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  1. State Budget 2026PremiumNo major new announcements for Geraldton in State Budget

  2. Emergency servicesPremium95-year-old woman dies following Jurien Bay crash

  3. State BudgetPremiumFuel surprise as Budget focuses on cost-of-living relief

  4. What I SeePremiumThe art of integrity: Matching words with actions

  5. FootballPremiumNorthampton to host inaugural brain cancer awareness round

Aerial view of the Geraldton Airport.

Medical emergenciesGeraldton gearing up for RFDS base despite funding shortfall

Geraldton’s highly anticipated Royal Flying Doctor Service base at the airport has been given the green light and is likely to be up and running within the next two years. 

Imogen Wilson

New Desert Blue Connect chief executive officer Meegan Taylor.

New bossPremiumDesert Blue Connect welcomes new CEO

One of Geraldton’s best-known support services for some of the community’s most vulnerable members has a new boss at the helm.

Sienna Seychell

Orthopaedic surgeon Aman Singh.

Health carePremiumGeraldton private hospital introduces robots to surgery

The city’s private hospital is continuing to expand its range of specialist surgical services available to patients and better serve Mid West residents by helping them not having to travel to Perth.

Imogen Wilson

Floral tributes on the gates and fences surrounding the Old Timers Camp near the home of five-year-old Kumanjayi Little Baby, whose body was found about 5km from where she disappeared, in Alice Springs.

Pom in OzPremiumTragedy of Kumanjayi Little Baby demands accountability

Another young life has allegedly been stolen, and with it comes the now familiar cycle of grief, outrage, blame and division.

Derek Goforth

La Fiamma women walk away with a big win

SoccerPremiumLa Fiamma eye off huge milestone as Perth cup quest begins

La Fiamma women begin their quest for success this season as they hit the road for the first time this year with the CTF Perth Women’s League Cup getting under way this weekend. 

Rebecca Ruthven

Treasurer Rita Saffioti with Premier Roger Cook delivered the State Budget on Thursday.

State Budget 2026PremiumNo major new announcements for Geraldton in State Budget

The State Budget announced on Thursday centred cost-of-living relief for Western Australians, but some regional politicians don’t think it’s enough. 

Sally Q Davies

Zekhyris Kelly, 1, and others at the vigil in Geraldton for Kumanjayi Little Baby.

Kumanjayi Little BabyPremiumPremiumSea of pink in Geraldton vigil for Kumanjayi Little Baby

As the sun set and the winds got stronger, the people of Geraldton gathered on the bright green lawn of Edith Cowan Square to celebrate the life of Kumanjayi Little Baby.

A 95-year-old woman has died from injuries received when she was hit by a truck in Jurien Bay on April 24.

Emergency servicesPremiumPremium95-year-old woman dies following Jurien Bay crash

An elderly woman riding a mobility scooter has died after being hit by a truck in Jurien Bay last month.

Premier Roger Cook and Treasurer Rita Saffioti release the State Budget.

State BudgetPremiumPremiumFuel surprise as Budget focuses on cost-of-living relief

Cost-of-living relief was front and centre of Thursday’s State Budget, as Treasurer Rita Saffioti spoke in Parliament on Thursday of new initiatives and previously announced support. 

Tamara Savage and her son Koby Savage, 17.

Mother’s DayPremiumMother-son duo take Geraldton SES unit by storm

Tamara Savage and her 17-year-old son Koby are both volunteer members of the Geraldton-Greenough State Emergency Service team – taking quality family time to a whole new level. 

Imogen Wilson

QPT patron Kim Ritchie, co-ordinator events and venues Simone Mahoney, director community and culture Fiona Norling, City of Greater Geraldton mayor Jerry Clune, co-ordinator community development Yenifer Canelon and QPT team leader Gabrielle Bishop.

Accessible entertainmentPremiumRed chair treatment for all: QPT offers accessible seating

Geraldton’s hub of entertainment has just been made more accessible. The Queens Park Theatre is now offering accessible seating thanks to a new upgrade.

Sienna Seychell

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West Australian writer Craig Silvey was charged with distributing and possessing child exploitation material in January after he was allegedly caught actively communicating with other paedophiles on the internet. 

crimeVideoPremiumDisgraced author wrote of teen assault & exploited young boy

Disgraced WA author Craig Silvey published novels that included scenes of a teenager being sexually assaulted by her father, and an underage boy trying to arouse elderly men before he was arrested.

Hannah Cross

Former Federal Police and Customs officer Stephen Michael Adams bragged to stallholders that he 'used to be a bad boy'.

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Freo Markets tenants make horrific discovery about handyman

A notorious sex attacker who became known as the West Perth rapist because of where he stalked his victims has been working as a handyman at the Fremantle Markets.

Ben Harvey

PIND Restaurant, which serves mainly Pakastani food, says it will appeal the finding and $72,000 fine.

CrimePremiumPopular restaurant fined over string of food safety breaches

A desi restaurant in Perth’s east has been fined tens of thousands of dollars after failing to comply with a string of food safety standards.

Kirsty Lichtenstein

Harley Reid may have left the nest but Luke Shuey remains the pad’s landlord.

House That!CommentsPremiumShuey’s $950 a week Eagle nest empty after Reid flies away

Innaloo may not be Perth’s most glamorous suburb, but one of its rental units has the reflected glory of not one, but two AFL greats.

Kim Macdonald

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Former Federal Police and Customs officer Stephen Michael Adams bragged to stallholders that he 'used to be a bad boy'.

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Freo Markets tenants make horrific discovery about handyman

A notorious sex attacker who became known as the West Perth rapist because of where he stalked his victims has been working as a handyman at the Fremantle Markets.

Ben Harvey

Harley Reid may have left the nest but Luke Shuey remains the pad’s landlord.

House That!CommentsPremiumShuey’s $950 a week Eagle nest empty after Reid flies away

Innaloo may not be Perth’s most glamorous suburb, but one of its rental units has the reflected glory of not one, but two AFL greats.

Kim Macdonald

An emergency department nurse who worked several shifts while high on a cocktail of drugs has had her registration cancelled.

Courts & JusticePremiumPremiumPerth nurse who worked while high on meth identified

An emergency department nurse who worked several shifts while high on a cocktail of drugs has had her registration cancelled.

Nationals MP Lachlan Hunter was booted out and suspended from the Legislative Assembly for the second time this year. 

state politics VideoPremiumPremiumWATCH: MP booted out of Parliament amid racetrack debate

Nationals MP Lachlan Hunter has been booted and suspended from the Legislative Assembly, for two days, during a fractious Question Time.

Construction of a huge skyscraper at Elizabeth Quay is set for an extraordinary blow after ASX-listed contractor SRG foreshadowed plans to seek an arrest warrant for developer Victor Goh.

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PremiumContractor’s arrest bid for property developer Victor Goh

Construction of a huge skyscraper at Elizabeth Quay is set for an extraordinary blow after ASX-listed contractor SRG foreshadowed plans to seek an arrest warrant for developer Victor Goh.

Regional News

Holstein Fresians.

Dairy FuturePremiumAustralian dairy producers bracing for tough season ahead

Dairy producers across Australia are bracing for a season with little wiggle room for error as input costs continue to soar and supply constraints persist.

Georgia Campion

Comparative crop growth at Mindarabin. The results of the seedbed conditioning are right.

New TechPremiumAg researcher develops seedbed technology to boost yield

A former state government agriculture researcher is developing new cropping technology to increase soil productivity and sustainability, no matter the type

Georgia Campion

Barman Wally Kimel

Ale’s wellPremiumA toast to Wally Kimel, Geraldton’s oldest barman

Behind the bar at Wonthella Bowling Club ready to pour a pint and lend an ear is Wally Kimel, who on the cusp of 91 can boast to be Geraldton’s oldest barman — and possibly WA’s and Australia’s too.

Sienna Seychell

Rose Donald, 17, who is on a solo circumnavigation flight of Australia, landed in Kalgoorlie-Boulder on Wednesday.

Big flightPremiumPremiumTeenage pilot’s record-breaking circumnavigation for charity

A teenage pilot from Melbourne touched down in Kalgoorlie-Boulder on Wednesday as part of a record-breaking solo circumnavigation of Australia.

A 95-year-old woman has died from injuries received when she was hit by a truck in Jurien Bay on April 24.

Emergency servicesPremiumPremium95-year-old woman dies following Jurien Bay crash

An elderly woman riding a mobility scooter has died after being hit by a truck in Jurien Bay last month.

Redcastle Resources is expecting to start mining at the Queen Alexandra and Redcastle Reef gold deposits later this month.

Eying productionPremiumPremiumRedcastle Resources closing in on Leonora gold production

A company with two small gold deposits east of Leonora is charging toward production after approval of its mine development and closure proposal.

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Energy supermajors have experienced a significant share price boost.

CNBC newsPremiumShell tops profit estimates as war drives price surge

British energy major Shell on Thursday reported stronger-than-expected first-quarter profit as the Iran war sent energy prices soaring.

Sam Meredith

A common side effect of many GLP-1 drugs is hair loss. It’s creating a growing market for hair treatment products.

CNBC newsCommentsPremiumThe growing hair treatment market from GLP-1s

A common side effect of many GLP-1 drugs is hair loss. It’s creating a growing market for hair treatment products.

Laya Neelakandan

People will be living and working on the moon within the next decade, according to the boss of space tech company Voyager Technologies.

CNBC newsCommentsPremiumPeople will be ‘living and working’ on the moon in the 2030s

People will be living and working on the moon within the next decade, according to the boss of space tech company Voyager Technologies.

Lucy Handley

Fatih Birol, executive director of the International Energy Agency.

CNBC newsPremium‘Biggest energy security threat in history’: Bleak outlook

The world has lost 13 million barrels of oil per day thanks to the war, and there are major disruptions in vital commodities, International Energy Agency head Fatih Birol said.

Holly Ellyatt

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A young man has died after losing control of his car and crashing in the Perth Hills.

Disaster and EmergencyCommentsPremiumYoung man dies after early morning crash in Perth Hills

Major crash detectives are investigating the circumstances surrounding the incident.

Hannah Cross

Sport Minister Rita Saffioti has taken a cheeky swipe at our Eastern States rivals while closing in on a massive deal to keep State of Origin in the West.

WA NewsVideoCommentsPremiumSaffioti takes swipe at Vics ahead of Origin deal signing

‘Don’t get me started’: Sport Minister Rita Saffioti has taken a cheeky swipe at our Eastern States rivals while closing in on a massive deal to keep State of Origin in the West.

Caitlin Vinci

WA’s peak LGBTIQA+ advocate body is urgently calling on the State Government to introduce sexual vilification laws after a series of shocking queerphobic flyers began circulating in letterboxes across Perth’s CBD. Unknown

CrimePremiumPremiumPolice reveal major update on probe into queerphobic flyers

A Gosnells man has been charged following a police investigation into the distribution of thousands of obscene leaflets across the Perth metro area.

While police were at the scene, a 25-year-old man allegedly punched an officer in the face. 

CrimePremiumPremiumWA Police officer assaulted while attending disturbance

The officer was taken to Peel Health Campus by St John WA and a man has since been charged.

Patients have been met with closed signs at the Joondalup Health Campus after hours GP clinic since the start of April.

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CommentsPremiumAfter-hours GP clinic shut for months due to lack of doctors

Despite the hospital provider knowing the clinic will be shut until June, the website still outlines the service is open on weeknights so patients are still showing up.

A man has died following a serious crash in the South West.

Disaster and EmergencyCommentsPremiumHorrific South West highway crash claims young man’s life

The crash closed the busy road for several hours.

Hannah Cross