WAFarmers has labelled an emboldened “anti-agriculture” Greens presence as farmers’ biggest post-election concern, with the left-wing party set to seize the balance of power in the Upper House.
Cally Dupe, Jake Dietcsh & Kate Campbell
Broomehill were the first team through to this season’s Great Southern Cricket Association grand final on the back of a brilliant century from Lewis Barritt.
Cameron Newbold
Regional WA has taken out its anger at the polling booth, with a significant swing against Labor despite the party’s landslide victory in this year’s State election.
Cally Dupe, Kate Campbell & Dylan Caporn
WA speedway star Kye Blight produced a sensational performance to capture his second Australian Late Model Title on Saturday night.
Jacki Elezovich and Cameron Newbold
Tambellup were denied the chance to play for a grand final berth after the Great Southern Cricket Association preliminary final was abandoned due to rain.
A Katanning man with a “dreadful” criminal record who swerved into oncoming traffic and crashed head-on into another driver has been jailed.
Georgia Campion
Wagin Woolorama showcased a brilliant line-up of Merino fleeces that were resilient to last year’s tough growing season.
Bob Garnant
Regional and rural childcare centres are offering fly-in fly-out positions, accommodation and relocation incentives to attract staff amid a critical worker shortage which is forcing some centres to shut down.
Rhianna Mitchell
A Katanning reserve was cleared of 220kg of rubbish, dumped nearly 50 years ago, as part of the Clean Up Australia Day event organised by a local volunteer scout group.
Hannah Whitehead
Peter Rundle is on track to cruise to victory in Roe, with early counts showing a swing towards the WA Nationals after facing contest from Liberal candidate Marie O’Dea for a second time.
Cally Dupe and Hannah Whitehead
Candidates for the Roe electorate made a last pitch to voters in Katanning on Saturday.
Hannah Whitehead and Eliza Kavanagh
WA’s biggest sheep show has proven this year’s theme, Remaining an Icon, a fitting tribute after thousands of people flocked through the gates of for two days of fun at Wagin Woolorama.
Cally Dupe
WA Labor has won the State election. Recap all the day’s events here.
Natalie Richards and Troy de Ruyter
SEE THE LIST of polling booths offering snags during Saturday’s WA State election.
Zach Margolius
Thirty-odd hours before polls closed, Premier Roger Cook admitted it was a ‘challenge’ in a ‘modern media landscape’ to reach people.
Oliver Lane and Jake Dietsch
Political hacks and pollsters alike are gearing up for Saturday’s State election. And while they’ve got the voting know-how down pat, do you?
Hannah Cross
Police have found a missing 54-year-old man in Albany four days after he was last seen leaving a Melville home on Sunday.
A known driving force for positive transformational leadership across regional schools has been appointed to take the helm at Katanning Senior High School for the 2025 school year.
Kojonup will be out to win their first finals game since rejoining the Great Southern Cricket Association when the 2024-25 finals begin on Saturday.
As a former grants assessor, I regularly encountered pivotal mistakes in applications that kept organisations from securing funding. Here are my expert tips for a successful grant application.
Tara Whitney
The Nationals WA have promised a new CT scanner for the Katanning Health Service if elected on Saturday.
Lake Grace notched their second win to finish the season on a high while Wandering and Williams will take winning momentum into the finals in the Upper Great Southern Cricket Association A-grade competition.
Jacki Elezovich
Telecommunications giant Telstra reworked its approach to upgrading a tower to preserve a decades-old osprey nest.
Western Power is still probing the cause of the devastating Arthur River bushfire nearly six weeks after farmers first speculated the blaze was sparked by a broken powerline.
