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  1. Bushfire PremiumAfter the firestorm: Geraldton assesses blaze aftermath

  2. Regional demandPremiumGeraldton houses up 4.8 per cent amid fierce competition

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    ‘Fires starting up all over’: Locals scramble amid bushfire

  4. CricketPremiumWanderers win as fire forces match to be abandoned

  5. No more surrendersPremiumCity closes animal management facility until further notice

Bolta wins the 2025 Regional Championship for jockey Austin Galati

Horse racingRoad to Ascot paved in gold for Bolta

Austin Galati, on board Bolta, secured the $100,000 Regional Championship: Road to Ascot on Saturday.

Stuart Quinn

Minister for Health’s Award – Geraldton Emergency Nurse Practitioner Deanne Brooks

Top HonoursPremiumGeraldton nurse wins Minister for Health’s Award

Geraldton emergency nurse Deanne Brooks has been celebrated as one of Western Australia’s most outstanding health professionals, taking home the top accolade at the 2025 WA Health Excellence Awards

Josephine Hingst

Indi Smith for B52's.

Water poloPremiumB52’s depth on display with wins in both A-grade comps

B52’s showed their depth with both their men’s and women’s A-grade sides scoring impressive wins, keeping them firmly in the conversation for end of season honours in Geraldton water polo.

Derek Goforth

The Cliff Head gas plant off the Dongara coast.

Dongara Against Seismic BlastingPremiumDongara community rallies against seismic blasting

Community concern over plans for seismic blasting off the Dongara coast will take centre stage on Friday, with residents gathering for a Sundowner and Film Night hosted by Dongara Against Seismic Blasting. 

Josephine Hingst

Waggrakine Primary School Year 4 students Millie Haynes, Demi Patience and Quinn Godfrey.

The Sunny CabinPremiumSchoolgirls’ passion project helps a good cause

The enterprising and charitable spirit of three Waggrakine Primary School students has emerged in full force, thanks to a school project that has seen them raise funds for a worthy cause. 

Kate Campbell

Origin of the fire at the back of Heal Close, Spalding

Geraldton firePremiumBlaze started in Spalding; one home lost, two unlivable

The extent of damage left behind by the Geraldton bushfire is becoming clear, with investigators confirming the blaze first ignited in Spalding on Friday before tearing through suburbs on Sunday and Monday. 

Josephine Hingst

The Cliff Head gas plant off the Dongara coast.

Dongara Against Seismic BlastingPremiumPremiumDongara community rallies against seismic blasting

Community concern over plans for seismic blasting off the Dongara coast will take centre stage on Friday, with residents gathering for a Sundowner and Film Night hosted by Dongara Against Seismic Blasting. 

The two sides of the Chapman River tell a very different story. Insets: wreckage of a razed home and a burnt out car in the fire zone.

Bushfire PremiumPremiumAfter the firestorm: Geraldton assesses blaze aftermath

As the smoke finally lifts over Geraldton’s northern suburbs, the scale of destruction left behind by the fast moving weekend bushfire has become starkly visible.

The City of Greater Geraldton will not be accepting any more surrendered animals for the time being.

No more surrendersPremiumPremiumCity closes animal management facility until further notice

The City of Greater Geraldton will not be accepting surrendered animals at its animal management until further notice.

Abby Green scored 25 for Wanderers before the match was abandoned.

CricketPremiumWanderers win as fire forces match to be abandoned

A bushfire emergency saw a premature end to the Young Motors Women’s T20 match at GBSC Sports Park on Sunday, as Wanderers claimed victory over Chapman Valley-Northampton in unusual circumstances.

Victor Tanti

Suiside's Liam Meharry hits a home run.

SoftballSuiside keep grip on top spot in epic round

Tight finishes, big batting innings and a few heroic moments wrapped up round seven of the Geraldton softball season, as Suiside keep  their grip on the men’s division one ladder with a 6-4 win over Rams.

Derek Goforth

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Expansion is under way at Warradarge Wind Farm.

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Asbestos threat spreads to WA wind farm

A big wind farm backed by the State Government has become embroiled in widening concerns about asbestos contamination.

Matt Mckenzie

Blake Riley Todd pictured leaving Kalgoorlie Courthouse in October 2024.

Courts & JusticePremiumChild rapist behind bars after suspended jail term appealed

A 20-year-old man who originally avoided immediate jail for having sex with a 14-year-old girl at a birthday party has been put behind bars after his sentence was successfully appealed.

Tegan Guthrie

Banksia Grove woman Josanne Cronin is suing Ramsay Health Care over botched surgery she alleges left her with permanent spinal damage. (File image).

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Woman sues Joondalup hospital for $8m over botched surgery

It is alleged that the surgeon, credentialed by the hospital, removed bone from her spine without authorisation and later performed an unnecessary spinal fusion.

Hannah Cross

The Balga donga is charging $135-a-night with the stunning view and spacious inside, who could pass it up?

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The $135-a-night donga in Balga that’s sparked outrage

A donga in Balga advertised for $135 a night is everything that’s wrong with suburban short-stay accommodation, according to tourism experts.

Kim Macdonald

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Luke Hanif Sekkouah was due to stand trial for the murder of mother-of four Erica Hay but pleaded guilty to the charge on Tuesday.

Courts & JusticePremiumDV killer admits murdering mum-of-four in last-minute plea

Luke Hanif Sekkouah was due to stand trial for the murder of Erica Hay but pleaded guilty to the charge on Tuesday.

Rebecca Le May

Expansion is under way at Warradarge Wind Farm.

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Asbestos threat spreads to WA wind farm

A big wind farm backed by the State Government has become embroiled in widening concerns about asbestos contamination.

Matt Mckenzie

Banksia Grove woman Josanne Cronin is suing Ramsay Health Care over botched surgery she alleges left her with permanent spinal damage. (File image).

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PremiumWoman sues Joondalup hospital for $8m over botched surgery

It is alleged that the surgeon, credentialed by the hospital, removed bone from her spine without authorisation and later performed an unnecessary spinal fusion.

The inmate was found unresponsive in his cell on Friday morning at Acacia Prison in Wooroloo, about an hour east of Perth.

CrimePremiumPremiumInmate found dead in cell at Acacia Prison

St John WA declared the inmate deceased shortly after their arrival to the scene.

A man was also injured and was taken to Fitzroy Crossing Hospital for treatment.

Disaster and EmergencyPremiumPremiumYoung woman mauled to death by dog in WA town

Upon arrival at the scene, police found a woman in her 20s, deceased.

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Esperance was without power for two hours on Tuesday.

PowerlessPremiumEsperance power outage lasts two hours

Horizon Power investigations are ongoing into the cause of an outage that cut power across the whole of Esperance for two hours on Tuesday.

Neil Watkinson

More kids are skipping classes across WA’s regional area.

EducationPremiumThe regions in WA where more students are skipping school

More kids are skipping classes across WA’s regional areas, with schools in the State’s country cities and towns recording this year’s lowest attendance rates compared with similar regions across the nation.

Bethany Hiatt

Pemberton's now ‘out of action’ Electric Vehicle Charging Station.

PowerPremiumPemberton’s EV charger has seemingly ‘run out of charge’

Pemberton’s electric vehicle charger has run out of charge after a catastrophic malfunction — with a $51,000 price tag to replace it. 

Serian Lockwood-Jones

Fire destroyed the asbestos-ridden Pemberton Mill in December 2022.

Pemberton MillPremiumPremiumFull remediation of mill set to cost ‘tens of millions’

Full remediation of the decrepit Pemberton Mill could cost tens of millions, with the Shire of Manjimup hoping the State Government will jump on board to help foot the bill. 

The town of Walpole has won the Tidy Towns Environmental Education Award

WALPOLE WINNERSPremiumPremiumWalpole wins big in Tidy Towns awards

Walpole has been named the top town in the Evironmental Education category in the 2025 State award for Tidy Towns Sustainable Communities.

The Cliff Head gas plant off the Dongara coast.

Dongara Against Seismic BlastingPremiumPremiumDongara community rallies against seismic blasting

Community concern over plans for seismic blasting off the Dongara coast will take centre stage on Friday, with residents gathering for a Sundowner and Film Night hosted by Dongara Against Seismic Blasting. 

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BHP has ruled out a merger with Anglo American.

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BHP rules out fresh takeover bid of Anglo American

After reports emerged that a new takeover bid was underway between BHP and Anglo American, the London-listed mining giant flipped, revealing it is ‘no longer’ looking to combine companies.

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang.

MarketsPremiumNvidia chief’s ‘half a trillion’ chip forecast

Nvidia chief reveals his company has $US500 billion ($770b) in orders, in 2025 and 2026 combined, for its chips that are at the heart of the AI boom.

Kif Leswing

Michael Burry, the former hedge-fund manager who predicted the housing market's plunge, is seemingly bearish on AI stocks.

CNBC news‘Big Short’ investor bets against AI giants

The investor made famous by “The Big Short” who recently roiled the market with a tech short bet, is accusing some of America’s largest technology companies of using aggressive accounting to pad their profits.

Yun Li

Warren Buffett is stepping down as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway.

CNBC newsPremiumBuffett picks up pace in dishing out billionaire fortune

Warren Buffett has laid out a plan to “step up” the pace of giving away his $US149 billion ($228b) estate to his children’s foundations.

Yun Li & John Melloy

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Zally was on a scooter at her local park in Brabham when she was bitten by a tiger snake on Tuesday.

WA NewsVideoComments‘I froze:’ Girl survives bite from tiger snake at Perth park

An 11-year-old girl has survived a bite from one of the world’s most venomous snakes at a park in Perth’s north-eastern suburbs. 

Nick Overall

Under AUKUS, the US will sell three Virginia-class submarines to Australia from the early 2030s.

DefenceCommentsPremiumSubmarines deployed to WA could carry nuclear weapons

US Virginia-class submarines that will operate out of WA could carry nuclear weapons in the future, with Defence conceding the Australian government would not object to the move.

Andrew Greene

A senior patched Bandidos bikie is behind bars after a violent home burglary where he allegedly attacked and threatened residents while armed with a gun and pepper spray. 

CRIMEPremiumPremiumSenior WA bikie accused of violent home burglary

After he was arrested, police searched his car and executed a search warrant on his home, allegedly uncovering a revolver firearm, pepper spray, a flick knife, drugs and an extendable baton. 

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newsPremiumPremiumLikely cause of chopper crash revealed

An investigation into a mid-air crash that killed two helicopter pilots has revealed some shocking findings.

Drew Clowes runs Fremantle’s Jazz Fishing Charters and is the only operator in the area still running trips seven-days a week, which are booked into early next year. 

State politicsCommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumPrice of fish, small business owners to be impacted by ban

Commercial demersal fishing will be permanently banned across nearly 900km of WA coastline in one of the toughest moves by the Cook Government to restore devastated fish breeding stocks.

Police have offered a $25,000 reward for information that leads to a conviction of arson. ABC

CrimePremiumIgnition point found in suspicious bushfire

Arson detectives have found the ignition point of a suspicious fire which tore through suburbs destroying one home and several cars.

Emma Kirk