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  1. Potential cyclone Flood warning in place for Kimberley, Pilbara and Goldfields

  2. ElectionPremiumHedland councillor arrested for alleged election sign theft

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    Zempilas warns MPs he will not shy away from discipline

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A man who was fishing at Bundegi Beach on Saturday night was bitten by a small blacktip reef shark around 8pm.

WA NewsCommentsSharks bite two men near stunning WA beachside resort town

Shark warnings have been issued for Exmouth beaches after two fishermen were injured in separate weekend incidents.

Bethany Hiatt

Basil Zempilas’ ascension to the leadership of the WA Liberals is days away after Libby Mettam was forced out of the top role on Thursday in the wake of the party’s crushing State election defeat.

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Mettam resigns as Basil looks to step up as Liberal leader

Libby Mettam has stepped down as Liberal leader in the wake of the party’s disastrous State election defeat, clearing the way for Basil Zempilas.

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Port Hedland mayor Peter Carter.

Funding feud PremiumMayor calls on miners to fund new Marine Rescue office

Port Hedland Mayor Peter Carter is calling on mining companies to fund the new Port Hedland Volunteer Marine Rescue office after the service fell just over $1m short of their $4m fund raising target. 

Cain Andrews

Meredith Hammat, WA’s new Health Minister, has been accused of not having any experience in the critical sector as she prepares to take on one of the toughest roles in Government.

WA election 2025CommentsPremium‘Not up for it’: Mettam ‘welcomes’ new health minister

Meredith Hammat, WA’s new Health Minister, has been accused of not having any experience in the critical sector as she prepares to take on one of the toughest roles in government.

Dylan Caporn

Mr Hagart was working as a security manager at the busy Pilbara shopping centre when he saw a knife-wielding Ashley Fildes trying to stab a female police officer as he pushed her to the ground.

WA NewsCommentsPremiumFormer security guard honoured after tremendously brave act

A former security guard and a serving police officer have been recognised for their acts of selflessness in this year’s Australian Bravery Decorations.

Oliver Lane

Peta Baer delivering a speech at Parliment House on the need for better regional disability support.

REGIONAL HEALTHPremiumPilbara disability support out of reach

“Imagine you are stranded in the middle of the desert with no food, water or shelter. 

Madelin Hayes

Kids participated in round-robin sports activities at the Hedland Sports + Rec Expo.

SportsPremiumPremiumExpo highlights Hedland sporting opportunities

Hedland locals turned out in full force to the Hedland Sports + Rec Expo, trying out different sports and recreational activities available in the Town of Port Hedland. 

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has vowed to bring down power prices in West Australia by fast-tracking the approval of an exporting gas project.

Federal election 2025CommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumDutton puts foot on NW gas in reduced power prices pledge

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has vowed to bring down power prices in West Australia by fast-tracking the approval of an exporting gas project.

Kimberley communities are being told to prepare for isolation in case of flooding as rain lashes Derby after Tropical Cyclone Dianne crossed the coast early Saturday morning.

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CommentsFlood threat remains for Broome, Derby amid Tropical Cyclone

A severe weather warning is in place for communities in the Kimberley and Pilbara as Ex-Tropical Cyclone Dianne continues to cross the Kimberley coast.

Jonathan Weinberg with his ColdVest device.

Cool ideaCommentsPerth man creates innovative product to keep cool in heat

As experts warn of rising heatstroke risks, could this Perth-developed patented cooling vest be the life-saving tool needed for high-risk environments such as mining?

Liam Murphy

Tash Rigby with young Hedland soccer players.

SOCCERPremiumFootball West embarks on Pilbara road trip

Football West embarked on a Pilbara road trip this month with former Perth Glory captain Tash Rigby; visiting soccer associations across Karratha, Hedland, Newman and Tom Price. 

Madelin Hayes

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Angelo and Rebecca Rossi.

ConstructionPremiumPandemic shake-out claims another top Perth builder

One of Australia’s best builders - Perth-based Ultimo - has gone under, blaming fallout from the pandemic era for its demise.

Kim Macdonald

Jaden Martinovich with his mum, fitness guru Kelly Martinovich.

COURTS & JUSTICEPremiumPhoney drug deal murderer was ‘planned double-cross victim’

A young man who fatally stabbed a teen in a fake drug deal that went horribly wrong didn’t realise a mutual friend had set him up in a plot to steal his car.

Rebecca Le May

Kristopher Dean Sheppard, Andrew Whetu Haenga and James Patrick Fisher.

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Bikie riot to deliver ‘one of biggest trials in WA history’

A group of bikies who allegedly attacked rivals with pool cues, billiard balls and bar stools at a tavern south of Perth are set for one of the biggest trials the State has ever seen, a court has been told.

Rebecca Le May

A jumbo truck on the Onslow haul road.

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MinRes yanks all trucks off troubled haul road

Mineral Resources has hit another financial pothole by pulling all iron ore trucks off its trouble-plagued $2.6 billion Onslow haul road after notching half a dozen rollovers on the crucial transport link.

Daniel Newell and Adrian Rauso

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A man has died while on a rafting tour at Drysdale River National Park.

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Kayaker pinned against tree in rising waters ‘for days’

Details have emerged of two kayakers stranded in crocodile-infested waters, with one man pinned against a tree for ‘days’ as water rapidly rose around him.

Jessica Evensen

Andre Rebelo with Insta-famous ex-partner Grace Piscopo. Inset: Mum Colleen.

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Andre Rebelo jailed for life for callous murder of mum

The self-declared crypto trader who killed his mother for her life insurance so he could keep up with the affluent lifestyle of his Insta-famous former partner will spend at least 25 years behind bars.

Emily Moulton

A high school maths teacher has had his teaching license stripped after speaking with one of his student’s about her sex life and showing his class a naked photo of he and his partner naked in bed. 

Courts & JusticePremiumPremiumMaths teacher disqualified after showing class naked photo

A 25-year-old high school teacher has been disqualified from teaching after asking one of his students about her sex life and showing his class a naked photo of him and his ‘friend’ naked in bed. 

A truck driver has been killed after he crashed into a tree in the Wheatbelt, while another driver has been taken to hospital. 

EmergencyPremiumPremiumDriver dies after truck crashes into tree in Wheatbelt

A truck driver has been killed after he crashed into a tree, while another driver has been taken to hospital. 

One man is dead and another three injured following a horror car rollover in WA’s south west.

EMERGENCYPremiumPremiumMan dead in horror South West crash

The other three occupants — two women and a man, all in their 20s — were taken to Boyup Brook Hospital with non-life threatening injuries. 

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Watch and act advice

WA NewsCommentsResidents told to evacuate as fire near Jurien Bay rages

Watch and act advice is in place for a bushfire burning near Hill River Nature Reserve, the fire is not contained or controlled.

Artemisia Blythe

A man has died while on a rafting tour at Drysdale River National Park.

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Kayaker pinned against tree in rising waters ‘for days’

Details have emerged of two kayakers stranded in crocodile-infested waters, with one man pinned against a tree for ‘days’ as water rapidly rose around him.

Jessica Evensen

A man has been sentenced after lighting a fire to ‘get rid of snakes’.

Crime and courtsPremiumRepeat offender handed suspended jail term for lighting fire

A 41-year-old man has been sentenced to nine months suspended imprisonment for deliberately lighting a brush fire near a power station in Geraldton.

Josephine Hingst

An Albany man who assaulted his 103-year-old neighbour has avoided prison.

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PremiumMan assaults 103yo neighbour, leaves her on driveway

An Albany man who assaulted his 103-year-old neighbour over bad parking and left her on the driveway to do his shopping has avoided jail. 

Bunbury surgeon Sue Chapman has accepted 87 anonymous donations included some that totalled $100,000, $25,000, $12,500 and $10,000 despite her website promising “greater transparency and accountability”.

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CommentsPremiumAnonymous donors bankroll WA teal’s ‘transparent’ campaign

Anonymous donations are boosting a WA teal candidate’s campaign, despite her website promising ‘greater transparency and accountability’, it can be revealed.

Keep the Sheep signage on Albany Highway in Gosnells.

VANDALS STRIKEPremiumPremiumKeep the Sheep signs sliced to pieces on major roads

Keep the Sheep signs on Riverside Drive and Tonkin Highway been targeted by vandals, with pro-live export paraphernalia sliced through the middle and others ripped down entirely.

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Federal Reserve Board Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell.

BusinessCommentsUncertainty increased: US Federal Reserve holds rate

The US Federal Reserve in a closely watched decision Wednesday held the line on benchmark interest rates though still indicated that reductions are likely later in the year.

Jeff Cox

China is currently facing a sluggish consumer landscape.

CNBC newsCommentsChina’s plan to ‘boost consumption’ in bid to grow economy

China announced a “Special Action Plan to Boost Consumption” on Sunday in a bid to prop up domestic consumption in the world’s second largest economy.

Lim Hui Jie

Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri last month.

Formula 1VideoComments‘Oscar and I get along’: Norris denies there’s bad blood

WATCH THE FULL INTERVIEW: The British F1 star opened up on his relationship with his Aussie teammate as the pair get ready to do battle in Melbourne this weekend.

Ben McClellan

Recession fear has rocked Wall Street (AP PHOTO)

BusinessCommentsRecession fear erupts: Dow tumbles, Nasdaq’s falls

A three-week market sell-off has intensified, with investors worried tariff policy uncertainty would tip the economy into a recession, something President Donald Trump has not rule out.

Lisa Kailai Han, Jesse Pound

WA News

Watch and act advice

WA NewsCommentsResidents told to evacuate as fire near Jurien Bay rages

Watch and act advice is in place for a bushfire burning near Hill River Nature Reserve, the fire is not contained or controlled.

Artemisia Blythe

Noah and Joshua Marsandi, the brothers of senior Mongols bikie Paul Marsandi (pictured), were both caught up in the sting.

Crime PremiumMassive drug deal ‘go between’ handed decade-long jail term

A man who agreed to be paid ‘a few thousand dollars’ to help facilitate a massive drug deal has been handed a year of jail for every day he was involved in the illicit enterprise.

Rebecca Le May

Virginia Giuffre, an alleged victim of Jeffrey Epstein who also filed a sexual assault lawsuit against Prince Andrew, has claimed she has four days to live following a car accident.

Royal FamilyVideoPremiumPremiumVirginia Giuffre ‘mistakenly’ posted she had days to live

The alleged Prince Andrew sexual assault victim claims that a social media post saying that she had just four days to live after a crash north of Perth was put on her public account by mistake.

A pedestrian has been seriously after he was hit by a car that mounted a footpath in Victoria Park.

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PremiumPedestrian hit by car in Vic Park in serious condition

A pedestrian has been seriously injured after he was hit by a car that mounted a footpath in Victoria Park.

Andrew Trevor Taylor assaulted a prison officer at Casuarina last October.

Prison assaultPremiumPremiumOfficer assaulted by inmate with history of same offences

A female prison officer was left alone in a room and assaulted by an inmate with a history of this type of offending, the Rockingham Magistrates Court has been told.

Cassius was allegedly attacked in bushland in Middle Swan by strangers who had accused him and his friends of smashing car windows.

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Cassius’ blood found on shorts of accused killer, court told

Cassius was allegedly attacked in bushland in Middle Swan by strangers who had accused him and his friends of smashing car windows.

Emily Moulton and Rebecca Le May