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  1. Courts & JusticePremiumWhat ex-WA public officer must do when next in court

  2. ag show Another successful year for beloved Narrogin Ag Show

  3. Home comfort PremiumCowcher cheered from the rafters as Cats see off the Eagles

  4. Bravery awardPremiumPolice officer receives bravery medal for saving baby

  5. Season opener PremiumGoode’s six-wicket haul the foundation as Towns clinch win

Wool classer Arahia Tuwhangui at the Darkan Sheepfest.

tidy townsWheatbelt towns named among WA Tidy Towns awards finalists

Four Wheatbelt towns are finalists in this year’s WA Tidy Towns Sustainable Communities awards, with Pingelly also in the running for the overall State gong.

Jacki Elezovich

Brenton Hayes, owner of WA's best regional liquor store Liquor Barons Narrogin.

best bottlePremiumNarrogin bottle shop named regional WA’s best

A family-owned Wheatbelt liquor store has been crowned the best in regional WA, having been awarded the prestigious title at the WA Loin Liquor Industry Awards earlier this month. 

Melissa Sheil

Corrigin Community Shed recycles pallets to build environmentally friendly coffins.

CoffinsPremiumRecycled coffins offer an environmental goodbye in Corrigin

Corrigin Community Shed have taken a slightly unexpected turn in their projects with members now crafting coffins from recycled materials to offer a more environmentally friendly farewell. 

Amy Towers

Mary Nenke, well-known yabby farmer and founder of Farmer On Your Plate.

WA NewsPremium‘Yabby lady’ champions WA farmers through health battle

Mary Nenke knows the importance of bridging the city-country divide which is why she has made championing agriculture her mission for more than three decades.

Rourke Walsh

Katanning police need information regarding two scrub fires on Katanning-Dumbleyung Road on Saturday.

Suspicious firesKatanning probe details on suspicious scrub fires near town

Katanning police are appealing to the public for information regarding two suspicious scrub fires in the Shire of Katanning on Saturday.

Amy Towers

Winners of the 2026 Bloom Festival photography competition have been announced.

happy snapsGorgeous shots of Great Southern featured among comp winners

Photographs of the Milky Way starburst reflecting in a river, wandering emus and paw prints in the sand have been announced as the winners of the 2026 Bloom Festival photography competition.

Melissa Sheil

The Lions Park in Narrogin is having a new soft-fall surface installed.

Swing outSafety first: Lions Park to reopen with new rubber surface

Children in Narrogin should be able to return to their favourite playground as works to refurbish the Lions Park play area were due to be completed this week.

Kojonup have started the new GSCA season well.

Cougars class PremiumPremiumImpressive Cougars score second win of the new GSCA season

Kojonup moved to second on the Great Southern Cricket Association ladder after notching their second win of the season, thumping Green Range-Ongerup by six wickets on Saturday.

Towns' Arron Quartermaine on his way to a half century.

Strong start PremiumPremiumTowns’ attack make short shrift of Wandering for second win

Towns notched up their second win in a row, a 22-run victory over Wandering on Saturday giving them a perfect start to their Upper Great Southern Cricket Association A-grade season.

Kulin DHS teachers Melissah Rees (left) and Laura Browning (right) with students Ronan Doust and Kahlan Spurr with the Cambodian family they were building for.

Service tripPremiumKulin students make a difference building homes in Cambodia

Kulin students traded the classroom for a building site in Cambodia, getting hands on helping families in extreme poverty while giving them a new perspective on life back home. 

Amy Towers

A new terminal will be constructed in Cordering, south of Darkan.

clean linkPremiumBig step in Clean Energy Link East expansion for Wheatbelt

A new terminal and two transmission lines will soon be built to connect the Wheatbelt to the South West in a major milestone in expanding the electricity grid east to connect to incoming renewable projects.

Melissa Sheil

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Haydn Thomas Mansell is on trial for careless driving causing death after a rail-crossing crash involving his wife.

courtsPremiumMoments in lead-up to fatal rail-crossing crash revealed

Officers from major crash have revealed the moments leading up to the crash that killed Cailee Mansell, with the vehicle’s speed and time of braking key parts of evidence given in day two of the trial. 

Jacki Elezovich

A woman’s death is being investigated after she was stopped and tested at a RBT operation in Geraldton.

PolicePremiumPolice provide update over women’s sudden death after RBT

The investigation into a woman’s sudden death following a random breath test operation on a Geraldton highway last week is still ongoing as police wait on test results.

Sally Q Davies

Christopher Brown has apologised to a Perth couple after he was found guilty of defrauding the pair out of $500,000.

Courts & JusticeVideoPremiumBusinessman found guilty of conning couple out of $500k

Judge Genevieve Cleary handed down her verdict on Friday following a five-day judge-alone trial in September. 

Jessica Evensen and Hannah Cross

Former school teacher Stephen James Warwick outside of court.

Courts & JusticePremium‘I was horrified’: Ex-student speaks out as teacher in court

A former WA school teacher who was previously recognised with an education award has faced court for the first time accused of sexually abusing a teenager.

Charlton Hart

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Paul Patrick Mulligan pictured outside District Court.

Courts & JusticePremiumDrunk-driver who left cyclist for dead jailed

A ‘callous’ drunk-driver hit a cyclist and left him for dead because he feared the consequences had police caught him drink-driving, a court has been told.

Hannah Cross

Tara Morrison (pictured) was killed in Busselton in 2024.

Courts & JusticePremiumViolent murderer sensationally testifies against co-accused

A young mother who violently murdered a woman in Busselton has sensationally testified against her co-accused just two weeks after admitting to the brutal stabbing. 

Jessica Evensen

Haydn Mansell leaves the Albany Justice Complex after the first day of his trial on October 27.

courtsPremiumPremiumFootage of fatal Redmond rail-crossing crash played in trial

An Albany court has viewed dash-cam footage and heard from the driver of the train involved in a rail-crossing crash that killed a young mother last year, as her husband stands trial over the tragedy

Liz Ledger has resigned in her role as City of South Perth CEO.

Local GovernmentPremiumPremium‘Dysfunctional’: South Perth CEO quits amid council chaos

City of South Perth CEO Liz Ledger has sensationally quit after just four months, slamming the council’s dysfunctional culture and revealing she was blocked from addressing serious health and safety hazards.

Cole Smith with his daughter Ebony and their English staffy, lily, who tragically passed away weeks before Mr Smith.

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The heartbroken daughter of a retiree who died after allegedly being placed in a chokehold on a Fremantle street has spoken of his final act of kindness.  

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Juan Lopez is a chef at Skeetas.

Local businessPremiumBallot visas set to leave local businesses struggling

Local business owners across Geraldton are worried the Federal Government’s proposed changes to working holiday visas could leave them struggling to find workers. 

Harriet Dash & Sienna Seychell

A waterbomber in action.

Harvest helpPremiumAerial strike harvest team to be based in Geraldton

A strike team, including two waterbombers, will be based in Geraldton from next month to help protect WA’s multi-billion-dollar grain harvest as the fire season ramps up.

Kate Campbell

A 200ha site is set to be the future location of the Boyanup saleyards.

developmentPremiumBoyanup saleyards set to have new home

Boyanup’s controversial saleyards is set to have a new home, according to the Shire of Capel, which presented the details of its highly anticipated agribusiness precinct for the first time this week.

Melissa Pedelty

Letty Tichborne, Tandin Dorji, Kalgoorlie MLA Ali Kent, Georgia Vladich, front, mayor Glenn Wilson, Linda Larbi, and Elizabeth Le Billon get excited for the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder's upcoming Christmas Street Party and Multicultural Festival.

Local eventsPremiumPremiumCity secures funding for community events

The City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder has secured funding for the upcoming Christmas Street Party and the 2027 Multicultural Festival with a $74,000 grant from Lotterywest.

Tenindewa farmhand and New Zealander Max Clayton.

AgriculturePremiumPremiumMid West farmers seeking extra help from across the ditch

WA farmers are seeking harvest help from across the Tasman, as proposed cuts to backpacker visas threatens the seasonal workforce. 

Emergency Services Minister Reece Whitby with the new fire truck.

Emergency servicesPremiumPremiumGeraldton firefighters get new $1.1 million truck

Fighting bushfires in Geraldton has been given a boost in the lead-up to a hot summer season with a new $1.1m fire truck. 

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Since 1990, only nine days have had a larger jump in the VIX on a smaller drop in the S&P500 than last Friday, according to SpotGamma.

CNBC newsWhy the market’s fragile calm faces a major test

Markets paused their slide this week as the tech sector found its footing following an AI sell-off sparked by high borrowing costs and doubts over data centre returns.

Justin Zacks

By the 1950s, another technological innovation would come along and have a profound effect on women: the washing machine.

CNBC newsPremiumWomen may be at greater risk of AI job losses

The history of technological progress suggests that, as AI spreads, the employment impact will hit women more than men.

Steve Liesman

Amazon’s Bee Frontier device can be worn on a wrist or clipped on to clothing..

CNBC newsPremiumAmazon launches new Bee ‘personal AI’ devices

Amazon is releasing two new Bee listening devices as it moves further into the AI hardware market.

Annie Palmer

HANGZHOU, CHINA - OCTOBER 18: Gold bars are on display at a gold jewelry store on October 18, 2024 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province of China.

CNBC newsPremiumWhy China is buying so much gold, and means for prices

China’s central bank has bought gold for 23 straight months, and the country is importing more of the precious metal than ever.

Anniek Boa

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Anton Raymond Illich is accused of posting threatening comments on various Facebook posts in One Nation supporter groups in July.

Courts & JusticePremiumMajor update after Perth man threatens to kill Hanson

A man who says his alleged threats to kill Pauline Hanson were because of a crippling ‘Facebook addiction’ has fronted court again.

Hannah Cross

Health authorities have been left baffled after a child admitted to hospital with the measles was not linked to a case reported earlier in the week. 

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Warning as second Perth hospital exposed to measles

Health authorities have been left baffled after a child admitted to hospital with the measles was not linked to a case reported earlier in the week. 

Hannah Cross

The 22-year-old fronted Perth Magistrates Court on Friday after being charged with preparing a terrorist attack.

Courts & JusticePremiumPremiumShocking details emerge about Perth man’s WA terrorism plot

Lucas Shawn Cameron faced Perth Magistrates Court on Friday after the Australian Federal Police charged the 22-year-old with preparing a terrorist attack in Perth between November 4 and December 4 last year.

About 100 people turned out to cheer on Pauline Hanson in Secret Harbour.

State PoliticsVideoPremiumPremiumPauline Hanson mobbed by supporters in WA stronghold

The senator has been greeted by a cheering crowd of supporters in Secret Harbour, declaring One Nation’s surge in WA is only just beginning.

A man who allegedly threatened to kill One Nation leader Pauline Hanson in a series of Facebook posts wants a psychological assessment. NewsWire / Martin Ollman

COURTPremiumPremiumUpdate in Pauline Hanson death threat case

A man accused of threatening to kill One Nation leader Pauline Hanson on Facebook has faced court.

Generations of West Australians made memories on its dance floor in Murray Street. Now, an emotional farewell marks the end of a remarkable Perth family legacy.

WA NewsVideoIconic Perth dance studio forced to close after a century

Generations of West Australians made memories on its dance floor. Now an emotional farewell marks the end of a remarkable Perth family legacy.

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