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  1. Disaster and EmergencyPremiumDriver killed in horror rollover in Wheatbelt

  2. Premiership winsPremiumLake Grace-Pingrup reserves snatch flag in grand final upset

  3. Numbat lawNew parliamentary hurdle for shire’s Save the Numbats law

  4. Flag win PremiumDetermined Dogs claim reserves grand final victory

  5. grand finalsPremiumIN PICTURES: Hundreds flock to Ongerup sport grand final day

Katanning Wanderers celebrate their thirds premiership on home turf.

THIRDS THRILLERPremiumWanderers last-minute goal secures colts premiership glory

Katanning Wanderers got their grand final revenge in the Upper Great Southern Football League colts competition, with a goal in the final minute securing a famous flag triumph over Narrogin on Sunday. 

Hannah Whitehead

Wagin’s premiership team in the fourths competition.

Dogs delight PremiumFlag success for hungry Bulldogs in UGSFL fourths decider

Wagin have capped an outstanding finish to the Upper Great Southern Football League fourths competition, rising to premiership glory over Wickepin in Katanning on Sunday.

Hannah Whitehead

Shire of Narrogin councillors met with MLA Basil Zempilas and MLC Steve Martin to discuss renewable energy developments during the listening tour.

MLA LISTENING TOURWA Libs leader Basil Zempilas meets with Narrogin locals

WA Liberal Party leader Basil Zempilas and his deputy Steve Martin were welcomed enthusiastically to Narrogin on their Statewide listening tour, hearing local views on renewables, housing, and business.

Hannah Whitehead

Leigh Ballard has been re-elected to his position as Narrogin Shire president unopposed.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTION 2025Narrogin president re-elected as four vie for trio of spots

Narrogin’s incumbent shire president has been elected unopposed to the top job for the second time, as four candidates vie for the three vacant spots on the council alongside him.

Melissa Sheil

Narrogin Senior High School Year 9 students at Parliament House in Canberra.

Student lifetime tripPremiumNarrogin students embark on interstate educational tour

Narrogin Senior High School students embarked on the “trip of a lifetime” last month, receiving first-hand education in government, Australian history and national treasures on the annual Canberra/Sydney tour.

Hannah Whitehead

Wickepin celebrate their drought-breaking UGSFL premiership.

Flag at last PremiumFlag at last for Wickepin after UGSFL grand final glory

Wickepin ended years of grand final pain, as they broke through for a long-awaited Upper Great Southern Football League premiership on Sunday.

Hannah Whitehead and Cameron Newbold

Wagin's Jessica Daniels jumps for a pass ahead of Williams' Kaitlyn Hoy.

first finalsWagin first team through to grand final

The 2025 Narrogin and Districts Netball Association delivered fast-paced action, fierce competition, and stand-out performances in the A1 competition on Saturday for the race to the grand final. 

Hayley Hill, Katie Ramsay, Cassidy Ramsay, 1, and Amelia Forrester cheer on Wickepin on grand final day.

FOOTY FANATICSPremiumPremiumIN PICTURES: UGSFL grand finals attract hundreds of fans

Hundreds of spirited football fans rugged up in their team colours and braved the rain to cheer on their teams at the Upper Great Southern Football League 2025 grand final in Katanning on Sunday.

Shire of Brookton chief executive Gary Sherry and president Katrina Crute in front of the fenced off Brookton Railway Station, to be refurbished with a $2m Budo Group tender.

RAILWAY REFURBISHMENTPremiumPremiumShock silence after Brookton Railway refurbishment approval

After years of heated debate, the Shire of Brookton has finally awarded the tender to refurbish its heritage railway station, but the once vocal community who fought to save it has fallen silent, said the CEO.

Boxwood Hill captain Hayden Richter was awarded the 2025 Ganzer Medal on August 17.

Medal honour PremiumBombers skipper honoured to finally win Les Ganzer Medal

After years of coming close to the honour, Boxwood Hill’s Hayden Richter has finally broken through to claim his first Les Ganzer Medal as the Ongerup Football Association’s best and fairest player. 

Melissa Sheil

Jayden Bootsma is running 585km from Perth Children’s Hospital to North Albany Football Club to raise money for Kids Cancer Support Group.

ZARA’S RUNPremiumCousin’s cancer passing sparks footy player’s endurance test

Country football player Jayden Bootsma is lacing up his runners to embark on a gruelling 585km run from Perth to Albany in memory of his late cousin who lost her battle with leukaemia at just 14. 

Melissa Sheil

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Attorney General Tony Buti will intervene in the long-running legal case against BGC. Inset: One of the defective Iplex pipes.

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Fresh twist in BGC saga as customers receive lifeline

Hundreds of WA customers living in new homes prone to leaks and flooding due to faulty piping have received some welcome news ahead of a State Administrative Tribunal hearing.

John Flint

Angela Margaret Rainbow leaves Perth Magistrates Court today.

Courts & JusticePremiumIdentity of Perth therapist accused of $7m fraud revealed

The owner of an occupational therapy business accused of an invoice scam that siphoned millions of taxpayer money meant to be used to help veterans has failed in a bid to suppress her identity.

Caleb Runciman

Barry Wayne Lawrence pictured outside Perth Magistrates Court this week.

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Fears over ‘bikie links’ of child worker accused

Disturbing allegations have emerged about a Department of Communities employee charged with sex offences involving a teenager in his care as it was revealed police also raised concerns he had bikie connections.

Caleb Runciman

Internal affairs investigators are probing two separate scandals at a city bar where the officers had gathered.

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WA police jobs on the line after depravity at staff party

Two WA police officers are fighting for their jobs and one is receiving counselling after a booze-soaked staff party ended with a sexual assault and a vile act of public indecency.

Ben Harvey

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Angela Margaret Rainbow leaves Perth Magistrates Court today.

Courts & JusticePremiumIdentity of Perth therapist accused of $7m fraud revealed

The owner of an occupational therapy business accused of an invoice scam that siphoned millions of taxpayer money meant to be used to help veterans has failed in a bid to suppress her identity.

Caleb Runciman

Karen Anne Webb pleaded guilty to 17 charges of stealing as a servant on Thursday.

Courts & JusticePremiumMt Barker clerk admits to stealing $156k from her workplace

The clerk of a Mt Barker business has admitted to stealing more than $150,000 from her workplace over a two-year period, after details were revealed in her first court appearance on Thursday. 

Melissa Sheil

In 2022 people living on and around Clements Place and were told PFAS likely to have originated from Jandakot Airport, had contaminated their groundwater. 

WA NewsCommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumPerth properties ‘unsellable’ due to undrinkable tap water

Perth residents who say they are trapped with ‘unsellable’ rural properties because of contaminated groundwater want their land fast-tracked for residential development.

Dr Rhys Bellinge, an obstetrician, gynaecologist and fertility doctor from Perth, who has been charged with manslaughter and dangerous driving over a fatal car crash in Dalkeith.

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PremiumDay in the life of rich doctor imprisoned in WA’s worst unit

Rhys Bellinge, the rich-lister obstetrician who killed a woman in a drunken car crash in Dalkieth, is living in a prison unit known as Fraggle Rock because it is home to the State’s worst paedophiles.

Roger Cook has defended his government’s decision not to tell the public about the long-running contamination.

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CommentsPremiumTests show PCH drinking water contaminated with toxic metal

The drinking water at Perth Children’s Hospital was contaminated with lead as recently as last year. The shock test results and remediation were kept quiet, until now.

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Major crash detectives are seeking help from the public after a fatal crash in the Wheatbelt.

Disaster and EmergencyPremiumDriver killed in horror rollover in Wheatbelt

Emergency services rushed to the scene of the crash in Newdegate this morning.

Hannah Cross

Jockey Tash Faithfull has been suspended after causing rider Holly Watson to fall in the Coolgardie Cup.

RacingPremiumTop jockey suspended in wake of Coolgardie Cup fall

Prominent WA jockey Tash Faithfull has copped a 26-day suspension for causing rival rider Holly Watson to fall at the 200m mark in the $100,000 Coolgardie Cup at Kalgoorlie-Boulder Racing Club on Sunday.

Ernie Manning

A man alleged to have used a 3-D printer to create firearm parts, and who is claimed to have threatened a teenage girl, has been granted bail.

Courts and crimePremiumAlleged 3-D printed weapon manufacturer granted bail

A Coolgardie man who is accused of 3-D printing firearm parts and threatening to kill a teenage girl has been released on bail.

Jessica Antoniou

Speakers Jade Lewis, Kirsty Dellar and Valeria Mazza at the Yellow Ribbon Project’s HER Community event in Kalgoorlie-Boulder on Thursday.

R U OK? DayPremiumPremiumWomen supporting women

For R U OK? Day, women in the Goldfields have united to check in on one another and feel empowered.

DPIRD says aerial culling of deer is humane, despite claims to the contrary by the Australian Deer Association.

Shooting debatePremiumPremiumInvasive Species Council calls out aerial culling criticism

Australia’s leading invasive species experts have called out criticism which called the State Government’s aerial culling practice inhumane. 

Simon and Nikita Biggs have launched a GoFundMe campaign to help them meet ever-increasing medical costs.

Kidney diseasePremiumPremiumFamily seek support for kidney disease fight

A family who had to leave Kalgoorlie-Boulder when a medical diagnosis turned their world upside down are hoping to raise awareness of diabetes and kidney failure. 

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Sebastian Siemiatkowski, chief executive officer and co-founder of Klarna Holding AB, center, and Michael Moritz, chairman of Klarna Bank AB, center right, during the company’s initial public offering (IPO) at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025.

CNBC newsCommentsCBA-backed BNPL provider Klarna soars on US debut

Klarna competes in the buy now, pay later market with Affirm and Block’s Afterpay business.

Ryan Browne

New safety measures will become the standard of all Air India flights.

World NewsCommentsDeadly crash spurs Air India's ‘new normal’

Air India has pledged a renewed focus on safety after Flight 171’s fatal crash, the deadliest aviation disaster in a decade.

Leslie Josephs

Wegovy producer Novo Nordisk is taking the axe to 9000 jobs.

CNBC newsCommentsWeight loss jab giant to cut 9000 jobs

A pharmaceutical giant that produces one of the most popular weight loss jabs has announced it is cutting 11 per cent of its global workforce.

Katrina Bishop

Macron hit with fresh crisis after Bayrou’s budget plan fails.

World PoliticsCommentsMacron to appoint fifth PM after Bayrou ousted

French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou’s government has collapsed in a no-confidence vote over spending cuts, leaving President Emmanuel Macron scrambling to appoint yet another leader.

Holly Ellyatt

WA News

A young woman has been charged with drink driving after a car smashed into the front of a Beechboro home on Monday. 

CrimePremiumCar smashes into house as woman charged with drink driving

A young woman has been charged with drink driving after a car smashed into the front of a Perth home on Monday morning.

Caleb Runciman

Jayden Stewart Selfe, 33, is believed to have lost contact with people known to him since early to mid-May this year. Main image: Police investigating his disappearance searching an Attadale home.

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Police break silence on Attadale unit mystery

Major crime detectives have finally revealed why they have been combing over an address at the riverside suburb of Attadale for the past five days.

Caleb Runciman

Police Minister Reece Whitby says he’s aware of a days long crime scene and investigation unfolding at a property south of Perth and joined WA Police in refusing to shed any light on the incident.

CRIMEPremiumPremiumNo comment: Whitby wipes hands of secret police probe

Police Minister Reece Whitby says he’s aware of a days long crime scene and investigation unfolding at a property south of Perth and joined WA Police in refusing to shed any light on the incident.

The Premier said it was ‘pretty macabre’ that a day to celebrate the state was ever linked to the tree-chopping foundation of the Swan River Colony.

state politicsCommentsCommentsHistory forgotten, as Premier defends public holiday shift

Roger Cook has tripped up over a key date in WA’s history while defending his overhaul of public holidays against Opposition criticism that it abandons historical accuracy.

A breakdown on the Kwinana Freeway is one of the incidents causing traffic delays across Perth on Monday morning.

TRAFFICCommentsCommentsPerth motorists face Monday morning madness

Commuters starting their week face delays and congestion after crashes and breakdowns shut lanes on multiple major Perth roads.

Pilbara Aboriginal artists Lynette Upton and Jessica Wilson with their artwork.

LifestylePremiumPowerful First Nations art exhibition on show in Perth

A momentous celebration of Indigenous art and culture has arrived in Perth with the 20th-anniversary exhibition of Colours of our Country, showcasing 124 pieces from 43 Pilbara artists. 

Caitlin Vinci