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  1. Grants Up to $10k funding available to Denmark community groups

  2. INVESTIGATIONPremiumInquiry into near-collision of firefighting aircraft

  3. GSFLW season preview PremiumReturning coach says losses not slowing down Tigers’ season

  4. GSFLW season preview PremiumNew-look Kangas eye finals footy after strong pre-season

  5. Albany 2026Sue Lefroy says no better time to dig into Albany history

Royals player Telisa Reynolds and vice-captain Cheyane Hardy.

GSFLW season preview PremiumNew coach confident Royals side is grand final material

Incoming Royals coach Ryan Lawrence says he is confident in his team’s form ahead of this year’s Great Southern Football League Women’s competition, despite a high turnover in players from last season.

Jacki Elezovich

Denmark-Walpole line-up pre-game before the 2025 GSFLW grand final against Mt Barker.

GSFLW season preview PremiumMagpies chasing elusive flag as new campaign kicks off

Denmark-Walpole will hit the new Great Southern Football League Women’s competition with an influx of new talent and strong numbers. 

Amy Towers

Albany mayor Greg Stocks and Water Minister Don Punch at a press conference confirming Nanarup as the site for a desalination plant.

Water markPremium‘Do no harm’ says mayor as Nanarup confirmed as desal site

City of Albany mayor Greg Stocks challenged the Water Corporation to “do no harm” as Nanarup was formally announced as the venue for Albany’s desalination plant on Tuesday.

Claire Middleton

Albany vice-captain Samantha Waltho and co-captain Jeanette Gordon are ready for a big 2026 season.

GSFLW season preview PremiumFresh faces promise competitive GSFLW season for Albany

The addition of several valuable recruits to an established Albany squad could be the key component in the bid for a grand final appearance in this year’s Great Southern Football League Women’s competition.

Jacki Elezovich

Stephen Lee is presented with his winner's pennant from sailing director Stephen Brown.

sound sailingStephen Lee and Flasheart best in wild winds to win

Eight yachts from the Princess Royal Sailing Club’s mixed keel boat fleet competed in a King George Sound race on Saturday, with strong easterly winds making for fast times. 

Des Beeck

Both the Albany Health Campus and Meekatharra Hospital expansion projects went out for tender on November 14. Laurie Benson/Danella Bevis

Hospital UpgradePremiumTender awarded for Albany and Meekatharra hospital upgrades

Construction tenders for upgrading hospitals in both the Great Southern and Mid West have been awarded to a single contractor.

Amy Towers

Daisy Ridley talks about filming WA director Zak Hilditch’s zombie film, We Bury The Dead, in Albany - and reprising her role as Rey in a new Star Wars project.

MOVIES Daisy Ridley on filming in WA and fighting the undead

Star Wars hero Daisy Ridley fighting a zombie apocalypse in Albany. That’s reason enough to see local director Zak Hilditch’s latest movie, We Bury The Dead. The actor opens up about her time in WA.

Players who represented WA in the Queensland junior country championships in Brisbane in December 2025.

Tennis starsAlbany contingent the core of WA teams’ championship success

Albany tennis players enjoyed a stand-out week of competition representing WA at the Queensland junior country championships, with the top side finishing third overall after a string of tough matches.

The Albany Grasmere wind farm is iconic with the city.

Albany 2026Albany Grasmere wind farm still turning after 25 years

The Albany Grasmere wind farm, standing tall on the Torndirrup Peninsula, has become practical renewable energy infrastructure as well as a popular tourist attraction in its two decades of operation. 

A house in Port Albany was destoryed in a suspicious blaze on Saturday morning.

Suspicious fire PremiumDetectives probe suspicious Brunswick Road house fire

Police are investigating a suspicious fire that has destroyed a vacant house on Brunswick Road in Albany and took nearly two hours to extinguish in the early hours of Saturday morning. 

Cameron Newbold

A multi-agency investigation has begun into a serious incident involving a near collision between two aircraft during aerial firefighting operations in the Great Southern late last year. Pictured on the right is a Lockheed Martin C-130 aircraft shown in this Sept. 4, 1998 file photo.

INVESTIGATIONPremiumInquiry into near-collision of firefighting aircraft

A multi-agency investigation has begun into a serious incident involving a near collision between two aircraft during aerial firefighting operations in the Great Southern late last year.

Melissa Sheil

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The $39 million penthouse at Blackburne’s City Beach development, Ocean Grand.

House That!CommentsPremiumInside the $39m Perth penthouse tipped to break a record

For the same price as a small island in the Whitsundays or a medieval castle in Italy, you can buy the most expensive apartment in WA’s history.

Kim Macdonald

A parent of another pupil who attends Frederick Irwin, who wished to remain anonymous, claimed their child said Craig would often take children out of lessons during class time. 

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Parent makes more disturbing claims about sex abuse teacher

A parent at the school linked to the teacher who gave birth to her 13-year-old former student’s baby has made disturbing claims about the educator.

Rachel Fenner

Harley Reid should be lining up in next week's Origin blockbuster, says Kevin Sheedy.

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Well worth a Reid: Footy legend urges Vics to pick Harley

Footy legend Kevin Sheedy has urged Victoria to thrust Harley Reid into the AFL Origin spotlight, saying the exciting Eagle is perfectly suited to starring in the exhibition clash.

Mitchell Woodcock

Racing at Cannington has been put on hold.

RACINGCommentsPremiumGone to the dogs: Why Cannington racetrack’s been shut down

Perth’s top greyhound venue has been shut down indefinitely and racing officials have launched a probe into the quality of the after a spate of serious injuries, including two deaths. 

Hayden King

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A parent of another pupil who attends Frederick Irwin, who wished to remain anonymous, claimed their child said Craig would often take children out of lessons during class time. 

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Parent makes more disturbing claims about sex abuse teacher

A parent at the school linked to the teacher who gave birth to her 13-year-old former student’s baby has made disturbing claims about the educator.

Rachel Fenner

Racing at Cannington has been put on hold.

RACINGCommentsPremiumGone to the dogs: Why Cannington racetrack’s been shut down

Perth’s top greyhound venue has been shut down indefinitely and racing officials have launched a probe into the quality of the after a spate of serious injuries, including two deaths. 

Hayden King

Bandidos bikies fronted court accused of fleeing police on Kwinana Freeway earlier this month. It was the biggest bikie arrest in recent memory. Edmund Alan Doerr left court with a female companion. Gary Ramage

CRIMEPremiumPremiumBikies to face trial over alleged high-speed freeway chase

Four patched members of a notorious outlaw motorcycle gang will go to trial over an alleged high-speed police chase on Perth’s Kwinana Freeway.

British rich lister Guy Hands has bought up pastoral stations in WA that are bigger than Perth and Sydney combined.

PropertyCommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumBritish tycoon sets up world’s biggest sheep operation in WA

Only two years ago locals farmers shot their sheep because prices were too low to cover costs. Now a British rich lister has set up the world’s biggest integrated sheep station in WA.

Health Minister Meredith Hammat said the hubs would ‘improve how the broader healthcare system works’.

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CommentsFirst older adult health hub opening in Perth’s south

The first of three health hubs designed in part to help WA seniors stay out of the hospital system has started seeing patients ahead of its official opening in the coming months.

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A multi-agency investigation has begun into a serious incident involving a near collision between two aircraft during aerial firefighting operations in the Great Southern late last year. Pictured on the right is a Lockheed Martin C-130 aircraft shown in this Sept. 4, 1998 file photo.

INVESTIGATIONPremiumInquiry into near-collision of firefighting aircraft

A multi-agency investigation has begun into a serious incident involving a near collision between two aircraft during aerial firefighting operations in the Great Southern late last year.

Melissa Sheil

Parts of WA may need to batten down with a fierce tropical low expected to turn into a cyclone over the weekend.

WeatherCommentsWA braces for destructive cyclone this weekend

Parts of the State may need to batten down with a fierce tropical low expected to turn into a cyclone over the weekend.

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Trucks on the side of the road on Goldfields Highway.

Truck dumpingPremiumAbandoned trucks clog up roadsides

The outskirts of Kalgoorlie-Boulder are being treated as a trucking rubbish tip, says a local transport company, as abandoned trucks, trailers, side tippers and tyres clog up roadside parking bays. 

Isabella Davis

Fishing Ban Protest: Dozens of recreational fishers drove from Port Beach to the City today in protest of the new fishing laws. There was chaos on the Kwinana Fwy as the boats and trailers took up much of the road. Recreational fishers are pictured at Ozone Park today.

Demersal banPremiumPremiumNationals host demersal fishing forum in Geraldton

Geraldton fishers are making their voices heard about the controversial demersal fishing ban at a forum held at Towns Football Club on Thursday.

How fit is Geraldton as a city?

HealthFit or not fit? Where does Gero rank as a healthy city

Is Geraldton a city full of fitness freaks or lazy locals who have an aversion to exercise? Find out where Gero ranks in terms of fitness according to national research

Minister for Youth Hannah Beazley.

Youth WeekPremiumPremiumRemote youth to be celebrated

The Shire of Wiluna and Hopetoun Community Resource Centre are among 42 successful grant recipients who will receive funding for Youth Week WA 2026 celebrations. 

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While weight-loss drugmaker Novo is bracing for a sales decline, rival Lilly sees revenue charging ahead thanks to its blockbuster medicines.

CNBC newsCommentsPremiumIt’s battle of the bulge in weight-loss drug wars

While weight-loss drugmaker Novo is bracing for a sales decline, rival Lilly sees revenue charging ahead thanks to its blockbuster medicines.

Annika Kim Constantino

CEO Tim Cook says demand for the new iPhone 17 ‘was just simply staggering’.

CNBC newsCommentsPremiumApple sales surge on ‘simply staggering’ iPhone demand

Apple saw particularly strong results in China, including Taiwan and Hong Kong. CEO Tim Cook says demand for the new iPhone 17 ‘was just simply staggering’.

Kif Leswing

Tesla started selling the Model S sedan in 2012, and the Model X SUV three years later.

CNBC newsCommentsPremiumEnd of road for Model S and X as Tesla transitions to robots

Tesla chief executive Elon Musk says the automaker is ending production of its Model S and X vehicles, and will use the factory in Fremont, California, to build Optimus humanoid robots.

Lora Kolodny and Ari Levy

Central bank chiefs have swung in to defend Jerome Power, saying his independence is crucial. (AP PHOTO)

CNBC newsCommentsPremiumUS Fed holds key interest rate

The US Federal Reserve on Wednesday voted to take a break from a recent run of interest rate cuts, as the central bank navigates questions about its independence and awaits a new leader.

Jeff Cox

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Family of Bishnu Kumari Gurung - Sumita Gurung (niece), Nisha Gurung (daughter), and Chandramani Gurung (son in law).

WA NewsComments‘Broken’ family devastated after grandma killed in her sleep

The heartbroken daughter of a grandmother allegedly killed in her sleep by a 36-year-old driver has spoken of her grief, saying there are ‘no words’ to describe this ‘bad dream’.

Jessica Evensen

Joe Kieswetter high fives Respiratory Scientist at Respiratory Care WA Faiza Zafar as Joe’s mum Tammie Kieswetter looks on.

EducationCommentsPremiumHot Perth weather fuels asthma flare-ups for school kids

Children with asthma are more prone to flare-ups in the first weeks back at school, with the streak of hot weather compounding the likelihood of flare-ups.

Claire Sadler

Tropical Cyclone Mitchell is expected to make landfall in Western Australia on Sunday or Monday. Supplied/Weatherzone.

WEATHERPremiumPremiumWarning over 195km/h winds, flash flooding

Residents in one Australian state are being warned of potential flash flooding and damaging winds as a cyclone prepares to make landfall.

Global civil rights leader Martin Luther King III and former federal Indigenous Australians minister Linda Burney.

AUSTRALIACommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumMartin Luther King III warns Aus ‘diversity is a strength’

Pushing national prosperity to new heights requires one thing, according to global civil rights leader Martin Luther King III — inclusion.

Dixon Lowe is the vice chairman of the VRRA, a group fighting against The Vines and its redevelopment plans that threaten a historic golf course.

GolfCommentsPremiumCommentsPremium‘Ridiculous’: Golf club members revolt over 14-hole plan

Controversial plans for a novelty golf course at a prestigious club in Perth have resulted in members revolting — despite apparent threats by its owners to rip up their memberships if they spoke out.

Danny Griffin and Vanessa Naso met through the 'Thursday' dating event at the Beaufort in Highgate.

WA NewsCommentsPremiumPerth singles ditch dating apps for real-life sparks

In Perth, singles are doing everything they can to escape the exhausting dating-app loop, turning instead to in-person dating events and even local reality shows in search of genuine connection.

Caitlin Vinci