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  1. GRAND FINALPremiumWickepin look to end perfect season with a premiership

  2. Preliminary finalPremiumHawks outmuscled in preliminary final

  3. A night to rememberPremiumIN PICTURES: Students kick their heels up at ball

  4. Moving onPremiumKatanning salutes top cop for top job

  5. STATE CHAMPIONSHIPSStrong regional flavour on sand greens

GRAND FINALPremiumKatanning eye back-to-back flags in D-grade

Katanning Wanderers will be up for back-to-back flags in the Upper Great Southern Football League D-grade grand final against Narrogin at Pingelly on Sunday.

Taj Stubber

Blunder out YonderPremiumFarmers slam McGowan Government job incentive scheme

Farmers have slammed a State Government incentive campaign to lure young WA workers out to agricultural jobs, saying they need skilled labour from interstate for this year’s harvest.

Emma Taylor

Animal crueltyPremiumKojonup farmer cops $7500 fine for animal cruelty

The prosecution said the cow was “covered in meat ants”, and distressed as she could not rise.

Cally Dupe

Teenager assaultedPremiumWoman ordered to pay 14-year-old girl after assault

A 32-year-old woman has been ordered to pay $800 to a 14-year-old girl she punched in the head during a fight at a Katanning supermarket.

Michael Traill

RSL honourCliff Whittingstall to receive RSL WA life membership

The only other life member in Albany is the sub-branch president, Special Air Service Regiment veteran Laurie Fraser.

Finals footyPremiumHawks to face Cats in prelim

Narrogin held Wagin scoreless in the final quarter to secure a place in this Sunday’s Upper Great Southern Football League preliminary final

Cameron Newbold

Looming shortagePremiumPremiumTruckies feel licence pinch as driver shortage looms

A looming shortage of truck drivers ahead of a busy time of year, combined with a rise in registration fees of 2.5 per cent in July, is causing tensions in the local industry.

HEROIC HOUSEPremiumPremiumPremiership hero lives out childhood dream

Hometown hero Timm House says he lived out a childhood dream after his wonderful 10-goal grand final performance guided Gnowangerup to premiership in the Ongerup Football Association on Saturday.

Plan in the canAlmost time to cash in on WA’s container deposit scheme

Change is coming to recycling across WA next month, when the State’s container deposit scheme finally opens for business.

Region without rehabPremiumGreat Southern forgotten in drug addiction fight

How can we expect addicts to get clean when our pollies won’t give them a fighting a chance?

Michael Traill

TOP HONOURPremiumCats big man claims UGSFL’s major award

Williams’ gun recruit Lewis Davis capped off a stellar debut year in the Upper Great Southern Football League by winning the 2020 Leo Graham Medal.

Taj Stubber

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Loss of trustPremium
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The smirking ‘psychologist’ who might change WA law

Tyson Vacher is accused of being a fake psychologist. Now his alleged fraudulent behaviour is set to re-shape WA’s medical laws. Daryna Zadvirna and Gina Rushton investigate.

Daryna Zadvirna and Gina Rushton

Claremont serial killingsPremiumEnigma of the Dark: Exclusive extracts from new book

The first extracts of Tim Clarke’s must-read true crime book into the Claremont serial killings, Enigma of the Dark, explore the horror and grief of the victims’ families and a whole city.

Tim Clarke

10 years onVideoPremiumA modern-day epic: The inside story of the 2010 WAFL GF

The greatest game in modern WAFL history had it all, and 10 years on we re-visit the day Andrew Krakouer led Swan Districts to a thrilling premiership victory.

John Townsend

Regional News

Exclusive picturesVideoCommentsPremiumHero grandad’s incredible vow before finding Jimmy

The grandfather who found Jimmy, the toddler who went missing in Yallingup bushland for 12 hours yesterday, made a remarkable pledge to the little boy’s mum just minutes before he found his grandson.

Sarah Steger

‘Massive injustice’PremiumJudge blames dad of boy who killed young Abbey

The president of the WA Children’s Court has blamed the father of a 12-year-old boy for the death of 11-year-old girl Abbey Forrest — who was killed when the boy crashed a car in WA’s north last year.

Elise Van Aken

Pub with no peerCommentsPremiumHow a WA town came together to save its beloved pub

The Bolgart Hotel has traditionally been a place where couples met, meat trays were won and tall tales were spun. So when it faced closure this year, locals rallied to keep the old dame’s doors open.

Kim Macdonald

Bush legendsCommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumJack the Ripper and a tiny WA gold town

Is there a female spirit that lurks in the shadowy upper halls of the historic Palace Hotel in Southern Cross?

Lives endangeredPremiumPremiumDriver almost hits kids, does burnouts in front of cops

Phillip Denis Edward Gordon, 31, pleaded guilty on Thursday in Kalgoorlie Magistrate’s Court to driving without authority and reckless driving.

New homeCommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumCross-country bike ride spurs Spaniards’ move to Kal

In 2016, the couple set off on a 10-week bke ride from Perth to Melbourne but about 100km from Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Mrs Gonzalez said she became too sick to go on.

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Health boss sends dire warning after shock resignation

A leading geriatric medicine expert has resigned from the Health Department, saying the group he chairs was ‘ignored and sidelined’ in the middle of a pandemic that’s killed 633 aged care residents.

Peter Law

Bumper crowdCommentsPremiumCountry’s biggest crowd to watch Eagles final at Optus

West Coast’s elimination final at Optus Stadium will be played in front of the nation’s biggest crowd, with the venue’s capacity set to be lifted from the previous limit of 30,000.

Peter Law

‘Deep sadness’CommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumMegan Gale opens up on brother Jason’s ‘shock’ death

Supermodel Megan Gale has spoken of the devastation at the loss of her brother Jason in July, admitting it was a “huge shock”.

Horror weekPremiumPremiumWeek from hell ends in crash for missing toddler’s mum

The mother of a little boy who went missing in bush at Yallingup for almost 12 hours on Saturday has been airlifted to hospital after crashing her car into a tree.

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PremiumThe Kid’s ‘money launderer’ facing two decades in jail

The money launderer for a ‘Mr Big’ of the WA drug trade could be facing up to 20 years in jail after admitting to possessing almost three-quarters of a million dollars.

War of wordsCommentsPremium‘Relax’: Wyatt returns fire at NSW Premier over borders

Ben Wyatt has hit back at a thinly-veiled jab at WA from NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian after she said some State leaders had forgotten they were a part of a nation.

Peter Law

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