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  1. ArtPremiumRoebourne hosts Radical Futures: Rematriation art exhibition

  2. WA news PremiumYandeyarra Remote Community School set for 50th anniversary

  3. Education PremiumKarratha Early Learning police incursion day

  4. Free eventPremiumHedland Sports and Rec Expo returns for 2026

  5. Health Active Living Program funding announced

Perdaman chair Vashist Rambal, Ngarluma Aboriginal Corporation and Ngarluma green energy director Belinda Churnside, Energy and Decarbonisation Minister Amber-Jade Sanderson.

Decarbonisation NAC 50-megawatt solar farm to fuel Pilbara decarbonisation

Ngarluma Aboriginal Corporation, Perdaman and the State Government have entered into a collaboration to build a 50-megawatt solar farm at the Ngarluma Green Energy Park south of Karratha.

Cain Andrews

Aerial performance in Theatre Kimberley’s 2025 Sandfly Circus performance, ‘Sandstorm,’ directed by YUCK Circus

Art funding Arts Activities in Regional Communities program funding

Kimberley artists groups, projects and collectives are among the major recipients of a $780,000 State Government funding boost

Phoebe Solon

Question Time in the House of Representatives in Parliament House, Canberra. Dan Teehan Angus Taylor and Melissa Price during Question Time in the House of Representatives in Parliament House in Canberra.

Politics PremiumMelissa Price backs new Liberal Leader Angus Taylor

Durack MP Melissa Price has thrown her support behind new Liberal leader Angus Taylor after losing her bid to become the party’s deputy leader on February 13. 

Cain Andrews

The Y Newman Kayak Club Giving Young People Safer Pathways On and Off the Water

Community sport PremiumNewman kayak club

The Kayak Club, established by The Y Newman through its Pakala Jijikaja Yankuni-la (Get up Young People let’s go) Program, has found a new home at the Shire of East Pilbara’s Newman Aquatic Centre

Phoebe Solon

Housing development in the East Pilbara is set to benefit from a share of up to $12.6 million through the Cook Government’s Infrastructure Development Fund (IDF), with funding to support new community and key worker homes in Kiwirrkurra.

Housing Infrastructure Development Fund Stream 3 announced

Housing development in the East Pilbara is set to benefit from a share of up to $12.6 million through the Cook Government’s Infrastructure Development Fund

Phoebe Solon

YAC Karratha Visit with Mel Price, Phil Twiss and Amanda Kallis

Youth politics PremiumYouth Advisory Committee

The Youth Advisory Council attended the Community Sector Networking Expo in Karratha in February

Phoebe Solon

Karratha Gymnastics Club

Sports PremiumPremiumKarratha to Singapore

The Karratha Gymnastics Club is celebrating a historic milestone, with 20 local gymnasts invited to compete internationally for the first time

Made in the Pilbara is a government and industry backed program designed to help manufacturers localise production, adopt new technologies, and build long-term capability in the region.

Funding PremiumPremiumMade in the Pilbara

Eleven Pilbara businesses are set to expand their operations and workforce after securing a share of $500,000 through the Made in the Pilbara initiative

Civil Safety’s new facility in Newman.

Training PremiumPremiumCivil Safety new facility in Newman

A new safety and high-risk training facility is taking shape in Newman, promising to make it easier for Pilbara workers to gain and maintain critical qualifications without leaving town.

Dr Cynthia Leeuwin of South Hedland was celebrated at this year’s WA Rural Health Long Service Awards for 20 years of service.

Health PremiumWA Rural Health Long Service Awards

Three Pilbara doctors were honoured at the annual WA Rural Health Long Service Awards, hosted by Rural Health West and the WA Country Health Service

Phoebe Solon

Heart of Australian Pilbara mobile clinic opening official ribbon cutting, (L-R) Perdi Mitchell, Department of Health, Disability and Ageing, Senator Glenn Sterle, Senator for WA, Dr Rolf Gomes, Founder and Cardiologist at Heart of Australia and Robby Chibawe, CEO of Puntukurnu Aboriginal Medical Services

Health care Mobile lung cancer screening clinic arrives in the Pilbara

Heart of Australia, a mobile specialist healthcare provider, launched its first mobile lung cancer screening clinic, HEART7,  in Newman earlier this month at Puntukurnu Aboriginal Medical Service

Phoebe Solon

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Hailee Hildebrand was allowed out on day release, only four days after another suicide attempt inside the hospital’s youth mental health ward.

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Grieving mum’s plea: ‘They were meant to save her’

Stacey Hildebrandt is brokenhearted but insists she wants change — not sympathy — in the wake of her daughter’s suicide while she was an inpatient at Fiona Stanley Hospital.

Jessica Page

Laurence Escalante arrives at the Perth Magistrates Court today. Michael Wilson

Courts & JusticePremiumDramatic scenes as billionaire faces nine new drug charges

Perth billionaire Laurence Escalante has been hit with a raft of new criminal charges as his minder clashed with media outside court in dramatic scenes.

Rebecca Le May

One of seven people charged over a massive cocaine haul found stashed inside a bulk carrier off Perth has had his charge dropped.

Courts & JusticePremiumNew twist as epic trial looms after huge drug bust off WA

One of seven people charged over a massive cocaine haul found stashed inside a bulk carrier off Perth has had his charge dropped.

Rebecca Le May

Marius Sabau, president of the WA Mongols. unknown

Courts & JusticePremiumWA Mongol boss jailed for sophisticated drug operation

Marius Sabau was found guilty for his role in a drug trafficking syndicate, just days after fellow Mongol member David Pye was jailed for organising the assassination of Rebels boss Nick Martin.

Ben Harvey

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Georgia was struck by lightning in Thursday’s storm.

Disaster and EmergencyCommentsPerth teen details scary moment she was struck by lightning

A 16-year-old girl has told of the terrifying moment she was struck by lightning in the city’s north-east, describing the freak ordeal as like being ‘stabbed with 1000 needles’. 

Jessica Evensen

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China sees red over British submarine spy fears

A senior Chinese diplomat has sternly rejected suggestions a cargo ship that recently berthed near the Garden Island naval base is posing any threat to a visiting British submarine.

Andrew Greene

Better Homes and Gardens will now air twice a week.

TVCommentsCommentsMajor change coming to popular Aussie TV show

The development comes in the show’s 32nd year.

An apology letter disgraced obstetrician Rhys Bellinge sent to Elizabeth Pearce’s family and Muhammad Usman just days before his sentencing has been described as ‘terribly inapt’ by a judge

WA NewsPremiumPremiumBellinge’s ‘inapt’ apology to victims days before sentencing

An apology letter disgraced obstetrician Rhys Bellinge sent to his victims just days before his sentencing has been described as ‘terribly inapt’ by a judge, who also noted a degree of self-pity in his remorse.

Lorde deliveres a powerfully raw performance at RAC Arena.

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Some might argue she’s drifting out of the mainstream with her recent releases, but can the Kiwi still get a whole arena to dance and sing all night?

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Mid West Academy of Sport athlete Reuben Chapman.

AthleticsPremiumChapman continues stellar athletics golden run

Geraldton’s golden boy Reuben Chapman has added another gold medal to his season’s tally after blitzing ahead in the 400m hurdles at the Junior Track and Field State Championships in Perth last weekend. 

Rebecca Ruthven

An 18-year-old has been sentenced after driving at speeds of more than 140km/h.

Courts & Justice Premium18yo jailed for reckless driving to escape police

An 18-year-old drove at speeds of more than 140km/h in an attempt to escape police before losing control of his car, which was carrying four passengers, and crashing into a road train. 

Tegan Guthrie

Geraldton's Callum Williamson prepares for his homecoming this weekend

MotorsportPremiumLocal racer gears up for weekend speedway action

Local speedster Callum Williamson is gearing up for his homecoming at the Geraldton City Speedway, as the Maddington Toyota Sprintcar Series touches down in the Mid West this weekend. 

Rebecca Ruthven

Tobacco and vapes seized in raids on retailers in Geraldton and Kalbarri,

Up in smokePremiumPremiumMid West retailers ‘on notice’ after tobacco, vape raids

Mid West retailers were busted this week when a series of raids targeting the illegal tobacco trade netted a massive haul of almost 100,000 cigarettes and more than 800 vapes.

The Santa open pit mine at Vault Minerals’ Mount Monger operations south-east of Kalgoorlie-Boulder.

half-year reportPremiumPremiumVault Minerals issues maiden dividend

Vault Minerals has declared a maiden dividend as revenue, earnings, and underlying profit rose substantially in the latest half-year.

Capes Raptor Centre manager Tara Finch with various safe rodent control products.

Poisonous debatePremiumPremiumSouth West raptor centre joins calls to ban insidious SGARs

The Capes Raptor Centre has joined calls to ban insidious second-generation rat poisons, claiming a Federal Government agency has ignored research into their harmful effect on birds and wildlife.

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CNBC newsPremiumTrump insists trade deals safe as ruling upends tariffs

President Donald Trump defended his tariff agenda during his State of the Union address even as a Supreme Court ruling striking down his emergency tariffs cast fresh confusion.

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Before the Covid pandemic, Chinese consumers accounted for about one-third of the global luxury goods market.

CNBC newsPremiumLunar New Year gives brands chance to win back big spenders

Luxury brands from Harry Winston to Loewe are going all in on Lunar New Year collections in a bid to attract Chinese customers.

Hayley Cuccinello

China’s property market, once accounting for more than a quarter of the economy, has seen its annual sales volume halve in just four years.

CNBC newsPremiumS&P bets China property slump will be worse than expected

S&P Global Ratings has lowered its forecast for China property sales this year, barely two months into 2026.

Evelyn Cheng

Chinese coffee giant Luckin opened its first flagship with premium drinks as the company takes on Starbucks Reserve.

CNBC newsCommentsPremiumThere’s a coffee war brewing in China (and now in the US)

As Starbucks sells off most of its China business, local rival Luckin Coffee is expanding into higher-priced cold brews and other drinks. It’s also expanding its footprint in the US.

Evelyn Cheng

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First home buyers chasing the Great Australian dream are facing a grim reality check, with thousands fighting over little more than 100 properties in their price range.

PropertyCommentsPremium$60k income prices first home buyers out of Perth dream

Only 13 affordable listings in Perth for someone on $60k a year is the reality check no-one wanted.

Kim Macdonald

A hospital investigation has called for all birthing mothers to receive ambulance transfers and an additional examination in a maternity bypass scenario after heavily pregnant Perth mum, Lena, was forced to give birth in the back of her car on the Kwinana Freeway. 

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Freeway baby birth investigation sparks major changes

St John of God Midland Public Hospital released their SAC1 report to a Perth couple after a young mum was forced into a traumatic roadside delivery of her second child on November 13. 

Caleb Runciman

Reporter Brooke Rolfe trying out the new WACA waterslide.

WA NewsVideoCommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumWATCH: Perth’s newest gravity-defying water slide rides

Perth’s newest water slide attraction provides gravity-defying rides and thrills for the whole family.

St John WA sent multiple ambulance crews.

WA NewsPremiumPremiumTeenager dies after being hit by two cars in Warnbro

A teenage boy has tragically died after he was hit by two cars in Warnbro early on Friday.

Police Commissioner Col Blanch said they received intelligence about communication on an encrypted platform. NewsWire

updatedChilling find after alleged terror plot foiled

New images have captured the alleged chilling discovery police made in the house of a 20-year-old man charged with preparing to commit a terrorist act.

AI road safety cameras picked up more than 275,000 mobile phone, seatbelt and speeding offences in Western Australia between February and October last year. File image

NewsBig issue with new AI road cameras

Drivers are bleeding money and demerit points as new AI road safety cameras spark a surge in fines, but there’s one key issue with the new tech.

Emma Kirk