WA news LIVE: WA Greens staffer the latest to be banned from Land Forces expo

Updated October 2, 2026 — 10:23am,first published October 2, 2026 — 9:52am10.23amPolice put out call to public as man charged with filming in women’s toiletsBy Police are calling for anyone who used the second-floor female toilets at Myer in Forrest Chase on Sunday, September 20, to contact them after a 21-year-old man was charged with filming a woman inside a toilet stall in a nearby burger store.The man allegedly entered the burger shop’s toilets about 5.30pm that day and used his mobile phone to film a woman inside one of the cubicles.But the woman followed him out of the toilets and into the mall before the 21-year-old left the area, a WA Police spokesperson said.After the woman went to police, the man was quickly identified and arrested, however a review of CCTV footage suggested he also entered the women’s toilets inside Myer, on the second floor of the building.Detectives believe he was in the area between 3.45pm and 5pm on Sunday, September 20.9.53amWA Greens staffer the latest to be banned from Land Forces expoBy 9.53amAcross Australia and around the worldBy Here’s what’s making headlines elsewhere today:The co-pilot accused of trying to crash a flight to Israel is said to have undergone an “Islamist radical indoctrination” that led him to stab the chief pilot and plunge the aircraft toward the ground in a horrifying ordeal for 174 passengers and crew.An absent Isaac Heeney won the Swans’ best and fairest on Thursday night, as club chairman Andrew Pridham said ruling the players involved in the Pullman Hotel scandal ineligible would have been “inappropriate and in excess of the sanction”.Former ABC broadcaster Margaret Throsby is facing a long road to recovery after breaking several bones and suffering extensive head injuries in an e-bike collision with two teenagers riding a “fat bike” along a popular coastal walking track in the Illawarra region.Failures at two of the world’s most popular gaming platforms have drawn the criticism of Australia’s online safety regulator, who warns that the technology giants risk exposing children to exploitation, abuse and violent extremism materials.A coded letter carrying a message from Napoleon Bonaparte to one of his senior generals has been cracked by AI after 217 years.9.53amWelcome to our live news blogBy Good morning readers, and welcome to our live news blog for Friday, October 2.Making headlines today is news from our state’s education system, where major changes are afoot for WA’s year 12 students.The latest School Curriculum and Standards Authority annual report outlines a ‘WACE Refreshment’ plan, focused on “practical changes that make the certificate clearer and more responsive to student needs … aligned with others nationally and internationally”.There are big changes coming for WA’s year 12 students.Joe ArmaoOne of those key changes, to be implemented from 2028, is a new pathway provisionally named WACE Access, with the state government investing $6.9 million in the initiative.1 of 1