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  1. FootballPremiumThe season-defining clashes as GNFL enters the home stretch

  2. EmergencyCommentsPremiumVolunteer ambo, off-duty nurse saves her grandfather’s life

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Kalbarri Skywalk.

TourismKalbarri Skywalk ‘key attraction’ for WA tourism

A new report has found one of the Mid West’s most stunning attractions has brought in over $13 million of tourism dollars to the region over two years. 

Sally Q Davies

Dylan Burns parachutes in Jurien Bay on World Skydiving Day.

World Skydiving Day150-plus skydivers take the leap in Jurien Bay in new record

Is it a bird, is it a plane? No, it’s more than 150 people jumping from a plane for World Skydiving Day

Sally Q Davies

Dotty was described as a lifeline for the town and he will be sorely missed as the taxi driver.

Driver wantedBeep beep: Kalbarri on the lookout for new taxi driver as

Calling all taxi drivers: Kalbarri is on the lookout for its newest recruit and driving extraordinaire following devasting news the town’s only, and much loved, taxi driver is retiring due to poor health. 

Imogen Wilson

Crayfisherman and oral history interviewee Bill Kearns.

HistoryPremiumIrwin history recognised as nationally significant

Crayfishing is a staple of the Dongara and Port Denison community, and now the craypots that the town was built on have been judged to be nationally significant. 

Sally Q Davies

Great Northern captain James Simmons with the shield.

FootballPremiumGreat Northern optimistic about country week future

Last week, Great Northern’s colts country week side clinched a landmark victory to bring home their first title in 27 years, sparking plenty of optimism about Great Northern’s future in the competition.

Rebecca Ruthven

Geraldton Buccaneers’ Matt Norman had a season-best performance against Warwick.

BasketballPremiumLadder-leading Buccs not fussed on ladder placement

Geraldton Buccaneers coach Dayle Joseph is paying no attention to ladder positions as his side jumped into top spot after two wins on the road last weekend. 

Rebecca Ruthven

Chapman Valley's Jayden Schofield.

FootballPremiumPremiumSchofield earns country WA call up for interstate clash

Chapman Valley player-coach Jayden Schofield has been given the call-up to the WA State men’s country team preparing to take on South Australia next weekend. 

Kalbarri Skywalk.

TourismKalbarri Skywalk ‘key attraction’ for WA tourism

A new report has found one of the Mid West’s most stunning attractions has brought in over $13 million of tourism dollars to the region over two years. 

MWCBAH volunteers Anne-Maree Hopkinson, Michelle Ralph and Onika Routledge.

Silent auctionGet set for silent auction to help families in need

With this year’s Mid West Charity Begins at Home annual gala on pause, the local organisation is still aiming to hold an impactful event for the region to help families in need.

Lily McCain, 17, and Wil Schwagermann, 17, at the Geraldton Disability Expo.

Community eventsGeraldton Disability Expo bigger than ever in third year

The Geraldton Disability Expo returned on Thursday to offer connection, understanding and opportunity for local disabled people, and their families and carers.

Sally Q Davies

Great Northern captain James Simmons with the shield.

FootballPremiumGreat Northern optimistic about country week future

Last week, Great Northern’s colts country week side clinched a landmark victory to bring home their first title in 27 years, sparking plenty of optimism about Great Northern’s future in the competition.

Rebecca Ruthven

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A major disturbance involving multiple inmates has unfolded at WA’s maximum security prison.

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Officer injured during riot at WA’s maximum security prison

A major disturbance involving multiple inmates has unfolded at WA’s maximum security prison with reports of widespread damage to cells and ‘considerable’ flooding.

Charlton Hart and Caleb Runciman

Cloverdale crash

Disaster and EmergencyVideoPremium‘Small boy lying face down’: Horrific details of fatal crash

Cloverdale residents have recounted the horror and distressing screams that followed a little boy being fatally struck on Tuesday while crossing a suburban street.

Brooke Rolfe

A Perth man who died in a Balinese detention centre reportedly owed tens of thousands of dollars to more than a dozen furious customers he ripped off through his Indonesian car restoration company. 

WA NewsVideoPremiumPerth mechanic found dead in Bali conned man out of $76,000

A Perth man who died in a Balinese detention centre reportedly owed tens of thousands of dollars to more than a dozen furious customers he ripped off through his Indonesian car restoration company. 

Jessica Evensen

Brad Gandy Australian Workers Union WA State Secretary.

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‘I won’t listen to Cook’: Union leader striking against BHP

The senior Labor figure spearheading historic strikes against BHP has told Premier Roger Cook and any other political colleagues hoping for an end to the militant industrial action to get stuffed.

Adrian Rauso and Oliver Lane

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Cockatoo Island.

MiningCommentsPremiumIron ore miner declares insolvency

The Hong Kong company miner on Cockatoo Island off the Kimberley has collapsed into administration, with taxpayers owed money.

Adrian Rauso

A Perth man who died in a Balinese detention centre reportedly owed tens of thousands of dollars to more than a dozen furious customers he ripped off through his Indonesian car restoration company. 

WA NewsVideoPremiumPerth mechanic found dead in Bali conned man out of $76,000

A Perth man who died in a Balinese detention centre reportedly owed tens of thousands of dollars to more than a dozen furious customers he ripped off through his Indonesian car restoration company. 

Jessica Evensen

In a remarkable twist of fate, the two found one another on a red dusty road near Beacon, 12 days after the backpacker went missing.

WA NewsCommentsCommentsHow saving backpacker Carolina changed WA farmer’s life

New details reveal how a local livestock farmer accidentally stumbled across a German backpacker 12 days after she went missing, triggering an international search and rescue mission.

Dr Christian Jack Joseph, 26, appeared in Perth Magistrates Court on Sunday.

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PremiumFreo death accused showed jiu-jitsu choke moves in video

The friend group of a Perth doctor charged over an alleged choke-hold death after an altercation in Fremantle on Saturday morning say they have been left completely stunned after he was thrown behind bars. 

Christian Jack Joseph, 26, is accused of killing a 63-year-old man who was found unresponsive on a Fremantle street in the early hours of Saturday morning.

Courts and CrimeVideoPremiumPremiumYoung Perth doctor accused of killing man in Fremantle

A young doctor has been charged with manslaughter after a 63-year-old was found unresponsive on a Fremantle street in the early hours of Saturday morning.

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Jim Webb and Jeannie Poletti.

EmergencyCommentsPremiumVolunteer ambo, off-duty nurse saves her grandfather’s life

Geraldton’s own Jeannie Poletti never expected to help save the life of someone she knew, let alone her own grandfather, when she started her career as a nurse and St John WA volunteer ambulance officer.

Imogen Wilson

The retail giant has challenged the ACCC, lodging an application with the Australian Competition Tribunal.

RetailCommentsPremiumGoldfields supermarket battle heats up with Coles appeal

Coles is seeking a review of the Australian competition watchdog’s decision to block its proposal for a new supermarket and liquor store in Kalgoorlie.

Rebecca Le May

New trapdoor spider species Idiosoma ganbarrga.

EnvironmentNewly-named spider honours Badimia language

A newly discovered species of spider found in the Murchison region has been officially named using the local Badimia language. 

Sally Q Davies

Brooke McIntosh told the women of Kalgoorlie-Boulder how she turned her life around.

Leading womenAthlete tells local women to check in on themselves first

Former mine worker Brooke McIntosh was miraculously uninjured when she was hit by a truck four years ago, but the near-death experience inspired her to change her life

Ty Anderson, Zavier Williams and Blake Soulos in Harvey-Brunswick-Leschenault's 70th anniversary jumper.

FootballHarvey-Brunswick-Leschenault set for bumper 70th anniversary

This Saturday Harvey-Brunswick-Leschenault Football Club are celebrating their 70th anniversary, with a big day set to honour the history of the club when they face South Bunbury

Nina Kennedy makes an attempt in the women's pole vault during the Herculis Diamond League athletics meet in Monaco on Friday.

Pole VaultBusselton’s Nina Kennedy soars to new heights with record

Busselton-born Olympic champion Nina Kennedy has announced her return to the world stage in spectacular fashion, breaking her own Australian record with a history-making pole vault performance in Monaco.

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Android figures at the Google headquarters in Mountain View, California, US.

TechnologyCommentsPremiumGoogle loses fight on record $6.8 billion antitrust fine

Europe’s top court has dismissed the tech giant’s appeals against the 2018 EU ruling.

Arjun Kharpal

Kevin Warsh, chairman of the US Federal Reserve. Federal Reserve officials left interest rates unchanged and were split over whether they expect to raise rates this year.

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Warsh’s taskforces are the key to understanding the new Fed

Fed chair Kevin Warsh stuck to his long-stated belief in his first press conference on Wednesday that ‘inflation is a choice.’

Matt Peterson

Ships anchored on May 16, 2026 in the Strait of Hormuz near Larak Island, Iran.

EnergyCommentsPremiumCrude oil tumbles after Trump says Strait of Hormuz to open

Tanker traffic plunged in early March due to Iranian attacks, causing the biggest oil supply disruption in history.

Spencer Kimball

Cathie Wood, chief executive officer of Ark Investment Management LLC.

CNBC newsCommentsPremiumInvestors who took a chance on SpaceX now reap the rewards

For nearly two decades, some of the world’s most prominent investors quietly accumulated stakes in SpaceX while the rocket maker remained largely off-limits to the public markets.

Yun Li

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Images from a taxi compliance operation at Perth airport conducted in June 2026.

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Dodgy cabbies scam NDIS to up-charge disabled passengers

Crooked taxi drivers are taking advantage of disabled people and taxpayers by charging exorbitant rates for NDIS transport jobs.

Ben Harvey

A bobcat was thrown from the second trailer upon impact, which landed on the tracks, and eyewitnesses say another part of the truck was dislodged which hit a nearby four wheel drive. 

Courts & JusticsVideoPremiumTruck driver charged over serious collision with train

A truck driver has been charged with dangerous driving and being under the influence of a prescribed illicit drug after he allegedly drove through boom gates and collided with a train.

Caleb Runciman

Road rage victim Isaac Ladha at Royal Perth Hospital.

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CommentsPerth dad beaten with metal bat in violent road rage attack

A Perth father has relived the horrifying moment he was hit over the head with a metal baseball bat and dragged out of his car in a violent road rage attack on his drive to work.

A huge tree has fallen in Subiaco, completely blocking a busy road as locals head home ahead of the weekend.

WA NewsVideoCommentsCommentsChaos in Subiaco as huge tree suddenly crashes onto road

Neighbours are directing traffic as they wait for the council to organise its removal.

Mothers who had antibiotics during labour but supplemented with a prebiotic during pregnancy did not have an increased risk of their baby developing food allergy.

HealthCommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumPregnant women need to take THIS to protect their baby

New WA research suggests a simple dietary intervention during pregnancy could help protect babies against food allergies associated with antibiotics taken before birth. 

A Southern Giant Petrel. Another giant petrel found dead on a WA beach has been confirmed as the State's eighth case of H5 bird flu.

WA NewsVideoPremiumWA bird flu cases hit double digits with two more positives

The number of confirmed bird flu cases in WA has reached double digits, with another giant petrel found north of Perth. 

Oliver Lane