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  1. SportPremiumNorth Pilbara Football League round 12 wrap-up

  2. IndustryPremiumPilbara Ports locks in $1.1m seafarer support deal

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  5. TransportPremiumPort Hedland to celebrate Main Roads WA major milestone

Manual loading operation at BHP Port Hedland on 3pm Thursday. supplied

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Union-led strikes fail to cripple BHP’s iron ore port

Strikes have failed to cripple BHP’s Pilbara iron ore port, with ships continuing to be loaded despite workers downing tools.

Adrian Rauso

The Kats muscled their way to defeat the Rovers by 75 points.

SportPremiumNorth Pilbara Football League round 11 results

Round 11 of the North Pilbara Football League had many one-sided results across the league, reserves and women’s competitions.

Joshua Dowdall

Labor doesn’t want to get involved in the unions’ fight — but the Sgt Schultz defence is hard to believe.

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Cook’s Sgt Schultz defence on unions defies reality

Labor doesn’t want to get involved in the unions’ fight — but the Sgt Schultz defence is hard to believe.

Jessica Page

Matthew Holcz, Rio Tinto’s iron ore chief executive.

MiningCommentsPremiumRio cops diesel hit as Pilbara exports reach lofty heights

Rio Tinto is keeping a watching brief on the latest flare up of tensions in the Middle East as it counts the cost of soaring diesel prices that drove up production expenses in the first half.

Daniel Newell and Adrian Rauso

Running with Thieves national sales manager David McKenna with commissioner Martin Aldridge, regulatory services director Kylie Davies and acting chief executive .Kenn Donohoe.

New venue Running with Thieves hopeful to open Hedland venue this year

Running with Thieves Port Hedland is well on the way with the Fremantle-based operator hoping to invite their first patrons later this year. 

Cain Andrews

Wolves' Tim Renton handballs under pressure.

SportPremiumNorth Pilbara Football League round 12 wrap-up

Round 12 of the North Pilbara Football League saw another dominant display by Dampier Sharks as Tim Renton celebrated game No.250 for Wickham Wolves.

Joshua Dowdall

Port Hedland harbour. Pilbara Ports Authority

IndustryPremiumPremiumPilbara Ports locks in $1.1m seafarer support deal

International crews keeping WA’s massive export engine moving will get a boost under a new $1.1 million funding deal

The current recycling area where the new shed will be built

GrantPremiumPremiumRecycling grant boosting regional WA infrastructure

The Shire of East Pilbara has been given a share more than $3.7 million in recycling modernisation fund grant cash to improve local recycling infrastructure and resource recovery capability.

Marine Rescue Port Hedland is a volunteer-led emergency service providing critical marine safety and rescue operations across the Pilbara coast. 

CommunityPremiumPremiumPort Hedland’s Marine Rescue base to benefit from donation

Marine Rescue Port Hedland’s new emergency response base is set to benefit from lower energy costs, with Pilbara lithium miner PLS funding a solar and lithium battery energy storage system.

South Hedland artist Rekeshia Goodwin will showcase her art at the DAAF next month.

ArtPremiumSouth Hedland artist to showcase her work at Art Fair

An artist from South Hedland is set to share her work from one of Australia’s biggest Indigenous art exhibitions after being selected for this year’s Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair next month.

Joshua Dowdall

Pilbara Ports will provide funding and in-kind support to enable the delivery of essential services.

Maritime SupportPremiumPilbara Ports to support seafarers in Port Hedland

Pilbara Ports has strengthened its long-standing partnership with the Port Hedland Peace Memorial Seafarers Centre through a new Services Support Deed. 

Joshua Dowdall

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Harley Reid is giving away too many “silly” free kicks.

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Type, not number of frees Reid gives away is a concern

Harley Reid has given away 58 free kicks so far this season, the most of any player in the competition. But the number is not so much the concern, writes Danielle Laidley.

Danielle Laidley

Country footy incident

Great Southern HeraldVideoPremiumWATCH: Ex-Eagles WAFL player coward punches opponent

A former West Coast WAFL player is facing a lengthy suspension after a coward-punching an opponent in an ‘ugly’ off-the-ball incident that marred a Lower South West Football League game on Sunday. 

Jack Penniment and Amy Towers

Dr Jihad

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Perth ISIS doctor’s family ties to top terror group militant

The Perth doctor who joined Islamic State 10 years ago and was recently discovered alive in a Baghdad prison had close ties with a key leader of the terrorist group in Syria who remains on the run.

Rhianna Mitchell

The raunchy pantomime spin on the classic folklore tale has taken the Regal Theatre by storm.

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Throbbin Wood: Robin Hood gets dirty makeover in new panto

From golden phalluses, to panty bunting, and even a massive frog — the hilarious new show by Zealous Productions has taken Perth by storm.

Tegwen Bescoby

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Five DFES crew attended the blaze in High Wycombe

PerthCommentsPremiumLithium-ion battery behind raging fire in Perth’s east

A lithium-ion battery has caused another destructive fire that raged through a home’s garage in Perth’s east early Wednesday morning.

Brooke Rolfe

UK rapper and comedian Yung Filly could learn his fate in a matter of hours, with the jury beginning its deliberations on Wednesday afternoon.

Courts & JusticeVideoPremiumJury begins deliberations in Yung Filly’s rape trial

UK rapper and comedian Yung Filly could learn his fate in a matter of hours, with the jury beginning its deliberations on Wednesday afternoon. 

Jessica Evensen

Australia’s medicine regulator has issued a safety warning over popular weight-loss drugs like Ozempic.

Public HealthVideoCommentsCommentsNew Ozempic warning as TGA finds link to serious disorder

Australia’s medicine regulator has issued a safety warning over popular weight-loss drugs such as Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro and Saxenda.

Fremantle are premiership favourites

AFLCommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumAFL admits it can’t stop airlines grand final price gouging

AFL CEO Andrew Dillon has expressed his frustration with the price gouging Fremantle fans are set to face from airlines if the Dockers make the grand final.

There's been no shortage of memorable moments through the first 62 western derby clashes.

AFLCommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumThe A-to-Z of Western Derbies

F is for F-bomb. J is for Judd booing. And M is for McPharlin’s grab. Each letter sparks a different derby memory as we take a look back across more than three decades of WA footy's cross-town rivalry.

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Dennis John McKenna.

Courts & JusticePremiumWA’s ‘worst paedophile’ a step closer to freedom

Some of Dennis McKenna’s victims did not survive the evil mark he left and those who did have been left devastated by confirmation authorities will not argue against his release from prison in November.

Jessica Page

New research from WFI Insurance shows only a quarter of Australian farmers are considering cyber insurance as a future need, compared with 70 per cent of the broader business population.

cybersecurityPremiumFarmers are vulnerable to cyberthreats, says new study

Experts are warning Australia’s agriculture industry to be prepared for digital threats as cyberattacks on Australia’s food and agriculture sector become increasingly common.

Melissa Pedelty

The $5m farm system productivity program is part of the Federal Government’s $140 million transition assistance package to help those affected by the end of live sheep exports.

live export banPremiumWA sheep industry supported by new $2.5m Government program

A new $2.5 million program designed to help sheep farmers through the phase-out of live sheep exports by sea was released by the Australian Government on Wednesday.

Melissa Pedelty

The Grains Industry Association of WA’s 2026 barley rationalisation plan — called the WA Malt Barley Variety Receival Recommendations — was released at the GIWA Barley Forum on Tuesday.

barley potentialPremiumPremiumWA barley market dominated by one variety

WA’s barley market will be dominated by one variety in the next two years according to a recent report, prompting concerns for the future of the State’s export market.

Two people have died and another has been critically injured in a horror head-on crash on North West Coastal Highway near Karratha.

Disaster and EmergencyPremiumPremiumTwo dead in fiery head-on crash in WA’s north

Two people have died and another has been critically injured in a horror head-on crash on North West Coastal Highway near Karratha.

RSPCA WA are requesting CCTV and dashcam footage to assist with investigations. RSPCA WA

WA NewsPremiumPremiumFears raised after kangaroo deaths near Albany

Concerns have been raised that kangaroos are being ‘deliberately targeted’ after a string of deaths. WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT

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Android figures at the Google headquarters in Mountain View, California, US.

TechnologyCommentsPremiumGoogle loses fight on record $6.8 billion antitrust fine

Europe’s top court has dismissed the tech giant’s appeals against the 2018 EU ruling.

Arjun Kharpal

Kevin Warsh, chairman of the US Federal Reserve. Federal Reserve officials left interest rates unchanged and were split over whether they expect to raise rates this year.

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Warsh’s taskforces are the key to understanding the new Fed

Fed chair Kevin Warsh stuck to his long-stated belief in his first press conference on Wednesday that ‘inflation is a choice.’

Matt Peterson

Ships anchored on May 16, 2026 in the Strait of Hormuz near Larak Island, Iran.

EnergyCommentsPremiumCrude oil tumbles after Trump says Strait of Hormuz to open

Tanker traffic plunged in early March due to Iranian attacks, causing the biggest oil supply disruption in history.

Spencer Kimball

Cathie Wood, chief executive officer of Ark Investment Management LLC.

CNBC newsCommentsPremiumInvestors who took a chance on SpaceX now reap the rewards

For nearly two decades, some of the world’s most prominent investors quietly accumulated stakes in SpaceX while the rocket maker remained largely off-limits to the public markets.

Yun Li

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Nathan Hondros pictured arriving at the David Malcolm Justice Centre, Perth, on July 23. Carwyn Monck

WA NEWSCommentsPremium‘Public importance’: Journo grilled over secret recording

A journalist involved in a lengthy defamation lawsuit has maintained the subject matter of the articles he co-authored was ‘of public importance and should be subject to public scrutiny’.

Hannah Cross

Keith Mitton stabbed his girlfriend multiple times in a domestic violence attack minutes before he was involved in a fiery crash that killed an innocent nurse has been identified.

CrimePremiumPerth man who stabbed girlfriend, killed nurse identified

The Perth man who stabbed his girlfriend multiple times in a domestic violence attack minutes before he was involved in a fiery crash that killed an innocent nurse has been identified.

Caleb Runciman & Breanna Inferrera

July’s full moon is called a buck moon. NewsWire / Damian Shaw

SPACEPremiumPremiumWild ‘buck moon’ to grace Aussie skies

A wild lunar phenomenon – expected to be bright enough to outshine two meteor showers – is set to delight Aussie stargazers.

The study, published in the journal JAMA Network Open, analysed data from more than 123,000 WA children who took part in the Australian Early Development Census between 2009 and 2021.

EducationCommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumKindy kids more ready to learn than school starters

WA children who attend kindy are far more likely to arrive ready to learn when they start their first year of compulsory schooling, a new study shows.

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BreakingPremiumPremiumLocal transmission of bird flu confirmed

Authorities have reported the first case of local transmission of H5 bird flu in Australia.

Both pilots miraculously walked away alive from the crash in 2023.

AviationVideoCommentsPremiumNear-fatal WA crash triggers nationwide firefighting revamp

New national safety standards mandating minimum drop heights for firefighting aircraft have been introduced to address gaps exposed by a near-fatal Boeing 737 crash in WA’s South West.

Charlton Hart