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  1. Disaster and EmergencyCommentsNew footage released amid search for man who vanished in WA

  2. courtsPremiumNurse jailed for sexual abuse of suicidal teenage patient

  3. Footy wrap PremiumWarriors start new UGSFL season in winning fashion

  4. TAFE awards Leonard Emmin named Narrogin TAFE Campus student of the year

  5. ndna 2026Competitive start to Narrogin netball season in Wickepin

Veteran Cr Graeme Pierce at the dawn service at Lake Towerrinning.

Anzac Day 2026Towns across the Wheatbelt remember those who have served

Communities across the Whealtbelt paused to honour the courage and sacrifice of servicemen and women during Anzac Day commemorations on April 25 held throughout the region.

Amy Towers

A lamb.

Countryman NewsCommentsPremiumHundreds of pregnant sheep stolen from WA farm

Hundreds of sheep worth about $95,000 have been stolen from a Great Southern farm, with similar reports of stock theft emerging from neighbouring areas and the Wheatbelt.

Georgia Campion

Shire of Wagin president Phillip Blight.

local carePremiumWagin Hospital set to continue providing respite services

Vital respite and convalescent services will remain available at Wagin Health Service for the foreseeable future, the Shire of Wagin confirmed last week. 

Jacki Elezovich

Upper Great Southern player Shaun Shackley won a gold medal with WA at the nationals.

Gold medal PremiumShackley strikes gold as WA clinch first national five-peat

On his first crack in the under-21 State team, Woodanilling’s Shaun Shackley came home with gold after WA won their fifth straight national title in Canberra.

Claire Middleton

Narrogin women’s football social league is the first female competition in the Upper Great Southern and Great Southern district.

Footy first PremiumNarrogin starts first women’s footy comp in region

Women in the Upper Great Southern and Wheatbelt are getting the chance to play football weekly, after a collaboration between three sporting groups has led to the introduction of a new competition.

Hannah Whitehead

Forensics officers investigate the suspicious death on Marri Drive on Wednesday.

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Investigation unfolding into suspicious Katanning death

A major police investigation is unfolding in Katanning as homicide squad detectives probe the suspicious death of a man in his 40s.

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Shadow minister for sport and recreation Peter Rundle.

Government funding PremiumPremiumRundle fears regional sport clubs in limbo over funds shift

Regional sporting clubs and local governments could be left on the sidelines under the State Government’s new $332 million PlayOn WA initiative, according to shadow sport and recreation minister Peter Rundle. 

Olympics Claire Conlan and Williams' Emmi Duff jump for a rebound.

ndna 2026Williams walk out winners in top of the table clash

Round two of the Narrogin and Districts Netball Association A-grade competition saw Olympics Gold and Williams meet for heady clash on Friday night, with both teams coming off strong opening round wins.

Roe MLA Peter Rundle.

State Budget Roe projects overlooked in State budget says MLA

Roe MLA Peter Rundle has labelled the State Budget “disappointing” for regional communities, saying key projects across his electorate had again missed out on funding. 

A lamb.

Countryman NewsCommentsPremiumHundreds of pregnant sheep stolen from WA farm

Hundreds of sheep worth about $95,000 have been stolen from a Great Southern farm, with similar reports of stock theft emerging from neighbouring areas and the Wheatbelt.

Georgia Campion

Treasurer Rita Saffioti delivers her State Budget speech in Parliament House.

State BudgetPremiumHow did ag fare in the State Government’s latest budget?

The State Government has handed down its latest Budget, setting aside a “minuscule” amount for the State’s agriculture industry, and only slightly more for the regions.

Georgia Campion

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Police alleged the online offences occurred between January and February 2026. 

WA NewsPremiumTwo men accused of child sex crimes, one linked to Silvey

A West Australian Basketball Association referee and another man who is allegedly linked to the investigation into disgraced author Craig Silvey are set to face court on Wednesday.

Claire Sadler

A young man has died after losing control of his car and crashing in the Perth Hills.

Disaster and EmergencyCommentsPremiumYoung man dies after early morning crash in Perth Hills

Major crash detectives are investigating the circumstances surrounding the incident.

Hannah Cross

West Australian writer Craig Silvey was charged with distributing and possessing child exploitation material in January after he was allegedly caught actively communicating with other paedophiles on the internet. 

crimeVideoPremiumDisgraced author wrote of teen assault & exploited young boy

Disgraced WA author Craig Silvey published novels that included scenes of a teenager being sexually assaulted by her father, and an underage boy trying to arouse elderly men before he was arrested.

Hannah Cross

Former Federal Police and Customs officer Stephen Michael Adams bragged to stallholders that he 'used to be a bad boy'.

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Freo Markets tenants make horrific discovery about handyman

A notorious sex attacker who became known as the West Perth rapist because of where he stalked his victims has been working as a handyman at the Fremantle Markets.

Ben Harvey

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Police alleged the online offences occurred between January and February 2026. 

WA NewsPremiumTwo men accused of child sex crimes, one linked to Silvey

A West Australian Basketball Association referee and another man who is allegedly linked to the investigation into disgraced author Craig Silvey are set to face court on Wednesday.

Claire Sadler

A young man has died after losing control of his car and crashing in the Perth Hills.

Disaster and EmergencyCommentsPremiumYoung man dies after early morning crash in Perth Hills

Major crash detectives are investigating the circumstances surrounding the incident.

Hannah Cross

Former Federal Police and Customs officer Stephen Michael Adams bragged to stallholders that he 'used to be a bad boy'.

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PremiumFreo Markets tenants make horrific discovery about handyman

A notorious sex attacker who became known as the West Perth rapist because of where he stalked his victims has been working as a handyman at the Fremantle Markets.

Harley Reid may have left the nest but Luke Shuey remains the pad’s landlord.

House That!CommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumShuey’s $950 a week Eagle nest empty after Reid flies away

Innaloo may not be Perth’s most glamorous suburb, but one of its rental units has the reflected glory of not one, but two AFL greats.

An emergency department nurse who worked several shifts while high on a cocktail of drugs has had her registration cancelled.

Courts & JusticePremiumPremiumPerth nurse who worked while high on meth identified

An emergency department nurse who worked several shifts while high on a cocktail of drugs has had her registration cancelled.

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Perth’s property juggernaut is shifting to some WA regions, with Busselton and Albany leading the way with nation-leading price hikes.

PropertyCommentsPremiumWA regions surge ahead of nation in property price race

Perth’s property juggernaut is shifting to some WA regions, with Busselton and Albany leading the way with nation-leading price hikes.

Kim Macdonald

Morawa Shire president Karen Chappel is worried about the health risk to people due to the region's mouse plague.

Mouse PlaguePremium‘Absolutely horrid’ mouse plague in Mid West a health risk

A Mid West shire president fears locals in her area could be at risk of viruses or illness due to a “absolutely horrid” rodent plague that is resulting in “dead mice everywhere”.

Sienna Seychell

Northcliffe waste transfer station manager Stephen King.

WASTEPremiumNorthcliffe tip turns waste into community treasure

One man’s waste is another’s treasure is more than a saying at the Northcliffe transfer station, where a local recycling push is helping divert tonnes of material from landfill. 

Serian Lockwood-Jones

Bushwalkers in the Southern Forests are being urged not to rely solely on mobile coverage when travelling through remote and heavily forested areas.

Mobile CoveragePremiumPremiumSouthern Forests phone coverage no guarantee beyond towns

Despite recent and planned network upgrades, people travelling outside Southern Forests townsites are being warned they still cannot assume they will have mobile coverage when they need it. 

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Tourism PremiumPremiumVouchers to entice people back to Coral Coast sold out

A travel scheme offering vouchers to entice visitors back to the Gascoyne in the wake of cyclone Narelle has sold out in less than a week.

WA Police, SES, the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, and St John officers rallied to save an 87-year-old women lost in Nannup Wilderness last month.

BushwalkingPremiumPremiumSouth West searches renew warning over bushwalker safety

Bushwalkers heading into the Southern Forests are being urged not to rely on mobile phones as their only safety device following several recent search and welfare incidents.

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A lack of high-quality feedback could also lead to attrition.

Workplace MattersCommentsPremium‘Be honest?’: Why workers don’t tell their bosses the truth

Leaders say that they want to hear the honest truth about what’s happening but almost half of executives surveyed said that a lack of honest feedback is their primary concern.

Sophie Caldwell

Strategists such as Galloway can charge more than $15,000 a month for their services.

CNBC newsCommentsPremiumMeet the YouTube whisperers behind the biggest video names

With thousands of YouTube creators relying on the platform for income, many are turning to strategists as essential advisors on how to keep videos viral.

Alex Sherman and Zach Vallese

Energy supermajors have experienced a significant share price boost.

CNBC newsPremiumShell tops profit estimates as war drives price surge

British energy major Shell on Thursday reported stronger-than-expected first-quarter profit as the Iran war sent energy prices soaring.

Sam Meredith

A common side effect of many GLP-1 drugs is hair loss. It’s creating a growing market for hair treatment products.

CNBC newsCommentsPremiumThe growing hair treatment market from GLP-1s

A common side effect of many GLP-1 drugs is hair loss. It’s creating a growing market for hair treatment products.

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WA News

19yo South Perth basketball referee Jamie Winfield has been charged with sexual assault Unknown

Courts & JusticePremiumREVEALED: WA basketball ref charged with child sex crimes

A basketball referee faced court today charged with more than 20 offences, including allegedly sexually penetrating a child under the age of 16.

Brooke Rolfe

The swimmer has not been located despite the search resuming on Wednesday. Supplied / @wa_police

NEWSPremiumUrgent search after man vanishes in water

A major search is underway for a swimmer who was last seen “in distress” before vanishing in the waters of a popular surf beach.

Blake Antrobus

Police patrol Trigg Beach after a swimmer is reported missing.

Missing personPolice confirm more details about swimmer missing off Trigg

Police have scaled up the search for a swimmer who was spotted in distress off Trigg Beach on Tuesday evening. 

Some of the final remaining passengers wave from the dock after being evacuated from the MV Hondius.

State PoliticsVideoCommentsCommentsHuge update on virus cruise passengers set for WA quarantine

A plane has been secured, but it’s still unclear when six cruise ship passengers exposed to the deadly hantavirus will arrive in Perth.

Disgruntled Inspired Homes customers on the builder's Hamilton Hill Building site.

state politicsCommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumNew laws to demand builders open their books

Laws to crackdown on dodgy builders could be expanded to include milestone payments and cap price rises, in a bid to prevent a repeat of Perth’s Niche Living scandal. 

A major police investigation is underway in Perth’s north after a woman’s body was dumped outside an apartment building. NewsWire/ Sharon Smith

UPDATEDPremiumWoman’s body dumped outside building

A man is in custody after a woman’s body was found dumped outside an apartment building in Perth’s north.

Emma Kirk