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Two men are set to face court in Midland today after allegedly leading police on a wild chase through Perth’s north-eastern suburbs on Wednesday.
Police had spotted a black Holden Colorado which they identified as having been involved in an earlier incident in Middle Swan, and attempted to pull it over about 9.20am, but it allegedly sped away.
A police chase in Perth’s east came to an end when a car had its tyres destroyed by police spikes.Credit: 9News Perth
“It will be further alleged, the Colorado continued to be driven in an erratic and reckless manner, through areas including Ellenbrook, Henley Brook and Brabham, during which the Colorado reversed heavily into a police vehicle,” a WA Police spokesperson said.
The Holden was then abandoned on Partridge Street in Brabham before the driver fled and jumped in an allegedly stolen Toyota Hilux, which then led police on another chase through Brabham, Midvale and High Wycombe.
Police Air Wing tracked the Hilux as it sped through the city’s north-east before officers finally brought it to a stop on Roe Highway in Maida Vale and arrested the men inside.
A 32-year-old Swan View man has been charged with a combined 21 offences, including no authority to drive; reckless driving to escape pursuit by police; endangering the life, health or safety of a person; possessing stolen property; and possessing or acquiring ammunition while not being authorised by a licence or permit.
Meanwhile, a 31-year-old Swan View man was charged with stealing and attempting to steal a motor vehicle, and no authority to drive (never held), among other charges.
Both men will appear before Midland Magistrates Court today.
Here’s what is making headlines elsewhere today:
House and unit prices in every Australian capital city are on track to hit fresh highs by the end of 2026, new forecasts reveal. The cost to buy the typical house across the country’s combined capitals is forecast to rise by 6 per cent next year, hitting a record price of $1,339,267, according to Domain’s Forecast Report 2026 released on Thursday. Unit prices are also tipped to rise, jumping 5 per cent to a new median of $759,112.
The Coalition is exploring how it could toughen screening to make sure new migrants agree with Australian values, as Opposition Leader Sussan Ley’s frontbench works on an immigration policy that will unite fractured MPs while taking the fight to Labor. Enhancing the Australian values statement that prospective migrants must sign when they apply for certain visas is one option available to Ley’s home affairs spokesman Jonno Duniam and immigration spokesman Paul Scarr, who have been asked to design a policy in the next few weeks.
The eSafety commissioner, Julie Inman Grant, has been called to testify before the US Congress over Australia’s Online Safety Act, with a Republican lawmaker labelling her a “noted zealot for global take-downs” and an enemy of American free speech. Inman Grant has been given less than two weeks’ notice to testify before the committee over accusations that the commissioner had “colluded with pro-censorship entities” while developing the under-16s social media ban set to come into effect on December 1.
Some of Australia’s biggest superannuation funds have been accused of profiting from shipments of Russian oil passing through South-East Asia, raising fears that Australians’ retirement savings are helping fund Vladimir Putin’s war against Ukraine. An estimated 1 million tonnes of Russian oil have been offloaded over the past two years at a shipping terminal in Malaysia co-owned by a company in the portfolio of an investment vehicle controlled by a consortium of Australian industry super funds.
Good morning readers and welcome to our live news blog for Thursday, November 20.
Making headlines today is some movement – finally – on the long-vacant Bullsbrook COVID quarantine centre, which has sat empty since it was finished in 2022.
The Bullsbrook quarantine facility has sat empty since its completion in September 2022.Credit: Multiplex
Federal police are exploring plans to transform the quarantine village into a major training compound, according to documents released under freedom of information laws.
Carla Hildebrandt has the full story. You can read it here.
Meanwhile, Domain has released its forecast for the nation’s housing market in 2026.
So, what does the future have in store for Perth house prices? Well, there will be more growth, but perhaps at not as rapid a rate as has been seen in previous years.
And there’s little relief in sight for WA’s beleagured renters.
Michael Philipps has the full story here.
And finally, the first night of the AFL draft unsurprisingly saw Willem Duursma taken at pick No.1 by the West Coast Eagles.
But there was still an element of chaos and unpredictability in the night.
Read the full wrap here.
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