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Good morning readers, and welcome to our live news blog for Wednesday, October 15.
Making headlines today, the growing risk of bushfires is driving up the cost of residential building insurance across Perth, with home owners in some suburbs billed more than twice what others pay to manage the risk.
Industry figures from Finity suggest home owners in Mundaring are paying an average of $3273 per year for insurance, though some individuals whose properties have an “elevated risk” could be paying more than $5000.
Meanwhile, St John of God has abandoned plans to build a “world-class” mothers and babies’ centre as part of a major redevelopment at its flagship Subiaco hospital.
And for the last three months, the phone has been ringing off the hook at Newman Police Station.
Not because of a sudden escalation in crime in the remote West Australian mining town, but because so many have rung in to cheer on local officers Britt and Taz, who have become unlikely fan favourites on this year’s season of The Block.
WA Blockheads Britt and Taz.Credit: Ammon Creative
Read our exclusive interview with the couple here.
Stay with us as we bring you the news of the day, as it happens in WA.
