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Just how hard is it to make a 300m sniper shot?

Nick Martin’s body wasn’t cold before rumours started about how good a shot the person who killed the Rebels bikie chief must have been. So Ben Harvey went to find out.

Ben Harvey

Top watchedVideoCommentsPremiumDebate wins votes and audience ratings for Seven

Last night’s clash between Premier Mark McGowan and Opposition leader Zak Kirkup saw Perth viewers firmly fixed on Channel Seven’s Flashpoint as the the two made their last ditch efforts to win votes.

Krystal Sanders

Premier respondsPremium‘We won’t hesitate to put up hard border again’

Premier Mark McGowan says he does not want Australia’s international border to be opened until a COVID-19 vaccine exists, warning the State Government would re-introduce WA’s border ‘if we have to’.

Sarah Steger

‘Ghost town’CommentsPremiumCall to stop Eastern States firms ‘destroying’ CBD

Business leaders have called for changes to revitalise the ailing Perth CBD, including for Eastern States employers to move workers back to city offices, as well as free parking and transport.

Angela Pownall

Ground-breaking achievementCommentsPremiumWA in world-first organ donation break through

Life-saving research out of Perth will slash the time it takes to find organ donation matches from days down to four hours.

Caitlyn Rintoul

Lifesaving helpCommentsPremiumCall for wealthy to loan jets for organ transplants

A top Perth doctor is calling on WA’s millionaires to lend their private jets for organ donation transfers after the coronavirus pandemic made moving transplants across the country more difficult.

Caitlyn Rintoul

Economic recoveryCommentsManufacturing jobs key to economic recovery: Nev Power

The head of the PM’s COVID-19 economic recovery Nev Power says manufacturing and processing jobs will be key to WA’s future.

Kate Ryan

Island paradiseCommentsPremiumTourism Minister’s bid to lure youth to Rotto

Paul Papalia has renewed calls to improve backpackers’ facilities and wants a five-star Rottnest Lodge to bring more young people to the holiday island.

Bethany Hiatt

Trade Flashpoint SpecialVideoSeven West Media WA releases Flashpoint special for the WA communications industry

FLASHPOINT PRESENTS COMMUNICATIONS, COVID-19 & LOOKING FORWARD discusses how the WA market coped with the COVID-19 pandemic and what’s in store as the industry recovers.

Flashpoint

WA a state of mindPremiumBishop: WA republic ‘not a bad idea’

Julie Bishop wants WA to maintain an “attitudinal secession” from the rest of the country after the border closure is lifted and has urged “Westralians” to keep thinking differently.

Annabel Hennessy

Changing tackVideoWhy businesses must adapt to survive COVID-19

Corporate heavyweight Richard Goyder has praised coronavirus-stricken business owners who have thought outside the box, saying those who can reinvent themselves will not only survive but thrive.

Danielle Le Messurier

Dire predictionIs WA headed for 180,000 unemployed?

Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA chief economist Aaron Morey made the dire prediction on Channel 7’s Flashpoint last night.

Danielle Le Messurier

Current AffairsFlashpoint returns to clear up COVID-19 myths

As shoppers brawl over toilet paper and potential COVID-19 patients are being left in hospital carparks, there has never been a more important time to sort “fact from fiction”.

Peter de Kruijff

‘Seek help’VideoPremiumBig miners ‘need to do more’ for FIFO workers

The father of a young FIFO worker who took his own life has warned that major resources companies need to do more to improve rosters and support services for workers.

Sarah-Jane Tasker

‘Cancer of the bush’PremiumShould FIFO workers be banned in WA?

The McGowan Government has been called on to follow Queensland’s lead and ban fly-in, fly-out workers on resources projects close to regional towns to breathe life back into remote areas.

Sarah-Jane Tasker

Trial of the CenturyPremium‘Shocking’ details about Claremont victims

WA’s former top cop has warned the public to steel themselves for gruesome details about the deaths of suspected Claremont serial killer victims Jane Rimmer and Ciara Glennon.

Tim Clarke

Ratings jumpPremiumFlashpoint tackling topics WA viewers want to see

Seven’s new local current affairs program Flashpoint has enjoyed a 45 per cent ratings rise since its premiere as viewers tune in to coverage of a variety of stories affecting West Aussies.

Pierra Willix

FlashpointVideoBehind the scenes at WA’s only panel show

The West Australian went behind the scenes to see the making of the panel show; from meetings and last ditch phone calls to tense control room moments and prickly panel discussions.

Cannabis confessionPremiumFlashpoint: WA Deputy Premier admits he did inhale

Roger Cook has opened up about how he tried cannabis with friends while studying at university but has said WA will not follow the ACT in legalising its use.

Rourke Walsh

Mondo carve upPremiumSteaks high as vegans promise stampede on butcher

Perth’s celebrity butcher Vince Garreffa has become the next target of the radical vegan activist group fronted by James Warden, after the Mondo Butchers owner refused to stop selling horse meat.

Caitlyn Rintoul

extremist fearsPremiumTerrorists use online games to ‘target Perth kids’

Parents have been warned their children are at risk of falling down the ‘rabbit hole of radicalisation and extremism’ while gaming.

Caitlyn Rintoul and Tim McMillan

Thank you, nextLeonora says no thanks to foreign nuclear waste pitch

Leonora was identified as a prime candidate in WA for a dumping site similar to a facility being built in Finland, where a 2km-deep tunnel would be drilled to store radioactive waste.

Tom Zaunmayr

FlashpointPremiumParty wants nukes on the table for WA

Developing nuclear power in WA will be the key policy of a new political party to be launched on Channel 7’s current affairs panel show Flashpoint tonight.

Tim McMillan

GroundbreakingPremiumResearchers ‘remarkably close’ to single-shot vaccine

Groundbreaking research carried out in WA by the Telethon Kids Institute seeks to develop single vaccines to cover all strains of common bugs such as whooping cough and influenza, and last a lifetime.

Rhianna Mitchell