Thousands descended on Narrogin to celebrate the agricultural show’s 120th year with music, rides and food.
Hannah Whitehead
Georgia Campion
Years of low rainfall are likely to mean a long and intense bushfire season ahead, but the vast majority of West Australians living in bushfire-prone areas are unprepared.
Jake Dietsch
Two extra Black Hawk helicopters will be brought to WA this summer, as the state braces for yet another unpredictable bushfire season.
Joe Spagnolo
Teachers will be encouraged to go bush with a new initiative to promote them to leadership positions - and better pay - if they commit to a regional or remote school for three years.
Jessica Page
Three stars, who all represented Australia at the Paris Olympics this year, have been unveiled as the Perth Thundersticks’ captains for this season.
Jackson Barrett
Australs North are eyeing a long-awaited finals berth after snaring the crucial signatures of two Englishmen ahead of the new Great Southern Cricket Association season that starts on Saturday.
Harry Grigson
Tambellup-raised Hockeyroos star Penny Squibb will captain the Perth Thundersticks women’s team for the 2024 Hockey One season.
Jackson Barrett and Harry Grigson
Artwork from inside the Great Southern’s maximum-security prison has splashed the walls of the Vancouver Arts Centre depicting scenery and tales from the regions.
A Gnowangerup man has been jailed for a night of terror where he wielded a 40cm machete and a baseball bat, leaving his victim with a bloodnose and damaging the State Emergency Services building.
A swashbuckling innings from Kojonup skipper Liam Want ensured the Cougars got their long-awaited grand final retribution over Broomehill Bandicoots in the Great Southern Cricket Association opener on Saturday.
Farmers say the Albanese Government is trying to buy its way out of a ‘really stupid idea’ after it was revealed an extra $32.7 million will be injected into Labor’s live export ban transition package.
Olivia Ford & Oliver Lane
A FIFO worker who left a father with a fractured skull and brain bleeds from a one-punch attack at a pub south of Perth has been sentenced to more than two years’ imprisonment.
Rebecca Le May
First homebuyers look set to be targeted in the upcoming State election with the Liberal Party promising to lift stamp duty exemptions by $100,000 to win their votes.
Thousands of WA families can’t get ‘defective pipes’ ripped out of their homes quickly enough as insurers decline to renew policies on properties hit with repeated water bursts.
John Flint
Nicheliving's giving up its building license will relieve abandoned customers, but taxpayers will have to foot the $40 million bill, sparking anger.
The Perth mother allegedly killed by her crypto-trader son Andre Rebelo — had repeatedly voiced her dislike of his ‘plastic fantastic’ life with his glamorous influencer girlfriend.
Tim Clarke
The new Bishop of Broome will be the third man in recent years to lead the huge diocese which covers the Kimberley.
A jury has been urged to reject a woman’s account of how she fatally stabbed her partner during a meth-fuelled argument as ‘utterly preposterous nonsense’.
A male nurse has been charged with assaulting a grandmother at a Perth hospital, while a second hospital has apologised after she suffered two ‘avoidable’ falls within 24 hours.
A man has died after a motorcycle collided with a car in Rockingham on Sunday afternoon.
The State Government’s initiative to decrease homelessness and help vulnerable families in the Great Southern has received a significant boost with 13 new social houses in Katanning.
Kalgoorlie-Boulder’s first sauna and cold plunge studio has opened, offering locals the “fire and ice” experience with myriad health benefits.
Anneke de Boer
Farmers' asking prices for their land are spooking potential buyers as the number of deals plummets almost 20 per cent in 12 months.
Callum Godde
Roger Cook says Port Hedland council has gone ‘off the rails’ after passing a motion concerning contamination of COVID vaccines, which world health authorities debunked.
Bored over the school holidays, 17-year-old Steven Gadia was looking to put his free time to good use and decided to rally his mates for Oceans to Outback, a fundraiser for the Royal Flying Doctor Service.
You might call me a ‘rebel without a cause,’ says Grab co-found Anthony Tan said. But I was on a mission to create something that could be ‘a force for good’.
Ernestine Siu
Economic stimulus in China could also be a shot in the arm for Nike and Starbucks, two major brands trying to orchestrate their own turnarounds.
Jesse Pound
Joker: Folie a Deux stumbled to just $US40 million ($58.7m) in US domestic ticket sales during its opening weekend, a far cry from the $US96.2m its predecessor brought in during its debut in 2019.
Sarah Whitten
A strike by Israel against Iran could raise fears of a disruption in the Strait of Hormuz and add a significant price risk premium.
Spencer Kimball
A 14-year-old boy has been flown to Perth with serious injuries after he crashed an off-road motorcycle in the South West overnight.
Caleb Runciman
A popular cot has been recalled on urgent safety fears, with babies at risk of injury or death.
Duncan Evans
Labor should rip the climate Band-aid off, instead of delaying the pain. Then give the industry the means to get on with it.
One of Australia’s biggest and most unique child studies - based here in WA - reached a major milestone this month when it welcomed its 10,000th baby participant.
A long-awaited WA eating disorder clinic is a step closer as development is set to begin in Mandurah, with a site set to go to tender this month.
A Liberal candidate has resurrected plans for a marina in Rockingham that would include tourist attractions, two jetties, accommodation and more than 490 boat pens.
Rachel Fenner