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    Young man who rolled friend’s car on night out fronts court

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Jerramungup's Riley Holden kicked three goals in the round one win.

Opening round PremiumJerramungup make big early statement over reigning premiers

The opening round of the new Ongerup Football Association had commanding wins for both Jerramungup and Boxwood Hill, with reigning premiers Gnowangerup trounced.

Cameron Newbold

Zoe George, Indyana Wescombe, Maddison Sculley and Kayla Wall at the ball.

School BallPremiumIN PICTURES: Narrogin agriculture students enjoy 2026 ball

Trading school boots for dancing shoes, the Western Australian College of Agriculture Narrogin senior students celebrated their school ball.

Hannah Whitehead

There has been an increase in the travel payments country footballers can receive in 2026.

Payment increase PremiumRising fuel prices lead to increase in country footy payment

Country Football WA has endorsed a significant increase in travel payments for players ahead of the 2026 season, in a bid to ensure leagues can remain sustainable with player availability.

Cameron Newbold

Towns’ award winners Perrin Quartermaine and Ian Anderton.

CricketQuartermaine & Ackland take pride of place in Towns’ awards

Perrin Quartermaine, the backbone of the Towns’ A-grade side, was named the club’s cricketer of the year at its presentation night in Narrogin on March 27.

Claire Middleton

Lachie Young will run 6500km through Canada to spread mental health awareness.

Mental Health Brookton farmer to run Canada for mental health fundraiser

A young Brookton farmer who would wag school to miss cross country is now lacing up his boots to run the length of Canada after a late-night joke became an ambitious mental health fundraiser.

Hannah Whitehead

Active Carnaby’s black cockatoo active breeding hollows have been discovered in Dryandra Woodland National Park.

EXCITING DISCOVERYEndangered Carnaby’s breeding hollows discovered in Dryandra

An endangered and rare cockatoo species has been discovered breeding at Dryandra Woodland National Park during post-bushfire surveys late last year.

Hannah Whitehead

Agronomist Michael Lamond, author of GIWA’s crop report.

Harvest ‘Dampener’PremiumPremiumCropping hectares down amid supply constraints

Recent rains following two ex-tropical cyclones have brought a positive start to WA’s grain-growing regions despite area shrinkage following supply constraints, soaring costs, and uncertainty.

Adam Simon McGovern has pleaded guilty to 23 sex offences — including 15 counts of indecently recording a child under 16.

Courts & JusticePremiumPremiumFormer nurse learns fate for upskirt videos of young girls

Paedophile Adam Simon McGovern has been sentenced after admitting he covertly recorded his young victims in suburbs across Perth.

Premier Roger Cook has declared Kwinana the ‘centre of the universe’ as he triggers powerful new laws to fast-track a massive wave of renewable energy projects and overhaul the State’s industrial heartland.

State PoliticsCommentsCommentsCook’s bold plan to fast-track WA’s industrial future

Premier Roger Cook has declared Kwinana the ‘centre of the universe’ as he triggers powerful new laws to fast-track a massive wave of renewable energy projects and overhaul the State’s industrial heartland.

Riley William Campbell Hill, 25, pleaded guilty to three driving offences in Narrogin Magistrates Court.

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Drink-driver who removed interlock device is sentenced

A repeat drink-driving offender who had removed his interlock device and then drove under the influence without a seatbelt to pick up his thongs he left at a friend’s house, has been sentenced.

Hannah Whitehead

The Spaces Between by Nichole Lubcke at Arts Narrogin displays some of her pieces from the Bunbury Regional Art Gallery Tracwork exhibition.

The Spaces BetweenPremiumThe Spaces Between exhibition opens at Arts Narrogin

Regional art lovers gathered to experience a taste of The Spaces Between following a partnership between Arts Narrogin and Bunbury Regional Art Gallery devoted to sharing art through the regions.

Hannah Whitehead

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D & C Corporation worked on two of VIctor Goh’s builds — Capital Square on Mount Street and EQWest on the banks of the Swan River.

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From Goh to woe: Secret docs reveal EQWest delay dispute

The company building Victor Goh’s Elizabeth Quay skyscrapers was blasted for withholding millions of dollars from a contractor in a previously secret legal ruling.

Matt Mckenzie

Sam Lalor, Murphy Reid and Jagga Smith.

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How the 2024 draft REALLY should have gone

Inspired by the stunning early success of Murphy Reid after he was taken with pick No.17, The West Australian’s Josh Kempton has run a re-draft on the stacked 2024 pool.

Josh Kempton

Flowers by the side of Nicholson Road, Lynwood, where a fatal crash occured which resulted in the death of Skye.

GoFundMeVideoBaby who died in crash remembered as ‘precious little soul’

The baby, who died in a horror rideshare car crash on Saturday, has been remembered as having ‘the most beautiful smile’. 

Treasury Wine Estates boss Sam Fischer.

BusinessPremiumTreasury Wines faces ‘elevated risk’ of bankruptcy

Shares in the winemaker have collapsed 63 per cent over the past year as one Australian hedge fund said its debt load means bankruptcy is possible.

Tom Richardson

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It is understood the Scotch College student Jack Avenell was on a True North cruise when he drowned.

WA NewsCommentsPremiumTributes flow after son of True North Cruises owner drowns

A 15-year-old private school student who tragically drowned in the remote Kimberley has been remembered as ‘the most enthusiastic and keen young fella ever’.

Premier Roger Cook has declared a state of emergency in WA amid a fuel crisis.

State PoliticsVideoCommentsRoger Cook declares state of emergency in WA over fuel

A state of emergency will be declared in WA in a bid to pressure fuel companies to divert supplies where they’re needed, but Roger Cook says it won’t trigger Covid-style restrictions on the public.

Jessica Page

“Boardroom screaming match ends with cops storming out” with Ben Harvey.

WATCHVideoCommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumBoardroom screaming match ends with cops storming out

In tonight’s show, Ben Harvey reveals why being the boss of WA’s Police Union isn’t a long-term career prospect with the third president in five years facing the chop.

Raymond Reddington, who changed his name from Maxwell Robert Fulton was on trial accused of murdering his wife Sharon Fulton (inset) in 1986.

Court & JusticePremiumPremiumHusband learns fate for murdering Sharon Fulton 40 years ago

A cold case killer who murdered his wife 40 years ago has been sentenced to life in prison, however a terminal cancer diagnosis means he could have as little as 18 months to live.

The Eagles have produced the rare feat of comebacks from 22+ points down at quarter time in their past two matches.

AFLVideoCommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumTwice in 48 years: Eagles’ amazing ‘comeback kings’ feat

In A Six-Pack Of IPA (Interesting Points, Allegedly), we look at West Coast achieving a comeback feat achieved only four times before in AFL/VFL history, and more stats and facts on our WA clubs!

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John Matthew Gallagher and Dean Thomas Gallagher.

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Murderer used child abuse material to ‘rob people’

A man who murdered his dad in Salmon Gums two years ago says the 2300 photos and videos of child abuse material police found on his phone were used to help lure people out for him to rob and “make quick cash”

Tegan Guthrie

Major reforms to the residential tenancy bond release process have come into effect in WA, making it easier for renters to get their bond back. 

Consumer WatchPremiumWhat to know about new bond release reforms

Are you up to date with the new bond release process? 

Candice Evans

The grand opening of the new golf club rooms in 1932.

Snapshot in TimePremiumCampaign launched 100 years ago to resurrect golf club

In April 1926 a group of local, like-minded sports lovers decided it was high time Geraldton had a golf club again. 

Trudi Cornish

Lake Navarino Holiday Park has received $81,761 in the State Government's latest round of RED grants.

State FundingPremiumPremiumTwo Waroona holiday locations receive a major funding boost

Two Waroona holiday locations have received a major funding boost in the latest round of regional economic development grants from the State Government. 

DPIRD says aerial culling of deer is humane, despite claims to the contrary by the Australian Deer Association.

DEER CONTROL PremiumPremiumDeer control will take place in Harvey in June

An aerial control of rusa deer is set to be conducted by the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development in the Harvey region later this year.

Russell Collins and Robert Cook with a Fordson P6 at the 2026 Lights on the Hill.

IN PICTURES PremiumPremiumAnnual event showcases vintage tractors and machines

It was a step back in time at the Talbot’s Farm in Brunswick at the weekend as vintage tractors roared to life once again for the Lights on the Hill event. 

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President Donald Trump.

CNBC newsCommentsPremiumWatchdog zeros in on suspicious oil trades before Trump post

The probe is zeroing in on at least two instances over a roughly two-week period when trading volumes jumped sharply just ahead of key White House news.

Yun Li

A navy vessel is seen sailing in the Strait of Hormuz, a vital waterway through which much of the world’s oil and gas passes on March 1, 2026.

EnergyVideoCommentsPremiumWhat an Iran blockade will look like and how it will be done

The move comes as Iran has blockaded the Strait of Hormuz for weeks during the US-Israeli war with the country, a bottleneck that roiled global markets and strained the economy.

Garrett Downs

This picture taken on March 26, 2026 shows an oil tanker unloading crude oil at a port in Yantai, in China’s eastern Shandong province.

CNBC newsCommentsPremiumIran oil shock stirs memories of 1997 Asian financial crisis

The question now is how long the shock lasts and whether the physical energy shortage can be resolved before the economic damage spirals out of control. 

Anniek Bao and Lee Ying Shan

Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Tesla.

CNBC newsCommentsPremiumElon Musk seeks ouster of OpenAI CEO as part of lawsuit

Elon Musk is seeking to have OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and President Greg Brockman removed from their roles as officers in the company as part of a case that’s expected to go to trial later this month.

Lora Kolodny

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Det-Sen. Const. Greg McDougall, pictured, was critically injured when Brenden Ross Green hit him with his HiLux Ute and then fled the scene.

Courts & JusticePremium‘Callous’ drug runner that ran down cop learns his fate

A man who ran over a detective in a brazen attempt to evade arrest over the drugs in his possession has faced court for sentencing.

Hannah Cross

A property in Bunbury sustained major damage for the extreme weather conditions.

Severe WeatherVideoCommentsSuspected tornado tears through WA city overnight

A clean-up is underway in WA after a suspected tornado struck the State’s largest regional city. 

Tegwen Bescoby

A significant cold front brought strong winds and rainfall across the State’s south on Monday night.

WeatherVideoCommentsCommentsWA cold front brings triple-digit winds and rain galore

Winter is officially coming, with residents in Perth and WA’s south waking up to grey skies after an overnight cold front.

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COURTVideoCommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumWoolies goes to war over pricing of Tim Tams, Oreos and more

The Australian supermarket giant will fight allegations it used fake discounts to deceive customers believing they were getting genuine bargains.

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COURTVideoCommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumWoolies goes to war over pricing of Tim Tams, Oreos and more

The Australian supermarket giant will fight allegations it used fake discounts to deceive customers believing they were getting genuine bargains.

Thousands of unwitting WA drivers have been pinged by AI cameras which have detected passengers not wearing seatbelts properly.

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Outrage as thousands wrongfully fined by AI cameras

Sixty per cent of WA motorists who appealed against controversial AI camera seatbelt fines have had their penalties withdrawn, The West Australian can reveal. 

Rhianna Mitchell