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  3. NAIDOC WeekPremiumGeraldton prepares to celebrate 50 years of NAIDOC Week

  4. Council budget PremiumGeraldton raises rates by 4.5 per cent as budget passes 8-1

  5. EmergencyPremiumCyclist critically injured in highway collision with truck

New e-scooter hire company Ario got the backing of the majority of the City of Greater Geraldton council over existing provider Beam.

E-scooter hirePremiumPurple reign over: Council votes for new e-scooter company

Beam’s e-scooter reign in Geraldton has come to an end, after City of Greater Geraldton councillors voted on Tuesday night to support a new contract with Ario. 

Sally Q Davies

The new Mullewa Community Hospital.

Regional healthNew $25m Mullewa hospital now enclosed & weatherproof

Progress continues to be made on the new $25million Mullewa Community Hospital, with construction reaching the stage where it is fully enclosed, weatherproof and secure.

Kate Campbell

In Greater Geraldton, internal migration was up by 69.1 per cent in the 12 months from March 2025 to March 2026.

WA NewsCommentsWelcome to Geraldton, where everybody knows your name

The regional lifestyle places such as Geraldton offer is proving attractive to everyday Australians, with the number of interstate people moving to the Mid West city up 69 per cent in a year.

Imogen Wilson

Geraldton Buccaneers’ women's interim squad.

BasketballPremiumBuccs women showcase progress in intraclub showdown

Eager fans caught the first glimpses of the Geraldton Buccaneers’ interim women’s side in action as the players had the chance to test themselves in an intraclub scratch match on Saturday night. 

Rebecca Ruthven

There have been a total of 393 cases of the potentially life-threatening bacterial infection across the country with WA making up 44 per cent of the infections. 

HealthCommentsGrim warning as infection that causes nerve damage spreads

The once almost eradicated infection has now been detected in the Mid West, Perth metropolitan, Kimberley, Pilbara, and the Goldfields.

Claire Sadler

The new Mullewa Community Hospital.

Regional healthNew $25m Mullewa hospital now enclosed & weatherproof

Progress continues to be made on the new $25million Mullewa Community Hospital, with construction reaching the stage where it is fully enclosed, weatherproof and secure.

Kate Campbell

Desert Blue Geraldton’s chief executive Meegan Taylor.

Domestic ViolencePremiumPremiumSafe at Home program expands to Desert Blue in Geraldton

An initiative aimed at helping victim-survivors of family and domestic violence to stay safe in their own homes has been expanded to Geraldton.

Brand Highway meets Phillips Road

EmergencyPremiumPremiumCyclist critically injured in highway collision with truck

A cyclist sustained critical injuries in a serious crash with a truck in Greenough on Tuesday night.

New e-scooter hire company Ario got the backing of the majority of the City of Greater Geraldton council over existing provider Beam.

E-scooter hirePremiumPremiumPurple reign over: Council votes for new e-scooter company

Beam’s e-scooter reign in Geraldton has come to an end, after City of Greater Geraldton councillors voted on Tuesday night to support a new contract with Ario. 

City of Greater Geraldton council passed its 2026-27 budget 8-1 at Tuesday night’s meeting, with a rates rise of 4.5 per cent.

Council budget PremiumGeraldton raises rates by 4.5 per cent as budget passes 8-1

A rate rise of 4.5 per cent has been confirmed as the City of Greater Geraldton voted on their budget for the 2026-27 financial year. 

Sally Q Davies

Seven Mid West and Gascoyne schools are among recipients of a State Government canteen grant.

School CanteenPremiumUpgrades on the menu with public school canteen program

Canteens in seven Mid West and Gascoyne schools are set to have a makeover, about to reap the benefits of the latest funding from the Cook Government’s $10 million Supporting School Canteens Program. 

Sienna Seychell

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A teenager accused of careless driving in Beaufort River fatal crash has made his first court appearance.

courtsPremiumYoung driver in court on careless driving charges over fatal

A young Kojonup man accused of careless driving in a crash that caused the death of a woman and left another with serious injuries has made his first court appearance in Albany. 

Jacki Elezovich

Premier Roger Cook has refused to hold an inquest into the baby's death.

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Cook won’t demand inquest into baby’s death at WA hospital

The Cook Government is continuing its refusals to order an inquiry into the death of a baby girl at Kalgoorlie Hospital despite being willing to take swift action in the past for Aishwarya Aswath.

Charlton Hart

A former doctor accused of creating AI-generated child exploitation material has been granted bail as police continue to comb his devices for further evidence.

CourtsPremiumCops raid home, arrest Perth doctor over child exploitation

The 68-year-old allegedly had eight devices containing vile material in his possession when police raided his home.

Hannah Cross

Billionaire party boy Laurence Escalante has been spotted living it up in a Northbridge nightclub just days after pleading to have his bail conditions varied so he could visit his mother. 

WA NewsVideoCommentsPremiumBillionaire Escalante parties with women at Perth nightclub

Billionaire party boy Laurence Escalante has been spotted living it up in a Northbridge nightclub just days after pleading to have his bail conditions varied so he could visit his mother. 

Hannah Cross

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John Farnham celebrates his 77th birthday with grandson Jett.

MusicCommentsRare look at John Farnham as he celebrates 77th birthday

John Farnham celebrated his 77th birthday on Wednesday, surrounded by his loving family and one very smiley grandson.

Kellie Balaam

Maddison Robson pictured with her twins Milly (pink top) and Daisy, who were born nine weeks early. The twins are now 17 months old and still need feeding pumps 24 hours a day. Ian Munro

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WA mother fears her disabled twins will die without funding

A Gidgegannup mother fears her profoundly disabled 17-month-old twin daughters could die because of a lack of NDIS support. 

Claire Sadler

Ambulance.

Disaster and EmergencyCommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumHorror car collision in Perth’s north leaves one dead

One man has died and another is in hospital following a horror crash today.

Bureau of Meteorology forecaster Jonathan How discusses the cold front about to hit WA.

WeatherVideoCommentsCommentsThunder, lightning, damaging winds make for weekend washout

Perth and large parts of WA are bracing for a wild weekend of rain, thunderstorms and dangerous coastal conditions as a powerful cold front barrels across the State.

Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting has unveiled a new accommodation for homeless veterans, war heroes.

BusinessCommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumRinehart opens new homeless veteran accommodation

Hancock Prospecting has unveiled its newly refurbished accommodation to house homeless veterans and war heroes — with the residential complex named in honour of Ben Roberts-Smith.

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Det-Insp. Andy Elliott says road users need to pay attention, follow the rules and get to their destinations safely.

ROAD SAFETY PremiumSouth West drivers are being reminded to drive safely

A South West crime inspector is reminding motorists to drive safe as more than half of last year’s total number of road fatalities is recorded to date

Rose Patane

Augusta's Turner Street Jetty.

Local Government PremiumTurner Street Jetty repairs add $115,000 to repair cost

The Shire of Augusta-Margaret River closed the 100-year-old Turner Street Jetty over public safety concerns in 2025, and will now spend more than $750,000 restoring it for the community. 

Craig Duncan

Royal Air Force veteran and former prisoner of war Brian Walley turns 104.

Living LegendPremiumWWII veteran Brian Walley is celebrating his 104th birthday

Margaret River’s own WWII veteran Brian Walley is celebrating his 104th birthday, surrounded by family travelling from across the globe.

Craig Duncan

Selected banners will hang along Hannan Street during events such as St Barbara’s Parade.

Christmas compPremiumPremiumArt competition seeks creative flair for festive banners

A new art competition is giving the community a chance to be part of bringing festive cheer to Kalgoorlie-Boulder’s CBDs this Christmas.

Lorna Moorman, Marianne Lehmann, Claire Bailey and Nerida Mangano at the South West Opera Company Awards.

IN PICTURES PremiumPremiumSouth West Opera Company celebrates its 40th anniversary

It was an evening of glitz and glamour as members of the South West Opera Company gathered to celebrate its 40th anniversary at the weekend. 

Donnybrook’s Reece Ralston celebrates a goal.

FootballPremiumPremiumDonnybrook embracing challenging run ahead towards finals

Donnybrook have found themselves in a precarious position with seven weeks to play in the South West Football League season with a challenging run ahead before finals.

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Kevin Warsh, chairman of the US Federal Reserve. Federal Reserve officials left interest rates unchanged and were split over whether they expect to raise rates this year.

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Warsh’s taskforces are the key to understanding the new Fed

Fed chair Kevin Warsh stuck to his long-stated belief in his first press conference on Wednesday that ‘inflation is a choice.’

Matt Peterson

Ships anchored on May 16, 2026 in the Strait of Hormuz near Larak Island, Iran.

EnergyCommentsPremiumCrude oil tumbles after Trump says Strait of Hormuz to open

Tanker traffic plunged in early March due to Iranian attacks, causing the biggest oil supply disruption in history.

Spencer Kimball

Cathie Wood, chief executive officer of Ark Investment Management LLC.

CNBC newsCommentsPremiumInvestors who took a chance on SpaceX now reap the rewards

For nearly two decades, some of the world’s most prominent investors quietly accumulated stakes in SpaceX while the rocket maker remained largely off-limits to the public markets.

Yun Li

People along the coast of the Persian Gulf, while Iranian and foreign cargo vessels wait in the background for clearance to pass through the Strait of Hormuz.

CNBC newsPremiumHow Strait of Hormuz standoff flipped energy security debate

Iran’s influence over the Strait of Hormuz has inadvertently transformed the energy security debate, effectively casting fossil fuels rather than renewables as the primary source of vulnerability.

Sam Meredith

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Arun Abraham allegedly misinterpreted radiology reports so frequently his colleagues considered him a menace and complained to bosses at RPH, where he had worked since 2016.

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Suspended cardiologist working in Perth medical centres

A cardiologist considered so inept he was suspended and booted out of Royal Perth Hospital is working in medical centres around Perth.

Ben Harvey

A woman was arrested as she tried walking into the nearby Mirrabooka Square shopping centre. Police allege there was a warrant for her arrest over an alleged assault.

CRIMECommentsPremiumFacial recognition camera blitz sparks dramatic arrests

Dramatic arrests unfolded in Perth’s north just as WA Police revealed more than 130,000 faces had been scanned in the first week of their live facial recognition camera trial.

Caleb Runciman

Khanittha Thongsuknmag, right, has detailed a tense run-in she had with accused teen killer Simon Carman weeks before he allegedly murdered Tunchanok Donhomla in Thailand.

WA NewsVideo‘Evil b..ch’: Woman’s tense run-in with accused teen killer

A woman has detailed a tense interaction she had with accused teen killer Simon Carman three weeks before he allegedly murdered a teenager in Thailand.

17-year-old Tunchanok Donhomla weighed only 40kg when she was found dead in a suitcase last week.

NewsPremiumPremiumThai girl weighed only 40kg when she was killed

The 17-year-old girl allegedly murdered by West Australian man Simon Peter Carman weighed only 40kg when she was found dead in a suitcase last week, police say.

The final message has been revealed after a Thai teenager’s body was found in a suitcase.

CrimeVideoChilling final text from Thai teen before alleged murder by Perth man

The 17-year-old girl’s body was found in a suitcase beside railway tracks.

Beloved WA retail footwear icon Betts is closing seven stores in WA.

BusinessCommentsPerth footwear icon Betts closes majority of State stores

The iconic Perth-founded footwear chain, which was set up 134 years ago, is closing seven of its 11 stores in WA.

Troy de Ruyter