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Sydney Morning Herald
12 hours ago
- Health
- Sydney Morning Herald
Father speaks out after court orders him not to interfere in son's chemotherapy
A West Australian father barred from interfering with his teenager's chemotherapy has revealed he now supports his son's cancer treatment. The family, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, claim they wanted time to consider their options, but the boy was taken away before they could. The teenager was recently diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia, a rare form of blood cancer. On Monday, the boy's father told the Family Court his son had been kidnapped by the state, and he was there to retrieve him. The father on Thursday revealed to 9News Perth what happened after his son was diagnosed. 'They said, 'We're taking the boy to Perth, we're flying him right now to hospital', and we felt very pressurised, and I said, 'We need 24 hours just to review our options – there's a few key people to speak to',' he said. But the family claims they didn't get that time before police arrived at their home that night and the next day. 'The boy went back in the house because the house was surrounded, and it seemed that they were absolutely going to kidnap him,' the father said. 'Every time there's a shape move behind us or a red and blue light, we're all filled with terror.'
The Age
12 hours ago
- Health
- The Age
Father speaks out after court orders him not to interfere in son's chemotherapy
A West Australian father barred from interfering with his teenager's chemotherapy has revealed he now supports his son's cancer treatment. The family, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, claim they wanted time to consider their options, but the boy was taken away before they could. The teenager was recently diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia, a rare form of blood cancer. On Monday, the boy's father told the Family Court his son had been kidnapped by the state, and he was there to retrieve him. The father on Thursday revealed to 9News Perth what happened after his son was diagnosed. 'They said, 'We're taking the boy to Perth, we're flying him right now to hospital', and we felt very pressurised, and I said, 'We need 24 hours just to review our options – there's a few key people to speak to',' he said. But the family claims they didn't get that time before police arrived at their home that night and the next day. 'The boy went back in the house because the house was surrounded, and it seemed that they were absolutely going to kidnap him,' the father said. 'Every time there's a shape move behind us or a red and blue light, we're all filled with terror.'
Sydney Morning Herald
a day ago
- Politics
- Sydney Morning Herald
WA news LIVE: Teenager arrested on roof after police chase through Perth suburbs
Latest posts Latest posts 9.39am Teenager arrested on roof after chase through Perth suburbs You may remember the story we brought you yesterday about a wild police chase through Perth's north which had tip-off lines in newsrooms across the city buzzing. WA Police said an allegedly stolen car led officers on a chase from Perth's south to the northern suburbs in the early hours of Wednesday, coming to an end on Whitehorses Drive in Burns Beach just after 8.30am. The car's occupants – a 16-year-old and two other teenage boys – scattered. It wasn't long before police arrested the 16-year-old, but they continued to scour the suburb for the other teens. Resident Jenna Mitchell told 9News Perth she let police into her back garden to search for the missing boys. 'It's really scary, because it's school drop-off time,' Mitchell said. A 14-year-old was arrested more than an hour and a half after the car screeched to a halt in Burns Beach, after he played a game of cat-and-mouse with officers, darting across a house roof before finally being caught when police brought in the canine unit. Police were still searching for the third occupant of the car last night. We'll bring you more on the story as it develops today. 9.39am Across Australia and around the world Here's what is making news elsewhere today: An interest rate is all but assured when the Reserve Bank meets next month, after inflation figures released on Wednesday found the annual rate fell to 2.1 per cent to the June quarter, marking the lowest inflation rate since early 2021. Treasurer Jim Chalmers celebrated the figures, labelling them 'absolutely outstanding'. Inflation numbers were revealed in a sitting week when Labor is working to progress draft laws that would cap medicine under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme at $25, and pass student debt reduction and childcare reform legislation. Debate about Palestinian statehood has also raged on in Canberra, with the matter a key topic of discussion in the Labor caucus. New alerts have forced evacuations along South America's Pacific coast as fears of a devastating tsunami for the US and Japan faded on Wednesday, following one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded off a sparsely populated Russian peninsula. Chile raised its warning to the highest level for most of its lengthy Pacific coast hours ago, with mass evacuations underway amid concerns of a tsunami. The Australian sharemarket is set to fall on Thursday, after most US stocks retreated following the Federal Reserve's decision to hold its main interest rate steady. The Fed's decision is expected to frustrate President Donald Trump, who has been angrily lobbying for lower interest rates, but was widely expected on Wall Street.
The Age
a day ago
- Politics
- The Age
WA news LIVE: Teenager arrested on roof after police chase through Perth suburbs
Latest posts Latest posts 9.39am Teenager arrested on roof after chase through Perth suburbs You may remember the story we brought you yesterday about a wild police chase through Perth's north which had tip-off lines in newsrooms across the city buzzing. WA Police said an allegedly stolen car led officers on a chase from Perth's south to the northern suburbs in the early hours of Wednesday, coming to an end on Whitehorses Drive in Burns Beach just after 8.30am. The car's occupants – a 16-year-old and two other teenage boys – scattered. It wasn't long before police arrested the 16-year-old, but they continued to scour the suburb for the other teens. Resident Jenna Mitchell told 9News Perth she let police into her back garden to search for the missing boys. 'It's really scary, because it's school drop-off time,' Mitchell said. A 14-year-old was arrested more than an hour and a half after the car screeched to a halt in Burns Beach, after he played a game of cat-and-mouse with officers, darting across a house roof before finally being caught when police brought in the canine unit. Police were still searching for the third occupant of the car last night. We'll bring you more on the story as it develops today. 9.39am Across Australia and around the world Here's what is making news elsewhere today: An interest rate is all but assured when the Reserve Bank meets next month, after inflation figures released on Wednesday found the annual rate fell to 2.1 per cent to the June quarter, marking the lowest inflation rate since early 2021. Treasurer Jim Chalmers celebrated the figures, labelling them 'absolutely outstanding'. Inflation numbers were revealed in a sitting week when Labor is working to progress draft laws that would cap medicine under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme at $25, and pass student debt reduction and childcare reform legislation. Debate about Palestinian statehood has also raged on in Canberra, with the matter a key topic of discussion in the Labor caucus. New alerts have forced evacuations along South America's Pacific coast as fears of a devastating tsunami for the US and Japan faded on Wednesday, following one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded off a sparsely populated Russian peninsula. Chile raised its warning to the highest level for most of its lengthy Pacific coast hours ago, with mass evacuations underway amid concerns of a tsunami. The Australian sharemarket is set to fall on Thursday, after most US stocks retreated following the Federal Reserve's decision to hold its main interest rate steady. The Fed's decision is expected to frustrate President Donald Trump, who has been angrily lobbying for lower interest rates, but was widely expected on Wall Street.
Sydney Morning Herald
25-07-2025
- Business
- Sydney Morning Herald
WA news LIVE: Woman lucky to be alive after Perth tornado sends wooden plank flying
Latest posts Latest posts 9.31am Woman lucky to be alive after Perth tornado sends wooden plank flying A woman is lucky to be alive after a tornado hit residents in City Beach – the force of the wind picking up a four-metre long wooden plank and hurling it 200 metres in her direction. Perth artist John Major told 9News Perth he heard his wife scream, after part of his neighbours' porch smashed his outdoor glass table. It was right next to a window, behind which his wife was sitting. 'Another two or three inches to the left or the right and it would have come flying through the window,' Major said. 'My wife would have been dead, there's no doubt about it.' You can watch the CCTV footage that captured that moment, and hear more of Major's story, below. 9.31am Across Australia and around the world Here's what's making headlines elsewhere today: Gaza ceasefire negotiations have collapsed in Qatar, with United States mediators returning home after blaming Hamas for the breakdown in talks. The departure of American negotiators follows the same move from Israeli Benjamin Netanyahu hours earlier, with US special envoy Steve Witkoff saying his team would 'now consider alternative options' to secure stability in the region. Defence Minister Richard Marles and Foreign Minister Penny Wong will meet their United Kingdom counterparts in Sydney, two days after this masthead confirmed Australia had paid the United States another $800 million towards the AUKUS submarine deal under review by the Trump administration. It comes as the Albanese government lifts its import ban on US beef, a key restriction raised by Trump for his proposed sweeping tariffs on Australian goods. Professional wrestling icon Hulk Hogan has died at the age of 71. Hogan was pronounced dead at a Florida hospital after authorities responded to a call about a cardiac arrest on Thursday morning (local time), with local police saying there were 'no signs of foul play or suspicious activity' associated with Hogan's death. US President Donald Trump was among those paying tribute to Hogan, saying his cultural impact was 'massive'. The Australian sharemarket is expected to retreat on Friday, as Wall Street hangs near its records in afternoon trading. The ASX fell on Thursday, with Macquarie shares among the biggest laggards on the bourse. It comes as Trump visited US Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell on Thursday afternoon (local time), two days after Trump labelled Powell a 'numbskull' who will be 'out pretty soon'.
