Updated August 14, 2026 — 10:14am,first published August 14, 2026 — 9:30am10.14amCases of ‘near misses’ on WA’s train tracks on the rise By There has been a spike in the number of “near misses” along WA’s rail network, with hundreds of people caught on camera deliberately flouting the rules and coming within seconds of a tragedy. CCTV footage shows a man walking across the train tracks, ignoring warning lights and boom gates at Victoria Street Station. The train narrowly misses him by several seconds. CCTV shows some of the shocking near misses along the tracks. In another case at the same station, a man can be seen skipping over a crossing in front of an oncoming train and at in Kenwick, a near miss is captured with a cyclist. Trucks have also been caught driving through powerlines across the tracks in Mosman Park, sparking flames, or directly into a boom gate at Bassendean in their hurry to get through.9.30amThree injured, one in critical condition, after crash in Perth’s south By Three people have been injured, one rushed to hospital with life-threatening injuries, after two cars collided along Forrest Highway in West Pinjarra, south of Perth, on Thursday evening.The Mitsubishi Pajero rolled during the collision.Night NewsAbout 6.40pm, a white Mitsubishi Pajero travelling south on Forrest Highway and a white Hyundai i30 turning right from Greenlands Road onto Forrest Highway were involved in a collision, causing the Mitsubishi to roll.A male passenger of the Mitsubishi sustained life-threatening injuries and was rushed to Royal Perth Hospital for medical treatment.The 43-year-old male driver of the same car was conveyed to Peel Health Campus as a precaution.9.30amAcross the nation and around the worldBy Here’s what’s making headlines today:Labor would send out more immigration officers to try to deport visa overstayers exploiting the system under a proposed element of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s plan to overhaul the country’s migration program.Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese are trying to steer a contentious policy package on migration.Alex EllinghausenUS President Donald Trump will consider Australia’s request for a full exemption from a new and controversial charge on Australian goods after a “very warm and productive” phone call with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese overnight.Passengers were thrown from their seats and dragged along the floor when a train derailed on a major line south of London, trapping some in carriages that were tipped to their sides.Luigi Mangione, the American man accused of killing healthcare chief executive Brian Thompson, is expected to plead guilty to federal stalking charges, creating legal uncertainty about his upcoming state-level murder trial.Telstra chief executive Vicki Brady says “ultimate accountability” for July’s national Triple Zero outage rests with her, after the company’s board stripped $607,000 from her short-term bonus.The $2.5 billion taxpayer rescue of Australia’s largest aluminium smelter has reignited questions over whether public funds are backing uncompetitive manufacturers without first undergoing enough scrutiny, even as the deal gained extensive praise as a vital nation-building investment.9.30amToday’s weatherBy 9.30amWelcome to our live news blogBy Good morning and welcome to our live news blog for Friday, August 14.Making headlines today, former or current university students with Western Australia’s biggest HECS balances are mostly found in inner-city suburbs, a new analysis has revealed, while the biggest concentration of people paying off their loans are residing in Perth’s south.In regional WA, there were just over 27,000 people with a HECS debt, sitting at an average of $22,200 per person.GettyAcross the metropolitan area there were almost 200,000 people paying off an average debt of $26,900 – less than the national average – according to Australian Taxation Office data from the 2023 to 2024 financial year compiled by KPMG.Meanwhile, new statistics released by WA Police reveal the chronic rate of regional crime where, in some parts of the state, you are almost 10 times more likely to be assaulted, sexually attacked or threatened than in metropolitan Perth.1 of 1