Thirteen people drowned off WA’s coast last summer. The family of one of them, much-loved Mandurah dad Ricky Harris, share their remarkable story of bravery, loss and life-changing legacy.
Rhianna Mitchell
In an industry dominated by men, Ms Taylor was only one of a handful of women donning the police blues when she joined the beat.
Jessica Evensen
Laws brought in to crack down on those who assault retail staff with larger prison sentences are yet to result in a single sentence greater than the existing penalty.
Oliver Lane
Health authorities in one Aussie state have issued a new alert after a sudden rise in new cases of a highly infectious disease.
Abisha Sapkota
WA’s most popular university courses for this year can be revealed - with degrees in health and sciences attracting more applications from school leavers than arts or law.
Bethany Hiatt
People in the warning zone are urged to brace for damaging wind gusts.
Chloe Maher
Health authorities issued a public warning on Friday.
Hannah Cross
A restaurant owner will be allowed to return to work at his Mandurah business more than a year after being accused of child sex offences.
Rachel Fenner
Petrol will be as expensive as $2.50 a litre in Perth on Saturday, with five of the major fuel retailers pushing up their prices amid escalating tensions in the Middle East.
Cheyanne Enciso and Stephen Johnson
The growing number of children being sent to school who aren’t toilet trained has emerged as a key concern raised by WA principals in the first weeks of the new school year.
The identities of the Albany mother and son killed in a double murder have been revealed, as their heartbroken family issued a desperate plea on Friday for those responsible to come forward.
Melissa Sheil
A West Aussie mum’s rant on a common good deed has caused a stir online.
Fraser Williams
From creating educational pathways to building local communities, these outstanding women have had a profound and lasting impact on WA’s social, economic and cultural landscape.
Brooke Rolfe
Police are warning outlaw bikies that they are in for a ‘world of hurt’ after five people were arrested in WA as part of a National Day Of Action targeting the Comanchero gang.
An expanded ‘adventure pass’ will help WA foster families save hundreds during the April school holidays, as the State Government weighs up cost of living relief for everyone else.
Jessica Page
A young girl has suffered major facial injuries after being mauled by a dog, leaving her in hospital.
Police believe a man arrested over the death of his mother in Albany was also fatally attacked on the same day, issuing a public appeal for help to find the person responsible.
A shark alert has been issued for a beach near Mandurah with a whale carcass floating near shore.
Troy de Ruyter
The miner from Perth’s eastern suburbs will never have to work again.
Motorists have been warned to find alternative routes after the crash left a driver critically injured.
Caleb Runciman
Despite being named Western Australian Senior of the Year and Australian Senior of the Year in 2025, Brother Olly Pickett has spent little time dwelling on the accolades.
Kirsty Lichtenstein
Supermarket shelves are being stripped and an urgent recall has been issued after a frozen food product was found to be contaminated with Hepatitis A.
Peta Rasdien
Off-duty, half-clothed and still wearing socks, Hakea Prison Deputy Supt Thomas Heap did not think twice before diving into the water at Serpentine Falls to save a panicked swimmer.
As nominations draw to a close for the 2026 Western Australian of the Year, Lucy Durack is encouraging Sandgropers to shine a light on the creative — and quietly extraordinary — people in their own communities.
