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  1. Domestic violencePremium‘You’re getting the biggest bashing of your life.’

  2. Guilty pleaPremiumWoman pleads guilty to attack on Albany grandmother

  3. ‘Insidious’ behaviourPremiumMan narrowly avoids jail after prolific FVRO breaches

  4. ‘Vile’ behaviourPremiumJail for 45 breaches of FVRO in ‘vile’ case

  5. For the laughsGreat Southern comedy looks into future

‘Serious offence’PremiumFooty player’s jaw broken in shocking ‘off-ball’ clash

Detectives are investigating a serious assault that left a young man with a broken jaw during an Upper Great Southern Football League reserves match in Katanning.

Cameron Newbold & Liam Croy

Under investigationPremiumSchlager probe widens as subbies, homeowners speak out

Albany builder Schlager Homes was placed into liquidation last week, owing $2.75 million to creditors.

Liam Croy

Holiday home hikePremiumCouncil backs holiday home rate increase

Shire of Denmark council has watered-down its planned holiday home rate hike, amending the proposal and sending it out for public comment.

Campbell Williamson

Locals honouredPremiumDedication earns honours

Three dedicated community members have received the Medal of the Order of Australia in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List.

Campbell Williamson

Work recognisedPremiumFormer MLC humbled by recognition

A Kalgan man has been appointed a Member of the Order of Australia as part of the Queen’s Birthday Honours in recognition of more than 50 years of community work.

Campbell Williamson

Behind the lensPremiumBob Symons shares his passion for life behind the lens

With about 50 members in the Ace Camera Club, Bobm Symons is hoping to attracted some younger faces.

Kellie Balaam

For the laughsGreat Southern comedy looks into future

Directed by Anne Sorenson and Nelson Blake Gilmour, the musical will be performed by a cast of local artists.

Domestic violencePremiumPremium‘You’re getting the biggest bashing of your life.’

The Narrikup man narrowly avoided an immediate jail term, receiving a 12-month sentence, conditionally suspended.

Behind barsPremiumPremiumExtreme domestic violence offender locked up again

“Your record makes it clear you are currently a danger to any woman who is in an intimate personal relationship with you,” Judge Linda Petrusa said.

‘Serious offence’PremiumFooty player’s jaw broken in shocking ‘off-ball’ clash

Detectives are investigating a serious assault that left a young man with a broken jaw during an Upper Great Southern Football League reserves match in Katanning.

Cameron Newbold & Liam Croy

‘Insidious’ behaviourPremiumMan narrowly avoids jail after prolific FVRO breaches

Police “couldn’t measure” the number of breaches he had committed, estimating the total at more than 400.

Kellie Balaam

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REVEALEDPremiumThe Weld Club: Inside Perth’s secret male-only society

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Rhianna Mitchell

Eric Edgar Cooke audio filesVideoPremium‘I stepped back, aimed the rifle and shot him, sir’

In part three, Cooke reveals how he shot Swanbourne rower Brian Weir. He survived, but Brian’s brother says he was never the same — ‘it was murder’.

Tim Clarke

Lights, no actionPremiumStar-struck WA still waiting for its big screen break

INSIDER: Hollywood is spending millions to film in Australia and avoid the pandemic, so why hasn’t WA seen any of the cash?

Ben O'Shea

Regional News

Sea rescueCommentsPremium‘Biggest mistake I made’: Kayaker’s capsize close call

A kayaker who came close to freezing to death after he capsized off the Safety Bay coastline yesterday has thanked the brave rescuers who saved him from a watery grave.

Holly Thompson

Stepping downCommentsPremiumYawuru boss resigns as ‘transformation’ begins

In a statement released late Friday, Nyamba Buru Yawuru announced chief executive Susan Bergersen had stepped down from her tole on June 4.

Tom Zaunmayr

‘Needed continuity’Young boy who took life had 30 caseworkers

A coronial inquest into the suicide of a young boy has been told he had 30 caseworkers assigned to him in just over a decade and ‘needed a sense of continuity.’

Grace Hendry

‘Serious offence’PremiumPremiumFooty player’s jaw broken in shocking ‘off-ball’ clash

Detectives are investigating a serious assault that left a young man with a broken jaw during an Upper Great Southern Football League reserves match in Katanning.

Guilty pleaPremiumPremiumWoman pleads guilty to attack on Albany grandmother

The grandmother said she was chased along the street with blood streaming down her face before she took refuge in a neighbour’s home

family angerPremiumPremiumTaxi driver accused of machete attack pleads not guilty

A former taxi driver faced fury from his alleged victim’s family outside court yesterday after pleading not guilty to slicing a passenger’s throat and leaving him on a Beresford Street.

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Pool of cashPremium
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Millions hidden in sand filter at family-run safe house

Millions was allegedly hidden inside a sand filter cleaning the pool at a Morley property — one of dozens raided earlier this month using intelligence gleaned from the trojan horse app ‘AN0M’.

Tim Clarke

East crying poorCommentsPremiumNSW in new bid to take our GST

New South Wales is demanding the ‘unwinding’ of a new GST deal that finally stops Western Australian being ripped off – joining a chorus of whingers on the east crying poor.

Joe Spagnolo

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What has changedPremium
The West Australian exclusive
PremiumOne year since hordes of Rebels patched over to Mongols

This weekend marks one year since the beginning of the end for what was WA’s most powerful and largest bikie gang.

Resources Technology ShowcaseCommentsCommentsSTEM on show for WA schoolkids

From virtual reality to motorised bicycle races, students and teachers from public schools across WA will show off the fun ways they are learning science, technology, engineering and maths.

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Glitz gonePremium
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PremiumFrom life of bling on $270 a week to six years jail

The 30-year-old had a penchant for luxury vehicles, and travelled the globe while he earned just $270 a week in Centrelink payments. So, how did he afford to live this so-called ‘high life’?

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Repeat offenderPremium
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Predator rapes 15yo girl in Northbridge carpark

A lifelong criminal is back behind bars for raping a vulnerable and intoxicated 15-year-old girl in Northbridge after baiting her with alcohol.

Shannon Hampton