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  1. GoFundMe campaignPremiumGeraldton man learning to walk again after motorcycle crash

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  3. H5 bird fluPremiumGeraldton bird flu test result returned as negative

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    Tourist allegedly murdered while exploring WA in motorhome

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Strike’s South Erregulla gas project is being connected to the South West power grid.

Oil & GasCommentsPremiumStrike Energy CFO to follow CEO out the door

The gas producer says chief financial officer and company secretary Tim Cooper, who joined Strike barely a year ago,  will depart the group at the end of September.

Sean Smith

Railways' Drew Tunbridge and Brigades' Brendan Cockman in the contest.

FootballPremiumBrigades deny brave Railways fightback to clinch victory

It took until round 10, but the grand final replay between Brigades and Railways certainly delivered with the reigning premiers holding on in another classic to emerge two-point winners at GBSC Sports Park.

Rebecca Ruthven

The scorched ground where the motorhome was engulfed in flames.

Courts and CrimePremiumTeen accused of murder over fatal crash identified in court

The 19-year-old has been charged with one count of murder and two counts of attempted murder over Tuesday’s night’s fatal crash.

Imogen Wilson

Boarded up social housing in Spalding, Geraldton

HousingMore joining public housing queue, but waiting less time

More people in Geraldton in desperate need of a home are being added to the public housing waitlist but the waiting time they face is reducing, new figures reveal

Imogen Wilson

Rural Health West CEO Professor Catherine Elliott

GP workforcesPremiumMid West records highest level of regional GP turnover

The Mid West has recorded the highest turnover of GPs in regional WA, according to new data from Rural Health West.

Imogen Wilson

Geraldton courthouse.

CourtsPremiumRegional and remote courts due to reopen start of August

Regional courts are due to open earlier than expected after three months of closures were planned due to security concerns and staffing shortages in remote and regional areas across WA.

Sally Q Davies

Jordan Lee with his children, Xander, 2, and Krysta, 5.

GoFundMe campaignPremiumPremiumGeraldton man learning to walk again after motorcycle crash

A Geraldton father of two is learning how to walk again after a horrific motorcycle accident left him with life-changing injuries, with a online campaign launched to help him and his family.

Geraldton Buccaneers have had another big win this season.

BasketballPremiumPremiumBuccaneers exterminate Redbacks in convincing win

Geraldton Buccaneers had Perth Redbacks all tangled up when they bounced back from last weekend’s defeat with a 32-point victory at Activewest Stadium on Saturday. 

Railways' Drew Tunbridge and Brigades' Brendan Cockman in the contest.

FootballPremiumPremiumBrigades deny brave Railways fightback to clinch victory

It took until round 10, but the grand final replay between Brigades and Railways certainly delivered with the reigning premiers holding on in another classic to emerge two-point winners at GBSC Sports Park.

The crash and blaze occurred on the side of the highway.

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The West Australian exclusive
Tourist allegedly murdered while exploring WA in motorhome

A 29-year-old woman allegedly murdered in a horror crash north of Geraldton earlier this week was a foreign tourist travelling in the Mid West region with friends, it can be revealed.

Imogen Wilson

A DPIRD veterinarian takes samples to test for the virus.

H5 bird fluPremiumGeraldton bird flu test result returned as negative

H5 bird flu test results taken from a giant petrel found washed up on a Geraldton beach have been confirmed as negative. 

Imogen Wilson

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The scorched ground where the motorhome was engulfed in flames.

Courts and CrimePremiumTeen accused of murder over fatal crash identified in court

The 19-year-old has been charged with one count of murder and two counts of attempted murder over Tuesday’s night’s fatal crash.

Imogen Wilson

Simon Peter Carman, 45, was arrested by Thai immigration officers at Suvarnabhumi Airport late Friday, reportedly minutes before he was due to leave Thailand on a Jetstar flight bound to arrive in Perth.

CRIMEVideoPremiumThai girl’s accused murderer worked as mechanic in WA

Simon Peter Carman was arrested by Thai immigration officers at the airport late Friday, reportedly minutes before he was due to leave Thailand on a flight bound for Perth. WARNING: DISTRESSING DETAILS.

Caleb Runciman

Member for Fremantle Josh Wilson has been hit with a five-match ban after an incident at a weekend soccer game.

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Josh Wilson hit with five-match ban after soccer punch

A member of Anthony Albanese’s outer ministry has been suspended from playing amateur soccer for more than a month after punching a football opponent in the face.

Joe Spagnolo and Katina Curtis

Centurion chief executive Justin Cardaci (left) with Express Group founders Andrea and Mark Mazza.

CEOsCommentsPremiumCEO’s shock exit from family transport empire

The chief executive of a family-owned transport group is unexpectedly stepping down after nearly 12 years, triggering a search for a new boss.

Sean Smith

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Disaster and EmergencyCommentsPremiumHorror car collision in Perth’s north leaves one dead

One man has died and another is in hospital following a horror crash today.

Kirsty Lichtenstein

Bureau of Meteorology forecaster Jonathan How discusses the cold front about to hit WA.

WeatherVideoCommentsThunder, lightning, damaging winds make for weekend washout

Perth and large parts of WA are bracing for a wild weekend of rain, thunderstorms and dangerous coastal conditions as a powerful cold front barrels across the State.

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Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting has unveiled a new accommodation for homeless veterans, war heroes.

BusinessCommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumRinehart opens new homeless veteran accommodation

Hancock Prospecting has unveiled its newly refurbished accommodation to house homeless veterans and war heroes — with the residential complex named in honour of Ben Roberts-Smith.

In video supplied to The West Australian, footage shows what appears to be a CBH train derailed just past Cowcowing on 22nd June

Countryman NewsVideoPremiumPremiumWATCH: Investigations underway after CBH grain train derails

Footage shows a locomotive and at least five grain carriages lying on their side with grain spilled out on to grass.

A man is dead and his motorcycle passenger is fighting for her life after a bike travelling in a convoy left the road and crashed near Rockingham on Sunday morning.

PolicePremiumPremiumMan dead and woman critical after motorcycle convoy crash

A man is dead and his motorcycle passenger is fighting for her life after a bike travelling in a convoy left the road and crashed near Rockingham.

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A dredging contract has been awarded to Jan De Nul Australia to carry out the next steps pf the Pilbara Ports Zone 5 Bypass Channel

Shipping PremiumPort Hedland bypass channel contract awarded

A $50 million project designed to protect shipping operations at Port Hedland from major disruptions has moved a step closer, with Pilbara Ports awarding a dredging contract to Jan De Nul Australia.

Phoebe Solon

Boarded up social housing in Spalding, Geraldton

HousingMore joining public housing queue, but waiting less time

More people in Geraldton in desperate need of a home are being added to the public housing waitlist but the waiting time they face is reducing, new figures reveal

Imogen Wilson

The Gracetown beach access matting trial.

WALGA Awards PremiumMargaret River highly commended for accessibility effort

The Shire of Augusta Margaret River have been highly commended by a Statewide body, for their efforts improving beach accessibility.

Craig Duncan

The one-way and two-way designs for Maitland Park.

Project updatePremiumPremiumNew concept designs for Maitland Park to be ‘much cheaper’

The vision to transform Maitland Park has been narrowed down to two concept designs — one a two-way traffic option, the other one-way — but both will be “substantially cheaper” than the original plan.

Vasse MLA Libby Mettam railed against the expansion of WA's Containers for Change scheme.

State Politics PremiumPremiumLibby Mettam joins Containers for Change expansion criticism

Plan to expand the Containers for Change scheme to include wine and spirit bottles has been slammed in Parliament last week, with Opposition members claiming regional communities have not been “heard”. 

Rural Health West CEO Professor Catherine Elliott

GP workforcesPremiumPremiumMid West records highest level of regional GP turnover

The Mid West has recorded the highest turnover of GPs in regional WA, according to new data from Rural Health West.

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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

People along the coast of the Persian Gulf, while Iranian and foreign cargo vessels wait in the background for clearance to pass through the Strait of Hormuz.

CNBC newsPremiumHow Strait of Hormuz standoff flipped energy security debate

Iran’s influence over the Strait of Hormuz has inadvertently transformed the energy security debate, effectively casting fossil fuels rather than renewables as the primary source of vulnerability.

Sam Meredith

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New details have emerged about Simon Peter Carman (main, inset top) accused of murdering teenager Tunchanok Donhomla (bottom right) and stuffing her body into a suitcase.

CrimeVideoPremium‘Seedy’: New details of Perth man accused of Thai murder

Details have emerged about the man accused of the horrific murder of a Thai teenager, with neighbours saying he was often embroiled in arguments, bragged about owning guns and was known to sleep the entire day.

Caleb Runciman and Kristin Shorten

Kaydence Sutherland and William Horne are grieving the loss of their eight-month-old daughter, Willow Katarina Horne.

HealthCommentsPremium‘Crossed a line’: Hospital staff party after Willow’s death

Just days after the tragic death of an eight-month-old baby girl at Kalgoorlie Regional Hospital staff reportedly held a house party, which was the subject of formal complaints to the Health Department. 

Charlton Hart

The man admitted it was an ‘act of retribution’.

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PremiumCousin’s affair sparks car fire rampage in Landsdale

A man blinded by rage as he allegedly smashed the windows of his cousin’s car before dousing it in petrol and setting it alight has admitted in court it was ‘an act of retribution’ for sleeping with his wife. 

A Jerramungup school bus driver has been sentenced for a horror truck crash that hospitalised two children with severe injuries.

Courts & justice PremiumPremiumSentence for Jerramungup bus driver involved in horror crash

A Jerramungup bus driver who failed to give way to a road train and caused a crash that left two children with serious injuries, including a brain bleed and spinal fractures, has received a suspended jail term.

Stormy weather in Cottesloe.

WeatherCommentsCommentsLocals brace for storm with gale winds set to thrash WA

Perth locals are bracing as a storm is set to hit the city on Tuesday morning, bringing strong winds and bucketing rain as the winter weather rages on. 

There have been a total of 393 cases of the potentially life-threatening bacterial infection across the country with WA making up 44 per cent of the infections. 

HealthCommentsGrim warning as infection that causes nerve damage spreads

The once almost eradicated infection has now been detected in the Mid West, Perth metropolitan, Kimberley, Pilbara, and the Goldfields.

Claire Sadler