Lifeguards shut the beach about 2.30pm on Thursday after the Westpac helicopter spotted a two-metre long shark 100m offshore.

Labor’s thumping win in WA must be seen as a good outcome, but points to a problem in our system of representative democracy.

Mostly sunny. Winds southerly 25 to 35 km/h decreasing to 15 to 25 km/h in the evening then turning southeasterly in the late evening. Sunny. Winds east to southeasterly 20 to 30 km/h turning south to ...