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  1. Local governmentPremiumCarnarvon proposes to hike up rates by 8.5 per cent

  2. Freight upgradePremiumUpgrade for Mid West rail network kicks off

  3. FootballPremiumRailways prevail in battle for third over spirited Brigades

  4. BasketballPremiumBuccs women showcase progress in intraclub showdown

  5. Racing WAPremiumNew exhibition honours region steeped in racing history

NAIDOC Week.Self identity handprint paintings at Geraldton Youth centre.Ada Bailey, 9

NAIDOC WeekPremiumGeraldton prepares to celebrate 50 years of NAIDOC Week

Five decades of NAIDOC Week will be celebrated in Geraldton from next week, honouring the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. 

Sienna Seychell

85cc big wheel winner Jasper Pickering.

MotocrossPremiumAction revs up in inaugural motocross meet in Jurien Bay

The inaugural West Coast MX State Series got under way in spectacular fashion on Sunday, with a field of 281 riders from across WA converging at Jurien Bay Motorcycle Club for the opening round.

Derek Goforth

Mark LeCras and Jamie Cripps of the Eagles celebrate a goal.

AFLCommentsPremium‘He’ll stand up for you’: Great mates praise for Crippa

West Coast Eagles great Jamie Cripps retires with a premiership medal but might covet another accolade just as highly across his elongated AFL career - as the consummate team player.

Glen Quartermain

Kalbarri has lost its only GP clinic.

HealthShire trying to find solution after Kalbarri GP clinic shuts

The local shire is “working towards finding a solution” after Kalbarri Doctors Surgery officially closed its doors last week, leaving the town without a general practitioner. 

Sally Q Davies & Imogen Wilson

Some of the Mid West Shark Pack members

FootballPremiumMid West on Shark Pack alert ahead of junior carnival

The region’s top youth talent will soon have the opportunity to test themselves in East Fremantle’s Shark Pack. Meanwhile, we look at who’s ahead in the leading goal scorer races around the Mid West’s grounds.

Rebecca Ruthven

Brand Highway meets Phillips Road

EmergencyPremiumCyclist critically injured in highway collision with truck

A cyclist sustained critical injuries in a serious crash with a truck in Greenough on Tuesday night.

Kate Campbell

New e-scooter hire company Ario got the backing of the majority of the City of Greater Geraldton council over existing provider Beam.

E-scooter hirePremiumPremiumPurple reign over: Council votes for new e-scooter company

Beam’s e-scooter reign in Geraldton has come to an end, after City of Greater Geraldton councillors voted on Tuesday night to support a new contract with Ario. 

City of Greater Geraldton council passed its 2026-27 budget 8-1 at Tuesday night’s meeting, with a rates rise of 4.5 per cent.

Council budget Geraldton raises rates by 4.5 per cent as budget passes 8-1

A rate rise of 4.5 per cent has been confirmed as the City of Greater Geraldton voted on their budget for the 2026-27 financial year. 

Henk Vogels is Backroads Gravel's 2026 event ambassador.

CyclingPremiumPremiumFormer Olympian named Backroads Gravel event ambassador

West Australian cycling icon Henk Vogels has been announced as the official Backroads Gravel event ambassador for this year’s edition which takes place in Chapman Valley next month. 

A father helps his daughter with a nasal spray.

HealthPremiumNasal spray flu vax program expanded to include older kids

After a successful rollout for younger children, the State Government is expanding the FluMist program, making the needle-free influenza vaccine available for children and teenagers aged 12-17.

Kate Campbell

85cc big wheel winner Jasper Pickering.

MotocrossPremiumAction revs up in inaugural motocross meet in Jurien Bay

The inaugural West Coast MX State Series got under way in spectacular fashion on Sunday, with a field of 281 riders from across WA converging at Jurien Bay Motorcycle Club for the opening round.

Derek Goforth

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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

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

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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

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WA 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. 

Claire Sadler

Ambulance.

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.

WeatherVideoCommentsCommentsThunder, 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.

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.

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Coles boss Leah Weckert and ACCC chair Gina Cass-Gotlieb.

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Coles hits out as ACCC blocks second Kalgoorlie supermarket

Australia’s consumer watchdog has exercised new powers to block Coles’ acquisition of a supermarket and liquor store in Kalgoorlie, saying it could substantially lessen competition in the regional city.

Cheyanne Enciso

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 PremiumPremiumMargaret 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.

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”. 

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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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A senior Air Force officer has warned miners they must be prepared for the military to commandeer their airfields, skilled staff and possibly even accommodation and catering in a conflict.

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‘Critical’: Defence warns mining industry to prepare for war

A senior Air Force officer has warned miners they must be prepared for the military to commandeer their airfields and skilled staff during potential conflict during a speech in WA.

Katina Curtis

A masseur convicted of sexually assaulting four women during their massage appointments has been banned from practising for 10 years.

Courts & JusticePremiumPerth sex offender banned from massage practise for 10 years

The masseur remains behind bars after he was jailed for four years last year over the assaults of four clients seeking treatment for lower back or neck pain. 

Hannah Cross

The brand new SkyVista Observation Wheel which has been erected on the Perth foreshore opens Thursday ready for the school holidays. Mel Skinner with her son Louie 4yo.

WA NEWSCommentsCommentsPerth’s new CBD landmark is here, and it’s massive

Could Perth finally be joining global cities like London, Sydney and Tokyo with its latest addition?

WA grocer Spudshed is coming to Albany.

new king in townAlbany’s worst keep secret finally revealed as IGA shuts

Except for a few discounted items, the shelves of North Road IGA were bare on Monday as the supermarket closed to make way for the new tenants.

More than 128,000 people had claimed their fuel support payments as of Wednesday afternoon, totalling $12.8 million handed out since the program launched at 9am.

WA NewsCommentsCommentsWebsite error as West Aussies try to claim $100 fuel support

It hasn’t been smooth sailing for every West Australian trying to nab their $100 fuel support voucher on the first day the payment was made available.

Chef Aaron Carr.

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Revered South West venue to find home at Crown this winter

A popular Dunsborough bar and restaurant will enjoy a temporary residence in Perth later this month.

Zach Margolius