WA news LIVE: Freo fans bound for the MCG

The pilgrimage to the MCG has begun for Fremantle fans as die-hard Dockers supporters hit the road ahead of the team’s Grand Final clash against Brisbane on Saturday.

All three domestic airlines have announced thousands of extra seats to help accommodate fans coming from Perth and Brisbane to Melbourne, but the tickets don’t come cheap, with Jetstar charging $1300 one-way from Perth to Melbourne on Friday.

While some are booking those flights, others are choosing to make the journey by road, including BackChat podcaster Seb Clarke who is starting the journey this morning in the ‘Wharfie Mobile’ from Fremantle.

“We actually booked this in about midway through the year, we were so confident that the Dockers would get there,” he said.

This week will be much milder than last week with temperatures in the low 20s. At this stage Grand Final day in Perth is shaping up to be quite wet.

Good morning and welcome to our live news blog for this Monday, September 21.

Making headlines today, WA Liberal party president Caroline Di Russo has declared the ‘The Clan’ is a footnote in the history of her party as she prepares to step down from the role next month after serving the maximum allowable four years.

The Clan was a powerful faction of two-dozen people that included MPs counting Nick Goiran and former MPs Peter Collier and current OECD chair Mathias Cormann that attempted to orchestrate the installation of members or allies in office-bearing roles and candidates.

Meanwhile, authorities have withdrawn shark capture gear they initially dropped to try and catch and kill a suspected great white shark responsible for a fatal attack on a swimmer at the weekend.