WA news LIVE: Perth father hospitalised in Bali after ‘brutal’ group attack

Updated August 20, 2026 — 10:58am,first published August 20, 2026 — 9:48am10.58amTow truck driver killed in workplace accident identifiedBy A tow truck driver killed in a workplace accident in Osborne Park on Tuesday has been identified as Perth mother-of-three Evette Wallington.Wallington, 29, was unloading a car from a tow truck tilt tray about 5.40am when the tragedy unfolded in front of horrified colleagues.Evette Wallington was killed in a workplace accident in Osborne Park on Tuesday. GoFundMeEmergency services were called, but Wallington died at the scene.A fundraiser created by Wallington’s colleague Cameron Christmass said the incident was a “freak accident”.9.48amPerth father hospitalised in Bali after being attacked by group of AustraliansBy A Perth father is in intensive care at a Bali hospital after being attacked by a “group of Australians” while on holiday at the popular Indonesian tourist island.Liam Dougan has started a fundraiser for his father, Paul, who has undergone three surgeries, including to have his spleen removed, after the attack.Perth father Paul Dougan has been hospitalised in Bali after allegedly being assaulted by fellow Australians while on holiday. GoFundMeIn the fundraiser, Liam wrote his father was “brutally assaulted by a group of Australians who are yet to be identified”.“They beat and kicked him multiple times putting him in a life threatening condition,” Liam wrote in the fundraiser, which was created on Wednesday.9.48amAcross Australia and around the worldBy Here’s what’s making headlines elsewhere today:Senior player Isaac Heeney has been revealed as the focus of a sexual assault investigation engulfing the Sydney Swans.Controversial Australian tennis player Nick Kyrgios has taken full responsibility for making a “huge mistake” and will briefly step away from the limelight after testing positive for cocaine.A right-wing influencer who interviewed Pauline Hanson has described the fight to overturn a ban on the neo-Nazi White Australia party as “the last stand” for Australian democracy.Moderna and Merck said a personalised mRNA cancer vaccine reduced the risk of recurrence and spread of melanoma in a late-stage trial, a major success in a new field of cancer treatment that sent Moderna’s shares surging more than 170 per cent.Prince Harry is preparing to return to Britain with his family to live in a private residence after several years in California, in a surprise move that suggests he may seek to mend fences with his father, King Charles, and others in the royal family.9.48amWelcome to our live news blogBy Good morning readers, and welcome to our live news blog for Thursday, August 20.Making headlines today is the revelation more than 100 Olympic pools worth of “bin juice” are seeping into the ground from a tip in Perth’s north.Tamala Park landfill is run by the Mindarie Regional Council and has accepted the household waste of 800,000 Perth homes for 35 years.Tamala Park opened in 1991.Mindarie Regional CouncilThe council is made up of seven local governments and was due to reach the end of its operational life around 2028, however, an excessive buildup of liquid waste is now threatening to derail those closure plans.1 of 1