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  1. Surf CompetitionMiddleton Beach provides epic surf for this years Wavefest

  2. No stringsPremiumDisley set to take a bow as key player with Albany Sinfonia

  3. endometriosisPremium‘Gaslit and ignored’; Endo sufferer calls for awareness

  4. Stories, song and celebration: why Albany’s WA Day will be one to remember

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  5. Family friendlyNational Families Week comes to Gnowangerup with free expo

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Disaster and EmergencyVideoCommentsNew footage released amid search for man who vanished in WA

Police have released new drone footage as they continue to search for a Victorian man they believe is missing in Western Australia.

Taylor Renouf

Shalea Wray with daughter Matilda.

Mother’s DayMother’s Day a time for reflection for new mum Shalea Wray

For Albany mum Shalea Wray, this Mother’s Day will be a celebration of love, growth and the unforgettable first year of motherhood.

Amy Towers

Melody Pirga and Billie Wheeler.

WavefestIN PICTURES: Waves of fun at Middleton for junior wavefest

Surfing, crashing waves and plenty of cheers took over Middleton Beach on Saturday as a record number of young surfers hit the water for Albany Boardriders’ annual Junior Wavefest. 

Amy Towers

Botanist Stefan Porembski delivers a mini lecture on Albany's granite flora.

albany 2026Bicentenary lectures delve into history, culture and science

The Gift of Truth Telling lecture series is under way at UWA Albany, showcasing some of Albany’s brightest scientific and academic minds alongside the wisdom of local Indigenous elders in honour of Albany 2026.

Jacki Elezovich

Royals star Corey Ward will play his 150th league game on Saturday.

Milestone man PremiumRoyals gun Corey Ward to celebrate 150 league games

Royals stalwart Corey Ward said it will be a special moment to run out with his children for his 150th league game on Saturday, earning life membership at his beloved footy club.

Cameron Newbold

Perth Glory faced Newcastle Jets in a 2024 friendly the last time the Festival of Football came to Albany.

Soccer festival PremiumNational League games a highlight as festival comes to town

Albany is this week hosting the Belt Up Regional Festival of Football, a calendar of events culminating with two National Premier League WA soccer matches at Retravision Stadium on Saturday.

Claire Middleton

Delwyn and Tony Napier with medallist Reagan Hutchinson.

Memorial match PremiumPremiumMagpies fly high to claim Benno Napier Memorial Game

Denmark-Walpole secured their first points of the season with a hard-fought win over North Albany in warm conditions at McLean Park in the annual Benno Memorial Game on Saturday.

The decaying whale. The City of Albany closed Goode Beach on May 11 after multiple white sharks were sighted, having been attracted by a decaying whale carcass.

shark adviceGoode Beach closed following three white shark sightings

A popular Albany beach has been closed to the public after multiple Great White sharks were sighted a short way from the shore, having been attracted to the coast by a decaying whale carcass.

The front half of the vehicle was a mangled mess.

crash investigationPremiumPremiumPolice appealing for witnesses to Albany Highway crash

Great Southern traffic police are asking for help investigating a dramatic crash in Centennial Park last week, when pieces of a car were strewn across Albany Highway and two people were hospitalised.

GSFLW Youth Girls 2026 premiers Royals with their medals.

Title triumphPremiumGlee for Royals after grand final victory over North Albany

Royals were delighted winners of the Great Southern Football League’s youth girls’ premiership after recording a gritty win over North Albany at Retravision Stadium on Friday.

Claire Middleton

Best-on-field in Railways' grand final victory Georgia Whitelaw.

Young star PremiumRailways’ Whitelaw named best on field as Tigers clinch flag

Railways young gun Georgia Whitelaw was named player of the match in her side’s memorable premiership triumph in a cracking Great Southern Football League Women’s grand final on Friday night.

Claire Middleton

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A young man has died after losing control of his car and crashing in the Perth Hills.

Disaster and EmergencyCommentsPremiumYoung man dies after early morning crash in Perth Hills

Major crash detectives are investigating the circumstances surrounding the incident.

Hannah Cross

West Australian writer Craig Silvey was charged with distributing and possessing child exploitation material in January after he was allegedly caught actively communicating with other paedophiles on the internet. 

crimeVideoPremiumDisgraced author wrote of teen assault & exploited young boy

Disgraced WA author Craig Silvey published novels that included scenes of a teenager being sexually assaulted by her father, and an underage boy trying to arouse elderly men before he was arrested.

Hannah Cross

Former Federal Police and Customs officer Stephen Michael Adams bragged to stallholders that he 'used to be a bad boy'.

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Freo Markets tenants make horrific discovery about handyman

A notorious sex attacker who became known as the West Perth rapist because of where he stalked his victims has been working as a handyman at the Fremantle Markets.

Ben Harvey

PIND Restaurant, which serves mainly Pakastani food, says it will appeal the finding and $72,000 fine.

CrimePremiumPopular restaurant fined over string of food safety breaches

A desi restaurant in Perth’s east has been fined tens of thousands of dollars after failing to comply with a string of food safety standards.

Kirsty Lichtenstein

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A young man has died after losing control of his car and crashing in the Perth Hills.

Disaster and EmergencyCommentsPremiumYoung man dies after early morning crash in Perth Hills

Major crash detectives are investigating the circumstances surrounding the incident.

Hannah Cross

Former Federal Police and Customs officer Stephen Michael Adams bragged to stallholders that he 'used to be a bad boy'.

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Freo Markets tenants make horrific discovery about handyman

A notorious sex attacker who became known as the West Perth rapist because of where he stalked his victims has been working as a handyman at the Fremantle Markets.

Ben Harvey

Harley Reid may have left the nest but Luke Shuey remains the pad’s landlord.

House That!CommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumShuey’s $950 a week Eagle nest empty after Reid flies away

Innaloo may not be Perth’s most glamorous suburb, but one of its rental units has the reflected glory of not one, but two AFL greats.

An emergency department nurse who worked several shifts while high on a cocktail of drugs has had her registration cancelled.

Courts & JusticePremiumPremiumPerth nurse who worked while high on meth identified

An emergency department nurse who worked several shifts while high on a cocktail of drugs has had her registration cancelled.

Nationals MP Lachlan Hunter was booted out and suspended from the Legislative Assembly for the second time this year. 

state politics VideoPremiumPremiumWATCH: MP booted out of Parliament amid racetrack debate

Nationals MP Lachlan Hunter has been booted and suspended from the Legislative Assembly, for two days, during a fractious Question Time.

Regional News

Wendy and Bruce Blanchard in Kalgoorlie-Boulder after Bruce’s big walk from Perth.

Big walkPremiumBlind and deaf man walks from Perth to Kalgoorlie-Boulder

Heads turned and drivers gawked as a blind man was escorted by police through some of Kalgoorlie-Boulder’s busiest roads and intersections last Thursday.

Isabella Davis

Rox Resources is targeting first gold for mid-next year at the Youanmi gold project south-east of Mt Magnet in the Murchison.

Bringing gold backPremiumGolden times returning to historic Youanmi gold area

Rox Resources is charging toward restarting the Youanmi gold project south-east of Mt Magnet.

Neil Watkinson

Holstein Fresians.

Dairy FuturePremiumAustralian dairy producers bracing for tough season ahead

Dairy producers across Australia are bracing for a season with little wiggle room for error as input costs continue to soar and supply constraints persist.

Georgia Campion

Comparative crop growth at Mindarabin. The results of the seedbed conditioning are right.

New TechPremiumPremiumAg researcher develops seedbed technology to boost yield

A former state government agriculture researcher is developing new cropping technology to increase soil productivity and sustainability, no matter the type

Barman Wally Kimel

Ale’s wellPremiumPremiumA toast to Wally Kimel, Geraldton’s oldest barman

Behind the bar at Wonthella Bowling Club ready to pour a pint and lend an ear is Wally Kimel, who on the cusp of 91 can boast to be Geraldton’s oldest barman — and possibly WA’s and Australia’s too.

Rose Donald, 17, who is on a solo circumnavigation flight of Australia, landed in Kalgoorlie-Boulder on Wednesday.

Big flightPremiumPremiumTeenage pilot’s record-breaking circumnavigation for charity

A teenage pilot from Melbourne touched down in Kalgoorlie-Boulder on Wednesday as part of a record-breaking solo circumnavigation of Australia.

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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

Energy supermajors have experienced a significant share price boost.

CNBC newsPremiumShell tops profit estimates as war drives price surge

British energy major Shell on Thursday reported stronger-than-expected first-quarter profit as the Iran war sent energy prices soaring.

Sam Meredith

A common side effect of many GLP-1 drugs is hair loss. It’s creating a growing market for hair treatment products.

CNBC newsCommentsPremiumThe growing hair treatment market from GLP-1s

A common side effect of many GLP-1 drugs is hair loss. It’s creating a growing market for hair treatment products.

Laya Neelakandan

People will be living and working on the moon within the next decade, according to the boss of space tech company Voyager Technologies.

CNBC newsCommentsPremiumPeople will be ‘living and working’ on the moon in the 2030s

People will be living and working on the moon within the next decade, according to the boss of space tech company Voyager Technologies.

Lucy Handley

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Peter Rogers has sensationally quit his role.

WA NewsCommentsPremium‘Falling short’: Another WA councillor dramatically quits

A long time WA councillor announced their resignation on Monday evening, saying the city no longer aligns with their professional values and citing a lack of strategic direction as the reason for the decision. 

Rachel Fenner

A high workload is being blamed for a mass exodus of nurses in WA, but the union says there are signs of improvement.

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WA nurse exodus at crisis level with high workloads blamed

A high workload is being blamed for a mass exodus of nurses in WA, but the union says there are signs of improvement.

Jessica Page

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Six Aussies and a New Zealander stranded on the hantavirus cruise ship will be quarantined at a facility in Perth’s northeast.

Health officials are preparing to quarantine four Australian citizens and a permanent resident.

Public HealthCommentsCommentsNew plan for Aussies on Hantavirus cruise ship bound for WA

There are reports that there is a new plan in place for the five Australian passengers evacuated from a cruise ship hit with a deadly outbreak of Hantavirus who are set to arrive in Perth this week.

West Aussies will be racing to check their tickets.

LottoCommentsCommentsMonday magic spells life-changing win for lucky West Aussie

Monday magic has spelled good fortune for one lucky West Aussie who has scored a life-changing lotto jackpot.

Australia’s Health Minister says the hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship off Spain doesn’t have ‘pandemic potential’ less than 24 hours from the scheduled of a repatriation flight of passengers to Australia.

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WA ‘ready to assist’ with hantavirus passengers Perth bound

Australia’s Health Minister says the hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship off Spain doesn’t have ‘pandemic potential’ less than 24 hours from the arrival of a repatriation flight of passengers to Perth.

Caitlyn Rintoul and Jessica Page