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Far from homeRockingham swimmers treated to whale shark sighting

Swimmers in Rockingham were lucky enough to have had a rare encounter with a whale shark this afternoon.

Brianna Dugan

‘Mind blank’Premier laughs off ‘Cringe World’ dad dance

The Premier was filmed dancing to the tune of Nelly’s Hot In Here, shaking his hips and popping and locking while the audience howled.

Josh Zimmerman

Holden versus FordDriver hits a snag at Bunnings carpark

A driver at Midland Bunnings carpark appears to have hit a snag on Friday afternoon, causing a spectacular pile-up in front of stunned shoppers.

Peter Devlin

Quarantine riskAustralia to kill pigeon that crossed Pacific from US

A pigeon has survived an extraordinary 13,000km Pacific Ocean crossing from the United States to find a new home in Australia. Now authorities consider the bird a quarantine risk and plan to kill it.

Follicular fashionistaNat Fyfe unveils new 90s-inspired haircut at training

Fremantle Dockers captain Nat Fyfe has turned back the clock, revealing a fresh 1990s-style undercut at training today.

David Johns

Stop pressRules eased for Trump pet peeve

Four months after he complained about what it was doing to his hair, Donald Trump has managed to relax a federal restriction on waterflow from showerheads.

Deb Riechmann

Look up!Spectacular meteor shower to light up Australian skies

Australian stargazers are set to be over the moon with joy as planets align and shooting stars light up the night sky through the next week.

Aaron Bunch

Dying for likesInsta-idiots slammed for holidaying in Wittenoom

Some West Australian holidaymakers have been defying health advice to travel to the notoriously dangerous town in an ignorant bid for Instagram likes.

Kate Ryan

Cheeky flipOlympic gymnast’s daring baby-holding trick

Olympic gymnast Max Whitlock has stunned — and divided — his fans after filming himself doing a daring somersault while holding his baby daughter.

Staff writer

‘You’re both too old for this’Woman breaks up bizarre Yokine road rage attack

WARNING GRAPHIC LANGUAGE Footage has emerged of a bizarre road rage attack, with two combatants clad in shorts and pluggers slugging it out before receiving a serious talking to by a female onlooker.

Hic!Perth dad’s unique beer can Christmas tree

Wes Boyd, who goes by the nickname Mad Bogan created the six-metre masterpiece out of Emu Export cans to stand proudly outside his home.

Natalie Richards

KNIGHT TO REMEMBERRevived musical to help chess shed nerdy image

With chess enjoying something of a cultural revival, a musical hitting the Perth stage is worth checking out.

Pierra Willix

Up for auctionWorld’s rarest opal on sale in Australia

Here is a once in a lifetime opportunity to own an Australian mining icon.

Ben McKay

Pearler of a dealWant to own a WA town? This one is up for sale

In what has been described as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, the Pilbara’s historic pearl town of Cossack — population two — is for sale or rent after having been abandoned 70 years ago.

Kim Macdonald

WATCHYouTube star’s close encounter with aggressive sharks

A hair-raising video has emerged of a West Australian YouTube star putting his hand into a churning shiver of aggressive sharks.

Staff writers

Jingle legendMeet the WA man behind the Bunnings theme tune

It's been a familiar soundtrack to Australian lives for more than two decades, and now the man behind the Bunnings theme song has been revealed.

The fright stuffWhy Halloween is scarily popular in 2020

As if living through a pandemic wasn’t scary enough, zombies, skeletons, Donald Trump lookalikes and blonde mullets will stalk the streets this weekend as parents and children go trick-or-treating.

Rhianna Mitchell

Here we go againBayswater bridge claims another truck

Perth’s notorious Bayswater Bridge has claimed its seventh victim for the year.

Good timesAustralia Post’s hilarious tweet amid watch scandal

The boss of Australia Post may be having a day to forget but her social media team is ensuring not all postal service employees are tarred with the same brush.

David Johns

Debate buzzVP debate hijacked by fly on Mike Pence’s head

The insect, which stood out against his white locks, stuck around for up to two minutes — and it didn’t take Twitter users long to do their best.

Fast foodSubway bread isn’t bread, Irish court says

Ireland’s Supreme Court has ruled that bread sold by the fast food chain Subway contains so much sugar that it cannot be legally defined as bread.

Weird injuryWoman attacked by buffalo in Sydney

A woman has been taken to hospital in a stable condition after she was attacked by a buffalo in Sydney’s south west on Monday afternoon.

Joe Attanasio

Sniffing them out‘Hero’ rat honoured with medal for land-mine detection

A specially trained ‘hero rat’ has received a gold medal from a British charity for helping detect deadly landmines in Cambodia.

Touché‘Don’t take things so seriously’: Ray Jordan bites back

The West Australian’s wine editor Ray Jordan has fired back at chief reporter Ben Harvey’s rant about wine wankery — and like a good white wine — his response is crisp, dry and packs a punch.

Ray Jordan