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Resigning councillor Craig Buchanan outside the City of Rockingham’s administration building.

WA NewsCommentsPremiumReason behind Rockingham councillor’s shock resignation

A City of Rockingham councillor who sensationally resigned 18 months after council elections has revealed the reason behind the move.

Rachel Fenner

Nurse Dinah Tegan.

Cancer careDedicated cancer care nurse appointed to Rockingham area

The Rockingham area will receive a boost in cancer support with the appointment of McGrath cancer care nurse Dinah Tegan supporting people experiencing upper GI and lung cancer.

Ava Berryman

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 ChallengePremiumPremiumShoalwater 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.

Activities to help people enjoy nature are on offer.

WA Tree FestivalCommentsCommentsCity 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.

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 TelegraphPremiumRockingham 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.

Ava Berryman

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

WA NewsPremiumPolice 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. 

Rachel Fenner

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Former Federal Police and Customs officer Stephen Michael Adams bragged to stallholders that he 'used to be a bad boy'.

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Freo Markets tenants make horrific discovery about handyman

A notorious sex attacker who became known as the West Perth rapist because of where he stalked his victims has been working as a handyman at the Fremantle Markets.

Ben Harvey

PIND Restaurant, which serves mainly Pakastani food, says it will appeal the finding and $72,000 fine.

CrimePremiumPopular restaurant fined over string of food safety breaches

A desi restaurant in Perth’s east has been fined tens of thousands of dollars after failing to comply with a string of food safety standards.

Kirsty Lichtenstein

Harley Reid may have left the nest but Luke Shuey remains the pad’s landlord.

House That!CommentsPremiumShuey’s $950 a week Eagle nest empty after Reid flies away

Innaloo may not be Perth’s most glamorous suburb, but one of its rental units has the reflected glory of not one, but two AFL greats.

Kim Macdonald

An emergency department nurse who worked several shifts while high on a cocktail of drugs has had her registration cancelled.

Courts & JusticePremiumPerth nurse who worked while high on meth identified

An emergency department nurse who worked several shifts while high on a cocktail of drugs has had her registration cancelled.

Hannah Cross

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Former Federal Police and Customs officer Stephen Michael Adams bragged to stallholders that he 'used to be a bad boy'.

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Freo Markets tenants make horrific discovery about handyman

A notorious sex attacker who became known as the West Perth rapist because of where he stalked his victims has been working as a handyman at the Fremantle Markets.

Ben Harvey

Harley Reid may have left the nest but Luke Shuey remains the pad’s landlord.

House That!CommentsPremiumShuey’s $950 a week Eagle nest empty after Reid flies away

Innaloo may not be Perth’s most glamorous suburb, but one of its rental units has the reflected glory of not one, but two AFL greats.

Kim Macdonald

An emergency department nurse who worked several shifts while high on a cocktail of drugs has had her registration cancelled.

Courts & JusticePremiumPremiumPerth nurse who worked while high on meth identified

An emergency department nurse who worked several shifts while high on a cocktail of drugs has had her registration cancelled.

Nationals MP Lachlan Hunter was booted out and suspended from the Legislative Assembly for the second time this year. 

state politics VideoPremiumPremiumWATCH: MP booted out of Parliament amid racetrack debate

Nationals MP Lachlan Hunter has been booted and suspended from the Legislative Assembly, for two days, during a fractious Question Time.

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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PremiumContractor’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.

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Holstein Fresians.

Dairy FuturePremiumAustralian dairy producers bracing for tough season ahead

Dairy producers across Australia are bracing for a season with little wiggle room for error as input costs continue to soar and supply constraints persist.

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Comparative crop growth at Mindarabin. The results of the seedbed conditioning are right.

New TechPremiumAg researcher develops seedbed technology to boost yield

A former state government agriculture researcher is developing new cropping technology to increase soil productivity and sustainability, no matter the type

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Barman Wally Kimel

Ale’s wellPremiumA toast to Wally Kimel, Geraldton’s oldest barman

Behind the bar at Wonthella Bowling Club ready to pour a pint and lend an ear is Wally Kimel, who on the cusp of 91 can boast to be Geraldton’s oldest barman — and possibly WA’s and Australia’s too.

Sienna Seychell

Rose Donald, 17, who is on a solo circumnavigation flight of Australia, landed in Kalgoorlie-Boulder on Wednesday.

Big flightPremiumPremiumTeenage pilot’s record-breaking circumnavigation for charity

A teenage pilot from Melbourne touched down in Kalgoorlie-Boulder on Wednesday as part of a record-breaking solo circumnavigation of Australia.

A 95-year-old woman has died from injuries received when she was hit by a truck in Jurien Bay on April 24.

Emergency servicesPremiumPremium95-year-old woman dies following Jurien Bay crash

An elderly woman riding a mobility scooter has died after being hit by a truck in Jurien Bay last month.

Redcastle Resources is expecting to start mining at the Queen Alexandra and Redcastle Reef gold deposits later this month.

Eying productionPremiumPremiumRedcastle Resources closing in on Leonora gold production

A company with two small gold deposits east of Leonora is charging toward production after approval of its mine development and closure proposal.

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Energy supermajors have experienced a significant share price boost.

CNBC newsPremiumShell tops profit estimates as war drives price surge

British energy major Shell on Thursday reported stronger-than-expected first-quarter profit as the Iran war sent energy prices soaring.

Sam Meredith

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

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West Australian writer Craig Silvey was charged with distributing and possessing child exploitation material in January after he was allegedly caught actively communicating with other paedophiles on the internet. 

crimeVideoPremiumDisgraced author wrote of teen assault & exploited young boy

Disgraced WA author Craig Silvey published novels that included scenes of a teenager being sexually assaulted by her father, and an underage boy trying to arouse elderly men before he was arrested.

Hannah Cross

You may think flowers and chocolates when it comes to Mother’s Day — but West Aussies are thinking trips, day spas and tours.

WA NewsVideoMother’s Day gift trend reveals shift in what WA mums value

Struggling for a gift idea? New data has shown what the mums in your life actually want for Mother’s Day, and newsflash: it’s not flowers and chocolate.

Brooke Rolfe

The ServiceWA app has surged to number nine on the iTunes Australia charts, just two days after it was revealed users could claim a $100 fuel handout via the platform as part of a surprise State Budget sweetener. 

Free moneyVideoCommentsCommentsGovernment app downloads jump amid $100 payment announcement

The money — to be paid directly into bank accounts through the Government’s ServiceWA app — can be spent on anything, not just fuel, and will be available to about two million West Australians.

AFL closes in on blockbuster new State of Origin deal

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CommentsPremiumAFL days away from signing blockbuster State of Origin deal

The deal to bring a State of Origin clash between WA and South Australia to Perth next year is set to be inked within days, The Sunday Times can reveal. 

A huge search is underway for missing Victorian man Samuel Whitsted on a WA walking track. Piicture: Supplied

NewsPremiumPremiumHuge search after man’s disappearance

A missing Victorian man was last seen near one of the world’s longest walking trails in Perth’s south almost three months ago.

Samuel Robert Whitsed

Disaster and EmergencyVideoCommentsNew footage released amid search for man who vanished in WA

Police have released new drone footage as they continue to search for a Victorian man they believe is missing in Western Australia.

Taylor Renouf