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  1. Big names Scene set for AFL greats to shine in GSFL blockbuster

  2. under new managementPremiumGarrison in new hands, local couple take on popular venue

  3. Hidden treasurePremium‘Travel, learn, implement’ is Drygan’s mantra for brilliance

  4. starlight Young Cody’s starring moment with the boys in purple

  5. international honourPremiumFerngrove take home top gong for Great Southern shiraz

A special Indigenous Round performance prior to a GSFL game in 2024.

NAIDOC Round PremiumClubs look to embrace Indigenous culture in NAIDOC Round

Saturday’s NAIDOC Round of the Great Southern Football League is always a highlight of the competition and clubs are promising to bring their rich Indigenous culture to the fore again this year.

Claire Middleton

The cast of Pirates of Penzance which ‘kidnapped’ a stunned City of Albany deputy mayor Paul Terry (centre).

All aboardPirates of Penzance hoist a Jolly Roger at Albany Town Hall

As it’s the Albany Maritime Festival, there’s no musical more appropriate than the Pirates Of Penzance which will be jumping all aboard the city’s Town Hall this weekend

Claire Middleton

Fiona Farren with pictures of her dad, William John McLean.

Decorated snowmanPremiumThe life of Jack McLean: From Dakotas to Olympic bobsleigh

The life of Jack McLean, who was born 108 years ago this month, is an extraordinary tale of a decorated serviceman and former Albany SHS captain who became probably the Great Southern’s only winter Olympian.

Claire Middleton

A Great Southern man avoided immediate jail for helping hide stolen tools in exchange for meth, breaching his bail and slashing his mother-in-law’s car tyres.

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Suspended jail for man who helped thieves for meth

A Great Southern man who helped thieves hide stolen goods worth thousands of dollars in exchange for meth and slashed his mother-in-law’s car tyres during a domestic dispute has avoided immediate jail time. 

Jacki Elezovich

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Letter to the EditorLetter to the Editor: NAIDOC Week inspires conservation

The City of Albany’s official NAIDOC Week opening at the town hall a timely reminder of Indigenous people’s connection to country and the need to protect the natural environment, writes Peter Rogers.

Peter Rogers

Former AFL stars Josh Kennedy and Lewis Jetta lined up for the Carlton Draft GSFL clash between Denmark-Walpole and Royals, drawing huge crowds to McLean Park on July 18.

clash of titansPremiumAFL greats draw crowds to Denmark for showpiece GSFL clash

Denmark’s McLean Park fizzed with festive atmosphere on Saturday, as thousands lined the oval to watch the clash of two ex-AFL titans in the Carlton Draft’s showpiece Great Southern Football League match.

Melissa Sheil

William Maahes Vigersune leaves Albany Magistrates Court after learning his fate.

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PremiumMan learns fate for nightclub coward punch against teenager

A man who threw the ‘very definition’ of a coward’s punch at a teenager and knocked him unconscious outside a nightclub before goading witnesses, has learned his fate for the serious attack.

The main stage at the inaugural New Farm, New Country festival.

festival feverLocal bands taking centre stage at New Farm, New Country

Denmark music festival New Farm, New Country is making a triumphant return this November after a successful debut, with Albany trio The Red Tails set to headline. 

Lions Club of Albany’s Jamie Mawer inside the mobile laundry with a dryer.

homeless focusMobile laundry facility for the homeless taking shape

A group of Albany not-for-profits is in the process of transforming a trailer into a mobile laundry station for those experiencing homelessness in the Great Southern.

Sarah Corke's grain and sheep farm in Yealering on July 17.

Fingers crossedPremiumCrop forecast finds WA grainbelt looks deceptively good

The latest forecast estimates that while WA’s crops have the potential to again hit records, a predicted drier and hotter spring may swing the pendulum very quickly. 

Melissa Pedelty

Whale and calves at Point Ann, near Bremer Bay.

whale of a timeSouthern rights captured in big numbers at Point Ann

Whales have returned to the Great Southern coast for the season and local Richard Poulish saw all the action at Point Ann at the weekend.

Jacki Elezovich

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A major disturbance involving multiple inmates has unfolded at WA’s maximum security prison.

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Officer injured during riot at WA’s maximum security prison

A major disturbance involving multiple inmates has unfolded at WA’s maximum security prison with reports of widespread damage to cells and ‘considerable’ flooding.

Charlton Hart and Caleb Runciman

Cloverdale crash

Disaster and EmergencyVideoPremium‘Small boy lying face down’: Horrific details of fatal crash

Cloverdale residents have recounted the horror and distressing screams that followed a little boy being fatally struck on Tuesday while crossing a suburban street.

Brooke Rolfe

A Perth man who died in a Balinese detention centre reportedly owed tens of thousands of dollars to more than a dozen furious customers he ripped off through his Indonesian car restoration company. 

WA NewsVideoPremiumPerth mechanic found dead in Bali conned man out of $76,000

A Perth man who died in a Balinese detention centre reportedly owed tens of thousands of dollars to more than a dozen furious customers he ripped off through his Indonesian car restoration company. 

Jessica Evensen

Brad Gandy Australian Workers Union WA State Secretary.

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‘I won’t listen to Cook’: Union leader striking against BHP

The senior Labor figure spearheading historic strikes against BHP has told Premier Roger Cook and any other political colleagues hoping for an end to the militant industrial action to get stuffed.

Adrian Rauso and Oliver Lane

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Cockatoo Island.

MiningCommentsPremiumIron ore miner declares insolvency

The Hong Kong company miner on Cockatoo Island off the Kimberley has collapsed into administration, with taxpayers owed money.

Adrian Rauso

A Perth man who died in a Balinese detention centre reportedly owed tens of thousands of dollars to more than a dozen furious customers he ripped off through his Indonesian car restoration company. 

WA NewsVideoPremiumPerth mechanic found dead in Bali conned man out of $76,000

A Perth man who died in a Balinese detention centre reportedly owed tens of thousands of dollars to more than a dozen furious customers he ripped off through his Indonesian car restoration company. 

Jessica Evensen

In a remarkable twist of fate, the two found one another on a red dusty road near Beacon, 12 days after the backpacker went missing.

WA NewsCommentsCommentsHow saving backpacker Carolina changed WA farmer’s life

New details reveal how a local livestock farmer accidentally stumbled across a German backpacker 12 days after she went missing, triggering an international search and rescue mission.

Dr Christian Jack Joseph, 26, appeared in Perth Magistrates Court on Sunday.

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PremiumFreo death accused showed jiu-jitsu choke moves in video

The friend group of a Perth doctor charged over an alleged choke-hold death after an altercation in Fremantle on Saturday morning say they have been left completely stunned after he was thrown behind bars. 

Christian Jack Joseph, 26, is accused of killing a 63-year-old man who was found unresponsive on a Fremantle street in the early hours of Saturday morning.

Courts and CrimeVideoPremiumPremiumYoung Perth doctor accused of killing man in Fremantle

A young doctor has been charged with manslaughter after a 63-year-old was found unresponsive on a Fremantle street in the early hours of Saturday morning.

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Jim Webb and Jeannie Poletti.

EmergencyCommentsPremiumVolunteer ambo, off-duty nurse saves her grandfather’s life

Geraldton’s own Jeannie Poletti never expected to help save the life of someone she knew, let alone her own grandfather, when she started her career as a nurse and St John WA volunteer ambulance officer.

Imogen Wilson

The retail giant has challenged the ACCC, lodging an application with the Australian Competition Tribunal.

RetailCommentsPremiumGoldfields supermarket battle heats up with Coles appeal

Coles is seeking a review of the Australian competition watchdog’s decision to block its proposal for a new supermarket and liquor store in Kalgoorlie.

Rebecca Le May

New trapdoor spider species Idiosoma ganbarrga.

EnvironmentNewly-named spider honours Badimia language

A newly discovered species of spider found in the Murchison region has been officially named using the local Badimia language. 

Sally Q Davies

Brooke McIntosh told the women of Kalgoorlie-Boulder how she turned her life around.

Leading womenAthlete tells local women to check in on themselves first

Former mine worker Brooke McIntosh was miraculously uninjured when she was hit by a truck four years ago, but the near-death experience inspired her to change her life

Ty Anderson, Zavier Williams and Blake Soulos in Harvey-Brunswick-Leschenault's 70th anniversary jumper.

FootballHarvey-Brunswick-Leschenault set for bumper 70th anniversary

This Saturday Harvey-Brunswick-Leschenault Football Club are celebrating their 70th anniversary, with a big day set to honour the history of the club when they face South Bunbury

Nina Kennedy makes an attempt in the women's pole vault during the Herculis Diamond League athletics meet in Monaco on Friday.

Pole VaultBusselton’s Nina Kennedy soars to new heights with record

Busselton-born Olympic champion Nina Kennedy has announced her return to the world stage in spectacular fashion, breaking her own Australian record with a history-making pole vault performance in Monaco.

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Android figures at the Google headquarters in Mountain View, California, US.

TechnologyCommentsPremiumGoogle loses fight on record $6.8 billion antitrust fine

Europe’s top court has dismissed the tech giant’s appeals against the 2018 EU ruling.

Arjun Kharpal

Kevin Warsh, chairman of the US Federal Reserve. Federal Reserve officials left interest rates unchanged and were split over whether they expect to raise rates this year.

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Warsh’s taskforces are the key to understanding the new Fed

Fed chair Kevin Warsh stuck to his long-stated belief in his first press conference on Wednesday that ‘inflation is a choice.’

Matt Peterson

Ships anchored on May 16, 2026 in the Strait of Hormuz near Larak Island, Iran.

EnergyCommentsPremiumCrude oil tumbles after Trump says Strait of Hormuz to open

Tanker traffic plunged in early March due to Iranian attacks, causing the biggest oil supply disruption in history.

Spencer Kimball

Cathie Wood, chief executive officer of Ark Investment Management LLC.

CNBC newsCommentsPremiumInvestors who took a chance on SpaceX now reap the rewards

For nearly two decades, some of the world’s most prominent investors quietly accumulated stakes in SpaceX while the rocket maker remained largely off-limits to the public markets.

Yun Li

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The number of drivers flogging it on Perth freeways has soared.

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Fines on Perth freeways surge 675 per cent in crackdown

The number of selfish and idiotic drivers caught speeding on Perth freeways has soared by nearly 700 per cent, as the State Government continues to expand its number of speed cameras on WA roads. 

Jessica Evensen

Perth cyber-safety expert Paul Litherland.

CrimeCommentsPremiumAlarming rise in sextortion scams targeting Perth teens

A Perth cyber-safety expert says education remains the key to halting an alarming rise in boys and young men being blackmailed by criminals who coerce them into sharing intimate sexual images.

Bethany Hiatt

state politicsCommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumPanicked Labor ramps up One Nation battle for ‘safe’ seat

Roger Cook and Basil Zempilas were forced to fend off questions about the threat of One Nation as they hit the campaign trail in Secret Harbour on Sunday.

Premier Roger Cook has labelled a weeks long water issue at social housing complex in Perth that left residents resorting to drinking from a bird bath as merely ‘inconvenient’.

WA NewsCommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumPremier’s wild message to WA residents living without water

Premier Roger Cook has labelled it ‘inconvenient’ that residents in a social housing complex in Perth’s south have resorted to drinking from bird baths due to the building’s meek water supply. 

The Edges and the Wilsons (from left): Alice (11), Heidi (13), Charlotte (15),and mum, Annie Wilson and Nikki Edge with kids Harry (8) Lewis (10), Mason (13) and Oliver (12).

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CommentsPremiumWest Aussies most likely to get on with their neighbours

New research shows West Australians are more likely to have a good relationship with their neighbours than anywhere else in the country, with about two thirds saying they love where they live.

The black car hit a traffic light pole in the CBD, causing extensive damage to the car’s front.

PolicePremiumPerth teen fined after car smashes traffic light

A teenager behind the wheel of an Audi has been fined after the vehicle lost control and smashed into a traffic light pole. 

Brooke Rolfe