A mobile speed camera operator working for the state’s Road Safety Commission has been charged with reckless driving and the commission’s vehicle has been impounded after he allegedly forced another car to swerve off the road to avoid a collision.

The 67-year-old man was working in the Wheatbelt on Tuesday, September 29, and driving an Isuzu D-Max on Great Eastern Highway between Tammin and Cunderdin when he allegedly overtook a road train in a “reckless manner”, a police spokesperson said.

An oncoming vehicle was forced to slow down and move onto the shoulder of the road to avoid a collision, which led to WA Police’s road policing investigation team to launch a probe.

The man, from Toodyay, was subsequently summonsed to appear in Northam Magistrates Court on December 14.

The amount of time it takes for a house to sell in Perth has more than doubled over the past year, according to new data from Cotality.

And the firm’s October Housing Chart Pack, released today, also reveals dwelling values in Perth slid by 4.7 per cent over the September quarter.

It detailed a “weak” start to spring that research director Tim Lawless said reflected more than the usual seasonal interruptions.

“School holidays and football finals can disrupt the market during September, but they don’t explain the extent of the slowdown we’re seeing in sales activity or why homes are taking so much longer to sell,” Lawless said.

Here’s what’s happening elsewhere today:

• The corporate regulator has dropped its insider trading investigation into WiseTech Global founder Richard White, but is still pursuing one of the logistics software company’s employees.

• Ukraine has suffered a severe disruption to Starlink networks run by tech titan Elon Musk after days of dispute with Donald Trump, sparking claims the US president has betrayed the country and sided with Russia.
• Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump has shared an AI video in which he wrestles the tiger that killed a British man at a South Yorkshire zoo.

• Sam Wood left a trail of disgruntled business partners of the fitness program that made him a millionaire, with two separate court cases seeking to recoup money from the fitness guru and accused domestic abuser.

• Actor and comedian Russell Brand was a “ruthless” predator who was obsessed with sexual conquest and told friends of his aim to sleep with 5000 women over his lifetime, a court heard on the opening day of his trial on rape and assault charges.

Good morning readers, and welcome to our live news blog for Thursday, October 15.

Making headlines today is news from Rivervale, where residents are at their wits’ ends, driven to despair over ongoing issues with nearby public housing.

The suburb has been in the spotlight recently after business owners banded together to raise problems about ongoing anti-social behaviour and dysfunction along the local shopping strip with the state government.

The community has requested a sit-down with agencies including the Department of Housing, Communities and WA Police, to explain issues they are experiencing due to unchecked and unsupported public housing in the suburb.