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  1. WA news PremiumFestive fun heads to Hedland’s West End

  2. WA News PremiumRemembrance Day services to be held across the Pilbara

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WA News PremiumPort Hedland Courthouse Gallery+Studio’s new art exhibition

Port Hedland’s Courthouse Gallery+Studio will celebrate the opening of The Strelley Mob, an art exhibition about the 1946 Pilbara strike.

Phoebe Solon

Pilbara Netball stars Poppy Pedersen, 16, and Mia Coppin, 16, have both been selected for the prestigious Fever in Time Program in 2025.

Netball PremiumPilbara Netball girls complete development program

Three teenage Pilbara netball stars Mia Coppin, Poppy Pederson and Makynli Fitzgerald have completed the 2025 Fever in Time netball development program. 

Cain Andrews

Tributes from across the Pilbara, WA, and beyond are pouring in for Mick Lanagan who has died at the age of 79.

Lifesaver rememberedComments‘Angel of the Highway’: Pilbara legend Mick Lanagan dies

Tributes from across the Pilbara, WA and beyond are pouring in for the 79-year-old.

Liam Murphy

East Pilbara community venues now bookable online after the Shire of East Pilbara launched a new system.

Book OnlinePremiumShire launches new online booking system

Residents in the East Pilbara can book community venues online, after the shire recently launched a new system

Liam Murphy

Shire of East Pilbara council positions have been decided.

WA news PremiumFresh faces for Shire of East Pilbara

Two fresh faces will join the Shire of East Pilbara this week as two experienced hands return to their posts following the weekend’s local council elections. 

Laura Newell

Children enjoy the new All Abilities Playground in the Kimberley

WA News PremiumAll-Abilities Playground in Kununurra official opening

Kununurra’s children and local community came together to celebrate the long-awaited opening of the new All-Abilities Playground at Celebrity Tree Park on Tuesday, November 4.

Phoebe Solon

Pictured is the Port of Port Hedland.

WA news PremiumPremiumPilbara Ports reveals first reconciliation action plan

Pilbara Ports has launched its inaugural Reflect Reconciliation Action Plan. 

Homes are encouraged to light up for the Town of Port Hedland’s Festive Lights Competition.

Light it upPremiumPremiumFestive lights battle begins

The Town of Port Hedland’s Festive Lights Competition for 2025 begins on November 10, in association with Horizon Power.

The Hedland community are being urged to join in on the great elf hunt.

WA news PremiumPremiumFestive fun heads to Hedland’s West End

For festive fun-seekers wanting to elf around, the West End has you covered on Friday November 14. 

Remembrance Day Services will be held on Tuesday November 11 throughout the Pilbara to honour those who have served.

WA News PremiumRemembrance Day services to be held across the Pilbara

Remembrance Day Services on Tuesday November 11 in Newman, Marble Bar and Port Hedland to honour those who have served

Phoebe Solon

Port Hedland commissioners Ron Yuryevich, Jessica Shaw and Martin Aldridge.

Council PremiumPort Hedland commission appoints CEO recruitment committee

Chief executive recruitment, a major community asset takeover and key project commitments topped the agenda for Port Hedland Commissioners at their second ordinary council meeting on October 29. 

Cain Andrews

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Ronald Houghton, 58, appeared in Albany Magistrates Court on Thursday, charged with producing child exploitation material.

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Man faces court over child abuse material in Ravensthorpe

A man accused of producing child exploitation material and possessing or copying indecent or obscene articles has faced court for the first time.

Melissa Sheil

Wyllie Group managing director Melissa Karlson is furious the Government’s withdrawal has left plans for mining giant Rio Tinto to be an anchor tenant in limbo. 

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‘Disrespect’: cancelled PCEC plan sparks verbal spray

One of the architects behind the abandoned plan to revamp Perth’s maligned convention centre and river forefront has accused the Premier and Treasurer of going back on their word, and wasting millions on it.

Jessica Page

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Convention Centre redevelopment set to be put on hold

The State Government has already poured more than $30 million in developing plans for the redevelopment of the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre.

Joe Spagnolo

Publican Arthur Barrett poses for a photo on his future Pub site on Safety Bay Road on Oct 31, 2025. Matt Jelonek

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NIMBYs halt Perth pub plan as owner threatens exit

The publican behind a planned Perth tavern has threatened to pull out of the beachfront project rather than build a pub with no beer, after its liquor licence was revoked.

Kim Macdonald

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Sunella Naumovski facing court on serious firearm charges.

Courts & JusticePremiumBikie-loving lawyer shamed for ‘disgraceful’ conduct

A Perth lawyer who infamously tattooed her bikie boyfriend’s name on her arm and was charged over a loaded handgun used in a brutal shooting now faces being struck off for ‘disgraceful’ conduct.

Rebecca Le May

Ronald Houghton, 58, appeared in Albany Magistrates Court on Thursday, charged with producing child exploitation material.

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Man faces court over child abuse material in Ravensthorpe

A man accused of producing child exploitation material and possessing or copying indecent or obscene articles has faced court for the first time.

Melissa Sheil

Louise St John Kennedy is accused of threatening her neighbour.

CourtPremiumPremiumPerth socialite ‘had knife’ in alleged shock attack: Witness

A socialite and former architect was ‘100 per cent’ holding a knife during an alleged attack on her elderly neighbour, according to a witness who captured the incident on video. 

Farah Mehta has appeared in the Perth Magistrates Court. PIctured is Mehta as she leaves court Justin Benson-Cooper

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PremiumSuspended Perth lawyer slammed for ‘undermining’ regulator

The sanctioned Perth barrister, who represented herself as if she was still practising, has also had her request for a spent conviction rejected. 

Victoria Park came in as the fastest-growing Perth suburb with a 13.6 per cent annual change.

PropertyCommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumThe 10 Perth suburbs where house prices are soaring

Perth’s property market outperformed the rest of Australia last month as home values continued to climb on the back of successive interest rate cuts. Is your suburb on the list?

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Alexis McDonald is nominated for the WA Young Australian of the Year Award.

NOMINEESPremiumHerHelp founder among nominees for prestigious award

Bunbury founder behind global app HerHelp nominated for 2026 WA Young Australian of the Year honour.

Rose Patane

Gandy Angus sale bull Gandy Wattle Street V215 was used in the stud over heifers. He is a highly rated bull that measured in the top of the breed for docility, feet and eye muscle area.

Gandy Angus sale bullsPremiumGandy Angus to offer 62 bulls at Boyanup saleyards

Gandy Angus will offer 62 powerful bulls combining maternal pedigrees built over 40 years and excellent sire bloodlines to produce progeny with unmatched Estimated Breeding Values and commercial performance. 

Bob Garnant

Geoff and Narelle Oldfield, Mariah Bell and Emma Mettam.

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The Albany Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s annual Great Southern Business Awards night brought the region’s top business people to Retravision Stadium on Saturday night.

Jacki Elezovich

Breast cancer survivors and supporters came together in Kalgoorlie-Boulder on Wednesday to raise funds and awareness of breast cancer.

Breast cancer awarenessPremiumPremiumBusinesswoman opens up about breast cancer battle

A City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder business owner and councillor has shared her breast cancer battle in the hope of raising funds and awareness of the disease, and encouraging more people to get checked. 

Works under way at the Eaton Fair expansion site.

IN PROGRESSPremiumPremiumEaton shopping centre works finally under way

Construction on the Eaton Fair Shopping Centre has been delayed by 12 months, with builders now estimating the $80 million expansion will not be complete until December 2026.  

Shire of Coolgardie deputy president Tony Ball and president Paul Wilcox.

Situation unchangedPremiumPremiumTwelve-month grace period unchanged, shire says

The Shire of Coolgardie says the 12-month period minister Hannah Beazley granted it to get its finances in order remains unchanged after the release of Kalgoorlie-Boulder’s boundary adjustment submission.

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As the Trump-Xi meeting looms, here are the five key issues China is hoping to cover.

World PoliticsCommentsFive things Beijing wants from a Trump-Xi meeting

From tariff relief to tech access, these are the five key issues China is hoping to secure when Donald Trump and Xi Jinping meet in South Korea this week.

Evelyn Cheng

Wikipedia founder speaks out about the launch of Grokipedia.

BusinessCommentsWikipedia founder takes aim at new rival Grokipedia

Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales has slammed Elon Musk’s Grokipedia, mocking its ‘praise of the genius of Elon Musk’ and issuing a warning about the new model.

Eric Rosenbaum

Former NBA player Damon Jones has been criminally charged for leaking non-public injury information about LeBron James and Anthony Davis to sports bettors while connected to the Los Angeles Lakers.

SportCommentsNBA scandal deepens with LeBron injury leak

Federal prosecutors say a former NBA player leaked injury details of two Lakers superstars to punters, the latest twist in a gambling scandal rocking the league.

Dan Mangan, Alex Sherman

Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta has laid off 600 employees from an AI unit.

BusinessCommentsMeta cuts 600 AI jobs, staff told not to work

Meta will lay off about 600 employees within its artificial intelligence unit as the company looks to reduce layers and operate more nimbly.

Ashley Capoot

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WA Secondary School Executives Association president Melissa Gillett said students who used AI should not get credit for their work.

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Year 12 students busted using AI in Curtin UniReady program

More than a dozen Year 12s studying an alternative to traditional ATAR subjects for entry to Curtin University have been failed after being caught using artificial intelligence to cheat on assessments.

Bethany Hiatt

Shocking CCTV has revealed the moment a woman was hit by a car as she tried to run across a busy road in Bentley. 

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Shocking CCTV shows moment pedestrian hit by car in Perth

Police said the woman’s injuries were serious but not life-threatening.  WARNING: DISTRESSING VIDEO

A handful of WA Year 12 students have been caught up in the aftermath of a printing blunder on an ATAR language exam paper.

EducationCommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumWA students caught up in exam printing blunder

A handful of WA Year 12 students have been caught up in the aftermath of a printing blunder on an ATAR language exam paper.

Dylan Gregory Quinlan is described by police as 188cm tall, of solid build, olive complexion, brown eyes and a shaved head.

Crime‘DO NOT APPROACH’: Man missing after removing ankle monitor

WA Police are urgently searching for the 30-year-old.

The dad and his sons pinned the man to the ground while waiting for police.

CrimeVideoWA dad in undies takes down alleged car thief

The Bindoon father rushed out of his home wearing nothing but his SpongeBob SquarePants jocks to take on a man allegedly trying to steal his car. WATCH THE ARREST

Speed limit road sign 110 kilometres per hour, empty highway in outback Australia

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Better roads will lower deaths, not slashing speed limits

Regional Western Australians understand the importance of road safety, but reducing the default speed limit to 70kms creates an unnecessary burden on WA.

Julie Freeman