source : the age
The driver accused of leading police on a high-speed chase through Perth’s southern suburbs yesterday has been charged.
The pursuit went horribly wrong when an 80-year-old male driver, turning from South Street in Leeming onto Beasley Road, was hit by an unmarked police car at around 10.45am.
The front of his car was completely torn off, the impact of the collision sending his car’s engine flying 40 metres on the road.
The elderly man remains in a critical but stable condition in Royal Perth Hospital this morning.
Here’s what’s making headlines across the nation and around the world today:
- Josh Frydenberg has written an elegant book about his life and saving the Liberals. The only problem is that it leaves the reader unsure about whether he wants to lead the party, ensure its survival or just remind people he used to be a future prime minister.
- The price of petrol in Australia has climbed above $2.40 a litre for the first time in more than six months, as an escalation of the Iran war deepens fears of a global oil shortage.
- Frustrated Labor MPs are pushing the federal government to find a permanent solution to ensure the Tax Office accepts credit cards from businesspeople with cashflow problems, fearing a months-long campaign from business groups and the opposition over another unpopular economic policy.
- A new claim about the Brexit referendum has set off an almighty row in Britain over Russian interference – and fuelled arguments about whether the country might one day rejoin the European Union.
Good morning and welcome to our live news blog for this Tuesday, the 13th of October.
Making headlines today, Australia’s health system is unprepared for the growing number of older patients arriving in emergency departments as elderly and frail patients are left in hospital corridors to deteriorate as they wait for a bed, a WA emergency physician warns.
Emergency departments (EDs) will brace for a 411 per cent increase in patients aged 85 and over by 2050, the latest Australasian College of Emergency Medicine’s State of Emergency 2026 report revealed.
Meanwhile, an outbreak of bed bugs has forced the cancellation of a Qantas flight from Rome to Perth, delaying some passengers by as much as two days.
