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Hayden Richter was a strong contributor in Boxwood Hill’s first win of the season.

OFA 2025Boxwood Hill romp to first victory against fellow strugglers

Boxwood Hill have won their first game of the 2025 Ongerup Football Association competition, trouncing bottom-of-the-ladder rivals Newdegate by 91 points on Saturday. 

Claire Middleton

Katanning police are searching for 24-year-old Mario Alesio Porru who has not been seen since he arrived in Queerarrup Lake 11 days ago.

MISSING PERSONPolice ask for help to find missing man last seen near Wagin

There have been no sightings of Mario Alesio Porru since he went missing and police hold concerns for his welfare. 

Melissa Sheil

West Coast defender Liam Baker says it will take time for his young teammates to learn how to win but they are building a team that wants to challenge in big games.

AFLCommentsPremiumBaker hopes ‘tough’ losing lessons will help down the track

West Coast defender Liam Baker says it will take time for his young teammates to learn how to win but they are building a team that wants to challenge in big games.

Glen Quartermain

Darkan Golf Club hosted the 2025 Great Southern Men's 4BB Championships on June 7, with more than 70 golfers coming from across the region to compete.

regional champsWagin pair victorious at Great Southern golf champs

The Darkan Golf Club hosted the annual Great Southern Men’s 4BBB Championships on Saturday, with more than 70 golfers from across the region turning out to compete for the title. 

Jacki Elezovich

Great Southern dog breeder Robert Leslie Lewis has been jailed and fined for neglecting six kelpies in a cage for about 30 hours and driving while under suspension.

CourtPremiumMan jailed for neglecting dogs and serious driving offences

A Great Southern dog breeder who neglected six caged kelpies and drove unlicensed across WA multiple times has been jailed, fined thousands and disqualified from driving for the next decade. 

Hannah Whitehead

East Pingelly’s grand opening with (front row) Lachlan Hunter MP, Jackie McBurney (shire president), Shane Blechynden ( captain East Pingelly BFB), Phil Brandrett (Acting Chief Supt DFES), Rod Shaddock (chief bush fire control officer) and Craig Smith (Supt Upper Great Southern Region DFES).

Grand openingsPremiumShire celebrates double grand openings of $800k fire sheds

Determined not to do things by halves, the Shire of Pingelly held two grand openings on June 3 to celebrate a major upgrade to the area’s bush fighting capabilities.

Claire Middleton

Taking out the Gate 2 Plate Challenge overall win, were Serpentine-based Evensong Farm owners Bert and Agatha Veenendaal, centre, who were congratulated by Bendigo Bank's Albany branch manager Gavin Boardley and Tambellup-Cranbrook branch manager Racheal Nicholls and Gate to Plate Challenge committee president Wayne Mitchell.

Gate 2 Plate ChallengePremiumPremiumGate 2 Plate Challenge: Back-to-back win for Veenendaals

Serpentine-based commercial cattle producers Bert and Agatha Veenendaal of Evensong Farm were over the moon when they took out the overall win in the 11th annual Gate 2 Plate Challenge competition.

Charlie Guelfi, 6, Joshua Guelfi, 8, Hunter Tonkin, 8, all of Newdegate.

YOUNG GUNSCommentsCommentsYoungsters ‘amazed’ to end up on front page of The West

Copies of The West Australian were flying off the shelves in Newdegate on Monday after three local kids decked out in West Coast and North Melbourne gear were photographed for the front page. 

Serpentine-based Evensong Farm owners Agatha and Bert Veenendaal, who were the Gate 2 Plate overall winners, with Nutrien Ag Solutiions Albany branch manager Todd Keeffe.

Gate 2 Plate ChallengeGate 2 Plate Challenge: 11th annual competition applauded

The Albany-based Gate 2 Plate Challenge committee hosted its 11th annual awards presentation and dinner to celebrate the feedlot competition’s results aimed at “improvements” for WA’s beef cattle industry.

MAIN PIC: Claremont's Taylah Orzel. TOP RIGHT: Tambellup legend Jeff Farmer with the Dockers Indigenous jumper. BOTTOM RIGHT: Jake Stuart runs out in his 200th club game.

Around The LeaguesPremiumWAFLW trio on fire, the Wiz’s pride and 200 up for Shark

A Great Southern trio on fire in the WAFLW as Claremont continue unbeaten season, the pride of Tambellup footy star Jeff Farmer represented in Freo’s Indigenous jumper and 200-game milestone for a loyal Shark.

Cameron Newbold

GRDC and partners will tackle mouse impact on crops in a $11 million joint investment, with research to be led by CSIRO.

Managing MiceMouse management in crops gets $11m in funding

Mouse activity, and threat it presents to Australian grain growers, will be tackled by CSIRO with an $11 million joint investment from the Grains Research & Development Corporation and partners.

Georgia Campion

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A view of the airport from the control tower at Perth Airport.

CrimePremiumTwo charged over separate incidents at Perth Airport

One man has been charged and another fined $1500 over two separate antisocial incidents at Perth Airport. 

Dietitian and nutritionist Alissa Erneste pictured at DietWise in North Perth. Ian Munro

Health CommentsPremiumLittle-known eating disorder on the rise in WA

A little known eating disorder commonly seen in children is on the rise in WA, characterised by an avoidance of and aversion to food that is not related to body image or weight concerns.

Rhianna Mitchell

The West Australian’s anonymous columnist The Snitch gives the inside word on what losing the 19th AFL club, Tasmania, could mean for Fremantle Dockers and one of their leaders.

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THE SNITCH: What losing 19th club Tassie could mean for Freo

The West Australian’s anonymous columnist The Snitch gives the inside word on what losing the 19th AFL club, Tasmania, could mean for Fremantle Dockers and one of their leaders.

The Snitch

A record number of Fremantle Dockers scored a perfect 10 in Danielle Laidley’s player ratings.

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PLAYER RATINGS: Record number of Dockers score a perfect 10

Danielle Laidley runs an eye over every Fremantle Docker and West Coast Eagle after round twelve. Who starred and who struggled?

Danielle Laidley

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A Matso’s Brewery staff member died at the venue in Broome on Tuesday night.

Regional WAPremiumEmployee dies at Broome’s popular Matso’s Brewery

Brewery staff have been left shocked by the sudden death of a co-worker at the popular Broome hot spot.

Natasha Clark

John McKechnie pictured in The Supreme Court.

WA NewsCommentsPremiumMcKechnie’s take on crims, corporate cowboys & politicans

After 50 years in the business of law and order - as Director of Public prosecutions, Supreme Court judge and head of the Corruption and Crime Commission - John McKechnie knows where a lot of bodies are buried.

Ben Harvey

Peter Nguyen-Ha is accused of fatally shooting Ralph Matthews Cox in a case of mistaken identity.

Courts & JusticePremiumPremium‘I’ve been hit’: Woman recalls horror as gunman shot partner

The partner of a Landsdale father who was shot in his own home in a case of mistaken identity has tearfully recounted the moment the alleged gunman opened fire — killing her significant other.

Shane Toovey, who is a former paramedic who has received an ASM in the Kings Honours list

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CommentsPremiumHonour for paramedic who tried to save Lynn Cannon’s life

A paramedic who risked his own life trying to save murder victim Lynn Cannon also had the anguish of responding to a colleague’s death in the same year.

A truck driver has died in a horror crash after ploughing into a bridge in the South West.

Disaster and EmergencyPremiumPremiumTruckie dies after veering off road in horror crash

The truck crashed into a bridge in Bridgetown, with the driver tragically dying at the scene.

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The old Town Beach Cafe will be demolished to make way for a large-scale food and beverage establishment.

Local development PremiumTown Beach Cafe demolition to start this week

The old Town Beach Cafe will be demolished to make way for a large-scale food and beverage establishment in the future after a building inspector determined it “no longer safe or suitable for public use”. 

Cain Andrews

2024 Cossack Art Awards overall winner Allery Sandy with her artwork, Dry River Bed Burnt Country.

Cossack Art AwardsPremiumCossack Art Awards return with full public program in 2025

The Cossack Art Awards are returning in 2025 with a vibrant program of exhibitions, workshops and community celebrations that put creativity front and centre.

Madelin Hayes

Water Corporation chief executive Pat Donovan, Kalgoorlie MLA Ali Kent and Water Minister Don Punch above the Goldfields water pipeline at the Mt Charlotte Reservoir and Lookout in Kalgoorlie-Boulder on Wednesday.

Greater flowPremiumState Govt to pump $543 million into Goldfields pipeline

A ‘once-in-a-generation’ cash injection of $543 million for the Goldfields pipeline will from 2027 double the water storage capacity of the Binduli Reservoir that supplies Kalgoorlie-Boulder.

Neil Watkinson

Jetstar Asia flights between Singapore and Broome will end on July 29 as Qantas brings 13 Airbus A320 aircraft jets back to Australia.

WA TourismCommentsCommentsTour operators take hit after Broome to Asia flights culled

The burgeoning Kimberley tourism industry is set to be collateral damage in Qantas’ scrapping of its Singapore-based offshoot Jetstar Asia.

Tributes flow for Marley, Bunbury’s ‘dingo at the harbour’.

Marley and usCommentsCommentsBunbury’s ‘dingo at the harbour’ Marley has died

After touching many hearts, Bunbury’s ‘dingo at the harbour’ Marley died at the weekend at the ripe old age of 15.

North Melbourne coach Alastair Clarkson at North Melbourne’s captain's run.

FootballPremiumPremium‘Special’: Clarkson hails Kangaroos’ South West stint

North Melbourne coach Alastair Clarkson hailed the time his club spent in the South West last week as “special”, saying the early returns on the agreement to bring the club to WA had been hugely successful.

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Both sides temporarily slashed tariffs on each other’s imports to allow trade talks to continue, but disagreements remain.

CNBC newsComments‘Battle for the 21st century’ as China, US hold trade talks

US President Donald Trump’s top trade officials met their Chinese counterparts in London on Monday for talks aimed at resolving an ongoing trade dispute between the world’s two largest economies.

Holly Ellyatt

The report, which analysed more than 800 million job ads and thousands of company financial reports across six continents, challenged six common myths about AI’s impact:

CNBC newsCommentsSix AI myths busted: Why it makes workers more valuable

Despite widespread fears that artificial intelligence could automate jobs and cut employees’ wages, AI actually makes people ‘more valuable, not less’, new research by professional services firm PwC has found.

Ernestine Siu

Chinese EV giant BYD slashed prices on May 23, prompting regulators to speak out. Despite that, analysts say that little can be done about the market competition.

CNBC newsCommentsInvolution or evolution? Can China stop EV price wars

Falling prices of Chinese car exports and secondhand cars with zero mileage are signs of oversupply.

Evelyn Cheng and Bernice Ooi

Elon Musk went scorched earth on President Donald Trump's 'big, beautiful bill' in a post on X.

CNBC newsCommentsTrump says Musk went ‘CRAZY,’ suggests cutting contracts

President Donald Trump lashed out at Elon Musk as their feud over a major tax bill rapidly ramped up.

Kevin Breuninger

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Amanda Morcom (left) and a protester with signs at the drop in session.

WA NewsPremiumHeated conversations at consultation for Burswood racetrack

Community members opposed to the proposed Burswood Park racetrack have made their voices heard at the first community information drop in session on Thursday.

Oliver Lane

A man has been charged with a number of serious offences in relation to an alleged firearm incident in the Wheatbelt. About 5.30pm, Wednesday 11 June 2025, police responded to a report a person had entered a property on Great Eastern Highway in Ghooli, approximately 15km east of Southern Cross, where it was later discovered the person had allegedly stolen a firearm. WA Police

CRIMEVideoPremiumMan sends WA town into lockdown after allegedly firing gun

Residents were urged to stay indoors as police responded to the incident. 

Caleb Runciman

A northern suburbs daycare has been fined $16,000 after staff left a toddler alone.

EducationVideoPremiumPremiumToddler left alone in daycare after staff knock off early

The 16-month-old’s mother arrived four minutes after the two educators left to find the building’s lights off and its doors locked shut. 

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MiningCommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumEco warriors rejoice as salt plan gets canned

Marine environmentalists are “really relieved” a German chemical giant has binned a salt project in WA’s north.

Matsos Brewery in Broome confirmed a staff member suddenly died at work this week, as team members took a day off after the tragic event. Instagram

NewsPremiumPremiumWorker dies suddenly at WA brewery

A staff member who worked at Australia’s most remote brewery in the Kimberley died suddenly at work.

Club Deroes bikies Guilio Mocerino and Adriaan Van Wyngaarden.

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENTPremiumBikie-rape justice after brave victim tells of vile attack

Two Club Deroes gang members have finally been found guilty of the depraved attack on the woman 22 years ago after she found the courage to testify. WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT

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