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  1. CrimePremiumWoman jailed for five years for stabbing partner in heart

  2. CrimePremiumStreet evacuated after explosion in Cape Burney

  3. TennisPremiumYoung tennis stars bring home silver at Darcy Slater Cup

  4. CricketPremiumWanderers, Bluff Point face off under lights in T20 opener

  5. BasketballPremiumPumas back to winning ways after downing Hawks

Rangeway Primary School principal Karin van Dongen with students.

EducationPremiumRangeway Primary reveals its attendance rap music video

Students at Rangeway Primary School revealed to the school community their attendance rap music video last Wednesday. 

Harriet Dash

Tash Faithfull won race seven on Bonnie Stokes' In Situ.

RacingPremiumFaithfull all class on Cup day to notch up treble

While Point of Law was the talk of the nation, Tash Faithfull was the talk of the town after a superb display at the Geraldton Turf Club’s own Melbourne Cup day race meet, with three wins on Tuesday.

Rebecca Ruthven

Fashions on the Field winners and judges.

Horse RacingPremiumStyle shines in Geraldton on Melbourne Cup Day

As the race that stops the nation played out on television screens, Geraldton Turf Club had plenty of its own Melbourne Cup day action with competitive racing and stylish spring fashions

Harriet Dash

There could be more limits put on recreational demersal fishing, it has been revealed.

FisheriesPremiumRecreational demersal fishing could be limited to winter

The fisheries inquiry taking place in WA Parliament this week heard that recreational fishers could be kept out of the water in summer months after submissions from government departments and fishing groups.

Oliver Lane & Sally Q Davies

Northampton’s Railway Tavern has celebrated 150 years since opening.

CommunityPremiumCheers & beers: 150 years of pint-sized memories

The iconic Northampton Railway Tavern celebrated 150 years in business last weekend. 

Harriet Dash

A young Mid West couple expecting a baby are now $6.6 million richer thanks to a Lotto windfall.

LottoPremiumWoah baby! Expectant parents’ $6.6m Lotto windfall

A lucky Mid West couple have won the jackpot, taking home $6.6 million in Saturday’s $20m Superdraw  — thanks to a simple text reminder to buy a ticket.

Harriet Dash

Damage done to Cafe Mojo on Thursday.

CrimePremiumPremiumAngry patron arrested after assaults, café rampage

A Geraldton café suffered a devastating blow on Thursday after an angry patron went on a rampage, which saw several people assaulted and hundreds of dollars of equipment damaged.  

There could be more limits put on recreational demersal fishing, it has been revealed.

FisheriesPremiumPremiumRecreational demersal fishing could be limited to winter

The fisheries inquiry taking place in WA Parliament this week heard that recreational fishers could be kept out of the water in summer months after submissions from government departments and fishing groups.

Hurricanes' Zeke Goldthorp is tagged by Thunder players.

Touch FootballPremiumPremiumHurricanes thwart gutsy Thunder challenge for round one win

With three rounds of grading behind them, the Geraldton Touch Association fixtures got underway on Wednesday night at GBSC Sports Park.

Callum Williamson wins round two of the 2026/27 Maddington Toyota Sprintcar series

MotorsportPremiumWilliamson gets first win on the board in 2026-27 season

Geraldton speedster Callum Williamson rebounded from a difficult opening round to take out round two in the 2026-27 Maddington Toyota Sprintcar Series last Sunday.

Rebecca Ruthven

Mid West tennis players Mia Tyler, Clara Hansworth, Sally Ward, Mieke and Elke Van Straaten.

TennisPremiumYoung tennis stars bring home silver at Darcy Slater Cup

Mid West’s youngest tennis stars delivered some impressive performances during last week’s D’Arcy Slater & Women in Tennis Foundation Cup, holding their own against the State’s top regional tennis juniors.

Rebecca Ruthven

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The chain has 17 of its 38 stores within Westfield shopping centres, including Carousel.

RetailPremium‘Distressing’: David Jones workers brace for job losses

The union representing hundreds of WA David Jones employees says it stands ready to protect workers amid fears of mass job losses after the iconic retailer went bankrupt.

Cheyanne Enciso

Dustin Gary Higgs was jailed in District Court.

courtsPremiumPerth speedway driver jailed for sexually penetrating child

A prominent WA speedway driver has been put behind bars after being found guilty of grooming and starting a ‘pre-meditated’ sexual relationship with a girl while she was underage. 

Melissa Sheil

A family have been left heartbroken after a house fire in Collie claimed the life of one-year-old boy

WA NEWSPremium‘Cot was in flames’: Toddler dies in tragic WA house fire

A devastating house fire in Collie has claimed the life of a one-year-old boy.

Hayley Primmer

Rayle Williams and Ashleigh Turner.

CrimePremium‘My mates are dead’: First responders reveal crash carnage

A catastrophic scene akin to an explosion of ‘metal and blood’ confronted those first on the scene of a fatal crash that killed two teenage boys and hospitalised two others.

Brooke Rolfe and Sophie Gannon

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It looks like a dolls house but this home in Applecross is deceptively big, with nearly 800sqm of space Unknown

House That!PremiumThe Applecross home with room for almost everything

Don’t be fooled by its dollhouse looks — this recently listed Applecross home is packing a whole lot of house, with an impressive 780sqm under the roof. 

Kim Macdonald

Dustin Gary Higgs was jailed in District Court.

courtsPremiumPerth speedway driver jailed for sexually penetrating child

A prominent WA speedway driver has been put behind bars after being found guilty of grooming and starting a ‘pre-meditated’ sexual relationship with a girl while she was underage. 

Melissa Sheil

Yoga studio owner Laurel Green said she’d been excited to discover an osteopathy program was starting up in Perth.

EducationPremiumPremiumREVEALED: Year 12s get new uni options, including a WA first

Year 12s thinking about what to study at university next year have had a few extra choices added to their options.

The luxurious St James house

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PremiumAboriginal body silent on luxe Perth home that CEO lives in

A large not-for-profit Aboriginal corporation operating in WA’s north will not reveal why it bought a luxurious house in Perth that its chief executive now lives in.

A grandstand collapsed during the Red Hot Summer Tour at Coolangatta Beach on Sunday.

AustraliaThree injured in grandstand collapse at popular Aussie music festival

The temporary seating came down in the early stages of Sunday’s sold-out festivities.

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A simple text reminder from his partner turned into a $6.66 million windfall for a Mid West couple who are preparing to welcome their first child.

LottoHuge $6.66m windfall after partner’s timely Lotto reminder

A simple text reminder from his partner turned into a $6.66 million windfall for a Mid West couple who are preparing to welcome their first child.

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There could be more limits put on recreational demersal fishing, it has been revealed.

FisheriesPremiumRecreational demersal fishing could be limited to winter

The fisheries inquiry taking place in WA Parliament this week heard that recreational fishers could be kept out of the water in summer months after submissions from government departments and fishing groups.

Oliver Lane & Sally Q Davies

ANZ chief executive Nuno Matos.

BankingPremiumBig bank promises no regional branch closures until 2030

Big four bank pledges to keep a presence in every community in which it currently operates a branch until at least December 2030.

Adrian Lowe

Tash Faithfull won race seven on Bonnie Stokes' In Situ.

RacingPremiumPremiumFaithfull all class on Cup day to notch up treble

While Point of Law was the talk of the nation, Tash Faithfull was the talk of the town after a superb display at the Geraldton Turf Club’s own Melbourne Cup day race meet, with three wins on Tuesday.

Cue shire offices.

HousingPremiumPremiumNew housing plans in Shire of Cue from vacant Catholic land

New housing could be coming to the Shire of Cue, as they have moved to buy vacant land from the Diocese of Geraldton

John Paul College students Finbar Evans, 17, Sydney Fishburn, 18, and Eva Reed, 16, placed within the top four for the YOH fest monologue and duologue category.

Student artistsPremiumPremiumLocal students win first place in WA youth arts festival

Kalgoorlie-Boulder students have scored big in the music and drama divisions at this year’s YOH festival.

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Attendees try out the new touchscreen MacBook Pro during the Apple Experience LA in Los Angeles, Oct. 28, 2026.

CNBC newsAt last, Apple brings out touchscreen MacBook

Apple announced its first laptop with a touchscreen will go on sale next week. The launch signifies the growing strategic importance of the Mac to Apple, despite it generating less revenue than the iPhone.

Kif Leswing

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

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Mental Health Meredith Hammat at the new Sandcastles (Boodja Mia) Children’s Hospice in Swanbourne

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Staff burn out as self-harm incidents in WA hospitals soar

Alarming new suicide figures and the damning assessment of frontline workers are proof, Stacey Hilderbrandt says, that the hospital system that failed to save her daughter still hasn’t been fixed.

Jessica Page

Craig Silvey pictured with his ex-partner Clare Testoni. Supplied

ENTERTAINMENTPremium‘Great betrayal’: Silvey’s ex breaks silence

The former partner of disgraced author Craig Silvey has broken her silence after the writer was jailed for possessing and distributing child exploitation material.

Emma Kirk

Multiple children at Banksia Hill Juvenile Detention Centre have climbed the roof of the facility as Department of Justice staff try and coax them down

WA NEWSVideoTeens with bricks scale roof of juvenile detention centre

Department of Justice staff are trying to coax three teenagers down from the roof of Banksia Hill Juvenile Detention Centre. 

Detectives from the drug and firearm squad’s new illicit firearms team — a specialised group formed to combat the rise in 3D printed guns being used to commit crimes — were heading the investigation.

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PremiumHomemade gun builder and meth accused charged after raid

Detectives from the drug and firearm squad’s new illicit firearms team — a specialised group formed to combat the rise in 3D printed guns being used to commit crimes — were heading the investigation.

Rural WA could soon be home to its first custom-built drug and booze bus as police continue their crackdown on drivers flouting the law in the regions. 

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PremiumCops eye purpose-built booze bus for regional WA

Rural WA could soon be home to its first custom-built drug and booze bus as police continue their crackdown on drivers flouting the law in the regions. 

Mark Bombara killed Jennifer and Gretl Petelczyc .

CourtsPremium‘Ignored’ pleas, missing gun focus of Floreat murder inquest

Weeks before Mark Bombara shot Jennifer and Gretl Petelczyc in Floreat, his daughter says she warned police three times about his guns. An inquest will examine the police response and firearm licensing.

Hannah Cross