An Albany teenager who allegedly raped a woman twice has appeared in court for the first time.

Adam Hunter’s premiership-winning mentor John Worsfold says the former West Coast swingman loved football more than any player he had ever come across. 

More than 100 bushwalkers have had plans to trek one of Tasmania's most popular trails impacted by a bushfire in the area.

Asia share markets have had mixed results with some relief that China had been restrained in retaliation to new US tariffs.

Dynamic Metals has the green light to begin hammering into its promising Cognac West gold target, where an astonishing 2040 grams of gold per tonne rock chip sample was unearthed at its project near Kalgoorlie.

WA roads were a little busier this morning as nearly half a million children across the State flocked back to classrooms for the start of the new school year.

WA’s top cop estimates the clean-up and repair bill is in the ‘tens of thousands of dollars’.

The coach has revealed two stars are ‘battling’ and a new captain will be needed.

Detectives tracked the 54-year-old down using new forensic technology. 

He provided fake documents and a CV with several misrepresentations.