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  1. Gold medal PremiumShackley strikes gold as WA clinch first national five-peat

  2. Infrastructure upgradesKatanning council support plans for Austral Terrace upgrade

  3. School ball PremiumIN PICTURES: Tokyo theme for Katanning students’ ball night

  4. Football wrap PremiumLake Grace-Pingrup take charge in the battle of the Bombers

  5. Anzac Day 2026Tributes and flares a feature in region’s Anzac Day events

Wickepin’s Dion Anthony was among the goals in round two.

Footy wrap PremiumWarriors start new UGSFL season in winning fashion

Reigning premiers Wickepin made it two straight wins to start their title defence in the Upper Great Southern Football League, taking care of Williams by 62 points on Sunday.

Cameron Newbold

Shai Bolton and Stephen Hill

AFLCommentsHow Dockers legend inspired latest Indigenous jumper

A Fremantle great’s journey to the AFL has inspired the Dockers’ newest jumper as the club revealed their 2026 Indigenous design. 

Jake Santa Maria

The 2025 Katanning campus student of the year Karen Watson.

TAFE Awards PremiumKaren Watson named Katanning TAFE Campus student of the year

Katanning educational assistant Karen Watson has been awarded the 2025 Student of the Year at the Katanning South Regional TAFE campus, recognised for her dedication to supporting students. 

Amy Towers

Will Narducci takes a sliding mark.

FootballPremiumBridgetown shock premiers with last quarter comeback

Bridgetown have come from the clouds to defeat reigning premiers Deanmill on the road in Saturday’s round four Lower South West Football League clash.

Jack Penniment

Romana Turere Te Ao Puru-Kumeroa, 27, appeared before Albany Magistrates Court on Thursday from police custody, charged with nine offences all alleged to have occurred in Katanning on April 22.

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Katanning man refused bail after allegedly injuring baby

A Katanning man accused of injuring his 10-month-old child and assaulting police officers has been denied bail after a magistrate labelled his alleged offending ‘too serious’ for him to be released.

Jacki Elezovich

Aus Oils general manager Jon Slee and canola technical sustainability and marketing manager Josh Sweeny.

Alternative optionsPremiumFertiliser alternative an option for broadacre farming

A family business has launched a domestically-produced alternative to traditional fertilisers, after conflict in the Middle East highlighted Australia’s reliance on imported product

Rebecca Nadge

Seeding at Wemyss Estate, Mindarabin.

Seeding ContinuesPremiumPremiumEarly seeding boosts hopes for positive yields

The majority of WA’s crop will be sown into the ground by the middle of the month, with sentiment rising among grain growers thanks to the season’s early start.

Patmore Feeds' Cuballing plant has been acquired by diverse agribusiness Craig Mostyn Group.

Feed SecuredPremiumPremiumCraig Mostyn Group acquires Cuballing feed plant

Prominent agribusiness Craig Mostyn has bought out a Cuballing-based livestock feed manufacturer to secure its pelletised feed supply for an undisclosed amount.

Allstars' Miriam Bolton gets a pass into the circle as Dumbleyung's Eilish Warnock lunges to defend.

kna 2026Allstars, Kojonup victories to kick off Katanning netball

The first round of the Katanning Netball Association’s winter competition got underway at the Katanning Leisure Centre on Saturday, with Kojonup and Allstars walking off winners in the A-grade competition. 

Adam Simon McGovern pictured leaving court.

courtsPremiumNurse jailed for sexual abuse of suicidal teenage patient

A former mental health nurse has been put behind bars for more than a decade after being found guilty of grooming one of his vulnerable young patients into a sexual relationship that began when she was only 14.

Melissa Sheil

The Early Years Expo will be held during National Families Week.

Family friendlyNational Families Week comes to Gnowangerup with free expo

National Families Week is being celebrated in Gnowangerup with an Early Years Expo on Monday, a free event aimed at supporting children in the most important years of their development.

Claire Middleton

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A young man has died after losing control of his car and crashing in the Perth Hills.

Disaster and EmergencyCommentsPremiumYoung man dies after early morning crash in Perth Hills

Major crash detectives are investigating the circumstances surrounding the incident.

Hannah Cross

West Australian writer Craig Silvey was charged with distributing and possessing child exploitation material in January after he was allegedly caught actively communicating with other paedophiles on the internet. 

crimeVideoPremiumDisgraced author wrote of teen assault & exploited young boy

Disgraced WA author Craig Silvey published novels that included scenes of a teenager being sexually assaulted by her father, and an underage boy trying to arouse elderly men before he was arrested.

Hannah Cross

Former Federal Police and Customs officer Stephen Michael Adams bragged to stallholders that he 'used to be a bad boy'.

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Freo Markets tenants make horrific discovery about handyman

A notorious sex attacker who became known as the West Perth rapist because of where he stalked his victims has been working as a handyman at the Fremantle Markets.

Ben Harvey

PIND Restaurant, which serves mainly Pakastani food, says it will appeal the finding and $72,000 fine.

CrimePremiumPopular restaurant fined over string of food safety breaches

A desi restaurant in Perth’s east has been fined tens of thousands of dollars after failing to comply with a string of food safety standards.

Kirsty Lichtenstein

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A young man has died after losing control of his car and crashing in the Perth Hills.

Disaster and EmergencyCommentsPremiumYoung man dies after early morning crash in Perth Hills

Major crash detectives are investigating the circumstances surrounding the incident.

Hannah Cross

Former Federal Police and Customs officer Stephen Michael Adams bragged to stallholders that he 'used to be a bad boy'.

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Freo Markets tenants make horrific discovery about handyman

A notorious sex attacker who became known as the West Perth rapist because of where he stalked his victims has been working as a handyman at the Fremantle Markets.

Ben Harvey

Harley Reid may have left the nest but Luke Shuey remains the pad’s landlord.

House That!CommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumShuey’s $950 a week Eagle nest empty after Reid flies away

Innaloo may not be Perth’s most glamorous suburb, but one of its rental units has the reflected glory of not one, but two AFL greats.

An emergency department nurse who worked several shifts while high on a cocktail of drugs has had her registration cancelled.

Courts & JusticePremiumPremiumPerth nurse who worked while high on meth identified

An emergency department nurse who worked several shifts while high on a cocktail of drugs has had her registration cancelled.

Nationals MP Lachlan Hunter was booted out and suspended from the Legislative Assembly for the second time this year. 

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Nationals MP Lachlan Hunter has been booted and suspended from the Legislative Assembly, for two days, during a fractious Question Time.

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Wendy and Bruce Blanchard in Kalgoorlie-Boulder after Bruce’s big walk from Perth.

Big walkPremiumBlind and deaf man walks from Perth to Kalgoorlie-Boulder

Heads turned and drivers gawked as a blind man was escorted by police through some of Kalgoorlie-Boulder’s busiest roads and intersections last Thursday.

Isabella Davis

Rox Resources is targeting first gold for mid-next year at the Youanmi gold project south-east of Mt Magnet in the Murchison.

Bringing gold backPremiumGolden times returning to historic Youanmi gold area

Rox Resources is charging toward restarting the Youanmi gold project south-east of Mt Magnet.

Neil Watkinson

Holstein Fresians.

Dairy FuturePremiumAustralian dairy producers bracing for tough season ahead

Dairy producers across Australia are bracing for a season with little wiggle room for error as input costs continue to soar and supply constraints persist.

Georgia Campion

Comparative crop growth at Mindarabin. The results of the seedbed conditioning are right.

New TechPremiumPremiumAg researcher develops seedbed technology to boost yield

A former state government agriculture researcher is developing new cropping technology to increase soil productivity and sustainability, no matter the type

Barman Wally Kimel

Ale’s wellPremiumPremiumA toast to Wally Kimel, Geraldton’s oldest barman

Behind the bar at Wonthella Bowling Club ready to pour a pint and lend an ear is Wally Kimel, who on the cusp of 91 can boast to be Geraldton’s oldest barman — and possibly WA’s and Australia’s too.

Rose Donald, 17, who is on a solo circumnavigation flight of Australia, landed in Kalgoorlie-Boulder on Wednesday.

Big flightPremiumPremiumTeenage pilot’s record-breaking circumnavigation for charity

A teenage pilot from Melbourne touched down in Kalgoorlie-Boulder on Wednesday as part of a record-breaking solo circumnavigation of Australia.

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Strategists such as Galloway can charge more than $15,000 a month for their services.

CNBC newsCommentsPremiumMeet the YouTube whisperers behind the biggest video names

With thousands of YouTube creators relying on the platform for income, many are turning to strategists as essential advisors on how to keep videos viral.

Alex Sherman and Zach Vallese

Energy supermajors have experienced a significant share price boost.

CNBC newsPremiumShell tops profit estimates as war drives price surge

British energy major Shell on Thursday reported stronger-than-expected first-quarter profit as the Iran war sent energy prices soaring.

Sam Meredith

A common side effect of many GLP-1 drugs is hair loss. It’s creating a growing market for hair treatment products.

CNBC newsCommentsPremiumThe growing hair treatment market from GLP-1s

A common side effect of many GLP-1 drugs is hair loss. It’s creating a growing market for hair treatment products.

Laya Neelakandan

People will be living and working on the moon within the next decade, according to the boss of space tech company Voyager Technologies.

CNBC newsCommentsPremiumPeople will be ‘living and working’ on the moon in the 2030s

People will be living and working on the moon within the next decade, according to the boss of space tech company Voyager Technologies.

Lucy Handley

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Peter Rogers has sensationally quit his role.

WA NewsCommentsPremium‘Falling short’: Another WA councillor dramatically quits

A long time WA councillor announced their resignation on Monday evening, saying the city no longer aligns with their professional values and citing a lack of strategic direction as the reason for the decision. 

Rachel Fenner

A high workload is being blamed for a mass exodus of nurses in WA, but the union says there are signs of improvement.

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WA nurse exodus at crisis level with high workloads blamed

A high workload is being blamed for a mass exodus of nurses in WA, but the union says there are signs of improvement.

Jessica Page

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Six Aussies and a New Zealander stranded on the hantavirus cruise ship will be quarantined at a facility in Perth’s northeast.

Health officials are preparing to quarantine four Australian citizens and a permanent resident.

Public HealthCommentsCommentsNew plan for Aussies on Hantavirus cruise ship bound for WA

There are reports that there is a new plan in place for the five Australian passengers evacuated from a cruise ship hit with a deadly outbreak of Hantavirus who are set to arrive in Perth this week.

West Aussies will be racing to check their tickets.

LottoCommentsCommentsMonday magic spells life-changing win for lucky West Aussie

Monday magic has spelled good fortune for one lucky West Aussie who has scored a life-changing lotto jackpot.

Australia’s Health Minister says the hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship off Spain doesn’t have ‘pandemic potential’ less than 24 hours from the scheduled of a repatriation flight of passengers to Australia.

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WA ‘ready to assist’ with hantavirus passengers Perth bound

Australia’s Health Minister says the hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship off Spain doesn’t have ‘pandemic potential’ less than 24 hours from the arrival of a repatriation flight of passengers to Perth.

Caitlyn Rintoul and Jessica Page