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

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

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

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

  5. local carePremiumWagin Hospital set to continue providing respite services

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

Patmore Feeds' Cuballing plant has been acquired by diverse agribusiness Craig Mostyn Group.

Feed SecuredPremiumCraig Mostyn Group acquires Cuballing feed plant

Prominent agribusiness Craig Mostyn has bought out a Cuballing-based livestock feed manufacturer to secure its pelletised feed supply for an undisclosed amount.

Georgia Campion

Attorney General Tony Buti running with Fire and Emergency Services Commissioner Darren Klemm.

LifestyleCommentsPremiumLife as head of WA’s fire and emergency response

We caught up with Department of Fire and Emergency Services Commissioner Darren Klemm at Kings Park.

Tony Buti

Wagin's Josh Kirk dishes out a handball.

Opening round PremiumWagin storm home to score impressive opening round victory

Wagin were thrilling come-from-behind winners in the opening round of the 2026 Upper Great Southern Football League season, storming home to beat Kukerin-Dumbleyung on Sunday.

Cameron Newbold

Samuel Robert Whitsed

Disaster and EmergencyVideoCommentsNew footage released amid search for man who vanished in WA

Police have released new drone footage as they continue to search for a Victorian man they believe is missing in Western Australia.

Taylor Renouf

Patmore Feeds' Cuballing plant has been acquired by diverse agribusiness Craig Mostyn Group.

Feed SecuredPremiumPremiumCraig Mostyn Group acquires Cuballing feed plant

Prominent agribusiness Craig Mostyn has bought out a Cuballing-based livestock feed manufacturer to secure its pelletised feed supply for an undisclosed amount.

Nicole Goodier and Cindy Carty on the red carpet at the Heritage Ball.

Happy daysHeritage festival takes Pingelly back to good old days

Pingelly went back to the olden days as the shire’s Heritage Festival took over the town, with events dominating the main street and a spectacular ball being the highlight.

Adam Simon McGovern pictured leaving court.

courtsPremiumPremiumNurse jailed for sexual abuse of suicidal teenage patient

A former mental health nurse has been put behind bars for more than a decade after being found guilty of grooming one of his vulnerable young patients into a sexual relationship that began when she was only 14.

Wickepin’s Dion Anthony was among the goals in round two.

Footy wrap PremiumWarriors start new UGSFL season in winning fashion

Reigning premiers Wickepin made it two straight wins to start their title defence in the Upper Great Southern Football League, taking care of Williams by 62 points on Sunday.

Cameron Newbold

Lecturer Bronwyn Bennett with 2025 South Regional TAFE campus award winner Leonard Emmins. South Regional TAFE

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

Narrogin nursing student Leonard Emmins has been awarded the 2025 Student of the Year at the Narrogin South Regional TAFE campus, recognised for his approachable nature and willingness to support others.  

Amy Towers

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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

PIND Restaurant, which serves mainly Pakastani food, says it will appeal the finding and $72,000 fine.

CrimePremiumPopular restaurant fined over string of food safety breaches

A desi restaurant in Perth’s east has been fined tens of thousands of dollars after failing to comply with a string of food safety standards.

Kirsty Lichtenstein

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

House That!CommentsPremiumShuey’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.

Kim Macdonald

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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

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

House That!CommentsPremiumShuey’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.

Kim Macdonald

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.

Nationals MP Lachlan Hunter was booted out and suspended from the Legislative Assembly for the second time this year. 

state politics VideoPremiumPremiumWATCH: MP booted out of Parliament amid racetrack debate

Nationals MP Lachlan Hunter has been booted and suspended from the Legislative Assembly, for two days, during a fractious Question Time.

Construction of a huge skyscraper at Elizabeth Quay is set for an extraordinary blow after ASX-listed contractor SRG foreshadowed plans to seek an arrest warrant for developer Victor Goh.

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PremiumContractor’s arrest bid for property developer Victor Goh

Construction of a huge skyscraper at Elizabeth Quay is set for an extraordinary blow after ASX-listed contractor SRG foreshadowed plans to seek an arrest warrant for developer Victor Goh.

Regional News

Holstein Fresians.

Dairy FuturePremiumAustralian dairy producers bracing for tough season ahead

Dairy producers across Australia are bracing for a season with little wiggle room for error as input costs continue to soar and supply constraints persist.

Georgia Campion

Comparative crop growth at Mindarabin. The results of the seedbed conditioning are right.

New TechPremiumAg researcher develops seedbed technology to boost yield

A former state government agriculture researcher is developing new cropping technology to increase soil productivity and sustainability, no matter the type

Georgia Campion

Barman Wally Kimel

Ale’s wellPremiumA toast to Wally Kimel, Geraldton’s oldest barman

Behind the bar at Wonthella Bowling Club ready to pour a pint and lend an ear is Wally Kimel, who on the cusp of 91 can boast to be Geraldton’s oldest barman — and possibly WA’s and Australia’s too.

Sienna Seychell

Rose Donald, 17, who is on a solo circumnavigation flight of Australia, landed in Kalgoorlie-Boulder on Wednesday.

Big flightPremiumPremiumTeenage pilot’s record-breaking circumnavigation for charity

A teenage pilot from Melbourne touched down in Kalgoorlie-Boulder on Wednesday as part of a record-breaking solo circumnavigation of Australia.

A 95-year-old woman has died from injuries received when she was hit by a truck in Jurien Bay on April 24.

Emergency servicesPremiumPremium95-year-old woman dies following Jurien Bay crash

An elderly woman riding a mobility scooter has died after being hit by a truck in Jurien Bay last month.

Redcastle Resources is expecting to start mining at the Queen Alexandra and Redcastle Reef gold deposits later this month.

Eying productionPremiumPremiumRedcastle Resources closing in on Leonora gold production

A company with two small gold deposits east of Leonora is charging toward production after approval of its mine development and closure proposal.

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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.

Laya Neelakandan

People will be living and working on the moon within the next decade, according to the boss of space tech company Voyager Technologies.

CNBC newsCommentsPremiumPeople will be ‘living and working’ on the moon in the 2030s

People will be living and working on the moon within the next decade, according to the boss of space tech company Voyager Technologies.

Lucy Handley

Fatih Birol, executive director of the International Energy Agency.

CNBC newsPremium‘Biggest energy security threat in history’: Bleak outlook

The world has lost 13 million barrels of oil per day thanks to the war, and there are major disruptions in vital commodities, International Energy Agency head Fatih Birol said.

Holly Ellyatt

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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

Sport Minister Rita Saffioti has taken a cheeky swipe at our Eastern States rivals while closing in on a massive deal to keep State of Origin in the West.

WA NewsVideoCommentsPremiumSaffioti takes swipe at Vics ahead of Origin deal signing

‘Don’t get me started’: Sport Minister Rita Saffioti has taken a cheeky swipe at our Eastern States rivals while closing in on a massive deal to keep State of Origin in the West.

Caitlin Vinci

WA’s peak LGBTIQA+ advocate body is urgently calling on the State Government to introduce sexual vilification laws after a series of shocking queerphobic flyers began circulating in letterboxes across Perth’s CBD. Unknown

CrimePremiumPremiumPolice reveal major update on probe into queerphobic flyers

A Gosnells man has been charged following a police investigation into the distribution of thousands of obscene leaflets across the Perth metro area.

While police were at the scene, a 25-year-old man allegedly punched an officer in the face. 

CrimePremiumPremiumWA Police officer assaulted while attending disturbance

The officer was taken to Peel Health Campus by St John WA and a man has since been charged.

Patients have been met with closed signs at the Joondalup Health Campus after hours GP clinic since the start of April.

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CommentsPremiumAfter-hours GP clinic shut for months due to lack of doctors

Despite the hospital provider knowing the clinic will be shut until June, the website still outlines the service is open on weeknights so patients are still showing up.

A man has died following a serious crash in the South West.

Disaster and EmergencyCommentsPremiumHorrific South West highway crash claims young man’s life

The crash closed the busy road for several hours.

Hannah Cross