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  1. MiningCommentsPremiumFMG inks historic deal with Juukan Gorge traditional owners

  2. Health PremiumHousing crisis causing regional doctor retention issues

  3. King’s Honours PremiumPoint Samson’s Anna Vitenbergs Order of Australia Medal

  4. Harry Mills: 1940s-2026PremiumSenior Elder kept language, culture and memory alive

  5. King’s Honours PremiumRoyalties for Regions architect makes King’s Honours List

Communities across the Kimberley and Pilbara are being urged to cover up following a fatal case of Murray Valley encephalitis. 

Fight the Bite PremiumFatal case of mosquito-borne disease prompts health warning

Communities across the Kimberley and Pilbara are being urged to cover up following a fatal case of Murray Valley encephalitis. 

Cain Andrews

Logan Alezer and Dixie Halliwell from the The Karratha Kangaroos Junior Rugby League

YOUNG RUGBY ROOSPremiumRugby kids thrive thanks to dedicated volunteers

When Kellie Cruice arrived in Karratha with her family from Ipswich in Queensland in 2009, when somebody said the word ‘football’, she immediately thought of rugby league

Danielle Marsland

WA Day Festival in Karratha.

Abbe May to headline upcoming WA Day Festival in Karratha

Live music, fireworks, hands-on activities and family fun will take centre stage in Karratha on Saturday 27 June 2026, as the WA Day Festival lands at Bulgarra Oval.

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City of Karratha offices.

Council PremiumCouncil passes new schedule of fees and charges

The City of Karratha has more than doubled the fine for retrieving impounded trolleys for supermarkets in a bid to reduce the number of trolleys left abandoned around town.

Cain Andrews

Round 6 of the North Pilbara Football League produced a weekend of dominant victories, thrilling finishes and strong performances across league, reserves and women’s competitions. Kevin Richards Oval.

Sports PremiumNorth Pilbara Football League round six

Round 6 of the North Pilbara Football League produced a weekend of dominant victories, thrilling finishes and strong performances across league, reserves and women’s competitions

Phoebe Solon

Kevin Richards Memorial Oval

Sports PremiumFootball unites for mental health

Round 7 of the North Pilbara Football League was about more than wins, losses and ladder positions, with clubs across the Pilbara coming together to support Think Mental Health Month.

Phoebe Solon

Abigail Bailey

Sports PremiumPremiumStrong night for Panthers as rising stars impress

Karratha Hockey had another strong turnout on Wednesday night, with an encouraging number of young players stepping on to the field.

Yinhawangka ranger program received $1.73m in State funding.

Funding PremiumPremiumMillions for Pilbara ranger programs

Aboriginal ranger organisations across the Pilbara set to expand their work caring for country, protecting cultural heritage and creating local jobs after securing State funding.

Roebuck Primary School Year 1 student Nevaeh Churchill and Football Futures community engagement and development co-ordinator Mike Doyle.

Soccer PremiumPremiumSoccer program empowering girls in the Kimberley and Pilbara

A new culturally-led soccer initiative is empowering girls across the Kimberley and Pilbara.  

GEN Royal Australian College of General Practitioners WA Chair Dr Ramya Raman at State Parliament.

Health PremiumHousing crisis causing regional doctor retention issues

Housing availability and affordability has become a major barrier to retaining GPs in regional WA, according to Royal Australian College of General Practitioners WA vice president and chair Dr Ramya Raman. 

Cain Andrews

Senior Sergeant Kal Greenaway.

King’s Honours PremiumRoebourne senior-sergeant receives Australian Police Medal

Roebourne Police Station officer in charge Sen.-Sgt Kal Greenaway has received the prestigious Australian Police Medal for more than 39 years on the force. 

Cain Andrews

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West Coast Eagles forward Malakai Champion will front the WAFL Tribunal.

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Eagle sent to WAFL Tribunal for blowing nose on opponent

West Coast forward Malakai Champion will front the WAFL tribunal after being charged with serious misconduct for allegedly blowing his nose on an opponent in the club’s win over Swan Districts.

Samantha Rogers

‘Lethal’ Les Grantham has opened up about his life as a violent bikie before finding a path to peace.

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The dark childhood secret behind ex-bikie’s life of crime

‘Lethal’ Les Grantham, the bullet-riddled bikie left for dead with his tattoos burnt off outside Rockingham Hospital after a falling out with his gang, is taking his first steps on the road to redemption.

Ben Harvey

Australia’s corporate regulator has granted funding for an investigation into the financial affairs of a Perth dental business in which millions of dollars of patients’ deposits were misused. Dr David Hurst (left), pictured with wife Clara Hurst.

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Major development years after dodgy dentist’s sudden death

Australia’s corporate regulator has granted funding for an investigation into the financial affairs of a Perth dental business in which millions of dollars of patients’ deposits were misused.

John Flint

Career bikie Troy Mercanti was thrown out of the West Coast game at Optus Stadium on Saturday night, despite enjoying the game peacefully and without incident.

BikiesPremiumSurprising reason Troy Mercanti kicked out of Eagles game

Career bikie Troy Mercanti was thrown out of the West Coast game at Optus Stadium on Saturday night, despite enjoying the game peacefully and without incident.

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EducationCommentsPremiumTeachers at prominent Perth school in push for shorter year

Teachers from a prominent Perth high school are calling for the number of days students spend at school each year to be slashed, arguing it could even improve academic performance.

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'Lethal Les' Grantham talks with Ben Harvey.

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WATCH: Exiled bikie ‘Lethal Les’ in opens up on darkest days

EXCLUSIVE: Exiled bikied ‘Lethal Les’ Grantham reveals his childhood sexual abuse, teenage meth habit and darkest hours after his high-profile expulsion from the Comanchero OMCG in an extraordinary interview.

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‘Lethal’ Les Grantham has opened up about his life as a violent bikie before finding a path to peace.

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CommentsPremiumThe dark childhood secret behind ex-bikie’s life of crime

‘Lethal’ Les Grantham, the bullet-riddled bikie left for dead with his tattoos burnt off outside Rockingham Hospital after a falling out with his gang, is taking his first steps on the road to redemption.

Australia’s corporate regulator has granted funding for an investigation into the financial affairs of a Perth dental business in which millions of dollars of patients’ deposits were misused. Dr David Hurst (left), pictured with wife Clara Hurst.

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CommentsPremiumMajor development years after dodgy dentist’s sudden death

Australia’s corporate regulator has granted funding for an investigation into the financial affairs of a Perth dental business in which millions of dollars of patients’ deposits were misused.

A KPMG boss resigned after an investigation into the handling of a whistleblower's allegations. (AAP PHOTOS)

state politicsCommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumKPMG scandal sparks urgent review of dozens of WA contracts

It has been revealed that contracts worth tens of millions of dollars are under review by the Cook Government in the wake of the KPMG whistleblower scandal. 

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A cyclist has died after he collapsed while competing in a mountain biking event in Burekup.

Disaster and EmergencyPremiumCyclist collapses, dies at South West biking event

A cyclist has died after he collapsed while competing in a mountain biking event in Burekup.

Bethany Hiatt

Federal Assistant Minister for Climate Change and Energy Josh Wilson said WA and Australia were among the best in the world on implementing battery storage.

SOLAR POWERCommentsPremium$25m community batteries to be rolled out across WA

Nearly 20 community batteries will be installed across Perth and the South West to capture excess solar power from roof panels and feed it back at peak times, funded by the Federal and State governments.

Oliver Lane

Cattle producer Joc Dwyer, Bindoon.

DNA REVEALSPremiumThe tool giving farmers a biodiversity snapshot

A DNA tool is allowing a Bindoon cattle producer to identify threatened wildlife and feral species on farm and then take targeted action

Danielle Marsland

TopStar president Renaud Pierson and TopStar Soluna brand manager Liza Matthews with WA Farm Direct managing director Jenny Mercer and Executive Manager Rebecca Blackman.

Apple ExportsBravo apples break into Chinese market with 80t shipment

South West grown Bravo apples have been successfully hit Chinese shores for the first time almost a year after a milestone trade market access agreement was signed.

Grenville Kelly.

ObituaryPremiumPremiumStalwart excelled in baseball, football, cricket and golf

Grenville Kelly died on Monday, aged 88.

Several Goldfields-Esperance court circuits have been redirected to Kalgoorlie Courthouse.

Court closures PremiumPremiumAccommodation not funded for court venue changes

People having to travel to Kalgoorlie-Boulder for court because of the temporary closure of several court circuits in the Goldfields-Esperance region will not have access to government-funded accommodation.

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Ships anchored on May 16, 2026 in the Strait of Hormuz near Larak Island, Iran.

EnergyCommentsPremiumCrude oil tumbles after Trump says Strait of Hormuz to open

Tanker traffic plunged in early March due to Iranian attacks, causing the biggest oil supply disruption in history.

Spencer Kimball

Cathie Wood, chief executive officer of Ark Investment Management LLC.

CNBC newsCommentsPremiumInvestors who took a chance on SpaceX now reap the rewards

For nearly two decades, some of the world’s most prominent investors quietly accumulated stakes in SpaceX while the rocket maker remained largely off-limits to the public markets.

Yun Li

People along the coast of the Persian Gulf, while Iranian and foreign cargo vessels wait in the background for clearance to pass through the Strait of Hormuz.

CNBC newsPremiumHow Strait of Hormuz standoff flipped energy security debate

Iran’s influence over the Strait of Hormuz has inadvertently transformed the energy security debate, effectively casting fossil fuels rather than renewables as the primary source of vulnerability.

Sam Meredith

The retailer lowered its full-year guidance and issued a weak current-quarter outlook as its interim CEO blamed ‘negative commentary in the media’ and recent product launches that failed to wow shoppers.

CNBC newsCommentsPremiumLululemon in world of pain as it waits for new CEO to start

The retailer lowered its full-year guidance and issued a weak current-quarter outlook as its interim CEO blamed ‘negative commentary in the media’ and recent product launches that failed to wow shoppers.

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Broome police are calling for information about the death of Josh Warneke, whose body was discovered on February 26.

Courts & JusticePremiumCoroner finds police failures in likely murder of Broome man

The criminal investigation into the unsolved killing of Broome man Josh Warneke was plagued with forensic failures and poor police work, a coroner’s court has found. 

Hannah Cross

An Albany man has been jailed for the persistent abuse of his ex-partner.

courtsPremiumAlbany man jailed for horrific daily abuse of ex-partner

An Albany man has been handed a prison term for persistently abusing his ex-partner for three years, including threatening to stab her while she showered and punching her in the head while she was pregnant. 

Melissa Sheil

John Williams with his father Kevin Williams, who passed away from prostate cancer in 2025.

Public HealthCommentsCommentsAustralian men delaying ‘critical’ prostate cancer care

Prostate cancer remains the most commonly diagnosed cancer in WA and one of the nation’s leading causes of cancer death, but a new survey has shown why men are delaying getting diagnosed and treated.

One third of students at Curtin University and around one in five from the University of Western Australia do not feel free to express their views on campus, a report has revealed.

EducationCommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumWA uni students grapple with free speech concerns

A third of students at Curtin University and around one in five from the University of Western Australia do not feel free to express their views on campus, a report has revealed.

The voter drift to One Nation has continued in WA, but the major parties haven’t yet relinquished their lead according to a new opinion poll that could temper expectations of an orange tsunami. Pictured: Roger Cook, Pauline Hanson, Basil Zempilas

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CommentsPremiumWA Libs hold off One Nation surge as Cook government slips

The voter drift to One Nation has continued in WA, but the major parties haven’t yet relinquished their lead according to a new opinion poll that could temper expectations of an orange tsunami.

A cyclist has died after he collapsed while competing in a mountain biking event in Burekup.

Disaster and EmergencyPremiumCyclist collapses, dies at South West biking event

A cyclist has died after he collapsed while competing in a mountain biking event in Burekup.

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