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  1. Early Years ForumPremiumChildren at heart of forum for local governments

  2. Sheffield ShieldPremiumMaiden Shield half-century for young Mariner

  3. GreyhoundsPremiumIntimidation threatens again

  4. Hockey OnePremiumNo place like home

  5. Premier CricketPremiumTight at the top

Ben Veljacich with Wings Of Reclamation.

ArtPremiumPhoenix soars to top in sculpture awards

Winners revealed in City of Rockingham Castaways Sculpture Awards 2026

Ava Berryman

Goldsworthy Veterans and Families Centre on Dixon Rd

Veterans hubPremiumNew veteran’s hub opens in Rockingham

The long-awaited Goldsworthy Veteran and Families Centre officially opened last Thursday on Dixon Road, near HMAS Stirling in Rockingham.

Ava Berryman

City of Kwinana meeting times will remain unchanged.

Local governmentCouncil keeps monthly meetings starting at later time

The City of Kwinana council has rejected a push from staff to start its meetings half-an-hour early.

Michael Palmer

The City of Kwinana has found its surplus is $5m more than expected.

In the moneySurplus surprise in Kwinana budget

The City of Kwinana has revealed its 2026-27 budget surplus is $5 million more than expected just months after it said it needed to increase ratepayers’ bills.

Michael Palmer

A plan to bring high-rise buildings to the Kwinana town centre has been endorsed.

City centre planVision for ‘premium’ city centre supported

A vision for taller buildings and more jobs and homes in the Kwinana city centre has been backed.

Michael Palmer

Port Kennedy man convicted over emaciated horse

Sound TelegraphHorse left starving as WA owner hit with massive fine

A 41-year-old Port Kennedy man has been ordered to pay up after failing to feed his six-year-old horse, leaving her emaciated.

Ava Berryman

Corey Wasley receives his WA cap ahead of his debut.

CricketWasley makes double debut

It’s been a big week for Rockingham-Mandurah Mariners youngster Corey Wasley, who made his debut for WA in both the Sheffield Shield and One-Day Cup.

Rad Ripper crosses the finish line at Mandurah last Friday.

GreyhoundsRipper run continues

A brilliant launch put Rad Ripper in a winning position in the Tabtouch Same Race Multi Grade 4/5 over 400m at Greyhounds WA Mandurah last Friday night.

The Perth Thundersticks women remain undefeated after beating NSW Pride.

Hockey OneThundersticks men break through for first win

The Perth Thundersticks men have notched their first win of the season in round three of Hockey One with an upset victory away over the NSW Pride.

Colin Dwyer snared two wickets for University.

Premier CricketPremiumStudents hand lesson to Scarborough

University continue to set the pace after notching their fourth consecutive win to start the Premier Cricket season and sit on top of the table.

Dave Friedlos

2025 Castaways major prize winner De-Vine by artist Kim Perrier.

Public artPremiumCastaways returns to Rockingham foreshore this weekend

The City of Rockingham’s Castaways Sculpture Awards is set to return this weekend, with sculptures and installations by professional, emerging and student artists ready to liven up the Rockingham Foreshore.

Ava Berryman

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A family have been left heartbroken after a house fire in Collie claimed the life of one-year-old boy

WA NEWSPremium‘Cot was in flames’: Toddler dies in tragic WA house fire

A devastating house fire in Collie has claimed the life of a one-year-old boy.

Hayley Primmer

Rayle Williams and Ashleigh Turner.

CrimePremium‘My mates are dead’: First responders reveal crash carnage

A catastrophic scene akin to an explosion of ‘metal and blood’ confronted those first on the scene of a fatal crash that killed two teenage boys and hospitalised two others.

Brooke Rolfe and Sophie Gannon

The luxurious St James house

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Aboriginal body silent on luxe Perth home that CEO lives in

A large not-for-profit Aboriginal corporation operating in WA’s north will not reveal why it bought a luxurious house in Perth that its chief executive now lives in.

Adrian Rauso

The Sunday Times can reveal detectives from the WA Police child abuse squad executed a search warrant at Clay Thomas Jones’ Safety Bay address on September 4

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Accused child rapist granted bail despite concerns for teens

Disturbing details about how a 48-year-old man allegedly recorded the sexual abuse of two WA teenage girls across eight months have emerged.

Caleb Runciman

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Yoga studio owner Laurel Green said she’d been excited to discover an osteopathy program was starting up in Perth.

EducationPremiumREVEALED: Year 12s get new uni options, including a WA first

Year 12s thinking about what to study at university next year have had a few extra choices added to their options.

Bethany Hiatt

The luxurious St James house

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Aboriginal body silent on luxe Perth home that CEO lives in

A large not-for-profit Aboriginal corporation operating in WA’s north will not reveal why it bought a luxurious house in Perth that its chief executive now lives in.

Adrian Rauso

A grandstand collapsed during the Red Hot Summer Tour at Coolangatta Beach on Sunday.

AustraliaThree injured in grandstand collapse at popular Aussie music festival

The temporary seating came down in the early stages of Sunday’s sold-out festivities.

Dramatic footage has captured the moment a passenger plane was forced to abandon its landing at Perth Airport in a scary near-miss.

AviationPassenger plane in scary near-miss at Perth Airport

Dramatic footage has captured the moment a passenger plane was forced to abandon its landing at Perth Airport in a scary near-miss.

Paul Patrick Mulligan pictured outside District Court.

Courts & JusticePremiumPremiumDrunk-driver who left cyclist for dead jailed

A ‘callous’ drunk-driver hit a cyclist and left him for dead because he feared the consequences had police caught him drink-driving, a court has been told.

Regional News

The truck crash on Great Eastern Highway in Meckering.

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Four-hour battle to put out fiery WA truck crash

Firefighters have left the scene of a horror two-truck crash in the Wheatbelt after spending more than four hours battling an inferno that engulfed the vehicles and trapped one of the drivers.

Caitlin Vinci

Cleo Smith in the hospital after she was found.

PolicePremiumTop cops reflect on Cleo Smith case five years on

About 4.15am on November 3, 2021, then-deputy police commissioner Col Blanch triggered global headlines when he broke the news countless people had hoped and prayed for, but feared might never come.

Kate Campbell

A new operation targeting e-scooter crime has begun in Kalgoorlie-Boulder this week.

E-scooter policingPremiumTargeted e-scooter operation commences in Kalgoorlie-Boulder

WA Police have responded to community concerns regarding “unlawful and antisocial use” of eRideables and off-road motorcycles, with a new operation targeting the issue rolled out in Kalgoorlie-Boulder.

Rosa Griffith

Geraldton-Mt Magnet Road.

CouncilPremiumPremiumShire of Yalgoo’s camera plans cut short

Plans to install number plate recognition cameras in the Shire of Yalgoo have been dropped after State Government funding fell short. 

One Nations Pauline Hanson addressing Pastoral and Graziers’ Association Convention at Crown Perth.

backing agPremiumPremiumOpposition leaders say they will back agriculture

WA farmers heard from speakers with different agricultural policy perspectives from the current government agenda at the annual Pastoralists and Graziers Association of WA convention.

Dr Graham Rowlands at the Norseman District Hospital.

Medical funding disputePremiumPremiumNorseman GP struggles to self-fund without shire support

Norseman’s long-serving doctor and the Shire of Dundas are at loggerheads over whether medical services fall within the scope of local governments to fund, with the shire having removed support in 2023

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Attendees try out the new touchscreen MacBook Pro during the Apple Experience LA in Los Angeles, Oct. 28, 2026.

CNBC newsAt last, Apple brings out touchscreen MacBook

Apple announced its first laptop with a touchscreen will go on sale next week. The launch signifies the growing strategic importance of the Mac to Apple, despite it generating less revenue than the iPhone.

Kif Leswing

Since 1990, only nine days have had a larger jump in the VIX on a smaller drop in the S&P500 than last Friday, according to SpotGamma.

CNBC newsWhy the market’s fragile calm faces a major test

Markets paused their slide this week as the tech sector found its footing following an AI sell-off sparked by high borrowing costs and doubts over data centre returns.

Justin Zacks

By the 1950s, another technological innovation would come along and have a profound effect on women: the washing machine.

CNBC newsPremiumWomen may be at greater risk of AI job losses

The history of technological progress suggests that, as AI spreads, the employment impact will hit women more than men.

Steve Liesman

Amazon’s Bee Frontier device can be worn on a wrist or clipped on to clothing..

CNBC newsPremiumAmazon launches new Bee ‘personal AI’ devices

Amazon is releasing two new Bee listening devices as it moves further into the AI hardware market.

Annie Palmer

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The Mongols’ Yangebup clubhouse is in desperate need of a new front gate after WA Police smashed through it with ease during a state-wide bikie crackdown.

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WATCH: WA Police gate-crash massive bikie meeting

The Mongols’ Yangebup clubhouse is in desperate need of a new front gate after WA Police smashed through it with ease during a state-wide bikie crackdown.

Caleb Runciman

Dustin Gary Higgs was jailed in District Court.

courtsPremiumPerth speedway driver jailed for sexually penetrating child

A prominent WA speedway driver has been put behind bars after being found guilty of grooming and starting a ‘pre-meditated’ sexual relationship with a girl while she was underage. 

Melissa Sheil

Dennis McKenna, now 81, will be released from prison on November 17.

Courts & JusticePremiumPremiumNotorious paedophile to be released into community in weeks

A prolific paedophile responsible for the ‘grotesque abuse’ of more than two dozen boys will be released into the community in less than a fortnight.

Treasurer Rita Saffioti

State PoliticsPremiumPremium‘We’re not to blame’: Treasurer hits back over rate hike

The Opposition says Labor must slash government spending to help fight inflation. But Rita Saffioti has a different explanation for why interest rates are rising — and has ruled out one option for now.

Police have hauled nearly 4,800 firearms off WA streets.

WA NewsPremiumPremiumThousands of firearms seized by WA Police under state blitz

Police have hauled nearly 4,800 firearms off WA streets under a sweeping, state-wide blitz targeting illegal gun owners.

Emergency services are racing against time to rescue a driver involved in a two-truck crash in the Wheatbelt where both vehicles were engulfed in flames.

Disaster and EmergencyPremiumTwo truck drivers killed in fiery Wheatbelt head-on crash

Two truck drivers have died after a horror head-on crash in the Wheatbelt that sparked an inferno.

Caitlin Vinci