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Heather McNeill

Heather McNeill

Heather McNeill is the deputy editor and chief reporter at WAtoday.

An ambulance at the scene of the incident in Armadale on Monday afternoon.

‘Fuel thief’ behind bars for alleged hit-and-run drive-off as six WA petrol stations run dry

A Perth man accused of stealing fuel from a petrol station and then running over an attendant with his car as he fled will spend the next fortnight behind bars. 

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WA Police Commissioner Col Blanch, Fuel prices, stealing

WA Police brace for fuel theft boom as Cook takes ACCC to task

The average price of unleaded jumped more than 10 cents to $2.40 per litre overnight, while diesel jumped more than 3 cents to $2.76 per litre.

  • Hamish Hastie and Heather McNeill
Police arrested all eight of the boys after the stolen car came to a stop in Thornlie.

160km/h with eight kids in the car: Perth boy’s high-speed chase could have ended in catastrophe, court told

A 13-year-old boy is accused of reaching speeds of up to 160km/h as he led police on a high-speed chase with seven other children crammed into the small car. 

  • Heather McNeill
Jason Forbes has been jailed over a plot to kidnap a young girl and hold her captive in the attic of his Perth home.

Authorities reveal moment Perth would-be child abductor realised he was being raided

“The offender was initially resistant to let us into the home, but once we got into the premises it was apparent why he didn’t want us in there.”

  • Heather McNeill
Jason Forbes and the mind map and modified attic police discovered in his Baldivis house.

Perth man jailed over elaborate plan to kidnap girl, keep her in his attic

In the months before his arrest the man had modified the roof space in his home to be a soundproof “panic room”, and had blacked out the windows of his Tesla.

  • Heather McNeill
Austin Appelbee (right) with his mother Joanne, brother Beau and sister Grace at home in Perth on Tuesday.

WorkSafe investigating hotel that lent Appelbee family kayak, paddleboards

WorkSafe is carrying out preliminary investigations into the Dunsborough hotel that hired the Appelbee family a kayak and two paddleboards on the day they were swept out to sea by rough conditions.

  • Heather McNeill
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Zachariah Ugle was sought by police after he was suspected of carrying a gun in Pinjarra.

Accused Pinjarra gunman claims rifle that forced lockdown was just a toy

The Lakelands teenager was arrested on January 13 after seven hours on the run evading significant police resources, including the tactical response group.

  • Heather McNeill and Chelsea Bowden
Austin Appelbee swam four kilometres to save his family.

Perth boy’s incredible tale of grit and survival goes global

After swimming four kilometres to shore in rough seas, Austin collapsed thinking he had failed his family, who had been swept out to sea. What happened next was a miracle.

  • Heather McNeill
Austin Appelbee swam four kilometres to save his family who had been swept out to sea off the coast of Western Australia on Friday.

Teenage hero swims four kilometres to rescue family stranded in ocean off WA coast

The family had been kayaking and paddleboarding in WA’s South West when they were swept out to sea in rough conditions.

  • Heather McNeill and Cameron Myles
The Perth rally being evacuated by police on January 26.

‘A horrific act of overt hate’: Senate condemns attempted bombing at Perth Invasion Day rally

The senate passed a motion on Tuesday to condemn the attempted bombing at Perth’s Invasion Day rally on January 26, with Senator Lidia Thorpe labelling the incident “an act of horrific, overt hate and racism”. 

  • Heather McNeill and Nick Newling