloud and plunging the club’s finals campaign into turmoil.
Good morning and welcome to our live news blog for this Tuesday, the 18th of August, 2026.
Making headlines today, a leading economics expert says the Productivity Commission needs to look at new options to fix flaws in the nation’s GST distribution, rather than reverting to the pre-2018 system, and has suggested a contingency fund as a way to alleviate perceived bias in how funding is allocated between states.
Meanwhile, a West Australian man has found himself behind bars after he allegedly made a drunk call to triple-zero claiming the Mandurah Police Station was going to blow up.
And, do we have free speech in Western Australia?
