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

  2. Country Championships PremiumStellar campaign from Great Southern in division one return

  3. Shanty FestivalSea shanties and Irish tunes fill Albany all weekend long

  4. club closurePremiumSearch for new premises ends as Denmark Gymnastics closes

  5. Young gun PremiumQueay’s love of the dirty work secures Perth Eagles contract

Ongerup's Luke Moore juggles a mark.

Country Championships PremiumLoss after the siren costly as Ongerup finish with one win

Ongerup Football Association’s emphatic win over Lower South West ensured they will remain in division two at the country championships but they were left to rue a loss after the siren on day one.

Cameron Newbold

Great Southern’s Isaac Baum won the division one fairest and best medal at the 2026 Country Football Championships.

Country Championships PremiumGreat Southern star Isaac Baum wins Jock Coleman Medal

Great Southern gun Isaac Baum and Peel rising star Tye Kemp have claimed the major individual honours at the Nutrien Ag Solutions Men’s Country Championships.

Cameron Newbold

Oscar Colbung has been nominated as male elder of the year in the National NAIDOC awards.

NAIDOC awardsPremiumColbung nominated for NAIDOC award for 40 years of advocacy

Oscar Colbung, the respected deputy chief executive of the Southern Aboriginal Corporation, has been nominated as male elder of the year in the National NAIDOC awards.

Claire Middleton

Back: Jacob Norris, Lucy Rus, Summer Willcock and Isabella York. Front: Robin Benson, Casey Healey, Charish Rey and Bianca Jindrich.

Nursing studentsPremiumTAFE nursing students celebrate completing their diplomas

New nurses are set to begin their healthcare careers after graduating from the South Regional TAFE campus in Albany with a Diploma of Nursing.

Amy Towers

Pictured: A Southern Giant Petrel that previously tested positive for the flu strain.

HealthCommentsWA records eighth confirmed bird flu case

Another giant petrel found dead on a WA beach has been confirmed as the State’s eighth case of H5 bird flu.

Bethany Hiatt

The Shire of Jerramungup received the biggest grant of four Great Southern projects to fund a coastal hazard management plan for Bremer Bay.

cash splashGreat Southern projects among CoastWA grant recipients

The State Government has announced funding four coastal projects in the Great Southern, with erosion, re-planting, marine education and hazard assessment among the projects receiving CoastWA grants.

Jacki Elezovich

The kids team puts in their best effort. Jacki Elezovich

in picturesIN PICTURES: Shanty Fest tug of war draws big holiday crowd

The Albany International Folk ‘n Shanty Festival’s annual tug of war drew an enthusiastic crowd to the Albany Boatshed on Sunday morning to start off the final day of the festival weekend in style. 

Mt Barker's Brent Parsons with North Albany's Kobi Keen display their Indigenous jumpers before their GSFL clash last year.

NAIDOC Round Clubs 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.

Tasma Walton's book I am Nannertgarrook is shortlisted for the WA Premier's Book Awards.

Book awardsNovel detailing Bald Head imprisonment shortlisted for award

A novel telling the story of Aboriginal women imprisoned on islands off Albany’s coast has earned author Tasma Walton a place on the shortlist for WA’s highest literary honours.

Golfer Wayne Smith, City of Albany mayor Greg Stocks and hockey Olympian Tricia Heberle step along the proposed Sporting Walk of Fame.

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Walk of Fame a recognition of legends and a path to follow

The Albany Advertiser, which has been covering the exploits of local athletes for most of the city’s 200 years, is a great supporter of the Sporting Walk of Fame

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

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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

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

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Freo 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. 

Caleb Runciman and Brooke Rolfe

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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 NewsCommentsHow 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.

Zosia Melanczuk

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.

A senior Taiwanese official released an image of the apparent flight path of the Chinese submarine launched ballistic missile, showing the warhead hitting waters near Tuvalu and Nauru.

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CommentsChina’s spy ship operation before missile test exposed

Maritime data compiled for The Nightly has revealed at least four hi-tech Chinese satellite tracking vessels were deployed to the region in the days leading up to Beijing’s missile test.

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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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Emily Career and Dayna Hirani at Fremantle Harbour after Gage Roads Brewery launched a new beer to acknowledge the upcoming visit to the port city by Italian soccer club, Palermo.

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‘Citrus, lemongrass’: Gage Roads’ new brew for soccer fans

The Gage Roads brewhouse will turn pink, as Fremantle becomes a home away from home for the Palermo football club.

Jessica Page

Travellers could face delays and disruptions at Perth Airport on Friday morning, with aviation screening officers planning to walk off the job.

WA NewsCommentsPremiumAirport workers to walk off job, travellers warned of delays

Travellers could face delays and disruptions at Perth Airport on Friday morning, with aviation screening officers planning to walk off the job.

Bethany Hiatt

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

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CommentsPremiumOfficer 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.

The RAC Rescue helicopters transported two men to Royal Perth Hospital from Boddington after workplace incident on Wednesday afternoon.

Narrogin ObserverPremiumPremiumTwo seriously injured in Boddington workplace incident

Two men have been airlifted to Perth with serious injuries they sustained in a workplace incident in Boddington on Wednesday afternoon. 

A WA patient has died from meningococcal, the first person in the State to die from the disease this year.

Public HealthCommentsCommentsWA patient dies from meningococcal

A WA patient has died from meningococcal, the first person in the State to die from the disease this year.

Manual loading operation at BHP Port Hedland on 3pm Thursday. supplied

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Union-led strikes fail to cripple BHP’s iron ore port

Strikes have failed to cripple BHP’s Pilbara iron ore port, with ships continuing to be loaded despite workers downing tools.

Adrian Rauso