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  1. skateboard artworkPremiumSkateboards documenting recovery exhibition a triumph

  2. NAIDOC Round Clubs to celebrate rich Indigenous history in NAIDOC Round

  3. top musuemsPremiumTwo Albany museums listed among world’s best attractions

  4. sustainable energyPremiumAustralia’s only active wave energy project in final stages

  5. Record season PremiumRecord breaking season for Albany jockey Natasha Faithfull

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Letter to the Editor: Whale drawcard trumps mining benefits

Transhipping benefits will “never replace the current economic and social benefits of Albany’s whaling identity and tourism drawcard,” writes Robert Donovan in a letter to the editor.

Robert Donovan

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Letter to the Editor: Mining project must consult community

Grange Resources has “failed to properly meet with the people of Albany and hear our concerns,” writes Tony Harrison in a letter to the editor.

Tony Harrison

HOUSINGPremiumArchitect’s big vision to transform Albany’s CBD

A local designer has concocted a plan to build inner-city apartments around Albany heritage buildings in a bid to combat the rental crisis and revitalise the town’s central hub.

Melissa Sheil

COUNCILPremiumCr Brough to undergo inclusivity training after complaints

An Albany councillor and Liberal candidate will undergo inclusivity training, four months after complaints were filed over comments he made linking paedophilia to the LGBTQIA+ community.

Melissa Sheil

Vital inclusions PremiumBulls welcome back host of key players after torrid month

Mt Barker will get some much-needed personnel back for their crunch round 11 Great Southern Football League clash with Royals on Saturday.

Cameron Newbold

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Farmers push for new live sheep transition package

WA farmers want the Cook Government to lobby their Canberra counterparts to triple the financial support for the live sheep export industry amid an ongoing fight to save the trade

Dan Jervis-Bardy

AustraliaCommentsCommentsEverything you need to know about the internet outage

A major IT outage is affecting businesses, media outlets, Government agencies and other organisations across Australia and globally. 

Grain newsPremiumPremiumCommodity Ag new Albany export facility

Commodity Ag has loaded its first grain shipment from Albany port using its new export facility.

COURTSPremiumPremiumRace club boss accused of $3300 horse insemination fraud

A former Collingwood player and Albany Racing Club boss has appeared in court for the first time since he was charged with fraud offences, one of which relates to horse semen.

skateboard artworkPremiumSkateboards documenting recovery exhibition a triumph

The first public exhibition of artwork painted by people in recovery from alcohol and drug abuse was deemed a resounding success by its co-ordinator.

Melissa Sheil

NAIDOC Round Clubs to celebrate rich Indigenous history in NAIDOC Round

Clubs in the Great Southern Football League will recognise their rich Indigenous heritage and culture in NAIDOC Round on Saturday.

Cameron Newbold

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WA NewsPremiumPerth union official targeted over alleged bikie links

Australia’s workplace watchdog is trying to revoke a right-of-entry permit granted to Edmond ‘Monty’ Margjini who a police prosecutor alleges was a standover man for bikies.

Ben Harvey

BusinessPremiumCustomers and staff ring alarm bells about Richtek

You’ve probably seen their business ads on TV and heard them on the radio, but customers say this big business has left them thousands of dollars out of pocket. 

Rachel Fenner

Putt awayPremiumBoyup Brook Golf Club to host State Sand Greens

The Boyup Brook Golf Club will be hosting the AgLime State Sand Greens Championship next month with preparations underway for the tournament.

Daniel Hocking

STAYING ON THE CASE PremiumBarry McIntosh uncovers missed investigative opportunities

An ex-Victorian policeman embarking on his own investigation into two missing people claims there are multiple “missed investigative” opportunities.

Anjelica Smilovitis

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cyber securityPremiumGlobal internet outage disrupts flights, medical services

A colossal internet failure disrupted flights, trains, medical services and media outlets across the world on Friday.

Bethany Hiatt

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Shades of 2013: Fyfe seeing patterns from Freo’s finest hour

Fremantle star Nat Fyfe is excited about what could happen this season and has revealed he’s noticing things during 2024 which bring back reminders of why he team was successful in 2013

Craig O'Donoghue

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CommentsPremium‘Like razor blades’: Shark attack victim’s lucky escape

A man who survived a shark attack at Trigg Beach on Wednesday says being bitten by the predator felt like a ‘clamp of razor blades going into his leg’.

PROPERTYCommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumThe tiny Perth suburb where house prices go up $3K a week

A relatively unknown suburb has risen to the top of the ranks in Perth’s property market with house prices in the area increasing by an extraordinary sum.

AFLCommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumPiss-take: Plane toilet failure ‘not appropriate’, say Freo

UPDATE: Fremantle football manager Joe Brierty says a debacle where players had to urinate in a sink on a flight home from Launceston was “not appropriate” and revealed the AFL is investigating the incident. 

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Untold historyPremiumUnnamed soldier’s return ticket destined never to be used

“A young man purchased this railway ticket with every expectation he was going off to war, (but) he bought a return ticket and he thought he was coming home.”

Rebecca Parish

Real estate PremiumTom Price Coles sells for $8 million

Tom Price Coles, the only major grocery store in a 275km radius of the town, was sold for $8 million earlier this month, marking the first stand-alone supermarket sold in WA in five years.

Cain Andrews and Kim Macdonald

Sea attractionCommentsIconic landmark to take pride of place in WA city once again

It’s yellow and has been synonymous with Geraldton for decades but has not been seen on its foreshore for years. However, it is about to brighten up the Mid West city once again.

Anna Cox

Agronomist trialPremiumPremiumYoung agronomist trial site gives voice to graduates

A Yuna growing group is providing a gateway for graduate agronomists to participate in field trials and build connections in the agricultural industry.

Plucking theoriesCommentsCommentsChicken on the loose creates laugh for Busselton community

Busselton residents got a good laugh when a member of a community Facebook page raised the alert about a chicken on the loose.

Rate confusionPremiumPremiumBusselton City rate revenue to go into sport and rec reserve

Confusion has reigned supreme after the Busselton City council passed a motion after what appeared to be a misunderstanding of what the motion itself involved. 

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Lifestyle CommentsPremiumHere’s how — and where — the super-rich are investing

The super-rich have a very different mindset toward investing than the average person. Here’s how they divide their investments between asset classes ...

Amala Balakrishner

CNBC newsCommentsHigher-for-longer rates could jeopardise growth: Powell

Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell has expressed concern that holding interest rates too high for too long could jeopardise economic growth.

Jeff Cox

CNBC newsCommentsAmazon’s Asian rival Shein wants to be supply chain giant

The rise of retailer Shein already has Amazon on alert, but its plans of selling proprietary supply-chain technology and services to companies around the world has attracted attention from another corner.

Lori Ann LaRocco

CNBC newsCommentsPremiumTravel demand is breaking records. Airline profits are not

Higher payroll and other expenses are eating into airline profits despite strong travel demand.

Leslie Josephs

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CrimePremiumMan accused of bashing victim with baseball bat charged

A 24-year-old man has been charged after allegedly using a baseball bat to seriously assault a man in Perth’s northern suburbs.

Morgan de Smidt

Internet down PremiumThe services still out after nationwide IT outage chaos

Many people are still struggling after a global IT outage left airlines, banks and businesses scrambling.

Clareese Packer

Courts & JusticePremiumPremiumEx-childcare worker callously assaulted kids in her care

A former childcare worker in Perth’s north has been found guilty of five counts of assaulting children after an epic trial and a long wait for the verdict.

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CommentsPremiumCandidate in same spot as Senator Fatima Payman won’t rebel

Deep Singh, a staffer to Cowan MP and Labor Minister Dr Anne Aly, has been preselected third on Labor’s Senate ticket.

POLITICSCommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumCall to end ‘best practice’ worker deals

WA Liberal leader Libby Mettam has demanded the State scrap a policy that gave construction workers on some State projects massive pay increases.

‘28 years young’CommentsPerth family mourning after new dad dies from tongue cancer

A Perth family is mourning after a new dad passed away following a tough battle with cancer. 

Caitlin Vinci