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  2. Government fundingPremiumLandmark investment for Kwinana roads

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  4. WA NewsCommentsPremiumReason behind Rockingham councillor’s shock resignation

  5. Cancer careDedicated cancer care nurse appointed to Rockingham area

13-year-old Ethan Eggington (Inkabee) on triple j's Like A Version.

Like A VersionCommentsPerth teen makes history as youngest Like A Version artist

Gilmore College Year 9 student Ethan Eggington has become the youngest artist featured on triple j’s popular segment Like A Version.

Ava Berryman

Rapid bedside tests for common respiratory illnesses like the flu and COVID are being rolled out at new hospitals.

HealthPremiumQuicker turnaround on hospital results expected

A testing system that can cut waiting times for results from up to six hours to about 15 minutes will be expanded to Rockingham General Hospital.

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Behrooz Eslam has developed a native garden thanks to the City of Kwinana’s Living Green series.

Living GreenPremiumCity of Kwinana launches Living Green series

The City of Kwinana’s annual environmental series is returning for three months of workshops, activities and subsidies to inspire sustainability.

Ava Berryman

The State and Federal governments have been asked to reveal what they plan to do about expected traffic chaos created by AUKUS.

Road worriersCity seeks solutions to AUKUS traffic woes

The State and Federal governments are being pushed to explain what they will do to ease expected traffic chaos around Garden Island with the introduction of AUKUS.

Michael Palmer

Dennis Baker will be riding 600km to help young parents.

Big Yellow Pipeline ChallengePremiumShoalwater local takes on Big Yellow Pipeline Challenge

Shoalwater local Dennis Baker is tackling a 600km cycling challenge to raise funds for young parents and their babies experiencing, or at risk of, homelessness.

Ava Berryman

Activities to help people enjoy nature are on offer.

WA Tree FestivalCommentsCity of Rockingham takes part in 2026 WA Tree Festival

The City of Rockingham is joining multiple WA local governments taking part in the month-long 2026 WA Tree Festival.

Ava Berryman

City of Rockingham councillor Craig Buchanan has announced his resignation.

ResignationCommentsCommentsRockingham councillor announces resignation

Craig Buchanan has announced he will be resigning as a councillor from the City of Rockingham’s Rockingham/Safety Bay ward.

A Rockingham charity has been nominated for a volunteer award.

Sound TelegraphPremiumPremiumRockingham charity nominated for volunteer award

Rockingham-based charity Invisible Illness Inc has been nominated for the Inclusive Volunteering Award at the 2026 WA Volunteer of the Year Awards.

Police are hunting for a man who was wielding a syringe during a terrifying daylight robbery outside a Rockingham school last month. 

WA NewsPremiumPremiumPolice searching for Perth syringe-wielding bag snatcher

Police are hunting for a man who was wielding a syringe during a terrifying daylight robbery outside a school in Perth’s south last month. 

The City of Rockingham council has considered motions from its annual electors meeting.

Local governmentCommentsDemocracy manifest: Council action on community concerns

More than 20 motions from the City of Rockingham’s annual electors meeting were presented to the council last week, with many of them spurring action. 

Rachel Fenner

Rockingham council building.

WA NewsWin for ratepayers: Council votes to scrap $20k dinners

All but two City of Rockingham councillors voted to do away with expensive post-meeting dinners at last week’s council meeting.

Rachel Fenner

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The pilot for an autonomous delivery system from Sodexo is being trialled at initial pilot phase is being conducted at Rio Tinto’s Gudai-Darri village.

MiningCommentsPremiumMore job cut details emerge as Rio renews FIFO catering gig

The French firm feeding Rio Tinto’s legion of workers in the Pilbara has renewed its contract amid a wave of redundancies sweeping through the iron ore giant’s Perth office.

Adrian Rauso

Construction of a huge skyscraper at Elizabeth Quay is set for an extraordinary blow after ASX-listed contractor SRG foreshadowed plans to seek an arrest warrant for developer Victor Goh.

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Contractor’s arrest bid for property developer Victor Goh

Construction of a huge skyscraper at Elizabeth Quay is set for an extraordinary blow after ASX-listed contractor SRG foreshadowed plans to seek an arrest warrant for developer Victor Goh.

Matt Mckenzie

An empty Rio Tinto hard hat in the Pilbara

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Mass job cuts loom for Rio Tinto’s Perth workforce

A major cutback at the State’s largest iron ore producer is believed to be in motion as speculation mounts that a high-ranking Perth manager will soon depart.

Adrian Rauso

A woman in her 60s is in a critical condition after being rushed to hospital following a horror crash.

CrashPremiumMotorcyclist in critical condition after Tonkin Hwy crash

A woman in her 60s is in a critical condition after being rushed to hospital under priority one following a horror crash.

Kirsty Lichtenstein

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Construction of a huge skyscraper at Elizabeth Quay is set for an extraordinary blow after ASX-listed contractor SRG foreshadowed plans to seek an arrest warrant for developer Victor Goh.

The West Australian exclusive
The West Australian exclusive
ConstructionPremium
The West Australian exclusive
Contractor’s arrest bid for property developer Victor Goh

Construction of a huge skyscraper at Elizabeth Quay is set for an extraordinary blow after ASX-listed contractor SRG foreshadowed plans to seek an arrest warrant for developer Victor Goh.

Matt Mckenzie

An empty Rio Tinto hard hat in the Pilbara

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Mass job cuts loom for Rio Tinto’s Perth workforce

A major cutback at the State’s largest iron ore producer is believed to be in motion as speculation mounts that a high-ranking Perth manager will soon depart.

Adrian Rauso

Hannah Munro runs a womens hiking group called SheHikes Perth. Pictured is Hannah (president) with Mikayla Goddard (Vice President) in Kardinya Justin Benson-Cooper

HealthCommentsCommentsHow many steps you should be taking based on your age

While it was originally thought that 10,000 steps a day was the golden number for everyone, age plays a huge part in how much you should walk to meet daily physical activity guidelines. 

The scene of the crash.

Disaster and EmergencyPremiumPremiumPassenger dies, driver faces charges after horror crash

A 22-year-old man has died and another young man has been charged with dangerous driving after a tragic crash in Albany.

Perth’s median house price is continuing to rise.

PropertyCommentsCommentsPerth house prices on track to jump by $500 a day

Perth’s median house price is on track to jump by a whopping 20 per cent this year — the equivalent of almost $500 a day — according to WA’s peak industry body.

Regional News

Mice.

Mouse PlaguePremiumFree mouse baits handed out amid calls for stronger poison

One Mid West shire is handing out free baits to locals to help them cope with the region’s mouse plague amid calls for a stronger poison to be approved.

Sienna Seychell

Fuels prices have dropped to less than $2 a litre in Geraldton.

Fuel crisisPremiumMid West service stations hit with big chunk of fines

Mid West service stations have been slapped with more than a quarter of the fines issued across the State for price notification failures.

Sally Q Davies

DBCA has reopened the Ningaloo Marine Park.

TourismPremiumTourism decline in regional WA hits Exmouth

A post-Easter survey by Tourism Council WA has revealed that bookings across the State’s tourism industry have declined 29 per cent for the upcoming three months.

Sienna Seychell

Three teens were arrested in relation to a motor vehicle theft and aggravated burglary.

Crime and courts PremiumPremiumCarnarvon teens charged for alleged crime spree

A Carnarvon-based taxi company has taken to social media to demand justice for its staff following an incident of an alleged deliberate collision and car chase of an on-call taxi.

Missing man Corrie Feehan.

Missing personPremiumPremium‘I have to find him’: Search for Corrie Feehan one year on

A search for missing man Corrie Feehan has resulted in more question marks, with his family returning home with no new evidence, clues or answers into his abrupt disappearance one year ago.

The Yarning Circle launch event at Heritage Park in Manjimup.

Yarning CirclePremiumPremiumCommunity gathers in Manijmup for Yarning Circle opening

Hundreds gathered in Manjimup’s Heritage Park last month to witness the official opening of the Waangka Danjoo Nyininy (Talking Together Sitting) Yarning Circle. 

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A common side effect of many GLP-1 drugs is hair loss. It’s creating a growing market for hair treatment products.

CNBC newsCommentsPremiumThe growing hair treatment market from GLP-1s

A common side effect of many GLP-1 drugs is hair loss. It’s creating a growing market for hair treatment products.

Laya Neelakandan

People will be living and working on the moon within the next decade, according to the boss of space tech company Voyager Technologies.

CNBC newsCommentsPremiumPeople will be ‘living and working’ on the moon in the 2030s

People will be living and working on the moon within the next decade, according to the boss of space tech company Voyager Technologies.

Lucy Handley

Fatih Birol, executive director of the International Energy Agency.

CNBC newsPremium‘Biggest energy security threat in history’: Bleak outlook

The world has lost 13 million barrels of oil per day thanks to the war, and there are major disruptions in vital commodities, International Energy Agency head Fatih Birol said.

Holly Ellyatt

President Donald Trump.

CNBC newsCommentsPremiumWatchdog zeros in on suspicious oil trades before Trump post

The probe is zeroing in on at least two instances over a roughly two-week period when trading volumes jumped sharply just ahead of key White House news.

Yun Li

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Ten men have been charged after authorities disrupted a massive crypto money-laundering drug ring worth $57 million, stretching from Vietnam to Perth’s southern suburbs. 

Courts & JusticeVideoPremiumAFP bust crypto-heroin ring sprawling from Vietnam to Perth

Ten men have been charged after authorities disrupted a massive crypto money-laundering drug ring worth $57 million, stretching from Vietnam to Perth’s southern suburbs. 

Rachel Fenner

Jason Alan Taylor leaves Albany Magistrates Court on April 30.

courtsPremiumDenmark cafe owner sentenced for fight over paedophile claim

A Denmark business owner who chased a man out of his cafe after he accused him of being a paedophile and came to blows with him on a public street has been handed a suspended fine for disorderly conduct. 

Jacki Elezovich

Authorities said the outbreak was a reminder that booster doses of diphtheria vaccine were important to maintain immunity in teens and adults. iStock

HEALTHMajor alert as state’s rare outbreak climbs

A rare, life-threatening disease unseen in one Aussie state for half a century has sent cases skyrocketing - prompting an urgent warning from health authorities.

A 56-year-old man will appear in a WA court on Friday accused of trying to bribe a witness in an ongoing police investigation. 

Courts & JusticeVideoCommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumMan charged with bribing a witness over police investigation

A 56-year-old man will appear in a WA court on Friday accused of trying to bribe a witness in an ongoing police investigation. 

Looking to get in on the FIFO lifestyle but not sure where to start? Here is a detailed guide to get ahead of the pack in the competitive workforce.

MiningCommentsCommentsHow to secure a $120k FIFO job with no experience

Looking to get in on the FIFO lifestyle but not sure where to start? Here is a detailed guide to get ahead of the pack in the competitive workforce.

Diphtheria — a potentially deadly bacterial infection — has now reached 55 cases in the Kimberley, three in the Pilbara, and two in the Goldfields. 

Public HealthComments‘Get vaccinated’: Health alert amid ‘rare’ outbreak in WA

There have been 60 cases of the potentially deadly bacterial infection reported in WA.

Claire Sadler