Home
Search
thewest.com.au‌‌

  1. Regional healthNew $25m Mullewa hospital now enclosed & weatherproof

  2. Domestic ViolencePremiumSafe at Home program expands to Desert Blue in Geraldton

  3. RacingPremiumTurf Club announces blockbuster 2026-27 season calendar

  4. FootballPremiumTeams continue jostling for positions ahead of bye weekend

  5. Regional risePremium15,500 regional public sector workers ready for pay rise

Sandra Carr MLC, Premier Roger Cook, Health Infrastructure Minister John Carey and Health Minister Meredith Hammat.

HealthPremium$192m Geraldton Health Campus reaches practical completion

The so-called most delayed project in WA has reached practical completion, with Premier Roger Cook visiting Geraldton on Wednesday to see the redeveloped hospital.

Sally Q Davies

Chapman Valley's Taylah Broadhurst is the first GNFL women's player to reach 100 games.

FootballPremiumBroadhurst becomes first GNFLW player to reach 100 games

Saturday marks a historical moment for the Community Bank Geraldton GNFL as Chapman Valley women’s premiership player and captain Taylah Broadhurst becomes the first woman to reach 100 games. 

Rebecca Ruthven

La Fiamma celebrates with the crowd.

SoccerPremiumLa Fiamma scorches Leeming in stellar eight-goal victory

Ugle Fabrications La Fiamma set the pitch alight to send Leeming home with an 8-0 loss and remain perched on top of the table in the Belt Up Amateur League competition. 

Rebecca Ruthven

Devondrick Walker will come up against his former side Rockingam again.

BasketballPremiumBuccs lock in finals, but all eyes are on Rockingham rematch

Geraldton has officially qualified for NBL1 West finals, but its full focus on this weekend for the playing group as they have another crack at ladder leaders Rockingham — this time, at home. 

Rebecca Ruthven

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

Devondrick Walker will come up against his former side Rockingam again.

BasketballPremiumBuccs lock in finals, but all eyes are on Rockingham rematch

Geraldton has officially qualified for NBL1 West finals, but its full focus on this weekend for the playing group as they have another crack at ladder leaders Rockingham — this time, at home. 

Rebecca Ruthven

Chapman Valley's Mick Horstman and Railways' Flynn Dillon.

FootballPremiumPremiumTeams continue jostling for positions ahead of bye weekend

The race for the top four continues into round 11 as teams have one final chance to have their say ahead of the mid-season bye, with the Great Northern colts team off to country week next weekend. 

La Fiamma celebrates with the crowd.

SoccerPremiumPremiumLa Fiamma scorches Leeming in stellar eight-goal victory

Ugle Fabrications La Fiamma set the pitch alight to send Leeming home with an 8-0 loss and remain perched on top of the table in the Belt Up Amateur League competition. 

Industrial Relations Minister Simone McGurk and Health Minister Meredith Hammat.

Regional risePremiumPremium15,500 regional public sector workers ready for pay rise

Remote Mid West public sector workers are set to reap the rewards of a new district allowance agreement, with more than 15,500 regional WA employees receiving a pay rise.

A redevelopment of Maitland Park is progressing.

Budget 26-27PremiumMaitland Park and youth precinct to progress

Two major projects have reached their next stage after the City of Greater Geraldton voted in favour of progressing developments at Maitland Park and the Geraldton youth precinct. 

Sally Q Davies

Kazuals' Shannon Millett.

NetballPremiumKazuals hold their nerve to claim tight victory

Kazuals returned to the winner’s list on Tuesday night during round 10, while Lightning celebrated their long-awaited first victory of the 2026 Geraldton Netball Association season.

Derek Goforth

Subscriber Exclusive

A teenager accused of careless driving in Beaufort River fatal crash has made his first court appearance.

courtsPremiumYoung driver in court on careless driving charges over fatal

A young Kojonup man accused of careless driving in a crash that caused the death of a woman and left another with serious injuries has made his first court appearance in Albany. 

Jacki Elezovich

Premier Roger Cook has refused to hold an inquest into the baby's death.

The West Australian exclusive
The West Australian exclusive
State PoliticsCommentsPremium
The West Australian exclusive
Cook won’t demand inquest into baby’s death at WA hospital

The Cook Government is continuing its refusals to order an inquiry into the death of a baby girl at Kalgoorlie Hospital despite being willing to take swift action in the past for Aishwarya Aswath.

Charlton Hart

A former doctor accused of creating AI-generated child exploitation material has been granted bail as police continue to comb his devices for further evidence.

CourtsPremiumCops raid home, arrest Perth doctor over child exploitation

The 68-year-old allegedly had eight devices containing vile material in his possession when police raided his home.

Hannah Cross

Billionaire party boy Laurence Escalante has been spotted living it up in a Northbridge nightclub just days after pleading to have his bail conditions varied so he could visit his mother. 

WA NewsVideoCommentsPremiumBillionaire Escalante parties with women at Perth nightclub

Billionaire party boy Laurence Escalante has been spotted living it up in a Northbridge nightclub just days after pleading to have his bail conditions varied so he could visit his mother. 

Hannah Cross

Promotional

In Case You Missed It

On the left, mould found in rooms at Rio Tinto's WPV .

The West Australian exclusive
The West Australian exclusive
MiningCommentsPremium
The West Australian exclusive
Mould outbreak plagues Rio Tinto camp

Mining giant Rio Tinto admits that one of its primary iron ore accommodation villages requires immediate upgrades after staff blew the whistle on a mould infestation. 

Adrian Rauso

Naomi Tekea Craig leaves Mandurah Court House.

The West Australian exclusive
The West Australian exclusive
Courts & JusticeVideoPremium
The West Australian exclusive
Teacher who had student’s baby pictured for first time

The Mandurah music teacher who had a baby with her underage student she sexually abused has been pictured for the first time since details of the incident emerged.

Rachel Fenner and Hannah Cross

Arun Abraham allegedly misinterpreted radiology reports so frequently his colleagues considered him a menace and complained to bosses at RPH, where he had worked since 2016.

The West Australian exclusive
The West Australian exclusive
Public HealthPremium
The West Australian exclusive
PremiumSuspended cardiologist working in Perth medical centres

A cardiologist considered so inept he was suspended and booted out of Royal Perth Hospital is working in medical centres around Perth.

John Farnham celebrates his 77th birthday with grandson Jett.

MusicCommentsCommentsRare look at John Farnham as he celebrates 77th birthday

John Farnham celebrated his 77th birthday on Wednesday, surrounded by his loving family and one very smiley grandson.

Maddison Robson pictured with her twins Milly (pink top) and Daisy, who were born nine weeks early. The twins are now 17 months old and still need feeding pumps 24 hours a day. Ian Munro

The West Australian exclusive
The West Australian exclusive
HealthCommentsPremium
The West Australian exclusive
CommentsPremiumWA mother fears her disabled twins will die without funding

A Gidgegannup mother fears her profoundly disabled 17-month-old twin daughters could die because of a lack of NDIS support. 

Regional News

Kelpies for kids at Claremont Showgrounds. Georgia, 13, Danika, 10 and Matilda Pitts, 15 of Brunswick with 'Alby'.

TelethonCommentsCountry brought to Perth for sick regional kids missing home

Country families who have needed to spend time in Perth while their children receive medical treatment were given a chance to reconnect with a piece of home through a new event designed just for them.

Sophie Gannon

The Safer Streets Patrol has safely disposed of 5085 syringes found on the street so far this year.

SyringesPremiumExpanded team sees syringe disposal more than double

Discarded syringes left on the street continue to be an issue in the community, with 5085 picked up by City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder staff so far this year, more than double from the same time last year.

Tegan Guthrie

The City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder’s animal management facility.

Pound report PremiumReport to consider pound dog desexing policy

A Kalgoorlie-Boulder councillor would like to see a no-kill policy at the local pound, as the deputy mayor’s push for a report into compulsory desexing of adopted pound dogs was backed unanimously.

Tegan Guthrie

A peak agricultural body has rubbished the conservative water limits proposed in the latest draft management plan for the Fitzroy Derby river in WA's far north.

Water DisputePremiumPremiumPGA warns of restricted growth from Fitzroy River plan

A peak WA agriculture body has warned that economic development in the State’s far north would be held back by the “conservative” water limits in the latest Fitzroy-Derby River management plan.

Amy May was crowned Ms Kalgoorlie at the 2026 Miss Kalgoorlie Pageant.

Pageant winnerPremiumPremiumMs Kalgoorlie encourages others to ‘try and try again’

This year’s Ms Kalgoorlie pageant winner has set her sights on a modelling career while encouraging others to never give up on their dreams.

The Eastern Goldfields Historical Society is seeking information about these debutantes.

History mystery Can you help the historical society name these people?

The Eastern Goldfields Historical Society is seeking the public’s help identifying and shedding light on this photo.

More Stories

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.

analysis
analysis
CNBC newsCommentsPremium
analysis
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

WA News

There are a few services that taxpayers expect will be provided for their families. To know that our kids can get a good education should not be underestimated.

opinion
opinion
Editorial CommentsPremium
opinion
Public schools need to be brought into the modern age

There are a few services that taxpayers expect will be provided for their families. To know that our kids can get a good education should not be underestimated. 

Principals say too many WA public school students are being taught in out-dated schools with deteriorating buildings .

The West Australian exclusive
The West Australian exclusive
EducationCommentsPremium
The West Australian exclusive
Primary principals say WA schools deteriorating & outdated

Principals say too many West Australian public students are being taught in outdated schools with deteriorating buildings, inadequate ventilation and ageing toilets.

Bethany Hiatt

The AFL and WA Football are reviewing whether disgraced player Nicky Winmar will be removed from their respective halls of fame following his guilty conviction of violently assaulting a woman.

AFLVideoPremiumPremiumWinmar’s Hall of Fame place under review after conviction

The AFL and WA Football are reviewing whether disgraced player Nicky Winmar will be removed from their respective halls of fame following his guilty conviction of violently assaulting a woman.

Perth may be in for a damp end to the weekend but sunshine is set to return. 

WeatherCommentsCommentsRain batters Perth on Sunday before sunshine returns

Cloudy skies may have dominated the weekend and more rain is on the way today and tomorrow — but the sunshine is set to return temporarily.

Simon Peter Carman is accused of murdering Tunchanok Donhomla in the bustling resort city of Pattaya.

CrimeVideoSlain teen’s poor family rejects blood money from WA accused

In Thailand those accused of crimes can offer compensation to victims’ families in remorse. This devastated family is having none if it: ‘We are poor but we will not trade my daughter’s dignity for money.’

Rob Storey is walking 3500km across the country.

LifestyleCommentsPremiumTitanium hip, iron will: Rob’s 3500km trek home

Perth grandfather Rob Storey may be 64 and recently had a hip replacement but it has not stopped him making an incredible trek across Australia.

Rourke Walsh