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  1. Council PremiumWindy Ridge Oval cricket nets set to be replaced

  2. Community PremiumOur Exmouth: Community Showcase

  3. Sports PremiumAll eyes on Country Week Hockey Championships

  4. Mental health PremiumThe Men’s Table is coming to Karratha

  5. Community PremiumExmouth seniors program takes a walk down memory lane

Pilbara Kiwis, pictured, took home gold over Pilbara Roos at the Pilbara Rugby League Anzac Challenge and North West Gala Day on May 23. 

Rugby league PremiumPilbara Kiwis win main event at Pilbara’s Anzac challenge

The Pilbara Kiwis took home the gold over the Pilbara Roos at the Pilbara Rugby League Anzac Challenge and North West Gala Day on May 23.

Cain Andrews

Shaylee Mills and Emma Engelke.

Business PremiumKarratha chemists win awards

Two Karratha chemists, Shaylee Mills and Emma Engelke, have been recognised at the annual Pharmaceutical Society of Australia WA Pharmacist Awards.

Cain Andrews

Ball queen Temperence Middleton and ball king Clive Castres.

Community PremiumKarratha Senior High School students shine at Year 12 ball

The Karratha Senior High School Class of 2026 marked their final year of secondary schooling on Saturday, 9 May, staging the annual Year 12 School Ball at local venue The Shelf.

Cain Andrews

Karratha will once again turn into a hub of community, culture, and creativity to celebrate WA Day on June 27

WA Day Karratha PremiumKarratha hosts free rides and entertainment for WA Day fun

Karratha residents and visitors are being invited to celebrate WA Day with an afternoon and evening of live entertainment, family activities and community spirit at Bulgarra Oval on June 27.

Phoebe Solon

The expressions of interest process to build new housing in Karratha is complete.

Housing PremiumSix shortlisted for regional housing initiative in Karratha

The evaluation of the Karratha expressions of interest process is now complete, with six respondents shortlisted to develop residential and mixed-use properties in the region.

Cain Andrews

The suburb of Nickol from above.

Housing PremiumKarratha rental vacancy rate drops to 0.1 per cent

Karratha’s median weekly rent increased 11.5 per cent to $1450 over the March quarter, according to the latest figures from the Real Estate Institute of WA. 

Cain Andrews

City of Karratha offices.

Council PremiumPremiumOil costs cause $340,000 increase to Karratha City project

The Wickham South Youth Recreation Area project has seen costs increase by $340,000 due to oil supply constraints. 

Windy Ridge — home of the Dampier Sharks Football Club, which overlooks Hampton Harbour.

Council PremiumPremiumWindy Ridge Oval cricket nets set to be replaced

The cricket nets at Windy Ridge Oval are set to be replaced after they were put out of action by cyclone Sean early last year, forcing local teams to travel to Karratha for training.  

Our Exmouth: Community Showcase.

Community PremiumPremiumOur Exmouth: Community Showcase

Exmouth’s resilience and community spirit on full display at the inaugural Our Exmouth: Community Showcase, a celebration of connection and recovery

Shire of Exmouth’s Seniors Engagement Program, gathering at the Ningaloo Aquarium and Discovery Centre for this month’s meet-up.

Community PremiumExmouth seniors program takes a walk down memory lane

Exmouth seniors took a walk down memory lane this month as part of the Shire of Exmouth’s Seniors Engagement Program

Phoebe Solon

Portia Old holding the Women's Weekly Plate trophy.

Sports PremiumAll eyes on Country Week Hockey Championships

An action-packed night of hockey unfolded this week at the Bulgarra tennis and hockey courts, with players showcasing their improving skills in front of an enthusiastic crowd.

Phoebe Solon

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Dark Horse Agency director Nicole Jameson agrees that Generation X is feeling the pinch.

National CommentsPremiumExhausted and invisible: Why Generation X is in crisis

Australia’s Generation X — those born between 1965 and 1980 — are stretched, exhausted and only just coping as they support multiple generations while facing a financial storm, according to a major study.

Rhianna Mitchell

Meet and Bun’s John Pavlos at his Mt Lawley store.

Courts & JusticePremiumFormer Meet & Bun boss admits shocking drug offences

The former managing director of popular burger joint Meet & Bun has pleaded guilty to a string of drug offences. 

Jessica Evensen

Joondalup Health Campus chief executive Renaud Mazy quietly exits role

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The West Australian exclusive
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The West Australian exclusive
Joondalup Health Campus boss quietly quits after two years

Joondalup Health Campus chief executive Renaud Mazy has quit the top job after just two years at the beleaguered hospital. 

Hannah Cross

Sheffield Resources' Thunderbird mineral sands mine.

MiningCommentsPremiumTaxpayer-backed mine has one last roll of the dice

A key contractor at the Thunderbird mineral sands mine is out the door, with the WA operation teetering on the brink of financial collapse.

Adrian Rauso

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Ben and Bryan Cousins at Swan Districts Football Club.

AFLComments‘Fighter’: Emotional health diagnosis facing footy legend

WA football legend Bryan Cousins has choked back tears as he opened up about his motor neurone disease diagnosis, drawing strength from the late Neale Daniher as he vows to fight the illness.

Kirsty Lichtenstein and Charlton Hart

John and Michelle Divirgillio and Alf Barbagallo.

TelethonCamera IconWA’s top business leaders attend Telethon Leeuwin Lunch

While the setting for the exclusive lunch changed — from Leeuwin Estate Restaurant and Cellar Door in Margaret River to the Royal Freshwater Bay Yacht Club — the generosity of the guests remained the same.

Kellie Balaam

A young man has died after the car he was driving lost control and slammed into a tree in Perth’s south on Friday night adding to the State’s horror road toll.

CrimePremiumPremiumYoung driver killed in Welshpool crash, passenger injured

A young man has died after the car he was driving lost control and slammed into a tree in Perth’s south on Friday night.

Meet and Bun’s John Pavlos at his Mt Lawley store.

Courts & JusticePremiumPremiumFormer Meet & Bun boss admits shocking drug offences

The former managing director of popular burger joint Meet & Bun has pleaded guilty to a string of drug offences. 

Roller shutters can no longer be installed in some City of Stirling suburbs after the council decided they had a negative impact on heritage values.

Shut downCommentsCommentsPopular house trend banned in three Perth suburbs

Council members voted 14-1 at their May meeting to change planning policies for three suburbs.

Regional News

Geraldton was left to fly the WA Day flag solo on Monday, and it celebrated in style, after other official events across WA were called off due to wild weather. Pictured: Evangeline Gibaud, 4 (main), Brydie Taylor, Milena Milasinovic and Laura Lewis (inset, top).

WA DayPremiumThousands flock to WA Day Festival in Geraldton

Geraldton was left to fly the WA Day flag solo on Monday, and it celebrated in style, after other official events across WA were called off due to wild weather.

Sienna Seychell

Kalgoorlie-Bouder Airport.

Passenger numbers PremiumPassenger numbers continue to soar

If passenger numbers at Kalgoorlie-Boulder Airport continue to soar at current rates, the ageing facility is projected to reach one million annual passengers in just six years. 

Tegan Guthrie

As WA’s live sheep export industry begins to grinds to a dramatic halt ahead of the ban, demand for boxed sheep meat is growing, says Episode 3 market analyst Andrew Whitelaw.

Trade DeclinePremiumLive sheep export slows, boxed sheep demand grows

As WA’s live sheep export industry begins to grinds to a dramatic halt ahead of the ban, demand for boxed sheep is growing as the industry transforms to meet changing demands

Georgia Campion

The median house price increased by 5 per cent over the March quarter this year.

Property market PremiumPremiumMedian house sale price cracks $600k mark in Geraldton

Geraldton’s median house price has soared by more than $200,000 in two years, cracking the $600,000 barrier in the latest data released by the Real Estate Institute of WA.

Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development field veterinary officer Dr Izzy Drage condition scores ewes.

Sheep nutritional demand PremiumPremiumSheep producers early to monitor stock nutrition

The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development is encouraging sheep producers to take early, preventative action to reduce the risk of pregnancy toxaemia and hypocalcaemia during winter.

Cath Tan

HealthcareLaw changes prompt fears for future of private midwives

Cath Tan is the last remaining privately practising homebirth midwife in Geraldton, which she fears could all be stripped away from her when legislative changes come into force at the start of next year. 

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Nvidia boss Jensen Huang shows the Nvidia Vera Rubin and Vera CPU during his keynote speech on Monday.

CNBC newsCommentsPremiumHow Nvidia is about to reinvent the personal computer

Nvidia is expanding its prowess to chips that will serve as the main processor for personal computers, entering an arena that’s long been ruled by Intel, Advanced Micro Devices, Qualcomm and Apple.

Katie Tarasov

Wegovy semaglutide tablets.

CNBC newsCommentsPremiumWeight-loss wars go global as Novo Nordisk bets big on pill

The battle for dominance over the lucrative market has so far focused largely on the key US market, currently accounting for more than half of both Novo’s and Eli Lilly’s respective sales.

Elsa Ohlen

Vladimir Putin's visit to China is expected to include talks with Xi Jinping on trade and defence.

CNBC newsCommentsPutin’s ‘long game’: Why he’s visiting China after Trump

These are the three key areas where Russia’s leader would like to deepen ties and extract concrete pledges.

Emily Williams

A lack of high-quality feedback could also lead to attrition.

Workplace MattersCommentsPremium‘Be honest?’: Why workers don’t tell their bosses the truth

Leaders say that they want to hear the honest truth about what’s happening but almost half of executives surveyed said that a lack of honest feedback is their primary concern.

Sophie Caldwell

WA News

Lung cancer screening could be failing people who have been exposed to asbestos, new West Australian research has found.

HealthCommentsPremiumResearchers uncover asbestos blind spot in cancer screening

Lung cancer screening could be failing people who have been exposed to asbestos, new West Australian research has found.

Hannah Cross

Qantas has backed in the Flagmantle dream by boosting flights from Perth to Melbourne for grand final week.

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The West Australian exclusive
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Qantas boosts flights for Dockers grand final frenzy

Not even Qantas can resist Fremantle’s ascendancy to top spot on the AFL ladder, with the national carrier unveiling additional grand final weekend flights between Perth and Melbourne.

Caitlin Vinci

Australian Border Force officers selected 29-year-old Zhi-Xuan Chen for a baggage search and device examination in August before his iPhone 12 Max uncovered what court documents describe as ‘anime images depicting prepubescent girls’.

CRIMEPremiumPremiumHoliday worker jailed over disturbing find at Perth Airport

A Taiwanese man on a working holiday has been jailed for more than seven years after officers intercepted his luggage at Perth Airport and uncovered an ‘extremely disturbing’ collection.

The bakery is located on Albany Highway.

courtPremiumPremium‘Worst I’ve seen’: Bakery fined after faeces found on bread

Fresh food was also stored next to personal items such as reading glasses, money and a ‘faecal specimen collection jar’.

The extended outage payment comes in the form of $120 for any household which has been left without power for more than 12 hours.

WA NewsVideoCommentsCommentsHow to claim a $120 payment after mass power outages

Tens of thousands of households have lost power across southern WA in the past 24 hours and many face a long wait for it to be restored, the silver lining is they will be eligible for payment.

WA recorded its strongest ever wind gusts for May at four locations as the monster storm left behind a trail of destruction.

WeatherVideoComments‘Extreme’ storm thrashes WA leaving trail of destruction

A mammoth clean-up effort is needed across WA after one of the strongest storms on record left a trail of destruction, stranding boats along the coast, uprooting trees, tearing roofs and fences from properties.

Caitlin Vinci & Brooke Rolfe