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One lucky ticket has won a whopping $25 million on Thursday’s Powerball – half of the total prize on offer – but the winner is yet to come forward and claim their prize.
Lotterywest spokesperson Zoe Wender said that the winner was in the metropolitan area and was a single-entry unregistered ticket, meaning they had no way to contact them.
One lucky Perth Powerball ticket has hit the jackpot.
“If you had a ticket in last night’s Powerball jackpot, check your numbers because you could be West Australia’s latest multi-millionaire,” Wender said.
“We usually see players come forward within the first couple of days, so it’s very possible that we could hear from the winner even this afternoon over the weekend, but it’s very possible that someone has that ticket stuck to their fridge in their glove box and has absolutely no idea that they’re sitting on a $25 million prize.”
Wender said her understanding was that the winner of the second half of the jackpot was based in Alice Springs and also had not come forward.
Winners have 12 months to come forward and collect their winnings.
“Western Australia has celebrated three Powerball wins so far this year – just last month, a Peel woman in her 60s claimed a $20 million prize, and back in April, a trio of friends from Perth’s eastern suburbs claimed a $30 million prize,” Wender said.
“We haven’t seen more than three power ball wins since 2015 so it’s been 10 years since the state has celebrated three wins in one year.”
On Thursday, you might have seen vision of cars banked up along the Kwinana Freeway after some kind passersby stopped to help two ducks and their ducklings cross the busy road.
Well, it’s happened again this morning in the exact same spot, with the ducks crossing the northbound lanes near Canning Highway in Como.
Cars were once again brought to a standstill down the freeway to Leach Highway, while the animals were helped across the road.
Main Roads WA captured some vision of this morning’s rescue that you can watch below.
An air conditioning company and its director have been fined a total of $140,000 and ordered to pay $5661 in costs after a worker was injured when he fell through a skylight.
National Refrigeration Solutions – trading as Action Air Conditioning Services – pleaded guilty to failing to provide and maintain a safe working environment and was fined $120,000 in the Perth Magistrates Court on Wednesday.
Company director Kurt David Graham pleaded guilty to neglect and was fined $20,000.
The company had been employed to install an air conditioning system at a two-storey office building in Balcatta.
A worker stepped backwards onto an unguarded skylight and fell over four metres.
His leg struck the balustrade of a staircase on the first-floor, before falling to the concrete landing.
He suffered a large haematoma to his thigh that later required surgery, along with bruising to his head and right knee.
Graham had visited the site before the start of work and failed to consider that the skylight was a hazard, resulting in a personal fine as well as the one that was handed to the company.
WorkSafe Commissioner Sally North expressed disappointment with continuing cases of falls from height.
“Skylights and plastic roof sheeting are known to be fragile and must be considered just as hazardous as the open edge of a roof,” she said.
“The court heard that Mr Graham had told workers to ‘be careful’ around the skylights, but that does not constitute a control measure and will not prevent falls.
“This case is a reminder that it is the duty of anyone in charge of a workplace to eliminate the risk of falls where they can.”
A 41-year-old man has been arrested over a string of offences after leading police on a high-speed chase through Perth’s northern suburbs.
A green Mitsubishi Triton was stolen during a burglary at a property in Ballajura some time between 4pm on Tuesday and 8.20am on Wednesday.
Footage from the arrest. Credit: Police Media
On Thursday morning, officers spotted the stolen vehicle travelling on Yirrigan Drive in Mirrabooka and activated their lights and sirens, signalling for the vehicle to stop.
Police allege the 41-year-old was driving the vehicle and failed to stop, accelerating away from officers.
An evade police incident ensued through several suburbs, including Mirrabooka and Balcatta, during which the vehicle was driven recklessly and at speed, in breach of traffic control signals, and at times on the wrong side of the road.
A short time later, the vehicle came to a stop at the corner of Delawney Street and Natalie Way in Balcatta, and the man was taken into custody.
He has been charged with stealing, making a threat to unlawfully do an act, stealing a motor vehicle and driving recklessly, failing to stop, reckless driving to escape pursuit, no authority to drive, property damage and possessing meth.
He is due to appear in Perth Magistrates Court today.
Western Australia’s state-owned energy utility has admitted overcharging customers to the tune of $40 million over the past 15 years.
Synergy announced the overpayment, which related to closed accounts being charged, on Friday. About 174,000 customers have been affected.
Synergy has admitted overcharging customers who closed their accounts.Credit: Bethany Rae
“In many cases this has happened because Synergy’s allowed customers to continue to pay to their closed account, even in the absence of a bill,” chief executive Kurt Baker told ABC Perth.
In a statement, Synergy said it had identified all affected customers and would contact them directly.
Friday’s overpayment revelation comes after the company revealed in July it had overcharged more than 2800 Centrelink recipients by $2.29 million since 2009.
Synergy was forced to repay the money and apologise after the over-charges were reported to WA’s utility watchdog, the Economic Regulation Authority.
The authority found Synergy breached its code of conduct by failing to tell customers within 10 business days that they had been overcharged.
Synergy reported to the authority that it continued to accept Centrepay payments from the customers despite their electricity accounts being closed.
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WA teenager Albert Esterhuysen gave Sam Konstas an almighty send-off but it was NSW who had the last laugh in the One-Day Cup clash at the WACA Ground.
Esterhuysen, playing just his second one-dayer for WA, bowled Konstas for 40 and then unleashed an extended roar and stare-down in the Test opener’s direction during an emotional celebration.
Konstas entered Thursday’s match desperate for a big score to mount a solid case for an Ashes call-up, but he couldn’t go on with the job after a strong start.
Half-centuries to Kurtis Patterson (66 off 71 balls) and Moises Henriques (54 off 66) lifted NSW to a formidable 331.
In reply, WA were bowled out for 244 in 46.5 overs, with the returning Mitch Marsh making just two as NSW cruised to an 87-run bonus-point victory.
Australia T20 captain Mitch Marsh, fresh from an international ton, fell in the third over for WA.Credit: Getty Images
The result left WA nursing a 1-2 record, while NSW (2-1) moved into second spot, behind only unbeaten Tasmania (3-0).
WA’s innings never got going, despite boasting a stacked batting line-up that had Cameron Bancroft batting at No.7.
Marsh, who came in fresh off his unbeaten 103 in Australia’s T20 victory over New Zealand, was out in just the third over when he was caught on the boundary slashing at a wide Sean Abbott (3-28) delivery.
Joel Curtis (15), Sam Fanning (8) and Cooper Connolly (5) all came and went as WA crashed to 4-45 in the 10th over.
Sam Whiteman received a huge life on two when he was caught at slip – only for Jack Edwards’ delivery to be deemed a front-foot no-ball.
Whiteman went on to make 52 off 56 balls, but his departure in the 24th over at the hands of Tanveer Sangha was a bitter blow to WA’s victory hopes.
Bancroft (48), Ashton Agar (44) and Aaron Hardie (37) all produced handy knocks, but with the required run-rate soaring out of control, WA were never truly in the hunt following the top-order batting collapse.
Earlier, Konstas struck seven fours in a quick-fire knock before chopping on 19-year-old paceman Esterhuysen (2-58).
NSW slumped from 3-203 to 6-225 largely thanks to Bryce Jackson’s double strike in the 30th over that sent Patterson and Jack Edwards packing in the space of four balls.
But the Warriors couldn’t complete the job, with handy runs from Henriques, Sean Abbott (35) and Charlie Stobo (39 off 20 balls) getting NSW well beyond 300.
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To breaking news, homicide detectives are investigating a serious incident that occurred at Waterbank, north of Broome, early this morning.
Around 12.30am, police received reports a 41-year-old man had sustained critical injuries.
He was conveyed to Broome Hospital for medical treatment, but died a short time later.
A 41-year-old woman is now assisting police with their inquiries.
It is believed the pair were known to each other.
Inquiries are ongoing, and anyone with information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or online at crimestopperswa.com.au.
Reports can be made anonymously.
It was a stunt police have labelled “idiotic and stupid”.
A passenger was caught riding on a car bonnet down a suburban street in Perth’s southeast on Tuesday, seemingly filming the incident in footage captured by CCTV.
“It beggars belief,” WA Police Commander Mike Peters said.
Police Minister Reece Whitby agreed, calling it “insanely irresponsible”.
You can hear more about the incident below.
A 45-year-old Polish man will appear in court today, after he was allegedly caught trying to smuggle more than four kilograms of cocaine into Perth in his luggage.
Australian Border Force officers stopped the man for a baggage examination at Perth International Airport on September 29 after noticing he was behaving suspiciously.
A Polish national has been arrested at Perth Airport.Credit: Australian Federal Policeq
Officers allegedly found two foil wrapped packages containing a white substance inside the lining of the man’s suitcase.
The Australian Federal Police were called to arrest the man and seize the drugs.
The man was charged with one count of importing a commercial quantity of cocaine.
AFP Acting Commander Murray Taylor said the work they did at Australia’s airports was “critical to protecting people from drug traffickers who are driven by greed and profiting at the expense of our community’s most vulnerable”.
“Illicit drugs cause untold pain and suffering to many Australians,” he said.
ABF Superintendent John Eldridge said it was a “combination of training, intelligence and just good old-fashioned intuition that can inform what we look for when a passenger is selected for a baggage search”.
“We remain steadfast in our commitment to detect and prevent harmful drugs from entering Australia through international airports as traffickers continue to try their luck,” he said.
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A boy holds an American flag as Israelis react to the news of the Gaza peace deal at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv.Credit: Getty Images
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