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  1. Bank celebrationIN PICTURES: Community Bank Albany celebrates 20 years

  2. Horticultural showHorticultural show entries are open and schedule is official

  3. Shuttle serviceIN PICTURES: Shuttlers mix and match in friendly competition

  4. flushed awayDemolition of Eyre Park toilet to make way for new facility

  5. LottoWA mum’s shock Lotto win boosts home-buying dream

Michelle Holland and Tim Green.

ACCI eventIN PICTURES: WaveX renewable energy sparks interest

A presentation on the future of renewable energy has sparked lively discussion among Great Southern business leaders at an Albany Chamber of Commerce and Industry event. 

Amy Towers

A prisoner was fined for an indecent act towards a female prison officer.

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Indecent genital act through prison hatch earns man a fine

A prisoner who exposed his genitals to a female custodial officer through the hatch of a door in Albany Regional Prison has been dealt a fine.

Melissa Sheil

Golf section president Matt Kerin is leading the preparations for Katanning to host the WA Sand Greens Championship.

GolfPremiumPreparations under way for golf club’s big day with the sand

Preparations are well under way for the Aglime WA Sand Greens Championship, which is being held this year at the Katanning Country Club on August 15 and 16.

Claire Middleton

Spencer Park Light with the Kellie York shield after defeating Spencer Park Dark 4-nil.

Memorial match PremiumSpencer Park Light overcome Dark in Kellie York Memorial

Spencer Park Light claimed the Kellie York Memorial Shield on Saturday with a comfortable 4-0 victory over Spencer Park Dark in the annual match on Saturday. 

Amy Towers

North Albany won the Jo Burling Memorial Shield after the annual special fixture against Spencer Park.

Memorial win PremiumNorth Albany’s Poppy Ford fires hat-trick to secure win

North Albany have claimed the Jo Burling Memorial Shield with a convincing 4-1 victory over Spencer Park, led by a hat-trick from star Poppy Ford on Saturday. 

Amy Towers

Railways’ Coen Marwick kicked five goals.

Away win PremiumMarwick fires with five-goal haul for rampant Tigers

The lightning which brought the reserves’ contest to a halt did not strike twice and rescue Mt Barker from a 55-point league thumping at the hands of ladder leaders Railways on Saturday.

Claire Middleton

Griffins' Ava Marmion shoots as Kangas' Imogen Ireland defends.

Top teams PremiumPremiumDefiant Griffins are edged out by Kangas in gripping contest

Kangas made the most of Magpies’ bye to move to third on the Albany Netball Association A1 ladder, but underdogs Griffins pushed them all the way in Saturday’s round 11 clash.

A design mock-up of the homes from Frederick Street.

revitalisationPremiumPremiumCBD block to have 18 new homes, $4m given for earthworks

An inner-city block is set for a makeover after Advance Housing received $4m to help build 18 new homes as part of a project that will eventually see the nearby museum and antique store transformed.

Census night is Tuesday, August 11. Every household in the country must complete the Census on, or before, that night.

Census nightPremiumPremiumCity of Albany encourages all households to complete Census

Tuesday is Census night, when every person in Australia is counted by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, and the City of Albany is reminding residents of the value in completing the form.

Albany Is creative director Josh Hogan.

albany 2026Audio time capsule app of Albany’s voices launched

Hundreds of unsung voices that stitch together the fabric of Albany — a daughter of the Stolen Generation, a recovered drug addict, or a young student growing up in the city  — are now free to listen to.

Melissa Sheil

Royals' Declan McNamara is taken to ground by Albany's Morgan Davies during their round 13 GSFL clash.

Sharks circle PremiumThird-quarter rout gives Sharks the edge but it’s no breeze

Albany kept up the pressure on ladder-leaders Railways with victory over arch rivals Royals on Saturday, eventually getting to grips with the howling wind to take the round 13 GSFL clash by 15 points.

Claire Middleton

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The top cop said the program was already working, with 400 drink-drivers caught through the lockdown operations alone over the past 18 months, on top of a further 100 who were under the influence of drugs.

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WA Police using drones to bust dozens of Perth drink-drivers

WA Police are busting dozens of drunk and drugged-up partygoers trying to drive home after a night out, fresh numbers have revealed. 

Jessica Evensen

A young man has died after rolling his ute on a regional highway in WA’s north-west.

Disaster and EmergencyPremiumDriver dies at the wheel after 4WD rolls

A young man has died after rolling his ute on a regional highway in WA’s north-west.

Brooke Rolfe

Ethan Mead died at the scene when he lost control of his Toyota LandCruiser ute and rolled several times while driving south on Dartmoor Road

The Geraldton GuardianPremium‘World turned upside down’: Young man killed in WA crash

The shattered family of a 21-year-old man killed in a car rollover in the Mid West last week have laid bare their utter grief and devastation, paying heart-wrenching tributes to their beloved son and brother.

Kate Campbell

Catholic Education WA has released a new code of conduct which spells out clear expectations for the behaviour of parents and carers at all 149 Catholic schools across the State.

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Parents could be banned from Catholic schools under new code

Aggressive or bad-mannered parents who threaten or swear at teachers in Catholic schools or barge into classrooms are being put on notice they will face consequences, including being banned from the premises.

Bethany Hiatt

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A 16-year-old girl has been charged over the assualt in Perth.

CRIMEPremiumPerth city violence filmed as girl charged with assaults

A teenager has been released on bail after she was charged over a violent attack against two girls in the Perth CBD, which was posted online and showed a girl being stomped on in the middle of the road.

Rachel Tassicker

Catholic Education WA has released a new code of conduct which spells out clear expectations for the behaviour of parents and carers at all 149 Catholic schools across the State.

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Parents could be banned from Catholic schools under new code

Aggressive or bad-mannered parents who threaten or swear at teachers in Catholic schools or barge into classrooms are being put on notice they will face consequences, including being banned from the premises.

Bethany Hiatt

The scene of the horror crash near Shark Bay.

Disaster and EmergencyPremiumPremiumHeartbreaking final words to dying driver after horror crash

A selfless first responder to a double fatal head-on collision near Shark Bay has recounted how she spoke quiet, gentle words to one of the drivers involved in the tragedy before they took their final breath.

A WA Police vehicle parked outside Manjimup Accessories during Tuesday's operation, with police assisting Department of Health officers.

PolicePremiumPremiumPolice back health in Manjimup tobacco raid

Officers from the Department of Health’s tobacco and vape regulation directorate were accompanied by South West police at a Manjimup business as part of a regulatory activity. 

A woman who was caught in a car with a trafficable quantity of meth, illegal weapons and cannabis has been granted bail until her next court hearing.

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PremiumBail for woman accused of trafficable meth haul in car

A woman allegedly caught during a traffic stop in Mt Barker with a huge meth haul in her car along with illegal weapons has been granted bail. 

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Two people have died after two vehicles collide on North West Coastal Highway near Shark Bay.

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A 12-year-old boy and his grandmother are recovering in hospital after surviving a horror head-on crash near Shark Bay, which claimed the life of their husband and grandfather as well as another driver.

Brooke Rolfe, Sally Q Davies

Transport Minister Rita Saffioti says the initial Oakajee access road will be completed later this year.

EnergyPremiumOakajee under consideration for future oil refinery

The Mid West could play a major role in ensuring consistent fuel supply to Australia, as Oakajee is under consideration to host an oil refinery.  

Sally Q Davies

Year 5 students Will Mattin, Edward Matthews, and Rupert Telford, all 10, took part in NAPLAN tests earlier this year.

NAPLAN resultsPremiumGap between regional and city results highlighted in NAPLAN

Regional WA schoolchildren have fallen behind their counterparts in the metropolitan area in this year’s NAPLAN results across all testing areas.

Sienna Seychell

The tinny rescued from the port.

RescuePremiumPremiumMid West Ports security patrol rescue boat in distress

A Mid West Ports worker has been crowned a hero after rescuing a tinny and its skipper in distress from Geraldton waters last week.

Five Senses Coffee founder Dean Gallagher.

Weed Control PremiumPremiumSouth West business owner in fight against arum lilies

Local landholder, conservation volunteer and Five Senses Coffee founder Dean Gallagher is been tackling arum lilies on his property in Quindalup, alongside the Leeuwin-Naturaliste National Park.

WA Treasurer Rita Saffioti.

Regional HousingPremiumPremiumMore regional homes on the way with new grant program

As the regions continue to battle the housing market, the State Government is looking to deliver more than 900 homes across WA, with the Mid West set to receive up to $5.3 million in grants. 

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An aerial view shows a former eel fishing boat covered in dried mud among on low water among the banks of the river Rhine near Neuss, western Germany, on July 30, 2026, as the water level in the Rhine is falling to a record low following exceptionally hot weather.

CNBC newsPremiumEurope is blowing up riverbeds to save its economy

Authorities are turning to extreme measures to fight the economy-threatening drought, like blowing up riverbeds.

Sam Meredith

Michael Burry, former head of Scion Capital Group.

CNBC newsPremiumBurry of The Big Short fame says we’re near ‘1987-type fall’

Michael Burry is sticking with his bearish wagers even as the S&P500 surges to a record high, warning that the rally could still end in a sharp sell-off reminiscent of the 1987 stock-market crash.

Yun Li

BP chief executive Meg ONeill.

CNBC newsPremiumBP profit more than doubles, Trump blasts Big Oil

BP on Tuesday reported a sharp upswing in second-quarter profit, as energy supermajors reap massive profits from higher fossil fuel prices amid hostilities between the US and Iran.

Sam Meredith

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

TechnologyPremiumGoogle 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

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Defence experts warn the suspicious severing of two vital undersea cables off the West Australian coast over the weekend highlights the country’s high vulnerability to being cut off from global internet communication. 

WA NewsPremiumInternet cables cut off WA coast as suspicious vessel lurked

Defence experts warn the suspicious severing of two vital undersea cables off the WA coast over the weekend highlights the country’s high vulnerability to being cut off from global internet communication.

Andrew Greene

Labor candidate for Secret Harbour Georgia Tree’s past comments have resurfaced to haunt the party.

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Questions remain over Labor’s ‘skeletons in our closet’

The treatment of women in politics is in firm focus again with a current Labor candidate’s past comments appearing to expose the party’s hidden problems.

Roger Cook has launched another blistering attack on One Nation, blasting it as a party that celebrates and promotes convicted criminals when pressed on his Secret Harbour candidate’s historic claims Labor had a culture of workplace sexual harassment.

State PoliticsPremiumPremiumPremier blasts One Nation after Tree’s ‘skeletons’ comment

Roger Cook has blasted One Nation as a party that promotes convicted criminals after Secret Harbour candidate Georgia Tree had claimed Labor had ‘skeletons’ in its closet regarding workplace sexual harassment.

Jandakot Airport has shut down after lightening struck the taxi and runway lights. 7 News

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A major Aussie airport has been completely shut down, with all runways shut for at least tonight.

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CourtPremiumPremiumWoman cleared of 15yo’s murder back in court

A woman acquitted of killing Aboriginal schoolboy Cassius Turvey was given a stark warning when she was back before the court for this reason.

Jandakot Airport announced the runways would close from sunset.

AviationWA’s busiest airport to shut after lightning damages runways

WA’s busiest airport will be forced to close its runways for at least tonight after a lightning strike damaged ‘almost all’ of the taxi and runway lights required to guide planes during take-off and landing. 

Caleb Runciman