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  1. NEW SEASONUpper Great Southern Football League season preview

  2. NETBALLPremiumKatanning netball season given the green light

  3. Anzac Day in picturesPremiumKatanning community praised for upholding Anzac spirit

  4. HOMAGE TO ANZACSPremiumGreat Southern services raise the flag on Anzac Day

  5. OFA wrapHouse bags 11, Lions notch first win

Business hubHelp to make business dreams a reality

Impact Services and IPS Management Consultants will launch the Indigenous Business Hub program next week, offering free workshops in Katanning and Albany.

Sarah Makse

Tower upgradeStirling Range phone tower upgrade

Hikers in the Stirling Range National Park will have the reassurance of a better phone signal after the replacement of the area’s mobile tower this month.

Shannon Smith

scenic routePremiumHorsepower Highway torque of the towns

The roots of Gnowangerup’s rich farming history is being told through a vast 75km interactive tractor display to increase traffic through the region.

Tom Shanahan

life of kindnessA small token for a lifetime of service to Kojonup

A Kojonup resident who has dedicated his life to volunteer service has been recognised for passing his 55th consecutive year with St Johns Ambulance.

Tom Shanahan

TENNISKatanning Tennis Club signs off season in style

The annual end of season competition at the Katanning Tennis Club went down to the wire as two brother’s fought it out for the title.

Tom Shanahan

SHOOTINGWagin Gun Club shoot big in Esperance

Wagin Gun Club have impressed in Esperance by taking out 20 events at the 59th edition of the annual Easter Carnival.

Tom Shanahan

Opening roundMorton inspires victory before limping off for Bombers

The return of former AFL forward Mitch Morton helped Lake Grace-Pingrup begin the new Ongerup Football Association with a victory, as they downed Jerramungup in a tight contest on Saturday

WAFL WINPremiumPremiumHot dogs on top in Pingelly

South Fremantle were too tall and too strong in the contest for Peel as the reigning premiers clinched an 18-point win in front of more than 1800 fans at Pingelly Oval on Saturday

WAFLW MATCHPremiumPremiumSpecial moment for Katanning sisters

Katanning’s Sheridan Kowald said it was a special feeling running out with her two sisters in a WAFLW league match in the Upper Great Southern on Saturday

Asbestos fightPremiumGrandfather’s Katanning asbestos fight

A Perth grandfather battling pleural mesothelioma has hit a roadblock in his fight for compensation, 37 years after he worked at a Katanning abattoir.

Sarah Makse

Lest we forgetPremiumNew dawn as ANZAC day services return to Katanning

Dawn service gatherings will return throughout the Great Southern to pay respect to those who have served both past and present for Australia and New Zealand.

Tom Shanahan

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Flowering careerCommentsPremiumMeet the man who’d do anything to collect WA seeds

Luke Sweedman has explored nearly all of WA’s nooks and crannies during his career as a botanist. He’s so planted in the field that he even has a tree named after him. Here is his story.

Steve Butler

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‘So, So loved’CommentsPremium
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Family heartache at loss of ‘legend’ in workplace death

The family of a young Manjimup electrician who died in a workplace accident have spoken of their heartbreak at losing a ‘carefree’ soul who was ‘so, so loved’.

Ben Loughran

SPECIAL INVESTIGATIONPremiumWho is betting whiz kid at centre of $120m court case?

He’s an Aquinas College graduate who’s been photographed rubbing shoulders with former footy stars and splashing cash, so how did Chris Brown get caught up in a $120 million Federal court case?

Sarah Steger

Regional News

Prison findingsCommentsPremiumAboriginal inmates disadvantaged at Bunbury Prison

The report found Aboriginal prisoners were “not proportionally represented” in the more desirable employment opportunities, gratuity levels, or accommodation standards.

Jackson Barrett

Tourism ConferencePremiumWA regional tourism in focus after cyclone

At a time when the State’s embattled tourism industry is at a critical juncture, about 300 delegates will meet in Geraldton next week to discuss how to keep visitors coming to Western Australia.

Phoebe Pin and Liam Beatty

Twilight snack zoneCommentsPremiumEsperance food trucks soon to be entering Twilight zone

Esperance’s Twilight Beach carpark could soon be buzzing with food trucks after councillors decided to move away from the one-lease structure to an open trading permit system.

Amber Lilley

Kalgoorlie caseCommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumMan alleged to have spat at, bitten police granted bail

A man who allegedly spat in a police officer’s face before biting him and another officer on the hand as they attempted to arrest him has been released on bail.

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Recipe for disasterPremium
The West Australian exclusive
PremiumUnion fury as Kal prisoners ‘caught in jailhouse romp’

Shock claims that prisoners were caught having sex behind bars have emerged from a Kalgoorlie prison managing male and female inmates, sparking anger from the WA Prison Officers Union.

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Grand planPremium
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PremiumEXCLUSIVE: Perth to Albany passenger train on agenda

A push for the reinstatement of a passenger train service between Perth and Albany is gathering steam after a high-level meeting between key stakeholders from local and State politics.

WA News

Let the fun be-ginCommentsPremiumBeer tax cut could see more WA tipple on the menu

Australians could get more choice in locally made beer and gin, with the Morrison Government set to slash taxes on brewers and distilleries in this month’s Federal Budget.

Lanai Scarr

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Cheque in the emailPremium
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Lawyer accuses betting whiz kid of false claims

A Perth lawyer has accused Chris Brown of creating a fake email using high-profile law firm Bennett & Co’s letterhead to claim more than $6.7 million was heading into one of his bank accounts.

Neale Prior

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Lasting traumaPremium
The West Australian exclusive
Premium51 ex-athletes make complaints against WAIS

More gymnasts have come forward about their mistreatment at the WA Institute of Sport, with one former athlete alleging a coach slapped her, put their hands around her neck, and shook her.

Laptop probePremiumPremiumWill we ever know what happened behind the CCC scenes?

Whether the Corruption and Crime Commission acted legally in pursuit of allegedly grubby behaviour by some WA politicians was the subject of two days of lofty argument in the Supreme Court last week.

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‘clearly did not have consent’Premium
The West Australian exclusive
PremiumJudge condemns man for sex assault on sleeping ex

A WA judge has blasted a man who filmed himself violating his former girlfriend while she slept, saying all women have the right to be in a relationship ‘without having sexual acts forced upon them’.

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Lying playbookPremium
investigation
Who is Bret Silvey? Author’s brother in twisted tale

Business high flyer Bret Silvey — the man accused of ripping millions from family and friends in a bogus finance scheme — finds himself at the centre his own tale of friendship, secrets and betrayal.

Tim Clarke