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The Elleker Running Festival is returning for 2026, its 29th year.

Up and runningHalf-marathon event back up and running in Elleker

After a year-long hiatus, the much-loved Elleker Running Festival is up and running again, with organisers keen to welcome back a huge contingent of runners for the Sunday event.

Melissa Sheil

Mike Stidwell medal winner, 2026, ABA's Darren Berry. Laurie Benson

stidwell medalAlbany basketball stalwart snags top volunteer award

Albany Basketball Association stalwart Darren Berry has been awarded the prestigious Mike Stidwell Medal for 2025, honour years of dedication to supporting and growing basketball in the region. 

Jacki Elezovich

Ruth Halbert is a textile artist working on a series of works with longtime collaborator Elisa Markes-Young for the Works in Progress exhibition.

inspirePremiumQuestions of belonging a common thread for textile artist

Textile art has drawn a long thread through Ruth Halbert’s life, from learning to knit on a sheep farm to restoring historic looms and weaving tributes to immigrant lives lost in Australian detention centres.

Jacki Elezovich

The Flinders Park Primary School community travelled to school as a “walking school bus” for National Walk to School Day.

National Walk to School Safely DayWalking school bus helps kids travel to Flinders PS in style

The students of Flinders Park Primary School travelled to school in style last week, moving as part of a ‘walking school bus’ in honour of National Walk to School Safely Day. 

Melissa Sheil

Denmark's Leah Winter crosses the ball. Laurie Benson

Soccer wrap Early scores but Phoenix and Denmark share the points

Phoenix and Denmark could not be separated in the Great Southern Soccer Association women’s league competition on Saturday, neither side able to find an equaliser after early conversions.

Cameron Newbold

Characters in costume at Albany’s WA Day festival.

wa dayPremiumBicentenary year set for special WA Day festival

As Albany celebrates its bicentenary year, a special WA Day festival is set to take place on June 1 at the Museum of the Great Southern. 

Jacki Elezovich

Denmark's Leah Winter crosses the ball. Laurie Benson

Soccer wrap Early scores but Phoenix and Denmark share the points

Phoenix and Denmark could not be separated in the Great Southern Soccer Association women’s league competition on Saturday, neither side able to find an equaliser after early conversions.

Authorities have warned WA could be hit with one of the worst storms the State has faced in five years.

PerthCommentsCommentsTornado fears as rare storm set to smash WA

Authorities have warned of an ‘unusually strong and intense’ storm set to smash WA this long weekend, with locations across the state’s south at risk of being battered by tornadoes.

Respiratory Care WA's Jessica Wyld with a patient.

respiratory careAlbany families get second respiratory pop-up clinic

Respiratory Care WA is bringing its children’s respiratory specialist clinic back to Albany next week, open over two days at the Albany Health Campus.

Mr Rodd was missing for 11 days.

foundMan found 11 days after removing monitoring device

Police have located a man more than a week after he removed his monitoring device and went on the run.

Jacki Elezovich

Jessie James heads for the finish line unchallenged.

Sailing standstill Jessie James ends Just Grace’s run in still conditions

A south-westerly breeze hardly reached five knots when five yachts from the mixed keel boats competed in heat three of the six races in the winter series.

Des Beeck

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Meet and Bun’s John Pavlos at his Mt Lawley store.

Courts & JusticePremiumFormer Meet & Bun boss admits shocking drug offences

The former managing director of popular burger joint Meet & Bun has pleaded guilty to a string of drug offences. 

Jessica Evensen

Joondalup Health Campus chief executive Renaud Mazy quietly exits role

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Joondalup Health Campus boss quietly quits after two years

Joondalup Health Campus chief executive Renaud Mazy has quit the top job after just two years at the beleaguered hospital. 

Hannah Cross

Sheffield Resources' Thunderbird mineral sands mine.

MiningCommentsPremiumTaxpayer-backed mine has one last roll of the dice

A key contractor at the Thunderbird mineral sands mine is out the door, with the WA operation teetering on the brink of financial collapse.

Adrian Rauso

Two young lives have been lost in a horror crash in the Wheatbelt after a ute slammed into a tree near Dandaragan in the early hours of Sunday.

Disaster and EmergencyPremiumWheatbelt tragedy as three young lives lost in 24 hours

The Wheatbelt has been rocked by tragedy after three young people were killed in two separate crashes in less than 24 hours.

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Meet and Bun’s John Pavlos at his Mt Lawley store.

Courts & JusticePremiumFormer Meet & Bun boss admits shocking drug offences

The former managing director of popular burger joint Meet & Bun has pleaded guilty to a string of drug offences. 

Jessica Evensen

Roller shutters can no longer be installed in some City of Stirling suburbs after the council decided they had a negative impact on heritage values.

Shut downCommentsPopular house trend banned in three Perth suburbs

Council members voted 14-1 at their May meeting to change planning policies for three suburbs.

Sophie Gannon

Sheffield Resources' Thunderbird mineral sands mine.

MiningCommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumTaxpayer-backed mine has one last roll of the dice

A key contractor at the Thunderbird mineral sands mine is out the door, with the WA operation teetering on the brink of financial collapse.

Football icon Neale Daniher has died after a public and inspirational fight with motor neurone disease that lasted more than a decade. 

AFL VideoCommentsCommentsFootball icon Neale Daniher dies aged 65

Football icon Neale Daniher has died after a public and inspirational fight with motor neurone disease that lasted more than a decade. 

James Heggaton was killed in a road crash.

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PremiumFarmer and beloved community member revealed as crash victim

A Great Southern town has been rocked by the death of a well-known farmer and passionate country football supporter in a horrific crash on Saturday morning.

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The median house price increased by 5 per cent over the March quarter this year.

Property market PremiumMedian house sale price cracks $600k mark in Geraldton

Geraldton’s median house price has soared by more than $200,000 in two years, cracking the $600,000 barrier in the latest data released by the Real Estate Institute of WA.

Imogen Wilson

Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development field veterinary officer Dr Izzy Drage condition scores ewes.

Sheep nutritional demand PremiumSheep producers early to monitor stock nutrition

The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development is encouraging sheep producers to take early, preventative action to reduce the risk of pregnancy toxaemia and hypocalcaemia during winter.

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Cath Tan

HealthcareLaw changes prompt fears for future of private midwives

Cath Tan is the last remaining privately practising homebirth midwife in Geraldton, which she fears could all be stripped away from her when legislative changes come into force at the start of next year. 

Sienna Seychell

Tyson Overstone

Mid West is bestPremiumPremium‘Mid West is best’: Local pleads for more tourism love

A passionate Geraldton local is up in arms the Mid West seems to constantly miss out on crucial funding and attention for tourism despite the region’s significant potential. 

Fair Work Ombudsman Anna Booth.

underpayment issuePremiumPremiumSouthern Cross Care paying out $5.4m to almost 2000 workers

Social services provider Southern Cross Care WA is paying out almost $5.4 million to nearly 2000 current and former workers who were underpaid during a period of more than eight years.

The City of Greater Geraldton has called for expressions of interest in developing 8.8ha of land in Mahomets Flats for housing.

HousingPremiumPremiumWarr questions State Govt over passing the housing buck

Geraldton MLA Kirrilee Warr has accused the State Government of using local government as a “dumping ground”, questioning the need for councils to step in and get involved in housing projects.

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Wegovy semaglutide tablets.

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The battle for dominance over the lucrative market has so far focused largely on the key US market, currently accounting for more than half of both Novo’s and Eli Lilly’s respective sales.

Elsa Ohlen

Vladimir Putin's visit to China is expected to include talks with Xi Jinping on trade and defence.

CNBC newsCommentsPutin’s ‘long game’: Why he’s visiting China after Trump

These are the three key areas where Russia’s leader would like to deepen ties and extract concrete pledges.

Emily Williams

A lack of high-quality feedback could also lead to attrition.

Workplace MattersCommentsPremium‘Be honest?’: Why workers don’t tell their bosses the truth

Leaders say that they want to hear the honest truth about what’s happening but almost half of executives surveyed said that a lack of honest feedback is their primary concern.

Sophie Caldwell

Strategists such as Galloway can charge more than $15,000 a month for their services.

CNBC newsCommentsPremiumMeet the YouTube whisperers behind the biggest video names

With thousands of YouTube creators relying on the platform for income, many are turning to strategists as essential advisors on how to keep videos viral.

Alex Sherman and Zach Vallese

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More than 20mm of rain fell on Sunday up to 5pm as intense showers pelted the west coast from the Midwest to Great Southern regions.

WeatherCommentsPerth cops brutal winds during wet and wild long weekend

Perth’s WA Day long weekend stayed wet and wild on Sunday after the city copped a drenching of rain and was battered by damaging winds.

Oliver Lane

11 year old Norman Krakouer is found in Claremont.

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‘Tears rolled’: Family of young boy lost in storm speak out

The family of a young autistic boy have spoken of the remarkable moment they were reunited with their son after he vanished from their western suburbs home, spending more than 15 hours alone in stormy weather.

Jessica Evensen

A tree has fallen on a powerline on Paterson Rd, Mount Nasura.

WeatherVideoCommentsCommentsMonster storm plunges 30,000 homes into darkness

There are currently 175 active power outages across WA, with Western Power’s website stating most outages will not be restored until tomorrow night between 6.30pm and 7pm.

Matthew experienced a delayed ambulance response while bleeding from his throat nine days after a tonsil surgery.

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CommentsPremiumEmergency response time left Perth man fighting for life

Waiting for an ambulance almost cost Matthew his life after losing so much blood that he filled up more than a bathroom sink. 

The WA Day event in Fremantle has been cancelled.

WA NewsCommentsCommentsWA Day celebrations cancelled due to destructive weather

Fickle weather has forced organisers to cancel multiple WA festivals that were planned to take place on Monday, including a free event in Fremantle that was to be Perth’s main celebration.

11 year old Norman Krakouer is found in Claremont. Sandra Jackson

WA NewsWitnesses describe moment autistic boy found after 15 hours

Witnesses have told of the remarkable moment a young autistic boy was found wandering on a western suburbs road, after vanishing from his home and spending more than 15 hours in stormy weather. 

Jessica Evensen