WA news LIVE: State budget to be revealed; Perth brothers ‘surprised by murderers’ while camping

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Perth brothers ‘surprised by murderers’ portion camping: Mexican A-G

To the tragic lawsuit of the Robinson brothers now, and the Mexican authorities of Baja California’s Attorney General has conscionable released a connection astir their murders claiming they were assaulted and killed connected the play of April 27 and 28.

Jake and Callum Robinson were killed portion connected a surfing travel successful Mexico. They are pictured with their parents Martin and Debra Robinson.

“While the foreigners were camping, they were amazed by Jesus and different people, with the volition of stealing their conveyance and successful effect to the victims’ reaction, they deprived them of their lives,” Maria Elena Andrade Ramirez said.

“Through the investigations carried retired ... the achromatic Chevrolet Colorado conveyance successful which the victims were travelling was recovered burned.

“Other grounds was besides collected, specified arsenic rods from tents, firearm shells, integrative gallon bottles, humor stains and traces of dragging, successful the spot wherever it is presumed that they were camping.”

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Saffioti reveals ‘big three’ spending items up of today’s authorities fund

Ahead of handing down her archetypal authorities fund today, Treasurer Rita Saffioti has conscionable spoken to Radio 6PR’s Millsy & Karl.

She is conscionable the 2nd pistillate treasurer successful WA past aft Carmen Lawrence, joking that punters volition not beryllium capable to stake connected the colour of her necktie today, but arsenic a well-known Dockers fan, she had bought a caller purple overgarment for the occasion.

WA Treasurer Rita Saffioti successful her bureau up of Thursday’s authorities budget.

Saffioti said erstwhile premiers and treasurers had wished her good today, including Mark McGowan, Ben Wyatt and Geoff Gallop.

The fund is expected to absorption connected 3 large spending items - outgo of surviving relief, lodging and health.

“A large absorption for america is helping households, and we’ve made immoderate announcements already, and we’ll beryllium making different announcement this afternoon,” she said.

The fund volition beryllium handed down astatine 2pm this afternoon.

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Today’s weather

Do you telephone this autumn? A precocious of 27 degrees, aft reaching a debased of 18. Mostly cloudy.

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This greeting successful Perth

Good greeting readers, and convey you for joining america connected an breathtaking quality time – authorities fund day. I’m Heather McNeill, enactment with america arsenic we bring you the quality from the state’s finances aboriginal today.

But archetypal up, the woman of a antheral charged with kidnapping 2 Perth brothers successful Mexico has told a tribunal her fellow confessed to sidesplitting “three gringos” aft returning location from their campsite.

Jesus Gerardo, known arsenic El Kekas, faced kidnapping charges connected Wednesday.

Meanwhile, determination are claims constabulary refused a petition from paramedics to be a country successful Dawesville involving an alleged altercation which resulted successful the decease of a 45-year-old man.

And it’s been a adust summer, we each cognize that. It’s been a adust autumn truthful far, too. So what does that mean for our prescribed burns program?

Lastly, connected a lighter note, Brendan Foster laments WA’s used-car market, which saw prices soar to ludicrous heights astatine the highest of the COVID pandemic. So, however are things looking now?

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