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  1. HepatitisWANew hepatitis service to launch in Geraldton

  2. Crime and CourtsPremiumNZ man jailed for almost five years for drug trafficking

  3. Commitment changePremiumCriticism over Govt’s scaled-back refuge unit plan

  4. FootballPremiumRoyals’ sweet revenge as they turn tables on Railways

  5. Fishing ClosuresPremiumDemersal closure zone back in place from August 1

State-of-the-art Scenic Eclipse II.

Holy ship!PremiumGeraldton to welcome luxury yacht Scenic Eclipse II

Despite a two-year pause in Geraldton’s cruise ship schedule, the city is preparing to welcome the spectacular Scenic Eclipse II, a state-of-the-art, ultra-luxury discovery yacht. 

Josephine Hingst

Geraldton Buccaneer Verle Williams takes it to the basket.

BasketballPremiumBuccs make it nine in a row after slamming win

The Geraldton Buccaneers have stretched their winning steak out to nine games, defeating the South West Slammers by 23 points on Saturday night for the last game of the regular season at Activewest Stadium.

Stuart Quinn

A new 4G/5G Telstra tower has been installed in Narngulu.

Telstra towerNew Telstra tower in Narngulu to boost coverage

Mobile coverage across Geraldton and the wider Mid West has received a boost, with Telstra switching on a new 4G/5G mobile base station in Narngulu. 

Josephine Hingst

Tia Morgan from Northampton and Towns' Jessica Giudice-Nairn.

FootballPremiumRoyals, Bulldogs surge ahead in two-sided competition

The titans of the Great Northern Women’s Football League’s 2025 season scored massive wins on the weekend, furthering cementing the competition as a two-horse race.

Kate Campbell

Yamaji Art's projections as part of Geraldton's Shore Leave Festival.

Supporting the artsMinderoo and Regional Arts partnership to boost arts sector

A new $3.3 million partnership between the Minderoo Foundation and Regional Arts WA is set to inject vital support into regional arts, with three Mid West and Gascoyne organisations among the first to benefit. 

Josephine Hingst

Jason Bertelsen and his greyhounds.

Canine changePremiumCouncil backflip allows for off-leash dog trial at the Rec

Greater Geraldton have backflipped on a staff recommendation, instead approving a 12-month trial to allow dogs to be exercised off-leash on the Recreation Ground.

Stuart Quinn

A new telehealth service and website offering access to hepatitis treatment will begin in Geraldton,

HepatitisWANew hepatitis service to launch in Geraldton

A new telehealth service launched on World Hepatitis Day will begin in Geraldton, aiming to bridge a critical healthcare gap for thousands of Western Australians in remote and culturally diverse areas.

Shirin Mousavi at the Long Table Lunch in Carnarvon on Saturday.

Gascoyne Food FestivalLong table lunch a tasty entree to Gascoyne Food Festival

The Gascoyne Food Festival has officially opened its 2025 season, with a cornucopia of events to celebrate the region’s produce, people and places from beach to bush.

An artificial reef teeming with fish.

Game-changerPremiumPremiumCarnarvon artificial reef soon to come to life

An artificial reef off the Carnarvon coast dubbed a “game-changer” will be ready to launch by the end of August, creating a new recreational fishing hotspot for locals and visitors in the Gascoyne.

A new 4G/5G Telstra tower has been installed in Narngulu.

Telstra towerNew Telstra tower in Narngulu to boost coverage

Mobile coverage across Geraldton and the wider Mid West has received a boost, with Telstra switching on a new 4G/5G mobile base station in Narngulu. 

Josephine Hingst

Racing and Wagering WA chief executive Ian Edwards, Goldfields Variety’s Ash Trow, Blue Tree Project chief executive Kendall Whyte, Liberal Member for O'Connor Rick Wilson, and Kalgoorlie-Boulder Racing Club chief executive Rob Murison.

Racy WA GrantsRacing WA Community Fund grants now open

Local groups making a difference in regional WA are being encouraged to apply for grants of up to $5000 through the Racing WA Community Fund. 

Josephine Hingst

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Dr Tony Buti has announced a new committee to investigate university mergers.The University of Western Australia, Curtin , Edith Cowan and Murdoch Universities will all come under the microscope.

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WA universities set for major shake-up with merger plans

The Sunday Times can reveal the Cook Government has taken a significant step towards a merger in some form between WA’s four public universities.

Joe Spagnolo

Three years after selling out of his Crown Resorts casino empire, billionaire James Packer has a confession.

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James Packer reveals thoughts on Donald Trump, Elon Musk

Three years after selling out of his Crown Resorts casino empire, billionaire James Packer has a confession.

Mark Drummond

It’s understood the man who set off the flare was also armed with a knife.

EmergencyPremiumChaos as flare set off inside busy Perth shopping centre

It’s understood the man who set off the flare was also armed with a knife.

Caitlin Vinci

Tributes have flowed for Ludovica Piscicelli after she was killed in a crash on her way to work in April.

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Adventurous soul mourned after fatal crash near Albany

The young woman killed in a horrific crash in Bornholm on her way to work at a dairy farm is being remembered as a vivacious and adventurous soul who had found her ‘piece of paradise’ in Denmark. 

Jacki Elezovich

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Cynthia Khan and Yusuf Khan

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Surprise twist in Library Nightclub saga

State tax officials have moved to wind up the company which owns The Library Nightclub building, as the pressure on Yusuf Khan’s business empire widens.

Matt Mckenzie

A teenage boy suffered leg injuries and is being taken to Perth Children’s Hospital.

NewsPremiumTeen rushed to hospital after terrifying crash near school

A teenage boy has been rushed to hospital after being struck by a car in a frightening incident near his western suburbs school.

Transport Minister Rita Saffioti.

WA NewsCommentsPremiumCommentsPremium‘Concerns’ as location of new ferry terminal announced

Transport Minister Rita Saffioti says the Government has revealed the location of a new ferry terminal in Matilda Bay but admitted some will be unhappy with its site.

Dr Tony Buti has announced a new committee to investigate university mergers.The University of Western Australia, Curtin , Edith Cowan and Murdoch Universities will all come under the microscope.

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The West Australian exclusive
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CommentsPremiumWA universities set for major shake-up with merger plans

The Sunday Times can reveal the Cook Government has taken a significant step towards a merger in some form between WA’s four public universities.

Three years after selling out of his Crown Resorts casino empire, billionaire James Packer has a confession.

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CommentsPremiumJames Packer reveals thoughts on Donald Trump, Elon Musk

Three years after selling out of his Crown Resorts casino empire, billionaire James Packer has a confession.

Regional News

The Leschenault Cricket Club has received funding for new equipment.

Sports fundingPremiumSouth West sporting groups get major investment

Several South West schools and local sporting groups have been given a leg up by the State Government as part of a $10 million investment across WA. 

Craig Duncan

Will Upchurch's winning portrait Xin Jie Tan.

Cossack Art AwardsPremiumGeraldton-based artist wins best portrait prize

Geraldton artist Will Upchurch has taken out the award for Best Portrait at the 2025 Cossack Art Awards with his piece titled Xin Jie Tan. 

Josephine Hingst

Gracetown children enjoying the flood.

WA NewsCommentsImpromptu pool party after historic bridge cut off by floods

Heavy rains that closed the only road into a WA town on Sunday sparked a community celebration rather than a crisis.

Warren Hately

Education Minister Sabine Winton.

Education supportPremiumPremiumAdditional support for education improvement

Five Goldfields-Esperance public schools will receive additional behaviour support co-ordinators to help take pressure off teachers by providing extra assistance for the children who need it most.

St Mary’s Primary School assistant principal Jenny Gorman and principal Elizabeth Browner.

125th celebrationsPremiumPremiumSt Mary's seeks historical donations for 125th birthday

St Mary’s Primary School is gearing up to celebrate its 125th birthday and is calling for donations of old photos and memorabilia to mark the occasion.

Apprentice Master Scott Bamberry and Kerrisa Simon.

Scooting to successPremiumPremiumWunan launches e-scooter building program for at-risk youth

Wunan Foundation kicked off its Still on Track E-Scooter Program last week, which will teach 10 at-risk students hands-on skills like welding and electric scooter assembly. 

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Elon Musk’s Tesla sold its crypto at one of the worst possible times.

CNBC newsComments‘Won’t sell’: Musk, Tesla’s multi-billion-dollar crypto miss

Billionaire Elon Musk’s Tesla missed on the top and bottom lines in the second quarter, but another miss was buried in its investor deck.

Ari Levy

Tesla’s slump this year is partly due to backlash against the company in the US and Europe, after Musk spent heavily to help re-elect President Donald Trump.

CNBC newsCommentsMusk warns of a ‘few rough quarters’ for Tesla as sales dive

Elon Musk has warned Tesla faces “a few rough quarters” after the company reported a 16 per cent decline in automotive revenue as sales fell for a second-straight quarter and again trailed analysts’ estimates.

Lora Kolodny

Donald Trump has announced a massive US-Japan trade deal.

TradeComments‘Largest ever’: Trump announces $839b US-Japan trade deal

US President Donald Trump has announced a $839 billion trade deal with Japan, calling it the ‘largest deal ever’, which involves ‘reciprocal’ tariffs.

Lim Hui Jie

In the battle among streaming services to capture and keep subscribers, kids’ shows like CoComelon and Bluey are becoming powerful tools to help win the war.

CNBC newsCommentsPremiumAs streaming services chase a profit, kids’ content is king

In the battle among streaming services to capture and keep subscribers, kids’ shows like Bluey are becoming powerful tools to help win the war.

Ali McCadden and Lillian Rizzo

WA News

Megan Hayworth from the UWA Boat Club, Australian blind sailing team skipper Kylie Forth and Sailability WA founder Graham White near the site of the proposed Matilda Bay ferry terminal.

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Uncertain future for water clubs amid ferry terminal plans

A volunteer-run sailing club that’s supported people with disabilities for 25 years faces closure after the State Government named Matilda Bay as the site for a new Swan River ferry terminal.

Harriet Flinn

Pedestrian access to the storage units is proposed via Roe Street - adjacent to the box shop.

Huge developmentPremiumHuge $27m self-storage unit facility planned for Perth

A $27 million self-storage unit facility has been recommended for approval on the corner of Sutherland Street and Roe Street in West Perth.

Sophie Gannon

A development proposal for a $23.5 million neighbourhood shopping centre in Maida Vale is expected to get the green light from State planning officials today.

Shopping boostMaida Vale set to get new $23.5m shopping centre

A development proposal for a $23.5 million neighbourhood shopping centre in Maida Vale is expected to get the green light from State planning officials today.

A proposed multi-storey carpark and supermarket has been described as a "back-up" option.

Parking squeezeCommentsPremiumCommentsPremium‘Back-up’ carpark to ease squeeze at Murdoch health precinct

A $50 million multi-storey carpark has been proposed as a ‘back-up’ solution to a looming parking squeeze at the Murdoch health precinct.

Annabelle Cornish, Mosey Bolton and Michael Reading at the Telethon Speech & Hearing Literacy program. Andrew Ritchie

Education CommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumThe literacy program fostering a love of reading in WA kids

Every week during the school term, small groups of primary school children gather at the Telethon Speech and Hearing headquarters to engage in intensive literacy lessons.

SSTUWA president Matt Jarman said the results reflected an underfunded and under-resourced system and a lack of preparedness among children starting kindergarten and pre-primary.

EducationCommentsPremiumUnready kindy kids feeding into ‘disastrous’ NAPLAN results

A rise in the number of children who are starting kindergarten underprepared is feeding into WA’s ‘alarming’ NAPLAN results, the State School Teachers Union of WA has warned.

Rhianna Mitchell