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  1. Strong squad PremiumStrong Uppers squad loom as division two champs contenders

  2. Champs test PremiumOngerup up for the challenge of tough division two rivals

  3. Back homePremiumMcKay’s all-action effort in vain as Hawks are shot down

  4. Gold minePremiumCampaigners say mine will threaten endangered black cockatoo

  5. COMMUNITY CAREERSIN PICTURES: Narrogin students special vocational experience

Narrogin’s Noah Bowen-Zoccoli breaks clear.

Footy wrap PremiumHawks’ fiery top of the table clash over Warriors

A red-hot Narrogin outfit moved a game and percentage clear on top of the Upper Great Southern Football League ladder after an impressive 20-point win over Wickepin in the top of the table clash on Saturday. 

Hannah Whitehead

Williams' Denver Henson and Wagin's Lili Worth were A1 division’s best players.

home triumphWilliams Netball Club hosts Wagin in thrilling home games

Williams Netball Club had an exciting day of competition for the Narrogin and Districts Netball Association as they hosted Wagin in a three-match series on their home turf on Saturday. 

Maddy Petchell

Katanning Rotary Club members Val Cattanach and Danny McGrath, Kojonup Rotary president Lyn Boddington, Wagin Rotary president Norm Chilcott, Katanning Rotary president Cameron Taylor and secretary Chris Richardson and Kojonup Rotary vice-president Malcolm McDonald holding their Adopt a Room certificate for Cancer Council WA Crawford Lodge.

Good causeUGS rotary clubs sponsor regional cancer patient room

Four Upper Great Southern Rotary clubs have joined forces to provide regional people undergoing cancer treatment and their families with free accommodation in Perth.

Hannah Whitehead

Indigenous elders Aunty Muriel Bowie, Aunty Margaret Culbong, Aunty Doolann Leisha Eatts, Uncle Albert McNamara, Uncle Noel Nannup, Uncle Ben Taylor Cuiermara, Aunty Irene McNamara, Aunty Theresa Walley, Uncle Farley Garlett and Uncle Walter Eatts featured in the Ngaluk Waangkiny Regional Tour.

US TALKINGNgaluk Waangkiny Regional Tour exhibition visits Narrogin

A group of Indigenous elders share their story of resilience in the face of racial adversity through a powerful month-long exhibition to make for a special NAIDOC Week in Narrogin.

Hannah Whitehead

Jerramungup scored their sixth win of the season on Saturday.

OFA wrap PremiumEagles get the better of Boxwood with 21-point victory

Jerramungup kept the pressure on ladder leaders Gnowangerup with a 21-point home win over Boxwood Hill in round 10 of the Ongerup Football Association competition on Saturday.

Claire Middleton

Holly Nottle with trainer Greg Kersley (far left) and his father — former trainer and a reinsman — Fred Kersley and mother Judith Kersley.

RACINGPremiumApprentice jockey on crest of a wave in first month riding

Port Hedland are a long way from the Wheatbelt farm where Holly Nottle grew up, but that’s exactly where the promising apprentice jockey is making her mark.

Hayden King and Melissa Pedelty

An 83-year-old female and 83-year-old male were flown to Royal Perth Hospital on the RAC Rescue helicopter.

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CommentsPremiumThree people seriously injured in multi-vehicle crash

A child also sustained minor injuries in the collision.

Ongerup and Great Southern will clash for the first time since 2017.

Rare encounter PremiumPremiumGreat Southern, Ongerup set for long-awaited footy showdown

For the first time in seven years neighbouring rivals Great Southern and Ongerup will square off in a country football championship game.

South Fremantle champion Haiden Schloithe kicks on goal.

WAFL 2025CommentsPremiumCommentsPremium‘So inspiring’: Schloithe comeback fuels Bulldogs teammates

South Fremantle star Zac Strom has revealed just how much the resilience of long-time teammate Haiden Schloithe and his return from testicular cancer has inspired the Bulldogs.

A Narrogin crash has left a motorcycle rider with non-life threatening injuries.

Disaster and emergencyPremiumMan injured after car and motorcycle collide in Narrogin

A car and motorcycle collided near the Narrogin town centre on Friday morning, with the motorcyclist taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries. 

Jacki Elezovich

Shaydan Riley was driving home from work when he collided with a truck and a ute in Aldersyde on Tuesday.

WA NewsTributes flow for ‘loving dad’ killed in Wheatbelt crash

The 30-year-old man who died in a horror three-vehicle crash in the Wheatbelt is being remembered as a ‘loving’ father of three with a ‘big personality’.

Caitlin Vinci

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Steven Payne, pictured, vanished into waters at Wharton Beach after a fatal shark attack.

Courts & JusticePremiumTragic details revealed after fatal shark attack at WA beach

The devastating circumstances of a great white shark attack on a surfer who was fatally mauled in front of his girlfriend at an Esperance beach have been revealed for the first time.

Caleb Runciman

An 83-year-old female and 83-year-old male were flown to Royal Perth Hospital on the RAC Rescue helicopter.

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Three people seriously injured in multi-vehicle crash

A child also sustained minor injuries in the collision.

Caitlin Vinci

Education Minister Sabine Winton.

state politicsCommentsPremiumMinister reassures WA parents after horrific sex abuse case

Education Minister Sabine Winton has ordered the State’s Education and Care Regulatory Unit to conduct a snap review of WA’s childcare system.

Jessica Page

Aerial urban suburban cityscape landscape view in Perth Western Australia Rafael Ben-Ari

Housing marketCommentsPremiumPerth in property marathon as median price jumps to new peak

Perth’s median dwelling price has jumped $65,000 over the past year, with anticipated interest rate cuts set to further buoy the market.

Kim Macdonald

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WA Police continue to have welfare concerns for 26-year-old woman Carolina Wilga, who hasn't been heard from since Sunday, 29 June 2025.

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Missing backpacker’s van found abandoned in remote WA

Police have found the van belonging to a missing German backpacker who vanished in the Wheatbelt — but the young woman was not with the vehicle.

Caleb Runciman

Steven Payne, pictured, vanished into waters at Wharton Beach after a fatal shark attack.

Courts & JusticePremiumTragic details revealed after fatal shark attack at WA beach

The devastating circumstances of a great white shark attack on a surfer who was fatally mauled in front of his girlfriend at an Esperance beach have been revealed for the first time.

Caleb Runciman

Fremantle are playing many tall forwards.

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CommentsPremiumDockers must change forward structure and break Serong tag

If the Dockers wish to play two rucks, they cannot have Josh Treacy, Jye Amiss, Pat Voss and the Luke Jackson-Sean Darcy combo as forwards, writes Xavier Ellis.

An 83-year-old female and 83-year-old male were flown to Royal Perth Hospital on the RAC Rescue helicopter.

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CommentsPremiumThree people seriously injured in multi-vehicle crash

A child also sustained minor injuries in the collision.

Business owner Andrew Donnelly and business associate Shane Carlson leave Joondalup Court on Friday after facing charges.

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PremiumLegal strife piles up for embattled ex-Eagle

Former West Coast Eagle Andrew Donnelly has pleaded not guilty to criminal charges that he failed to comply with requirements under WA’s workers’ compensation laws.

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Recently retired Australian Medical Association president Dr Michael Page and incoming president Dr Kyle Hoath speaking to the media outside Parliament after last month’s Budget.

health mattersPremiumAmbulance ramping reflects ‘healthcare system in distress’

A failure to invest in staffing was partly to blame for Bunbury Hospital’s terrible new ambulance ramping figures, according to one of the State’s top medicos.

Warren Hately

Police on the scene.

CrimePremiumMajor crash officers investigate after woman dies in Albany

Emergency services rushed to the scene after reports of an injured woman on Hardie Road in Spencer Park last night.

Jessica Evensen

A 73-year-old man has died in a crash in the South West.

Road TollPremiumTwo deaths in South West roads in under a week

Two deaths on South West roads in under a week have contributed to WA’s horrific road toll of 113 death - the highest recorded in a decade.

Caleb Runciman and Jessica Page

Sylvia Jacobs with great grandson Regan Clinch, 3, at the NAIDOC Big Breakfast at GRAMS.

NAIDOC WeekPremiumPremiumCommunity unites to celebrate NAIDOC’s golden 50th

Geraldton has come out to celebrate a golden anniversary this week, as NAIDOC marks its 50th year with a week full of community events and activities honouring heritage and the next generation.

Marco Daquino and Damiano Suadoni opened the South West Bottega on Friday evening.

Italian bottegaPremiumPremiumNew store brings Italian menu and vintage finds into Vasse

The South West Bottega opened their doors on Friday evening, with new owners Marco Daquino and Damiano Suadoni hoping to bring the best of Italian cuisine in the new space.

Homelessness advocates Jane Anderson and Ingrid Hilario.

HomelessnessPremiumPremiumNo solution for homelessness despite Budget boom

Even with WA boasting a $2.5 billion surplus in this year’s State Budget, advocates say homelessness has only gotten worse with the matter firing up a debate in Parliament last week.

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The company often sells its Labubu dolls in a blind box to buyers who don’t know what character is inside until they open it.

CNBC newsCommentsLabubu-maker unfazed by ‘blind box’ crackdown

Beijing may have warned against “blind box” toys, but analysts are betting that Pop Mart International — the company behind Labubu dolls — will remain one of China’s hottest consumer brands this year.

Anniek Bao and Lim Hui Jie

Trump has made his priorities on energy production clear. The US will rely on oil, gas, coal and nuclear to meet its growing energy needs, the president said last weekend, bashing wind and solar power.

CNBC newsCommentsTrump megabill gives the oil industry everything it wants

President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act ends long-standing federal support for solar and wind power, while creating a friendly environment for oil, gas and coal production.

Spencer Kimball

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves (right) crying as Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer speaks during Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons.

CNBC newsCommentsUK in dire straits after minister’s tears rattle markets

All eyes are now on the UK’s ruling Labour Party for any sign of further political fractures that could rattle Britain’s economic stability.

Holly Ellyatt

Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell and President Donald Trump.

BusinessCommentsTrump scolds ‘stupid’ Fed after it holds key rate steady

The Federal Reserve has kept interest rates steady amid expectations of higher inflation and lower economic growth ahead, and still pointed to two reductions later this year.

Jeff Cox

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News. Fashion designers are frustrated after their original designs are being copied. (L-R) Paris Lindsay from Mon Ete Swim, Hannah Jones from Signed + Sealed, Nina Wallace from Knitwit the Label, Michelle teles from deconduarte.

Dupe dilemmaCommentsOnline rivals knocking off Perth labels’ original designs

Perth business owners share what it’s like to have larger online retailers duplicate their designs and sell them at a lesser price with no consequences.

Caitlin Vinci

News. Apprentice electrician James Kriskovich 20yo at Electrical Group Training in Balcatta. Images to go with a story about the CCIWA calling for education reforms because they say too many kids are leaving school without the skills to be job ready. Jackson Flindell

WA NewsCommentsYoung leaver has spark amid cohorts falter

As students leave school not ‘job ready’ one student has shown a spark in the workforce.

Bethany Hiatt

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CommentsPremiumEx cop responds to horror road toll as wife fights for life

A former cop whose wife was left clinging to life in hospital after a catastrophic multi-car crash this week has condemned police and politicians for failing to prioritise stemming WA’s shameful road toll.

Third-year electrical apprentice James Kriskovich, 20, is a notable exception to employers’ concerns about school leavers’ job readiness.

EducationCommentsCommentsBusinesses claim kids leaving WA schools not ‘job ready’

Frustrated businesses have warned WA’s high schools are turning out more graduates who lack the basic skills and knowledge to make them ‘job ready,’ putting the State’s future economic prosperity at risk.

Kristi McVee, former police officer turned educator.

WA NewsThe 10 questions parents should ask their childcare centre

Parents all over Australia are asking the same question after horrific allegations of sexual assault in childcare centres emerged last week.  How can I keep my child safe? 

Carolina Wilga, her friends Gioia Bezemer, Jules Briand, Miranda are pictured right.

WA NewsEmotional welcome home for German backpacker

German backpacker Carolina Wilga is in for a warm welcome home from her friends who say they can’t wait to throw their arms around her before going for a feed at the pub.

Caitlin Vinci