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  1. In tandemPremiumMates tackle Munda Biddi trail on a bicycle made for two

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  5. Four-peat PremiumFabulous four as Spencer Park claim men’s A-grade silverware

Great Southern Street Machine Association will hold their annual Show and Shine at the Agricultural Society Pavilions this Sunday long weekend.

Gig GuideWhat’s on in Albany and the Great Southern this week

From the exploring the work displayed on the art trail to welcoming spring with a morning dip, here’s your guide to the week ahead in the Great Southern.

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2446 South Coast Highway is the proposed site of the caravan park.

TOURISM PARKPremiumCaravan park near Denmark tourism hotspots out for comment

A proposal to install a 50-bay caravan park on a rural block in William Bay, near a host of natural tourist gems in the Shire of Denmark, is out for public comment.

Melissa Sheil

A Great Southern father was jailed in Albany Magistrates Court on Thursday.

courtsPremiumDad jailed for punching schoolchild and using baby as shield

A Great Southern father who punched an eight-year-old boy in front of a bus of children and dangled his infant son above the ground before trying to use him as a shield against a police taser has been jailed.

Melissa Sheil

Robert Blair, Charlie McGregor, Lucas Noakes and Teague Ellis soak up GSFL grand final day.

Footy finals PremiumIN PICTURES: Footy fans create seas of colour and support

Thousands of footy fans rugged up in their club colours flocked to Keep the Sheep Stadium on September 13 to support their favourite teams on Great Southern Football League grand final day.

Melissa Sheil

Kangas celebrate winning the 2025 ANA A1 premiership.

Title triumph PremiumDetermined Kangas hop to drought-breaking A1 title victory

Kangas 1 claimed their first Albany Netball Association A1 premiership in nine years after outlasting close rivals Narrikup 1 in an enthralling grand final on Saturday.

Cameron Newbold

Members of the Albany branch of the WA Wildflower Society: Wendy Minchin, Eileen Rodgers and Hes Anderson.

Wildflower showWonderful natives on display at the annual wildflower show

If you need help telling a hibbertia grossulariifolia from a cephalotus follicularis, then the Albany Wildflower Show at St John’s Hall, in York Street, is the place to go.

Claire Middleton

AC/DC tribute drive band Chris Obst, Stephen Barrett, Regan Pontillo, Joe Merino, Laurie Scott and Andy Davis.

Music memory PremiumPremiumAC/DC tribute drive creates special Katanning street concert

The town of Katanning were up on their feet for a special AC/DC tribute drive-by concert on Wednesday to commemorate 50 years since the infamous rock band wowed the Great Southern.

The Albany Caledonian senior women's team players celebrate their 3-1 GSSA cup final victory over Rovers.

Cup victoryPremiumPremiumMorris and Trichilo secure league and cup double for Calies

Albany Caledonian’s women beat Rovers 3-1 in the Great Southern Soccer Association cup final to claim a league and cup double on Friday night at the North Road soccer grounds.

Denmark-based musician Shamara de Tissera with her harp.

Strings attachedPremiumPremiumShamara de Tissera finds spiritual harmony in life of music

Dancing, conducting and instruments with strings. Piano, harp, French horn, and choirs that sing. These are a few of Shamara de Tissera’s favourite things.

Rochelle Phyllis Arends was granted bail after pleading not guilty to a charge of grievous bodily harm.

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The West Australian exclusive
Bail for woman accused of scissor stab that collapsed a lung

An Albany woman has denied she stabbed a man with a pair of scissors, causing his lung to collapse in Spencer Park last year and despite police objection, has been granted bail.

Melissa Sheil

A Great Southern man was handed a $3150 fine and a lengthy disqualification for a DUI charge on September 18.

COURTSPremiumMan cops $3k fine and lengthy driving ban for DUI offence

A Great Southern man who drove with more than three times the legal limit of blood alcohol in Mt Barker has copped a hefty fine and had his licence disqualified for more than two years.

Melissa Sheil

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The Corruption and Crime Commission located on Francis St in Northbridge. Kelsey Reid

CRIMEPremiumCCC uncovers serious scandal involving $142m apron contract

A health support services employee has reportedly engaged in serious misconduct by disclosing confidential information to help his friends create a rival company and secure a contract worth millions.

Caleb Runciman

WA Police have dismantled a depraved paedophile sex ring after a tip-off from officers in the US led them to three vile Perth men — and the rescue of a four-year-old child on the other side of the world. 

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The West Australian exclusive
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The West Australian exclusive
Trio jailed as WA police tear down vile sex ring, save girl

WA Police have dismantled a depraved paedophile sex ring after a tip-off from officers in the US led them to three vile Perth men — and the rescue of a four-year-old child on the other side of the world. 

Shannon Hampton

The Jewish Community Council of WA vice-president Steve Lieblich, right, accused Anthony Albanese and Senator Wong of ‘rewarding terrorism’.

Federal PoliticsCommentsPremiumJewish leaders warn Palestinian statehood ‘rewards terror’

Members of the WA Jewish community have expressed ‘extreme dismay and anger’ over Anthony Albanese’s decision to recognise Palestinian statehood at the UN General Assembly.

Caitlyn Rintoul

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos APRIL 30, 2021: Brittany Higgins pictured with her partner David Sharaz after a meeting with Prime Minister Scott Morrison at the Commonwealth Parliamentary Offices in Sydney. NCA NewsWire / Damian Shaw

Courts & JusticePremiumColossal bill for Higgins’ husband after Reynolds court loss

David Sharaz has been hit with a hefty damages bill and is expected to face an even bigger court costs order after his wife Brittany Higgins’ bruising defamation case loss to former boss Linda Reynolds.

Rebecca Le May

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The Jewish Community Council of WA vice-president Steve Lieblich, right, accused Anthony Albanese and Senator Wong of ‘rewarding terrorism’.

Federal PoliticsCommentsPremiumJewish leaders warn Palestinian statehood ‘rewards terror’

Members of the WA Jewish community have expressed ‘extreme dismay and anger’ over Anthony Albanese’s decision to recognise Palestinian statehood at the UN General Assembly.

Caitlyn Rintoul

Director of Public Prosecutions Robert Owen made the explosive claim in his office’s latest annual report, after highlighting a 20 per cent spike in overall appeals in the past financial year.

Courts & JusticeCommentsPremiumDPP claims judges giving ‘manifestly inadequate’ sentences

WA’s top prosecutor has taken a swipe at District Court judges he says are too often imposing ‘manifestly inadequate’ sentences for some of the State’s most serious crimes.

Hannah Cross

Western Australia’s ‘Walking On A Dream’ was a global tourism brand for the State launched by the McGowan Government.

state politicsCommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumTourism push in WA misses mark as visitor numbers drop

Western Australia’s walking on a dream campaign has turned into a nightmare, with WA the only State recording less visitors in 2024, sparking fears the tourism industry’s post-Covid recovery has stalled.

Robert David Reti leaves the Perth District Court.

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PremiumChildcare worker denies offence as CCTV shows cuddling

A childcare worker charged with indecently touching two girls insisted to police he ‘wouldn’t do anything’ inappropriate, admitting he cuddled them often. GRAPHIC DETAILS.

Dr David Hurst’s sudden death exposed 130 patients who had lost millions of dollars in pre-payments for dental services they were yet to receive.

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PremiumVictims of corrupt Perth dentist hit with more pain

Ripped-off victims of a corrupt Perth dentist are being asked to cough up more money as they try to claim against the professional indemnity insurance of David Hurst.

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Peter Bezemer has been charged with another three child sex offences.

Courts & CrimePremiumGeraldton man charged with further child sex abuse charges

A Geraldton man accused of a string of child sex abuse offences related to children in the Philippines has faced court again, charged with further offences.

Kate Campbell

Donnybrook CWA treasurer Karen Miller and president Lynn Burling at the 100 year celebrations.

CWAPremiumDonnybrook CWA celebrated their milestone anniversary

It was centennial celebrations in Donnybrook last week as the CWA celebrated its 100th anniversary

Josiah McMeekin and Rose Patane

Carnarvon now has two paid paramedics for the first time.

Ambo boostCarnarvon home to new paid paramedics to enhance response

Two new paid paramedics have started in Carnarvon under a deal between the State Government and St John WA to boost ambulance response times and ease pressure on volunteers in the bush.

Kate Campbell

Australian cricket icon Brad Hogg talking at South West NRM’s country community resilience meeting.

Climate resilience PremiumPremiumCommunity joins cricket icon Brad Hogg to build reliance

Community members joined together with Australian cricket icon Brad Hogg last week to build climate reliance together.

Kalgoorlie Courthouse

Courts and Crime PremiumPremiumMan admits to possessing bestiality material

A man who admitted to possessing hundreds of images and videos of child exploitation material as well as producing it has now pleaded guilty to holding more than 20 bestiality images. 

People will have the chance to get up close to port operations on October 10 and 11 when Southern Ports operates its community boat tours.

port toursSouthern Ports to offer public boat tours at regional ports

For the first time, Southern Ports will open all of its regional ports — including Esperance — to the public for free community boat tours next month.

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang.

CNBC newsPremiumNvidia’s $US100b for OpenAI data centre buildo-out

Nvidia will invest up to $US100 billion in OpenAI as the artificial intelligence lab sets out to build hundreds of billions of dollars in data centres.

Kif Leswing and Ashley Capoot

Donald Trump spoke with Chinese President Xi Jinping about the deal on Friday.

CNBC newsVideoCommentsTikTok’s algorithm to be controlled ‘by America’

Further details of a deal reached between the US and China over control of the popular social media platform TikTok have been revealed.

Alexandra Marquez and Lindsey Pipia

The new Gemini for Chrome includes new features that act as a browsing assistant.

CNBC newsCommentsGoogle adds Gemini to Chrome for all to bolster AI search

Google is adding more artificial intelligence into its Chrome browser as the search giant tries to fend off burgeoning competition from AI startups OpenAI and Perplexity.

Jennifer Elias

Talking to others and building trust can help you learn to communicate and work on shared goals, experts say.

CNBC newsPremiumThe one skill gen Z should master before their first job

It’s a crucial skill once you’re an adult learning to navigate the workplace.

Jennifer Liu

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Detectives are on the hunt for machete-wielding thugs and two stolen cars after a string of terrifying home invasions in Perth’s northern suburbs.

CrimePolice hunt for masked men behind string of home invasions

Detectives are searching for machete-wielding thugs and two stolen cars after a string of terrifying home invasions in Perth’s northern suburbs.

Abby Green

Minister for Transport Rita Saffioti has held a press conference to announce a new bus services to support the opening of the Metronet Byford Rail Extension. Pictured is Minister Saffioti at the Armadale station

State PoliticsComments‘Team WA’ ready to ‘fight’ amid Australia’s GST share review

Treasurer Rita Saffioti says ‘team WA’ are sharpening their pencils to fight for a fair carve-up to the GST after fresh details were released outlining the scope of an upcoming review.

Caitlyn Rintoul and Jessica Page

Luke Taylor and Jakeb Coleman, 12, pictured at Rockingham Beach on Monday.

TelethonCommentsCommentsWest Aussies embark on world-record run for charity

Two young runners whose perseverance known no bounds have set their sights on some serious kilometres in a bid to raise money for Telethon.

Perth Airport was evacuated after a fire alarm was triggered about 3pm on Tuesday. Facebook

updatedPremiumPremiumAirport evacuated after alarms and smoke

Passengers at Perth Airport have been evacuated after fire alarms were triggered and smoke was detected.

In today’s episode, Ben O’Shea reveals how $70 billion in development spending will have a huge impact on house prices in the Rockingham region.

WATCHVideoCommentsCommentsHow AUKUS and other projects will impact Perth house prices

In today’s News Worthy episode, Ben O’Shea reveals how $70 billion in development spending will have a huge impact on house prices in the Rockingham region.

Christopher John Sullivan has been jailed for a decade.

Courts & JusticePremiumElderly man jailed after horror Hills DV attempted murder

A 74-year-old man who stabbed his partner at their Perth Hills home and threw her phone out of reach when she tried to call police has been jailed for 10 years.

Rebecca Le May