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The piano in the foyer of Government House. It was installed in 1876.

Untold History CommentsPremiumThe Governor, two journalists and a piano

The collaboration was part of a flowering of the musical and dramatic arts in the small and still remote Swan River Colony.

Malcolm Quekett

Legendary WA ballet dancer Terri Charlesworth, whose 90th birthday will be celebrated by a special show at His Majesty’s Theatre. Terri Charlesworth (centre) with students (Back) Holly Jarvis, Rory Taylforth, Ella Smithson (Front) Grace Cusworth, Amelia Marson.

Untold History CommentsPremiumHow globally-renowned WA ballet icon got her State dancing

Flicking through a scrapbook about WA ballet doyenne Terri Charlesworth is to take a trip through the history of dance in this State, but also a story of the legendary ballerina’s international acclaim.

Malcolm Quekett

Migrants played an important role clearing land in Rocky Gully's early days.

Untold History CommentsPremiumHow hard graft and community created a little WA town

As the first 10 farms neared completion a ballot was held. Names of former Diggers in one box and farm numbers in another. 

Malcolm Quekett

A producer drawn into the legal row between Charlotte MacInnes and Rebel Wilson has given evidence.

AgendaCommentsPremiumRebel in disguise: Can Wilson recover from the wild trial?

Rebel Wilson painted herself as a ‘truth teller’ and ‘champion of women’ who was caught up in a ‘nightmare situation’ as she was peppered with allegations during her star-studded defamation trial.

Jakeb Waddell

Heirisson Island after the opening of the causeway, 1952.

Untold HistoryCommentsPremiumCauseway bridges formed a gateway to the city

There was ‘an unrehearsed incident’ at the opening which livened up proceedings.

Malcolm Quekett

Premier David Brand visiting a Plowshare test site in Nevada in 1969, with officials from the US Atomic Energy Commission.

Untold HistoryCommentsThe plan to use a nuclear blast to create a WA port

See the breathtakingly simple idea to use big explosions to blow up a big chunk of ocean floor to create a big harbour in WA’s north-west from which to export iron ore.

Malcolm Quekett

The Deering family outside makeshift tent accommodation, possibly in Hyde Park, Perth, 1897.

Untold History CommentsPremiumTent towns rife across Perth during State’s goldrush days

Rooms in boarding houses were in high demand. And when they were full or too expensive, tent cities sprang up around the fringes of Perth and Fremantle.

Malcolm Quekett

WA’s church leaders open up on the true meaning of Easter. Pictured: Reverend Victor Owuor, Archbishop Kay Goldsworthy and Reverend Dr Ian Tozer.

AgendaPremiumMessages of hope at a time we need it most

WA’s church leaders open up on the true meaning of Easter and how we are now more aware than ever about the need for reconciliation, peace, and friendship.

A newsboy presents Prince Charles with a copy of the Weekend News paper, which features the front page story of the Prince being kissed at the beach in 1979.

Untold History CommentsPremiumA colonial party 150 years in the making

For most of the public, 1979 was largely a pretext to have a good time.

Malcolm Quekett

The Rats of Tobruk dig in.

Untold History CommentsPremiumRats of Tobruk fighting spirit was Diggers at their best

Hemmed into an impossibly hot, dry, dusty and dangerous slice of north Africa in World War II, the Diggers faced seemingly insurmountable odds.

Malcolm Quekett

Firewood stacked next to one of the woodlines ready to be collected.

Untold History PremiumSee the hidden history that propped up WA’s gold rush

When the gold boom changed the face of WA almost overnight, a key supply chain was developed to supply the towns which were rapidly ballooning and running out of resources.

Malcolm Quekett

When he did his night time duty in the weapon pit at the Diggers’ lonely fire support base, Peter Hopper knew what to expect.

Untold History CommentsPremiumHow Nashos answered the nation’s call post-WWII

‘We would be dropped in by helicopters, there would be no one around us so we had to do our work quickly.’

Malcolm Quekett

President Donald Trump gestures during an interview with The New York Times in the Oval Office on Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026.

AgendaCommentsPremiumTrump tells reporters news media have disrespected him

White House correspondent Katie Rogers and her colleagues got the full Donald Trump experience during a colourful and candid conversation.

Katie Rogers

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

PoliticsCommentsThe issues and people set to dominate headlines this year

Global instability and political tension will continue to dominate the news headlines in 2026, with wars continuing, elections at home and abroad, further fall out from the Bondi Beach terror attack.

Caitlyn Rintoul

The impact of one of AC/DC - which continues to fill arenas across the nation after decades of dominance - can’t be understated. Angus Taylor, pictured left, Bon Scott, centre, and Brian Johnson, right.

AgendaCommentsPremiumHow AC/DC has kept the world rocking for over half a century

The impact of one of the world’s best rock bands — which continues to fill arenas across the nation after decades of dominance — can’t be understated.

Ben O'Shea

Aerial view of Wildflowers in Morawa and an aerial drone view of surfers catching waves at Trigg beach.

WA Day CommentsWhat does it really mean to be West Australian?

There is a feeling that sometimes rises to the surface that we are a bit different to our cousins in the east. Maybe better? But what makes us who we are?

Malcolm Quekett

Crowds gathered at Ascot Racecourse for the Melbourne Cup.

RacingCommentsThe race that splits a nation: Sydney vs Melbourne

It’s action off the racetrack that shows where the war for hearts and minds is at – and Sydney is a length or two in front

Glen Quartermain

United States President Donald Trump pictured smiling and giving a thumbs up as he met Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in New York in September.

Federal PoliticsCommentsAlbanese’s session with Trump comes with hefty agenda

Few meetings between an Australian prime minister and US president have been more hotly anticipated than this one.

Katina Curtis

Buzz Farmer, left, and Colin McDonald, pictured right.

Untold History CommentsPremiumThe West Australians who saw Asia’s slide into WWII

How powerful accounts from two WA journalists reverberated across the globe.

Malcolm Quekett

Jon Sanders aboard Perie Banou II arrives home from record breaking 10th circumnavigation of the world in 2018.

Untold history of WACommentsPremiumThe journey of Jon Sanders, WA’s true original of the sea

It was not about chasing achievements or a burning ambition, but rather something simpler that drove him.

Malcolm Quekett

Aerial imagery of Henderson, Western Australia.

AUKUSCommentsPremium‘Gobsmacking incompetence’: Concerns on AUKUS preparations

With just weeks remaining until the first American families arrive in WA ahead of the planned deployment of US nuclear submarines, concerns are growing about local preparations for the massive AUKUS endeavour.

Andrew Greene

The Foundation of Perth by George Pitt Morison.

Untold History CommentsPremiumMrs Dance, the Foundation of Perth and the sewing box

A little-known pointer to a landmark moment walked past or over by probably thousands of people every day

Malcolm Quekett

Roast chicken dinner, 1970

Untold History PremiumHow food shaped and reflected growth of the State

Along with home-grown favourites, WA tables have been influenced by dishes and flavours brought from around the world

Malcolm Quekett

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Senate Leader and Foreign Minister, Penny Wong hold a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra.

Middle EastCommentsPremiumTerror, plot and expulsion: How new Iran war has unfolded

Australia marked a dramatic shift in its relationship with Iran for the first time in over seven decades when Anthony Albanese addressed a press conference on Tuesday.

Caitlyn Rintoul