Body on road closes Tonkin Highway

Good morning and welcome to our live news blog for Thursday, July 17.

Making headlines today, median house prices across Perth will likely grow by an average of 10 per cent between January and December, new data has revealed, while unit prices will spike 15 per cent over the same period.

The Real Estate Institute WA’s 2025 property market quarterly update revealed that under current market conditions, people would continue to favour units, priced out of buying a home.

Meanwhile, rescued backpacker Carolina Wilga was released from Fiona Stanley Hospital yesterday, six days on from spending 11 days lost in the WA outback. No word yet where she has gone, but it’s understood she is planning to fly back to Germany in the coming days to see family.

And Perth needs good neighbours, but is a beer a bridge too far these days? Columnist Brendan Foster explores whether the brouhaha occurring on his street is more than the norm, or just a natural outcome of our increasing density.

Stay with us as we bring you the local news of the day, as it happens.