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Mokare, 'A Man Of Peace" 1826.

Albany 2026Statue honouring a ‘man of peace’ stands tall on York Street

In the midst of Albany’s bicentenary commemorations, the statue of Mokare on York Street serves as a reminder that the region’s history stretches far beyond 200 years.

Amy Towers

Len Wignall, Jennifer Wignall, Rhonda Western and Debra Docking are part of Just Bin It and do weekly clean-ups in the region.

Environmental managementWeekly clean ups by members of Just Bin It keep Albany clean

A simple family habit has turned into a weekly mission that’s quietly making a visible difference across Albany and it starts with a walk, a bag and a decision to pick up what others leave behind. 

Amy Towers

CWA of WA chief executive Trish Langdon, 2026 Nuffield Scholar Blythe Calnan, and CWA of WA State president Felicity Edwards at the 102nd State conference.

Country ConferencePremiumIN PICTURES: Celebrating more than a century of WA’s CWA

Hundreds of WA’s country women flocked to Scarborough’s Rendezvous Hotel for the annual Country Women’s Association of WA State conference and annual general meeting.

Georgia Campion

Baker Boy will headline Albany’s Live @ The Town Hall on August 22.

Live musicBaker Boy and Miss Kaninna play at Live @ the Town Hall

The beat of one of Australia’s biggest music stars is set to shake Albany this August, with chart-topping performer Baker Boy bringing his high-energy show to the Great Southern for the first time.

Amy Towers

The Shire of Denmark invited expressions of interest for a block of land adjacent to the Denmark Health Service.

denmark developmentPremiumExpressions of interest into crown land spark debate

The future of a plot of land adjacent to the Denmark Health Service has sparked fierce debate amongst the Denmark community, as the Shire of Denmark invites expressions of interest for development plans. 

Jacki Elezovich

SLSWA Club of the Year Albany SLSC members Dani Lynch, Nick Walker, Anna Emery, Mahayla Smithers, Paul Bairstow, and Perdie Beebe. Jacki Elezovich

excellence awardsPremiumAlbany takes home top lifesaving award as club of the year

The outstanding efforts of the Albany Surf Life Saving Club has earned it the coveted title of Surf Lifesaving WA club of the year, with member Paul Bairstow also taking home an individual award. 

Jacki Elezovich

WA surf lifesaver of the year, Denmark SLSC's Robyn McMeikan.

excellence awardsPremiumPremiumAdvocacy earns Denmark member surf lifesaver of the year

Denmark Surf Life Saving Club’s Robyn McMeikan has been named WA Surf Lifesaver of the Year, honouring half a decade of dedication to her local club and promoting beach safety in her community. 

Royals' Jazelle Foggin with the ball.

Unbeaten start PremiumPremiumRoyals remain unbeaten after strong A1 victory over Magpies

Royals Saints 1 have claimed a convincing 20-goal victory win over Magpies 1 with a dominant early display in round 7 in the Albany Netball Association A1 contest helping them move clear on top of the ladder.

Kathryn Slattery lines up on the reverse against Geraldton at the CBH Group Country Championships.

Country champs PremiumPremiumLGSHA finish third but Gallimore claims fairest and best

Beck Gallimore was voted fairest and best in division 1 of the CBH Group Country Championships as the Lower Great Southern Hockey Association’s women’s campaign in Perth ended with a share of third place.

Dhirmall Selvakumar, Yvonne Yeo and Anam Waheed work at St Luke's Family Practice as GPs in Katanning.

doctor’s reportPremiumGreat Southern retains GPs longer than any WA region

The Great Southern remains the strongest region for keeping rural doctors in their jobs, with more than half of the region’s GPs staying in their roles for more than five years. 

Jacki Elezovich and Amy Towers

Medal of the Order of Australia recipient, farmer Phillip Patterson.

OAM awardPremiumGnowangerup agriculture revolutionary awarded OAM

A Gnowangerup farmer who revolutionised the way WA farmers accessed crop protection products has been honoured for his service to the industry, decades after the idea first came to him.

Amy Towers

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Centurion chief executive Justin Cardaci (left) with Express Group founders Andrea and Mark Mazza.

CEOsCommentsPremiumCEO’s shock exit from family transport empire

The chief executive of a family-owned transport group is unexpectedly stepping down after nearly 12 years, triggering a search for a new boss.

Sean Smith

In video supplied to The West Australian, footage shows what appears to be a CBH train derailed just past Cowcowing on 22nd June

Countryman NewsVideoPremiumWATCH: Investigations underway after CBH grain train derails

Footage shows a locomotive and at least five grain carriages lying on their side with grain spilled out on to grass.

Georgia Campion

Fremantle coach Justin Longmuir has the Dockers firing like no one ever has.

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Motormouth Mitch: Freo's next $2m man who needs to sign

The signature which could cost Fremantle $2 million a season and the forward West Coast could turn to as they try to solve their defensive woes. Mitchell Woodcock takes a look at a big week in footy.

Mitchell Woodcock

Yeah the Boys author Holden Sheppard pictured with Steve Pennells.

TVCommentsPremiumPerth’s gay AFL drama secures global TV audience

In a massive coup for the local screen industry, WA-based production company Deadset Pictures has secured the screen rights to Yeah the Boys.

Caitlin Vinci

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In video supplied to The West Australian, footage shows what appears to be a CBH train derailed just past Cowcowing on 22nd June

Countryman NewsVideoPremiumWATCH: Investigations underway after CBH grain train derails

Footage shows a locomotive and at least five grain carriages lying on their side with grain spilled out on to grass.

Georgia Campion

A man is dead and his motorcycle passenger is fighting for her life after a bike travelling in a convoy left the road and crashed near Rockingham on Sunday morning.

PolicePremiumMan dead and woman critical after motorcycle convoy crash

A man is dead and his motorcycle passenger is fighting for her life after a bike travelling in a convoy left the road and crashed near Rockingham.

Caleb Runciman

The City of Stirling is investigating a Nollamara backyard development.

PropertyCommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumPerth neighbours claim granny flat approval gone too far

The City of Stirling is investigating a backyard development after concerns a single granny flat approval has led to what neighbours describe as an ‘accommodation village’ in a residential street.

Andy Karl (centre) as the title character in the Australian production of Beetlejuice The Musical.

EntertainmentPopular musical suddenly axed, all Perth shows cancelled

The decision has been made midway through an Australian tour.

City of South Perth council building

Local GovernmentCommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumThree councillors suddenly quit South Perth over budget fury

The South Perth City council is staring down the barrel of a mass exodus following three resignations in 72 hours, plunging another local government into chaos. 

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The Dongara foreshore and inset, Shire of Irwin president Isabelle Scott.

Fishing inquiryPremiumFishing probe to include Dongara seismic blasting

Seismic blasting off the coast of Dongara will form part of a parliamentary inquiry into the management of fisheries in WA.

Sally Q Davies

The Bridgetown Leisure Centre.

Council PreviewPremiumCouncil to consider reforms for Bridgetown Leisure Centre

The future operating model of the Bridgetown Leisure Centre will be put under the microscope this week as the Shire of Bridgetown-Greenbushes considers reforms.

Serian Lockwood-Jones

Sea urchins seized by Mid West fisheries officers.

Fisheries finesPremiumIllegal fishing practices land four men with hefty fines

An illegal haul of sea urchins has left two men in a prickly position after they were slapped with hefty fines in the Geraldton Magistrates Court last week.

Imogen Wilson

The erosion along the coastline in Port Denison.

ErosionPremiumPremiumCommunity concern for Port Denison erosion at all-time high

Community fears in Port Denison about erosion, which is washing away beaches and putting community infrastructure and even one of the town’s main streets at risk, has only intensified after recent storms.

Steve Pennells with Yeah the Boys author Holden Sheppard.

TV dealPremiumPremiumGeraldton author’s sequel set for global TV audience

The rights to develop Geraldton’s acclaimed author Holden Sheppard’s sequel to Invisible Boys into a international TV drama have already been secured, just two months after the book was published.

Michelle Jones said 20kg of kangaroo feed costs her $600.

Kangaroo awareness PremiumPremiumWildlife carer pleads for drivers to check pouches for joeys

Every driver is aware of the risk of hitting a kangaroo on the road, however a local wildlife rescuer is urging people who may be in this situation to pull over and check for joeys. 

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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

People along the coast of the Persian Gulf, while Iranian and foreign cargo vessels wait in the background for clearance to pass through the Strait of Hormuz.

CNBC newsPremiumHow Strait of Hormuz standoff flipped energy security debate

Iran’s influence over the Strait of Hormuz has inadvertently transformed the energy security debate, effectively casting fossil fuels rather than renewables as the primary source of vulnerability.

Sam Meredith

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A WA farmer is fighting for his life in hospital following a serious car accident and intense rescue effort that unfolded on his remote property on Tuesday.

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WA farmer fighting for life after horror truck collision

A WA farmer is fighting for his life in hospital following a serious car accident and intense rescue effort that unfolded on his remote property on Tuesday.

Caleb Runciman and Melissa Pedelty

Gina Rinehart’s company Hancock Prospecting bought an apartment complex near Scarborough Beach in Perth and named it the Ben Roberts-Smith Beach Houses to accommodate homeless veterans. Hancock Prospecting

NEWSRinehart’s new tribute to ‘hero’ BRS

Gina Rinehart has named a homeless veterans’ housing complex after her “hero” Ben Roberts-Smith, despite the decorated Victoria Cross recipient facing criminal charges.

Emma Kirk

Bullsbrook Centre for National Resilience, Perth. Multiplex

NewsNew plan for mothballed $400m Covid centre

The future of a mothballed $400m Covid centre in one Aussie state hangs in the balance of a new study, with plans to reshape it to accommodate a growing crisis.

Minister Paul Papalia at the launch of a new AI program for Western Australia. Sandra Jackson

EducationCommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumPrestigious AI training program launched in WA

A prestigious program to encourage top science and maths graduates from local universities to boost WA’s artificial intelligence skills could also help arrest the State’s brain drain.

Stax founders Dan and Matilda Murray.

RetailPremiumPremiumCult Aussie activewear brand on brink of collapse

A wildly popular Aussie activewear brand is on the brink of financial collapse, with the business falling into receivership amid financial pressures.

WA Police Commissioner Col Blanch confirmed a probe into officer interaction with Virginia Giuffre.

PolicePremiumWA Police to probe handling of Virginia Giuffre case

WA Police will launch an internal investigation into the way officers interacted with Virginia Giuffre in the months before her death, Police Commissioner Col Blanch has confirmed.

Jessica Evensen