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  1. Vibrant WelcomePremiumIN PICTURES: Celebrating Mt Barker’s newest art addition

  2. ‘very little effect’PremiumMan who stole 93-year-old’s wallet avoids jail time

  3. ‘Kare Kits’Premium138 ‘Kare Kits’ made up from generous community donations

  4. Country championships PremiumTwo losses on final day ends GSFL’s senior campaign

  5. Country champsPremiumUpper Great Southern miss final after heartbreaking loss

Driven volunteerPremiumAlbany volunteer recognised at state level by SLSWA

Angus Bowles’ volunteering efforts at the Albany Surf Life Saving Club have been recognised for the second time this year after being named Surf Life Saving WA’s young volunteer of the year.

Stuart McGuckin

family’s hopePremiumTracker dogs deployed for missing man

A new search for missing Mt Barker man Wayne Parker facilitated by K9 Trackers Perth will be held in the Stirling Range National Park, with his family hoping to find closure by recovering his body.

Cameron Newbold

Engaging educationCommentsPremium‘Quirky’ WA video campaign set to spread Hike Safe message

Outdoors Great Southern is hopeful a new ‘quirky’ hike safe campaign will help spread the message about being well prepared before exploring the region’s grade four and five trails.

Stuart McGuckin

Gig GuidePremiumWhat’s on in Albany

Here’s your guide to the week ahead in Albany.

Georgia Campion

Drug AwarePremiumEye-catching wall mural raises youth drug awareness

Albany’s Youth Futures School has put its Regional Arts WA and Healthway grant to good use by creating a student-led mural promoting drug awareness.

Georgia Campion

Elders StoriesPremiumInaugural Albany NAIDOC event celebrates local elders

The inaugural event of the Albany NAIDOC Celebration kicked off on Wednesday in celebration of stories and history, focusing on the theme of For our elders. 

Georgia Campion

‘Kare Kits’PremiumPremium138 ‘Kare Kits’ made up from generous community donations

Albany Soroptimists is celebrating the overwhelming amount of donations it received this year as part of its annual donation drive, making up over a hundred bags for the local women’s refuge.

Vibrant WelcomePremiumPremiumIN PICTURES: Celebrating Mt Barker’s newest art addition

Gallery Sobrane received a warm welcome with the official opening night of the gallery’s new premises in Mt Barker, celebrating the latest edition to Lowood Road. 

horrific attackPremiumPremiumNo bail for Albany man accused of attacking pregnant partner

An Albany man accused of a prolonged attack on his pregnant partner — in which he allegedly choked her, kicked her with his steel-capped boots and hit her with a metal broom — has had his bail refused. 

Country championships PremiumTwo losses on final day ends GSFL’s senior campaign

After going through the first day undefeated with impressive wins against North Pilbara and Onshore Cup, the representative Great Southern side fell short against Esperance and Hills on Saturday.

Calvin Sims

Country champsPremiumUpper Great Southern miss final after heartbreaking loss

It would come down to the winner of Upper Great Southern and Avon in the final division one match at Mineral Resources Stadium.

Cameron Newbold

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Leeuwin floundering in rough seas after CEO’s shock exit

WA’s iconic Leeuwin tall ship has hit rough seas after the departure of its long-serving chief executive triggered staff resignations, safety warnings and the loss of support from one prominent backer.

Kate Emery

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‘Bloody luxury’: Boomers paint a picture of stark hardship

In last week’s column, I tackled the emotionally charged topic of whether today’s first homebuyers have it tougher than the boomers and asked readers for examples of sacrifices they made to make ends meet.

Ben Harvey

Ben Harvey

Builder reprimandedCommentsPremiumEx-Eagle’s company blames rogue staff for dodgy dealings

Dodgy builder Factory Direct has come up with a novel way of ducking its debts - alleging rogue employees procured services without authority.

John Flint

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New Premier courting disaster on Aboriginal heritage

The decision by Roger Cook to push on with the new law when it became obvious that it was heavily flawed was a dismal start to his premiership and one he will live to regret.

Paul Murray

Paul Murray

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Fears property ‘worthless’ due to Heritage Law confusion

A landowner quoted more than $20,000 for an Aboriginal heritage survey on a residential block in Exmouth fears the property he purchased less than two years ago is now at risk. 

Josh Zimmerman

Hundreds in savingsVideoCommentsPremiumCash-strapped WA households offered free off-peak power

Cash-strapped WA households who have asked Synergy for help to keep on top of their power bills are being offered free electricity during off-peak hours, saving up to $500 per year.

Rebecca Le May

Do it yourselfCommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumDo I need to use an agent to help me lodge my tax return?

Doing it yourself might save you several hundred or even thousands of dollars. Equally, you may have already decided that no matter what the cost, offloading the hassle to someone else is worth the outlay.

Fall from graceCommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumJakovich: Why ‘insipid’ Gaff should be banished to WAFL

One of West Coast’s greatest-ever players has declared Andrew Gaff must be axed, labelling the effort of the club’s all-time leading ball-winner as ‘insipid’.

Lidia Thorpe‘I’m not this crazy black woman that hates white people’

The fiery and outspoken Victorian senator says her combativeness is ‘misunderstood’, and has backed herself for bringing anger ‘straight from the soul’ that she says Canberra needed. 

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Shocking allegationsPremiumMagistrate labels drug accused’s holiday claim ‘rather odd’

The pair accused of having more than $4 million worth of meth and cocaine at the Eucla border checkpoint allegedly flew interstate for a ‘holiday’ then immediately started driving back to WA.

Amber Lilley

jacked upPremiumRatepayers fear 16.5 per cent ‘rubbish’ hike

Australind businesses are staring down the impacts of a proposed 16.5 per cent rate rise as part of the Shire of Harvey’s proposed 2023/24 budget plan.

Sean Van Der Wielen

escape to the country PremiumHalf of workers would ditch city living for pay rise

Small town living has never sounded better, with almost half of all metropolitan workers saying they would move regionally for a better salary, a new study has revealed.

Fraser Williams

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CommentsPremiumFears property ‘worthless’ due to Heritage Law confusion

A landowner quoted more than $20,000 for an Aboriginal heritage survey on a residential block in Exmouth fears the property he purchased less than two years ago is now at risk. 

Violence ‘intolerable’PremiumPremiumMan jailed for DV after fleeing state to dodge arrest

A Geraldton man has been handed a jail term for striking his new partner in the face after avoiding arrest for five years.

Back insidePremiumPremiumMan made stupid mistake in bid to be sent back to jail

A man who left his bail papers on a box of items he stole from a home in Esperance said he did it so he would be caught and could go back to jail.

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CNBCChina’s consumer-driven sectors a ‘sweet spot’, says KKR

From pet food to liquor and lighting fixtures, KKR is putting their money in a suite of consumer-driven sectors in China, while departing from a singular focus on technology.

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The EconomistVideoPremiumElon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg’s social-media smackdown

THE ECONOMIST: With Threads — a copycat app — Meta hopes to capitalise on Twitter’s travails

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CNBCPremiumTransportation costs a challenge for hydrogen

While there’s a huge amount of excitement about the potential of hydrogen, there are also undoubted challenges.

Anmar Frangoul

CNBCChina has curbed gallium, germanium exports. What are they?

China is restricting exports of two niche metals that are key to manufacture electronics and semiconductors, as the tech battle with the US and Europe heats up.

Arjun Kharpal

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House gutted CommentsPremiumPerth home ‘fully engulfed’ by raging inferno

The fire was reported to emergency services shortly before 7pm. A police spokesperson said the cause of the fire was not yet known.

Jake Dietsch

Time with familyPremiumNew chapter for war hero James McMahon as he turns 60

For Australian Capital Equity’s outgoing chief operating officer James McMahon, an approaching 60th birthday had created a yearning for more time in his life. 

Dylan Caporn

CRIMEPremiumPremiumGirls slash man’s head in Facebook theft: cops

The victim suffered a number of cuts to his head after a girl allegedly snatched his iPhone and ran in a botched robbery.

NEWSPremiumPremium‘Small steps’: State offers free electricity

Those doing it tough will get free electricity during non-peak times to help with power bill stress at a time when “everything is going up.”

Back to back?PremiumPremiumFlames move clear in top spot with win over Hawks

Championship favourites Rockingham Flames have asserted their dominance of the NBL1 West in a big way, trouncing their nearest contender to all but sew up top spot in WA basketball’s top men’s league.

Hot FlamesPremiumFlames beat Hawks to consolidate fourth spot

Rockingham Flames women’s side have taken another significant step towards securing a top four NBL1 West finish with a strong 84-58 win over fellow contenders Perry Lakes Hawks. 

Matt Zis