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  1. Regional WAPremiumWoodside awards $1M in grants to Karratha community groups

  2. CLEAN ENERGYPremiumPilbara benefits from Cook’s $34 million clean energy boost

  3. HOUSING PremiumLong-awaited ‘Cottesloe in the North’ one step closer

  4. CRIMEPremiumPilbara truck driver assault investigation still ongoing

  5. YOUNG ACHIEVERPremiumNewman local nominated for 7NEWS young achiever award

Football PremiumDampier Sharks look to five premierships streak

The Dampier Sharks have no intention of ending their premiership streak in 2025 with the club looking to add a fifth notch to their belt come finals. 

Cain Andrews

KARATEKarratha karate club kicks off new year

Helping kids grow in discipline, co-ordination, respect and confidence, Karratha Shotokan Karate hopes to encourage more young karatekas in 2025. 

Madelin Hayes

EconomyPremiumGetting on with the jobs: WA’s major projects to watch

The final months of 2024 brought a flurry of ribbon-cutting at WA projects but there’s no need to put away the work boots and high-vis.  See the list of job-creating big builds to watch in 2025.

Matt Mckenzie & Simone Grogan

LIGHTING THE WAYPremiumNewman oval lighting upgrade to encourage more sport in town

Newman will soon have better lighting across its sporting venues after a tender was awarded for an upgrade worth nearly $1m. 

Madelin Hayes

FAMILY & DOMESTIC VIOLENCEPremiumCook Government promises Karratha Safe at Home if re-elected

The Cook Government has made a re-election promise to extend the Safe at Home program to Karratha, aimed at supporting victims of family and domestic violence. 

Madelin Hayes

JUNIOR COUNTRY WEEKPremiumWest Pilbara cricket stars shine at junior country week

West Pilbara cricket teams returned home from Perth with good efforts in junior country week after 42 teams competed in the biggest cricket carnival in the State from January 6-10. 

Madelin Hayes

MENTAL HEALTHPremiumPremium ‘Dust and Adversity’ launches for mental health awareness

After dealing with his own mental health struggles and quickly realising there was a lack of support services in Karratha, Jason Bravington decided to do something about it.

EducationPremiumPremiumRoebourne District High School redevelopment ready

A new dance studio, cafeteria, multi-purpose sports centre, language centre and more will be ready for Roebourne District High School students in time for the start of school.

Funding boostPremiumPremiumNew light tanker for hard-working Karratha fireys

The Karratha Volunteer Fire and Rescue Service (VFRS) has received a new light tanker to assist with firefighting responses in the Pilbara. 

State politicsPremiumCook Government promises $34 million PATS funding injection

WA Labor has pledged to expand the Patient Assisted Travel Scheme if re-elected, promising to increase the fuel subsidy value and coverage for allied health and dental, but falling short on mental health. 

Madelin Hayes

Regional WAPremiumWoodside awards $1M in grants to Karratha community groups

Ten community and not-for-profit organisations in the City of Karratha have been awarded Woodside Anniversary Grants of up to $100,000 each

Katya Minns

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FIFO worker with Mercanti link avoids jail over nazi slur

A notorious bikie’s former son-in-law has walked free from court, copping only a $2000 fine over an anti-Semitic attack that left Perth’s Jewish community outraged.

Jessica Page

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International boom lifts Perth Airport to new record

Over the past two years, Perth Airport has focused on recovering and expanding international flights suspended when WA’s borders were closed in 2020. 

Sean Smith

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Anti-junk food ads work best on those who don’t need them

A new WA study claims to be the first to measure the immediate impact of junk food and anti-junk food ads screened during major sporting events.

Kate Emery

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Staffing ‘crisis’ at Perth hospital forces ward closure

Mental health patients are being discharged or sent elsewhere after staffing shortages forced the closure of a Perth mental health ward. 

Hannah Cross

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Firefighters control ‘vigorous’ rubbish fire in Malaga

The blaze was contained and control by about 7.30pm, with firefighters still on the scene mopping up.

Jessica Evensen

WA NewsPremiumLoved ones remember Tyler Jury at Scarborough Beach vigil

Dozens of loved ones have gathered at Scarborough Beach for a sunset vigil to remember a Perth teen who tragically drowned at Lake Leschenaultia.

Jessica Evensen

WA NewsPremiumPremiumOne-punch survivor breaks silence after Melb Cup attack

The survivor of an alleged coward punch outside a Hillarys pub on Melbourne Cup day says he is ‘extremely lucky’ to be alive.

WA newsPremiumPremiumFlowers laid for teenager who drowned at Lake Leschenaultia

A popular lake in the Perth Hills remains closed with flowers laid for the 17-year-old boy who drowned after becoming trapped underneath a pontoon on Tuesday. 

Workplace MattersPremiumPremiumWA security firm accused of almost $1 million in wage theft

A Perth security firm is expected to face court next month over allegations it deliberately underpaid dozens of its workers to the tune of almost $1 million.

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EducationPremiumRoebourne District High School redevelopment ready

A new dance studio, cafeteria, multi-purpose sports centre, language centre and more will be ready for Roebourne District High School students in time for the start of school.

Madelin Hayes

Funding boostPremiumNew light tanker for hard-working Karratha fireys

The Karratha Volunteer Fire and Rescue Service (VFRS) has received a new light tanker to assist with firefighting responses in the Pilbara. 

Madelin Hayes

FEDERAL ELECTION 2025PremiumActivists launch ‘Keep the Sheep Here’ campaign

A trio of animal rights groups has launched a counter campaign piggybacking off the Keep the Sheep movement, as Labor’s live export ban shapes up to be a key issue at the Federal election.

Adam Poulsen

Housing market PremiumPremiumSouth West towns suffer rising cost of homeownership

Annual price increases for houses have slowed to their lowest yearly growth since the third quarter of 2022, despite an overall rise in combined capital house and unit prices. 

Election promises PremiumPremiumNo new WA Labor money for maxed out high school

WA Labor has pledged they will “do what’s right” for the South West if re-elected, but that doesn’t include additional funding to improve the Margaret River Senior High School.

NO SOLUTION YETPremiumPremiumCity solution to KBRC water woes ready and waiting

The City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder has been in a position to supply crucial water to the Kalgoorlie-Boulder Racing Club for weeks, but an agreement is yet to be reached two months out from the season’s start

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CNBC newsCommentsThe commodities tipped to rise and fall this year

Commodity prices are largely expected to fall in 2025 due to a sluggish global economic outlook and a resurgent dollar, but gold and gas prices are poised to rally this year, according to industry experts.

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CNBC newsCommentsPremiumBezos says everything on Earth is better than 50 years ago

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos doesn’t want to go back in time. Almost everything, including infant mortality, global literacy, has improved over the last 50 years, he said, except for one factor.

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CNBC newsCommentsUS Fed cuts rates but signals fewer reductions to come

The Federal Reserve has lowered its key interest rate by a quarter percentage point, the third-consecutive reduction and one that came with a cautionary tone about additional cuts in coming years. 

Jeff Cox

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state politicsCommentsPremiumFemale footballers forced to share changerooms with boys

One of Perth’s oldest community football clubs has missed out on funding to spare teenage girls from having to share changerooms, as Roger Cook pledged $30 million towards women’s sport elsewhere.

Jessica Page and Oliver Lane

EducationCommentsPremiumCompetition for selective schools fuels tutoring boom

Demand for a coveted place in WA’s selective high schools is so competitive that some parents are signing their kids up for tutoring as young as eight years old.

Bethany Hiatt

WA NewsPremiumPremiumTragedy of the Sandakan death marches is remembered

WA Digger Leslie Prior’s family carefully kept every scrap of information possible about his time as a POW. But there is not much.

WA NewsCommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumWhy the additive-free trend is shaping the way Aussies shop

The anti-additive movement is taking on everyday staples in pantries and fridges across the country and changing the way Australians shop and eat.

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CommentsPremiumTough test to get into WA’s most sought-after school

Shane Descleves-Montgomery knows just how tough it is to make it through the selection process for a gifted and talented program in a WA public school.

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Man charged after sending ‘threatening emails’ to politician

A Perth man has been charged after he allegedly sent four ‘threatening and harassing’ emails to a Federal politician after police searched his phone.

Caleb Runciman