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  1. Courts & justice PremiumSentence for Jerramungup bus driver involved in horror crash

  2. State clash PremiumWA Country women fall short against powerful PFL outfit

  3. CRIMEPremiumThai girl’s accused murderer worked as mechanic in WA

  4. Away win PremiumDepane the star as Cougars triumph over battling Panthers

  5. doctor’s reportPremiumGreat Southern retains GPs longer than any WA region

UGSHA were the division 2 winners at the men’s CBH Country Championships in Perth.

Country champs PremiumHeartbreak for UGSHA’s top side but double gold elsewhere

As their women did last week, the Upper Great Southern Hockey Association men’s team clinched division 2 of the CBH Group Country Championships in Perth on Sunday.

Claire Middleton

Medal of the Order of Australia recipient, farmer Phillip Patterson.

OAM awardPremiumGnowangerup agriculture revolutionary awarded OAM

A Gnowangerup farmer who revolutionised the way WA farmers accessed crop protection products has been honoured for his service to the industry, decades after the idea first came to him.

Amy Towers

Albany police are appealing to the public for information after an incident in Spencer Park left a man seriously injured.

FoundDarkan woman found after being missing for five days

A 46-year-old Darkan woman has been found safe and well in the Upper Murray area, five days after she was reported missing.

Amy Towers

The Shire of Dumbleyung has accepted a $2.275m tender for the redevelopment of Stubbs Park.

Tender tickedPremiumShire approves $2.275m tender to redevelop Stubbs Park

The planned redevelopment of Stubbs Park is set to go ahead after the Shire of Dumbleyung accepted a $2,275,300 tender at its ordinary council meeting on June 18.

Claire Middleton

Lake Grace-Pingrup's Luke Bairstow takes off.

Tough win PremiumBattle of the Bombers goes to Lake Grace-Pingrup

Lake Grace-Pingrup took the chance to move a game clear in second spot on the Ongerup Football Association ladder after shaking off a determined Boxwood Hill on Saturday.

Cameron Newbold

Work has started on the Ausgold workers’ accommodation in Katanning.

Make or breakPremiumThree shires collaborate to prepare for impact of gold mine

The proposed gold mine at Badgebup could be a bust or a bonanza according to the presidents of three nearby shires, who have banded together in a bid to prepare themselves for its impact.

Claire Middleton

Jerramungup's Heath Spinks gathers on the run.

Thumping win PremiumPremiumLadder leaders flex their muscle with 144-point thumping

A clinical Jerramungup powered to their eighth straight win in the Ongerup Football Association season, as Hayden Parker and Jedd Siviour combined for 14 goals on Saturday.

Kojonup's Lauren Reid shoots as Allstars Joshiqiuwa Wynne defends.

kna 2026Allstars win again against top rivals Kojonup

Allstars again had the better of Kojonup in the Katanning Netball Association A-grade competition on Saturday, while Olympians claimed a hard-fought win in round nine. 

Katanning councillors backed a proposal for the Katanning Regional Business Association to oversee entry road signage.

Entry signs PremiumPremiumKatanning businesses to manage entry road signage plan

Katanning businesses could soon help promote the town more directly, with councillors backing a proposal for the Katanning Regional Business Association to oversee entry road signage.

Wagin councillor Wade Longmuir.

local governmentPremiumShire saves thousands with council backfill acceptance

A seat on the Shire of Wagin council has been expeditiously filled by a former representative following the resignation of a sitting councillor.

Melissa Sheil

CBH Group's upgraded Broomehill receival site.

CourtPremiumSupreme Court knocks back appeal, CBH ordered to pay up

WA’s grain handling giant has been ordered to cough up more than $22 million for a rapid loading station build in the Great Southern following a failed Supreme Court appeal.

Georgia Campion

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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

The scorched ground where the motorhome was engulfed in flames.

Courts and CrimePremiumTeen accused of murder over fatal crash identified in court

The 19-year-old has been charged with one count of murder and two counts of attempted murder over Tuesday’s night’s fatal crash.

Imogen Wilson

Simon Peter Carman, 45, was arrested by Thai immigration officers at Suvarnabhumi Airport late Friday, reportedly minutes before he was due to leave Thailand on a Jetstar flight bound to arrive in Perth.

CRIMEVideoPremiumThai girl’s accused murderer worked as mechanic in WA

Simon Peter Carman was arrested by Thai immigration officers at the airport late Friday, reportedly minutes before he was due to leave Thailand on a flight bound for Perth. WARNING: DISTRESSING DETAILS.

Caleb Runciman

Member for Fremantle Josh Wilson has been hit with a five-match ban after an incident at a weekend soccer game.

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Josh Wilson hit with five-match ban after soccer punch

A member of Anthony Albanese’s outer ministry has been suspended from playing amateur soccer for more than a month after punching a football opponent in the face.

Joe Spagnolo and Katina Curtis

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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 EmergencyCommentsPremiumHorror car collision in Perth’s north leaves one dead

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

Kirsty Lichtenstein

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.

In video supplied to The West Australian, footage shows what appears to be a CBH train derailed just past Cowcowing on 22nd June

Countryman NewsVideoPremiumPremiumWATCH: Investigations underway after CBH grain train derails

Footage shows a locomotive and at least five grain carriages lying on their side with grain spilled out on to grass.

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Coles boss Leah Weckert and ACCC chair Gina Cass-Gotlieb.

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Coles hits out as ACCC blocks second Kalgoorlie supermarket

Australia’s consumer watchdog has exercised new powers to block Coles’ acquisition of a supermarket and liquor store in Kalgoorlie, saying it could substantially lessen competition in the regional city.

Cheyanne Enciso

A dredging contract has been awarded to Jan De Nul Australia to carry out the next steps pf the Pilbara Ports Zone 5 Bypass Channel

Shipping PremiumPort Hedland bypass channel contract awarded

A $50 million project designed to protect shipping operations at Port Hedland from major disruptions has moved a step closer, with Pilbara Ports awarding a dredging contract to Jan De Nul Australia.

Phoebe Solon

Boarded up social housing in Spalding, Geraldton

HousingMore joining public housing queue, but waiting less time

More people in Geraldton in desperate need of a home are being added to the public housing waitlist but the waiting time they face is reducing, new figures reveal

Imogen Wilson

The Gracetown beach access matting trial.

WALGA Awards PremiumPremiumMargaret River highly commended for accessibility effort

The Shire of Augusta Margaret River have been highly commended by a Statewide body, for their efforts improving beach accessibility.

The one-way and two-way designs for Maitland Park.

Project updatePremiumPremiumNew concept designs for Maitland Park to be ‘much cheaper’

The vision to transform Maitland Park has been narrowed down to two concept designs — one a two-way traffic option, the other one-way — but both will be “substantially cheaper” than the original plan.

Vasse MLA Libby Mettam railed against the expansion of WA's Containers for Change scheme.

State Politics PremiumPremiumLibby Mettam joins Containers for Change expansion criticism

Plan to expand the Containers for Change scheme to include wine and spirit bottles has been slammed in Parliament last week, with Opposition members claiming regional communities have not been “heard”. 

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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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A senior Air Force officer has warned miners they must be prepared for the military to commandeer their airfields, skilled staff and possibly even accommodation and catering in a conflict.

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‘Critical’: Defence warns mining industry to prepare for war

A senior Air Force officer has warned miners they must be prepared for the military to commandeer their airfields and skilled staff during potential conflict during a speech in WA.

Katina Curtis

A masseur convicted of sexually assaulting four women during their massage appointments has been banned from practising for 10 years.

Courts & JusticePremiumPerth sex offender banned from massage practise for 10 years

The masseur remains behind bars after he was jailed for four years last year over the assaults of four clients seeking treatment for lower back or neck pain. 

Hannah Cross

The brand new SkyVista Observation Wheel which has been erected on the Perth foreshore opens Thursday ready for the school holidays. Mel Skinner with her son Louie 4yo.

WA NEWSCommentsCommentsPerth’s new CBD landmark is here, and it’s massive

Could Perth finally be joining global cities like London, Sydney and Tokyo with its latest addition?

WA grocer Spudshed is coming to Albany.

new king in townAlbany’s worst keep secret finally revealed as IGA shuts

Except for a few discounted items, the shelves of North Road IGA were bare on Monday as the supermarket closed to make way for the new tenants.

More than 128,000 people had claimed their fuel support payments as of Wednesday afternoon, totalling $12.8 million handed out since the program launched at 9am.

WA NewsCommentsCommentsWebsite error as West Aussies try to claim $100 fuel support

It hasn’t been smooth sailing for every West Australian trying to nab their $100 fuel support voucher on the first day the payment was made available.

Chef Aaron Carr.

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Revered South West venue to find home at Crown this winter

A popular Dunsborough bar and restaurant will enjoy a temporary residence in Perth later this month.

Zach Margolius