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  1. Fuel PremiumPilbara fuel prices surge amid Iran conflict

  2. Schools in PremiumRoebourne District High School redevelopment complete

  3. Illegal fishing PremiumTwo Hedland men fined over $2000 each for illegal fishing

  4. New infrastructure New Great Northern Highway Interchange complete

  5. Council PremiumCouncil hopefuls respond to Local Government Monitor

Renae Coles’ swearing in as the Town of Port Hedland deputy mayor in 2020.

Election PremiumPort Hedland election candidate Renae Coles withdraws bid

Port Hedland council candidate Renae Coles has withdrawn her bid for a position on the local government body ahead of the election on March 28 due to personal reasons. 

Cain Andrews

The Town of Port Hedland administrative building.

Election PremiumVoting packs arrive for the Port Hedland election

The Town of Port Hedland is urging ratepayers to get their votes in early for March 28’s council election as voting packs start landing in mailboxes. 

Cain Andrews

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 27: Lawson Humphries of the Cats reacts following the AFL Grand Final match between Geelong Cats and Brisbane Lions at Melbourne Cricket Ground on September 27, 2025 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Morgan Hancock/AFL Photos/via Getty Images)

Rising StarPremiumHumphries ready to lead Cats’ backline in 2026

Following a standout performance for WA in the State of Origin, Lawson Humphries has opened up on the “fatigue” that he said slowed him down in 2025 and why he’s now ready to lead the Cats’ backline

Liam Murphy

The Gratwick Aquatic Centre closed on Friday after a medical emergency.

Temporary closure PremiumGratwick Aquatic Centre closes due to medical emergency

Port Hedland’s Gratwick Aquatic Centre temporarily shut its doors on March 6 after a medical emergency. 

Cain Andrews

Premier Roger Cook.

Council PremiumLocal Government Monitor assigned to Port Hedland

Premier Roger Cook has backed the appointment of a Local Government Monitor to the Town of Port Hedland ahead of the March 28 local election. 

Cain Andrews

The Town of Port Hedland has so far only had 15 per cent of postal votes returned for the council election.

Election time PremiumToPH vote returns lowest in WA so far

The Town of Port Hedland has recorded the least voting packages returned out of all extraordinary local elections set for March 28. 

Cain Andrews

Karratha Kangaroos Junior Rugby League’s first RISE session.

Sports PremiumPremiumKarratha Kangaroos Junior Rugby League

The Karratha Kangaroos Junior Rugby League launches first RISE development program

Latest figures show unleaded petrol in Port Hedland reaching a high of 251.8 cents per litre, while diesel has climbed to 269.9 cents.

Fuel PremiumPremiumPilbara fuel prices surge amid Iran conflict

Drivers in the Pilbara are paying significantly more at the pump than their city counterparts, with local fuel prices surging towards $3 a litre.

Junction Co. and Courthouse Gallery+Studio held the closing night of its exhibition, Radical Futures, earlier this month.

Art Radical Futures exhibition closing night

Junction Co. and Courthouse Gallery+Studio have celebrated closing night of its exhibition Radical Futures

Two businesses in the Pilbara have taken up the State Government’s grants to establish wheelchair-accessible transport services.

Community PremiumTwo Pilbara businesses establish wheelchair taxi services

Two businesses in the Pilbara have taken up the State Government’s Regional Wheelchair Accessible Vehicle Taxi Service Grants to establish wheelchair accessible services in their respective towns. 

Cain Andrews

BUS Women in Resources Awards finalists. Emma Eltringham.

WA news PremiumPilbara talent honoured at annual Women in Resources awards

Hard work and talent have been rewarded at the 2026 Chamber of Minerals and Energy WA Women in Resources Awards.

Laura Newell

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Brodie Dewar returned to Perth District Court on Monday.

Courts & JusticePremiumAlleged coward-punch killer Brodie Dewar back in court

The man accused of killing WA Labor figure Tim Picton with a coward-punch outside a nightclub has returned to court.

Sarah Crawford

The Worsley Alumina operation.

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Worker dies at South32’s Worsley

South32 is temporarily scaling back operations at the Worsley Alumina refinery near Collie after a workplace fatality before dawn today.

Adrian Rauso

An unwitting drug mule has been jailed for his role in a cross-border meth-trafficking operation, which used Apple Air Tags to monitor the movements of illicit drugs between New South Wales and Western Australia. 

CrimePremiumUnwitting drug mule learns fate for role in meth-trafficking

An unwitting drug mule has been sentenced for his role in a cross-border meth-trafficking operation, which used Apple Air Tags to monitor the movements of illicit drugs between NSW and WA.

Jessica Evensen

Peter Bennett died at home late on Wednesday, aged 59.

EngineeringPremiumBoss of Perth-based engineering firm dies suddenly

Century-old Clough said Peter Bennett’s ‘influence on our company, our culture and our industry will endure for many years to come’.

Sean Smith

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Ashleigh Schaub with 18-month-old Xander Grahma and Sarah Graham with 3-year-old Aylah Schaub at Earlybirds Playgroup in Mt Hawthorn.

WA NewsCommentsPremiumReport finds shocking wellbeing decline in WA kids

A worrying pattern of declining mental health and rising developmental concerns is emerging in WA’s youth, according to new report from the Commissioner for Children and Young People.

Rhianna Mitchell

“It’s not like if a train is late, or a school has crap NAPLAN scores,” with Ben Harvey.

Up LateVideoCommentsPremiumIt’s not like if a train is late, or a school has bad scores

Ben Harvey proves the hospital system is as much of a basket case now as 20 years ago – even though politicians have spent $176 billion on health in the meantime.

Ben Harvey | Mon, March 16

Shadow Health Minister Libby Mettam.

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CommentsPremiumCalls for free flu jabs to start before winter crisis hits

There’s a push for free flu vaccines to be offered earlier, and for longer, as Perth hospitals brace for winter. 

Universities need to rethink assessment and recruitment amid the rise of AI, a minister says. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)

PoliticsCommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumAI could make university degrees less valuable

AI could make soft skills like judgment more important for workers than traditional university degrees, assistant minister Andrew Leigh will say in a speech.

An audit of Perth youth hostels, include Mission Australia’s in Victoria Park, has found they are full most days. Pictured is Mission Australia WA Regional Leader Elise Jorgensen with youth at a facility in the Southern Suburbs Justin Benson-Cooper

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CommentsPremiumUnlucky housing lottery for Perth’s lost kids

An audit has revealed Perth’s housing crisis is hitting vulnerable teens and young adults hard, with shelters forced to turn more people away every day, sparking a nightly scramble for help for hundreds.

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Thi Sinh Nguyen, 42, pleaded guilty in Geraldton Magistrates Court on March 9.

The Geraldton GuardianPremiumWoman hit with hefty fine for black market seafood trading

A Geraldton woman has copped a whopping fine for buying and selling recreationally caught rock lobster on the black market

Imogen Wilson

PHBG’s warren smoker in action.

Pest controlPremiumLandholders fighting rabbits with underground warfare

Regional landholders are taking the fight to one of Australia’s most pervasive pests with some underground warfare. 

Craig Duncan

Nicole Watts and Bailey Ryan at the 2026 Frontier Goldfields Children Charity Ball.

Charity ballPremiumTop-secret high-roller auction item a hit at GCC Ball

A top-secret high roller auction item at Saturday night’s Goldfields Children Charity Ball saw local companies and community members digging extra deep to support local children experiencing health issues.

Tegan Guthrie

Clean up Australia Day saw nearly 5000 pieces of rubbish collected from Koombana Bay and Rocky Point.

ENVIRONMENTPremiumPremiumDolphin safety the focus in whopping Koombana Clean Up haul

The City of Bunbury have released their collection statistics for Clean Up Australia Day, with nearly 5000 pieces of rubbish collected along the Koombana coastline.  

The Ciry of Bunbury council agenda has been released for third meeting of the year.

COUNCIL PremiumPremiumCity of Bunbury council to meet for third 2025 hit-out.

The City of Bunbury council have released the agenda for their third meeting of the year, with tonight’s “hit-out” taking a step back from the last. 

Lily Anzellino, Jude Turner, Ken Turner, Geoffrey Bach, Jayne Stennett, Forget-Me-Not memory Cafe founder Angi McCluskey, Steve Hepton, and Dorothy Hepton.

COMMUNITY SUPPORTPremiumPremiumAustralind to be included in memory cafe program

The Shire of Harvey has expanded its Forget-Me-Not Memory Cafe program to Australind in a bid to increase access to the initiative

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A general view of the Port of Kharg Island Oil Terminal, 25 km from the Iranian coast in the Persian Gulf.

CNBC newsPremiumOil’s war-driven volatility pulls in record retail money

The Iran war news flow-driven oil moves are drawing retail investors into the world’s most traded commodity, further fuelling volatility.

Lee Ying Shan

Gordon Ramsay

CNBC newsVideoCommentsPremiumWATCH: How Gordon Ramsay built a billion-dollar empire

Chef, restaurateur and global TV star Gordon Ramsay has opened the doors to his newest Michelin-starred location and reflects on the setbacks and successes that have shaped his career.

Caitlin Kalinowski stepped down from OpenAI after raising concerns the company moved too quickly on a Pentagon AI agreement.

CNBC newsCommentsOpenAI hardware chief quits over Pentagon AI deal

OpenAI hardware chief Caitlin Kalinowski has resigned, warning the company rushed into a deal to deploy its AI models on Pentagon networks.

Reuters

Flightradar24 still of flight traffic across the Middle East on March 4th, 2026.

CNBC newsVideoCommentsPremium$17 trillion at stake as travellers caught in Iran crossfire

The war in Iran is part of a growing number of conflicts that have affected the global tourism industry, showing that people who are far from falling missiles and drone attacks aren’t immune to ripple effects.

Leslie Josephs and Contessa Brewer

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In May 2024, “James” launched into a stabbing attack on a stranger at Willetton and was shot dead by responding police.

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‘In the dark’: Findings in terror program report kept secret

WA Police won’t release the full findings of an independent review into the State’s de-radicalisation program, despite the system failing to prevent a Perth teenager from carrying out a terrorist attack.

Caleb Runciman

CEO Voice: Tanya Steinbeck.

PropertyCommentsPremiumPerth’s ‘chronic’ land supply prompts dire 2030 prediction

Enough land supply for nine to 16 days worth of demand, according to two studies. No wonder UDIA expects we will miss the Housing Accord target by 25,000 homes by 2030.

Kim Macdonald

The cross marking the spot where Mark Edward Gregory was killed in a hit-and-run on Mercer Road in 1991.

Cold case PremiumPremiumHunt for new clues into unsolved Albany hit-and-run death

Police are pleading for the authors of letters “dobbing in” possible suspects in the unsolved historic hit-and-run death of Mark Edward Gregory to come forward, as new technology reopens the Albany cold case.

Lines for fuel at VIBE Nollamara this morning.

WA NewsCommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumHundreds queue in 35C heat as fuel hits extortionate $2.76

Round-the-block queues at a Nollamara service station have starkly illustrated the impact of rising fuel prices on top of another hike in mortgage rates.

One Sandgroper’s life will never be the same after scooping a multi-million-dollar windfall.

CHECK YOUR SLIPSCommentsCommentsWA ticketholder nets the whole Lott-o with insane $15m haul

One fortunate West Aussie player has scored the entire Oz Lotto jackpot.

Rachel Dolan, Abbie Hynes, Jodie McGlinchey, Heather McLoughlin, Abby Farrell, Ruth Watson and Rebecca Killalea.

St Patricks DayCommentsPerth awash with green and Guinness-fuelled fun for St Pats

The CBD was transformed into a sea of emerald on Tuesday as the Irish and honorary locals alike kicked off St Patrick’s Day with a whole lot of craic.

Caitlin Vinci