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  1. Courts & JusticePremiumNotorious paedophile to be released into community in weeks

  2. Disaster and EmergencyPremiumMotorbike rider dies in horror WA country highway crash

  3. Mine visitPremiumGold mine prompts EPA chair to make surprise Katanning visit

  4. happy snapsGorgeous shots of Great Southern featured among comp winners

  5. Wild GravelPremiumElar Kalda pips wife for 150km Wild Gravel overall title

The family of hit and run victim Kelly T’Hart, who was killed in a crash in May, at the crash scene. New law has been passed in parliament to keep dangerous drivers off the roads.

New legislationPremiumKelly’s Law passes to keep dangerous drivers off WA roads

Drivers facing serious driving charges could be kept off WA roads for longer under new legislation passed by the State Parliament. 

Amy Towers

Ally 3, baby Zoe, Jess and Lily Caldwell, 5.

It’s showtime PremiumIN PICTURES: Hundreds brave cold weather for Katanning show

A little wind and a chilly forecast did not keep the crowds away with hundreds of people rugging up and heading to the Katanning Agricultural Show for a day of family fun on Saturday.

Amy Towers

Sparks from a lawnmower are believed to have started an out-of-control bushfire in Wedgecarrup.

fire seasonShire warns residents to get bushfire ready after scare

The Shire of Wagin delivered a timely reminder to its residents to be prepared and cautious as bushfire season ramps up, after machinery sparked a fire in Wedgecarrup last week. 

Jacki Elezovich

Jordan Thomas Andrew Pearce, 43, did not apply for bail at his first court appearance in Albany.

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Katanning man makes first appearance on drug dealing charges

A Katanning man accused of dealing methamphetamine and was nabbed with allegedly stolen jewellery and more than $2200 in dodgy cash during a traffic stop, has appeared in court for the first time.

Jacki Elezovich

Nickolas Wayne Peake was arrested by child abuse squad detectives on September 13, the day after he shook his daughter in the bedroom of his Stratton home. 

Courts & JusticePremiumWA cop learns fate for assaulting five-week-old daughter

A ‘sleep-deprived’ WA Police constable has learnt his fate after shaking his five-week-old daughter three times because he could not stop her crying.

Caleb Runciman

New mates Bruno Wicki, aged 80, and Phil Milburn get set for the 65km ride.

Wheels on firePremiumIN PICTURES: Wild at Wild Gravel in and out of the saddle

For those who preferred some social time, the Wild Gravel event village offered opportunities for mingling and chatting while others cycled, ran or walked.

Claire Middleton

Lake Grace’s Tyson Bell took four wickets in the victory over Towns.

CricketPremiumPremiumLeaders Towns topple to first defeat as Lake Grace edge home

Towns stumbled to their first defeat of the Upper Great Southern Cricket Association A-grade season after a calamitous batting effort saw them lose out at Lake Grace by five wickets.

Parnell Dempster’s piece Down To Drink.

inspirePremiumPremiumChildlike hope shines through trauma in Carrolup Artworks

They say that great art comes from great pain, and the pieces created by traumatised Great Southern children of the Stolen Generation are certainly considered great art

Dennis McKenna, now 81, will be released from prison on November 17.

Courts & JusticePremiumPremiumNotorious paedophile to be released into community in weeks

A prolific paedophile responsible for the ‘grotesque abuse’ of more than two dozen boys will be released into the community in less than a fortnight.

Floating sedge islands in Scott Newbey’s dam.

Environment PremiumFarm dams transformed to improve water quality and supply

Katanning farmers are finding new ways to make every drop of water count, with a local project transforming ageing farm dams into healthier, more sustainable water sources. 

Amy Towers

Katanning Wanderers' Brock Green and Caleb Keley were key contributors in the win over Australs.

Katanning derbyPremiumWanderers emerge winners of Katanning derby with Australs

Katanning Wanderers recorded their first win of the 2026-27 Great Southern Cricket Association season, downing Australs North by seven wickets in the local derby on Saturday.

Cameron Newbold

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Dustin Gary Higgs was jailed in District Court.

courtsPremiumPerth speedway driver jailed for sexually penetrating child

A prominent WA speedway driver has been put behind bars after being found guilty of grooming and starting a ‘pre-meditated’ sexual relationship with a girl while she was underage. 

Melissa Sheil

A family have been left heartbroken after a house fire in Collie claimed the life of one-year-old boy

WA NEWSPremium‘Cot was in flames’: Toddler dies in tragic WA house fire

A devastating house fire in Collie has claimed the life of a one-year-old boy.

Hayley Primmer

Rayle Williams and Ashleigh Turner.

CrimePremium‘My mates are dead’: First responders reveal crash carnage

A catastrophic scene akin to an explosion of ‘metal and blood’ confronted those first on the scene of a fatal crash that killed two teenage boys and hospitalised two others.

Brooke Rolfe and Sophie Gannon

The luxurious St James house

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Aboriginal body silent on luxe Perth home that CEO lives in

A large not-for-profit Aboriginal corporation operating in WA’s north will not reveal why it bought a luxurious house in Perth that its chief executive now lives in.

Adrian Rauso

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Dustin Gary Higgs was jailed in District Court.

courtsPremiumPerth speedway driver jailed for sexually penetrating child

A prominent WA speedway driver has been put behind bars after being found guilty of grooming and starting a ‘pre-meditated’ sexual relationship with a girl while she was underage. 

Melissa Sheil

Yoga studio owner Laurel Green said she’d been excited to discover an osteopathy program was starting up in Perth.

EducationPremiumREVEALED: Year 12s get new uni options, including a WA first

Year 12s thinking about what to study at university next year have had a few extra choices added to their options.

Bethany Hiatt

The luxurious St James house

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PremiumAboriginal body silent on luxe Perth home that CEO lives in

A large not-for-profit Aboriginal corporation operating in WA’s north will not reveal why it bought a luxurious house in Perth that its chief executive now lives in.

A grandstand collapsed during the Red Hot Summer Tour at Coolangatta Beach on Sunday.

AustraliaThree injured in grandstand collapse at popular Aussie music festival

The temporary seating came down in the early stages of Sunday’s sold-out festivities.

Dramatic footage has captured the moment a passenger plane was forced to abandon its landing at Perth Airport in a scary near-miss.

AviationPassenger plane in scary near-miss at Perth Airport

Dramatic footage has captured the moment a passenger plane was forced to abandon its landing at Perth Airport in a scary near-miss.

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A lawsuit is brewing in WA's crop paddocks after the alleged failure in a canola trait is estimated to cost farmers millions.

Yield LossesPremiumWA growers exploring legal actions over canola yield losses

A lawsuit worth millions is brewing in WA’s canola paddocks after farmers raised concerns that a trait in genetically modified seeds had allegedly affected pod development and damaged yields.

Georgia Campion

Hundreds turned out for the public service to farewell Albany's longest-serving mayor Dennis Wellington.

Albany AdvertiserPremiumHeartfelt tributes in moving service for loyal Albany mayor

The city’s longest-serving mayor Dennis Wellington has been remembered as a loving family man who turned his passion for sport, politics and Albany into a brilliant life. 

Cameron Newbold

Insp. Mick Kelly with some of the illegal e-rideables outside Kalgoorlie police station on Wednesday.

E-scooter operationPremiumEducation ‘key’ to new Kalgoorlie police e-scooter operation

Goldfields-Esperance police Insp. Mick Kelly says educational awareness, proactive policing and offender identification will be “key” to a new operation targeting e-scooters and off-road motorcycles.

Rosa Griffith

Goldfields-Esperance police Insp. Mick Kelly.

Drink drivingPremiumPremiumRoad policing makes regional visit, targeting drink driving

The State’s road policing command completed a regional patrol in Kalgoorlie-Boulder at the weekend, targeting drink and drug driving during popular times that can pose a greater risk to the community.

Gemma Marie Johnston.

Courts & justicePremiumPremiumFormer Esperance councillor denies stalking and VRO breaches

Former Esperance councillor and One Nation candidate Gemma Marie Johnston has denied two stalking charges and 41 breaches of a violence restraining order.

The truck crash on Great Eastern Highway in Meckering.

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Four-hour battle to put out fiery WA truck crash

Firefighters have left the scene of a horror two-truck crash in the Wheatbelt after spending more than four hours battling an inferno that engulfed the vehicles and trapped one of the drivers.

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Attendees try out the new touchscreen MacBook Pro during the Apple Experience LA in Los Angeles, Oct. 28, 2026.

CNBC newsAt last, Apple brings out touchscreen MacBook

Apple announced its first laptop with a touchscreen will go on sale next week. The launch signifies the growing strategic importance of the Mac to Apple, despite it generating less revenue than the iPhone.

Kif Leswing

Since 1990, only nine days have had a larger jump in the VIX on a smaller drop in the S&P500 than last Friday, according to SpotGamma.

CNBC newsWhy the market’s fragile calm faces a major test

Markets paused their slide this week as the tech sector found its footing following an AI sell-off sparked by high borrowing costs and doubts over data centre returns.

Justin Zacks

By the 1950s, another technological innovation would come along and have a profound effect on women: the washing machine.

CNBC newsPremiumWomen may be at greater risk of AI job losses

The history of technological progress suggests that, as AI spreads, the employment impact will hit women more than men.

Steve Liesman

Amazon’s Bee Frontier device can be worn on a wrist or clipped on to clothing..

CNBC newsPremiumAmazon launches new Bee ‘personal AI’ devices

Amazon is releasing two new Bee listening devices as it moves further into the AI hardware market.

Annie Palmer

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Jean Rosina Hunt leaves Armadale Court House. Sandra Jackson

Courts & JusticePremiumWoman accused of poisoning colleague’s curry fronts court

Jean Rosina Hunt faced Armadale Magistrates Court on Thursday, nine months after the bizarre incident during which her colleague brought a container of curry to work and shared the dish with other workers.

Jessica Evensen

WA Police are investigating sickening viral video of a teenage boy being repeatedly beaten by a group of youths, including one wielding a large knife at an Ellenbrook dog park. WARNING: DISTRESSING FOOTAGE

CrimeVideoPremiumPolice arrest boy over sickening attack on 13yo at park

The arrest comes after footage was posted to social media showing a 13-year-old boy being assaulted by several other kids — believed to be known to him — at Coolamin dog park in Ellenbrook early Sunday.

Caleb Runciman

A woman accused of stalking and attempting to blackmail Greens senator Jordon Steele-John cannot be identified.

Courts & JusticePremiumPremiumWoman accused of stalking WA senator can’t be named

A woman accused of stalking and attempting to blackmail Greens senator Jordon Steele-John cannot be identified because she has lodged her own complaint with police accusing the politician of sexual misconduct.

Children had to be locked inside their classrooms in a primary school in Perth’s south as a police incident unfolded near by.

EducationWA primary school locked down over police incident

Children had to be locked inside their classrooms in a primary school in Perth’s south as a police incident unfolded nearby.

Malcolm Joseph Pages was fined after the Hillarys venue breached the Liquor Control Act 1988.

Courts & JusticePremiumPremiumPerth club at centre of UK rapper’s trial hit with fines

The venue’s licensee and manager were hit with heavy fines after failing to properly report 68 incidents over a three-month period.

Summer is knocking with Perth temperatures set to hit 31C on Friday — and barely a drop of rain in sight for the week ahead.

WeatherPerth heats up as thunderstorms smash inland WA

Summer is knocking with Perth temperatures set to hit 31C tomorrow — and barely a drop of rain in sight. But the forecast is very different for other parts of WA.

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