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  1. GP increaseIncrease in rural and remote GPs across WA

  2. Escape plotPremiumElite squad called in to transfer prison ‘conspirators’

  3. FootballPremiumTowns top dogs in upset of the year against Railways

  4. Basketball PremiumBuccs into top three after fifth win in a row

  5. FootballPremiumBulldogs, Hawks on winner’s list in round 11

Geraldton's Sarah Kenyon.

WindsurfingPremiumGero’s to host Junior Windsurfing Wave World Grand Final

Geraldton will play host to the 2025 Junior Windsurfing Wave World Grand Final in what is a global first as the Grand Final exits Europe for the first time in the competition’s history.

Luke Lawson

The Tractor Pull competition was always popular at the Mingenew Midwest Expo.

Mingenew Midwest ExpoPremiumCommunity disappointment surrounds decision to cancel Expo

The decision to cancel the Mid West’s biggest agricultural field day has been labelled as “extremely disappointing” but a victim of the reality confronting the region, according to the local shire president.

Stuart Quinn

Cardinals' Erin Ralph.

HockeyPremiumAustrals and Cardinals battle ends scoreless

Round eight of the Geraldton Hockey Association delivered a full weekend of action, kicking off on Wednesday night with Men’s A Grade. 

Derek Goforth

The arrest of a childcare worker in Melbourne has triggered a national debate about kids' safety.

Pom in OzPremiumCalls to ban men from childcare work ‘offensive, ignorant’

Like many parents and educators across the country, I was devastated and disgusted by the recent allegations of systematic abuse involving a childcare worker in Victoria. 

Derek Goforth

SKA Observatory in the Shire of Murchison.

Space sciencePremium‘Cosmic clocks’ preparing telescope for early science

Astrophysicists are using pulsars — incredibly fast-spinning dead stars — to help prepare one of the world’s biggest low-frequency radio telescopes, located in the Mid West, for early science use. 

Josephine Hingst

Jurien Bay resident Michael Cockburn battles a neighbour’s shed fire with a garden hose.

Telstra coveragePremiumJurien Bay hoping Telstra network issues have been resolved

Residents in Jurien Bay on the Telstra network have been experiencing mobile coverage issues with outages and unreliable service over the past few months.

Stuart Quinn

Coloured Stone perform at the NAIDOC Week opening concert at Stow Gardens.

NAIDOC Week 2025NAIDOC Week kicks off in Geraldton

NAIDOC Week 2025 got off to a vibrant start in Geraldton with two community celebrations that honoured culture, connection and 50 years of NAIDOC pride. 

Rural Health West CEO Catherine Elliot.

GP increaseIncrease in rural and remote GPs across WA

The number of general practitioners working in rural and remote WA has surpassed the 1000 mark for the first time, with the Mid West seeing a substantial increase.

The Tractor Pull competition was always popular at the Mingenew Midwest Expo.

Mingenew Midwest ExpoPremiumPremiumCommunity disappointment surrounds decision to cancel Expo

The decision to cancel the Mid West’s biggest agricultural field day has been labelled as “extremely disappointing” but a victim of the reality confronting the region, according to the local shire president.

Gascoyne Junction Pub & Tourist Park new managers Litsa Cartwright and Dan Bond.

Beer is backCommentsPopular outback pub reopens after six-month dry spell

The beer is once again flowing and pub grub is back on the menu in one of WA’s most remote communities.

Stuart Quinn

The Gascoyne Food Festival.

Gascoyne Food FestivalPremiumRegion set to go gascoynomical for food festival

The Gascoyne Food Festival is fast approaching, bigger and better than ever in 2025, unveiling a packed menu of events to delight the senses, celebrate the region’s produce, people and places.

Stuart Quinn

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Steven Payne, pictured, vanished into waters at Wharton Beach after a fatal shark attack.

Courts & JusticePremiumTragic details revealed after fatal shark attack at WA beach

The devastating circumstances of a great white shark attack on a surfer who was fatally mauled in front of his girlfriend at an Esperance beach have been revealed for the first time.

Caleb Runciman

An 83-year-old female and 83-year-old male were flown to Royal Perth Hospital on the RAC Rescue helicopter.

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Three people seriously injured in multi-vehicle crash

A child also sustained minor injuries in the collision.

Caitlin Vinci

Education Minister Sabine Winton.

state politicsCommentsPremiumMinister reassures WA parents after horrific sex abuse case

Education Minister Sabine Winton has ordered the State’s Education and Care Regulatory Unit to conduct a snap review of WA’s childcare system.

Jessica Page

Aerial urban suburban cityscape landscape view in Perth Western Australia Rafael Ben-Ari

Housing marketCommentsPremiumPerth in property marathon as median price jumps to new peak

Perth’s median dwelling price has jumped $65,000 over the past year, with anticipated interest rate cuts set to further buoy the market.

Kim Macdonald

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Steven Payne, pictured, vanished into waters at Wharton Beach after a fatal shark attack.

Courts & JusticePremiumTragic details revealed after fatal shark attack at WA beach

The devastating circumstances of a great white shark attack on a surfer who was fatally mauled in front of his girlfriend at an Esperance beach have been revealed for the first time.

Caleb Runciman

Fremantle are playing many tall forwards.

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Dockers must change forward structure and break Serong tag

If the Dockers wish to play two rucks, they cannot have Josh Treacy, Jye Amiss, Pat Voss and the Luke Jackson-Sean Darcy combo as forwards, writes Xavier Ellis.

Xavier Ellis

An 83-year-old female and 83-year-old male were flown to Royal Perth Hospital on the RAC Rescue helicopter.

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CommentsPremiumThree people seriously injured in multi-vehicle crash

A child also sustained minor injuries in the collision.

Business owner Andrew Donnelly and business associate Shane Carlson leave Joondalup Court on Friday after facing charges.

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PremiumLegal strife piles up for embattled ex-Eagle

Former West Coast Eagle Andrew Donnelly has pleaded not guilty to criminal charges that he failed to comply with requirements under WA’s workers’ compensation laws.

Sutton’s own lawyer said his crime was surely “as close to an example of evil as one could imagine.”

CrimePremiumPremiumInside the mind of a deranged teenage killer of Perth father

It was November 2022 when he first put pen to paper to plot his evil plan to kill. ‘This is my first diary entry, if you are reading this book, then either I have been caught or I have been killed,’ he wrote.

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A shark warning has been issued off the Gascoyne coast with a whale carcass floating near Coral Bay.

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STAY OUT OF WATER: Shark alert at popular WA holiday town

A whale carcass has caused the closure of beaches and waters within a 300m radius.

Troy de Ruyter

Jurien Bay resident Michael Cockburn battles a neighbour’s shed fire with a garden hose.

Telstra coveragePremiumJurien Bay hoping Telstra network issues have been resolved

Residents in Jurien Bay on the Telstra network have been experiencing mobile coverage issues with outages and unreliable service over the past few months.

Stuart Quinn

A White Peak construction site.

Call to buildPremiumHome building wait times cut in half: council

Geraldton’s housing construction sector has entered a “recovery phase” after COVID-induced paralysis, with building wait times cut and approval applications flooding in.

Kate Campbell

The Gascoyne Food Festival.

Gascoyne Food FestivalPremiumPremiumRegion set to go gascoynomical for food festival

The Gascoyne Food Festival is fast approaching, bigger and better than ever in 2025, unveiling a packed menu of events to delight the senses, celebrate the region’s produce, people and places.

The City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder council has endorsed its rates hike for 2025-26.

Rates hike PremiumPremiumCity to ‘support not punish’ after 3.3 per cent rates hike

The City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder council says it is here to “support not punish” ratepayers as it endorses a 3.3 per cent rates hike for the 2025-26 financial year.

Attendees at the 2024 NAIDOC youth basketball tournament.

NAIDOC WeekPremiumPremiumBasketball comp returns for NAIDOC Week celebrations

The return of a popular youth basketball tournament and a special school holiday program for Coolgardie are among a busy NAIDOC Week events calendar.

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The company often sells its Labubu dolls in a blind box to buyers who don’t know what character is inside until they open it.

CNBC newsCommentsLabubu-maker unfazed by ‘blind box’ crackdown

Beijing may have warned against “blind box” toys, but analysts are betting that Pop Mart International — the company behind Labubu dolls — will remain one of China’s hottest consumer brands this year.

Anniek Bao and Lim Hui Jie

Trump has made his priorities on energy production clear. The US will rely on oil, gas, coal and nuclear to meet its growing energy needs, the president said last weekend, bashing wind and solar power.

CNBC newsCommentsTrump megabill gives the oil industry everything it wants

President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act ends long-standing federal support for solar and wind power, while creating a friendly environment for oil, gas and coal production.

Spencer Kimball

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves (right) crying as Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer speaks during Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons.

CNBC newsCommentsUK in dire straits after minister’s tears rattle markets

All eyes are now on the UK’s ruling Labour Party for any sign of further political fractures that could rattle Britain’s economic stability.

Holly Ellyatt

Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell and President Donald Trump.

BusinessCommentsTrump scolds ‘stupid’ Fed after it holds key rate steady

The Federal Reserve has kept interest rates steady amid expectations of higher inflation and lower economic growth ahead, and still pointed to two reductions later this year.

Jeff Cox

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A crash on Broomehill-Gnowangerup Road claimed the life of a 45-year-old man on July 8, leaving a second man and a child injured.

road tollPremiumGreat Southern tragedy as man dies, two injured in crash

A man has been killed while another adult and an infant have been left with serious injuries after a crash in Pallinup, near Gnowangerup on Tuesday afternoon, part of a horror few days on WA roads. 

Jacki Elezovich

A shark warning has been issued off the Gascoyne coast with a whale carcass floating near Coral Bay.

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NewsComments
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STAY OUT OF WATER: Shark alert at popular WA holiday town

A whale carcass has caused the closure of beaches and waters within a 300m radius.

Troy de Ruyter

Children from different cultural or language backgrounds are twice as likely to start school with delays in communication skills compared to their peers — with girls most at risk.

EducationCommentsCommentsKids from diverse backgrounds twice as likely to fall behind

Children from different cultural or language backgrounds are twice as likely to start school with delays in communication skills compared to their peers — with girls most at risk.

Altogether, Mr Shanks was fined $4000 and ordered to pay an additional $6000 in costs along with losing his license for two years.

Courts and JusticePremiumPremiumRogue Perth real estate agent’s dodgy act revealed

A Banksia Grove real estate agent has been stripped of his license for two years and fined $4000 for the act.

First responders rushed to the scene after reports a car and truck collided on Great Eastern Highway, Irishtown.

TrafficSerious crash shuts part of major WA highway

Emergency services are responding to a serious crash in WA’s Wheatbelt region. 

Caroline Wilga

Missing personWA homicide squad investigating disappearance of backpacker

The 26-year-old German backpacker was last captured on CCTV on June 29 before vanishing in the Wheatbelt.

Caleb Runciman