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  3. Action neededPremiumKwinana Industries Council’s expectations of 2050 Commission

  4. Beach clean-upPremiumVolunteer crew clear over 12kg of litter from local beach

  5. WA NewsTaskforce to tackle AUKUS pressures around Rockingham

Consumer Protection has issued its third warning about Trevor James Potter after he allegedly took $20,000 worth of deposits without completing any work.

WA NewsTradie accused of scamming people across WA

A serial fraudster tradie is allegedly back to his old tricks ripping off WA homeowners by taking their deposits without delivering the work or issuing refunds.

Hannah Cross

The Falcon is a four metre high light up puppet set to stun the crowds.

PeelRockinghamOMG! Festival set to roll in to town this February

The four-day celebration runs from February 26 and brings lights, art, community and a giant light up puppet called The Falcon to Calista.

Rachel Fenner

Former Rockingham Mayor Barry Sammels.

Medal of the Order of AustraliaPremiumFormer Rockingham mayor given prestigious national award

Former Rockingham mayor Barry Sammels was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia at the 2026 Australia Day Honours.

Ava Berryman

A 28-year-old man has been sentenced after assaulting an officer.

Rockingham courtPremiumMan jailed for spitting in police officer’s face

A 28-year-old man has been sentenced to 10 months imprisonment for assaulting an officer while in custody at Karratha police station last January.

Ava Berryman

A café south of Perth sparked discussion online this week after a ‘shy’ customer returned three weeks later and made a puzzling request.

‘Too shy’Comments‘Shy’ cafe customer’s baffling request sparks MASSIVE debate

A café south of Perth sparked discussion online this week after a ‘shy’ customer returned three weeks later and made a puzzling request.

Rachel Fenner

WAPOL Strike Force Vulcan officers Adrian Pearsal, Dan Henderson and Kevin Beattie at Wireless Hill Park in Ardross.

PoliceCommentsPolice seek information about fire that ravaged bushland

More than a dozen appliances were rushed to the scene of the blaze.

Ava Berryman

A concept image from the approved Rockingham city centre plan.

City upgradesPremiumPremiumA Rockingham city plan allows for buildings up to 24 storeys

New housing, employment and transport options are coming to Rockingham’s city centre, covering 534ha from the Rockingham train station to the foreshore.

Rayne Mansfield speaking at the 2025 Youth Parliament.

WA NewsLeadership recognised at Rockingham citizen awards

An education advocate, an Autumn Centre stalwart and a youth leader were recognised by the City of Rockingham as part of the 2026 Community Citizen of the Year Awards. 

The Pipers Inn on Syren Street, Rockingham

CourtPremiumPremiumMan jailed for attacking woman outside southern suburbs pub

After being barred from the premises earlier in the year, the 24-year-old returned to drink at the bar in July and, after leaving, attacked the woman.

Australia Day celebrations on the Rockingham Foreshore in 2025

Australia DayPremiumAustralia Day celebrations at Rockingham Beach Foreshore

Celebrations for Australia Day will include free entertainment and fireworks at the Rockingham Beach Foreshore on January 26.

The Changing Faces of Rockingham on display at the Rockingham Museum

Rockingham MuseumPremiumThe changing face of Rockingham

Rockingham Museum’s Changing Faces of Rockingham exhibition gives visitors a look at life before it’s now popular foreshore was established.

Ava Berryman

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Grant and Alana Williams.

RACINGCommentsPremium‘Deeply confronting’: Top trainers open up on horror month

WA’s No.1 trainer Grant Williams has opened up on the ‘deeply confronting’ uncertainty over his and wife Alana’s suspension from racing, as the pair won an appeal and further declared their innocence.

Hayden King

Mandurah mum identified as Kwinana Freeway crash victim

TrafficCommentsPremium‘Loving mum’ identified as Kwinana Freeway crash victim

The horrific crash closed the freeway for more than 10 hours.

Rachel Fenner

Underground workers employed by Barminco.

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FIFO workers with no degree making more than $20k a week

Specialised blue-collar workers on Western Australian mine sites are raking in more than experienced surgeons, thanks to a gold mining boom.

Adrian Rauso

Junbo Shim, 22, had only recently moved to WA to work in mining. 

Courts & JusticePremiumBig jail term for ‘callous’ drug-crazed fatal crash driver

A driver who was fleeing police for the second night straight and had been awake for three days when he killed a young South Korean man in a crash in Forrestfield has learned his fate.

Rebecca Le May

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A creeping deluge of human waste has seeped into Perth’s Swan River.

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Perth water pipes hit crisis mode after years of neglect

Water Corporation is struggling to provide a basic level of service to customers amid a maintenance backlog of at least five years and urgent repairs including decaying sewerage and lead leaking into pipes.

Charlton Hart

Mandurah mum identified as Kwinana Freeway crash victim

TrafficCommentsPremium‘Loving mum’ identified as Kwinana Freeway crash victim

The horrific crash closed the freeway for more than 10 hours.

Rachel Fenner

A young man died on Valentine’s Day after the car he was driving slammed into a tree in Pingelly. 

Disaster and EmergencyPremiumPremiumValentine’s Day tragedy as man dies in Wheatbelt crash

A young driver has been killed after his car hit a tree in Pingelly.

Underground workers employed by Barminco.

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CommentsPremiumFIFO workers with no degree making more than $20k a week

Specialised blue-collar workers on Western Australian mine sites are raking in more than experienced surgeons, thanks to a gold mining boom.

FBR got something of a shoutout from the Reserve Bank this week.

Herd on the TerracePremiumPremiumKemerton plan is Carey and maintenance

John Carey may have been a tad ambitious about the future of Albemarle’s lithium hydroxide refinery following Thursday’s news the plant will be closed. Plus: A Perth tech company wins an RBA shoutout.

Regional News

Fishers gathered at the demersal forum in Jurien Bay.

Demersal banPremiumDemersal fishers attend forum in Jurien Bay

About 100 people gathered in Jurien Bay on Wednesday last week to air their grievances about the ban on demersal fishing, and the impact it will have on the tourism town. 

Sally Q Davies

Banana plantations were the hardest hit in last week’s cyclone.

Mitchell’s impactPremiumGrowers yet to unpeel full extent of cyclone damage

As Carnarvon’s overall clean up efforts from last week’s ex-tropical cyclone Mitchell are winding up, the full extent of damage to the town’s banana plantations are still unclear one week on. 

Rebecca Ruthven & Sally Q. Davies

Pool change rooms at Goldfields Oasis will get a major makeover.

Pool upgradePremiumOasis pool changerooms will be renovated

The pool changerooms at the Goldfields Oasis Recreation Centre will undergo a $1.15 million renovation.

Isabella Davis

City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder chief executive Andrew Brien.

CEO contractPremiumPremiumCity chief will not renew contract past March 2027

The City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder’s chief executive will not renew his contract, which expires in March 2027, and is yet to provide a return-to-work date from his extended personal leave.

Dr Carla Morkel.

RADIOLOGY CLINICPremiumPremiumNew radiology clinic to up the Bunbury scanning game

A new chapter in local healthcare has begun with the opening of Perth Radiology Clinic Bunbury, a comprehensive medical imaging clinic now operating in the South West city. 

Badminton players Des Arrow, Michelle Watson and Rhett Eiffler.

Big tournament Olympian Setyana Mapasa heads field for bicentenary event

The biggest badminton tournament to come to Albany for decades has attracted an Olympian and the State’s top players, who are all on the hunt for a share in the $22,000 prize fund.

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Chinese coffee giant Luckin opened its first flagship with premium drinks as the company takes on Starbucks Reserve.

CNBC newsCommentsPremiumThere’s a coffee war brewing in China (and now in the US)

As Starbucks sells off most of its China business, local rival Luckin Coffee is expanding into higher-priced cold brews and other drinks. It’s also expanding its footprint in the US.

Evelyn Cheng

China’s property market, once accounting for more than a quarter of the economy, has seen its annual sales volume halve in just four years.

CNBC newsPremiumS&P bets China property slump will be worse than expected

S&P Global Ratings has lowered its forecast for China property sales this year, barely two months into 2026.

Evelyn Cheng

Elon Musk's mega-merger

CNBC newsCommentsPremiumSpaceX primed to make Elon Musk the first trillionaire

Elon Musk’s net worth soared past $US800b last week after he merged SpaceX with xAI in a deal that valued the combined entity at $US1.25 trillion.

Robert Frank and Lora Kolodny

The plans were discussed at a “Critical Minerals Ministerial” in Washington this week

CNBC newsPremiumUS proposes minerals trade bloc aimed at countering China

The US on Wednesday unveiled new initiatives to mobilise allies into a preferential trade bloc for critical minerals, including coordinated price floors.

Dylan Butts

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Regulators have cracked down on the South-West hotel at the centre of the Dunsborough sea scare, issuing compliance notices after it hired water sports equipment to a family who were subsequently swept out to sea.

WA NewsCommentsWorkSafe halts hotel water gear hire after Appelbee scare

Regulators have cracked down on the South-West hotel at the centre of the Dunsborough sea scare, issuing compliance notices after it hired water sports equipment to a family who were swept out to sea. 

Nick Overall 7NEWS

Denmark Gymnastics Club coaches, members, and committee with their sign after it was taken down from their old premises.

new home neededPremiumDenmark Gymnastics Club forced to close without a new home

The future of gymnastics in Denmark is in limbo with a local club’s lease on their previous home ending and their bid to find a new venue so far unsuccessful. 

Jacki Elezovich

Rockingham was named the safest Local Government Area to live in the State.

CRIMECommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumOnce crime-ridden town named safest place to live in WA

Just eight years after it was the Perth suburb with the most car thefts, a surprising town has claimed the top spot for being Western Australia’s safest Local Government Area. 

Police presence at the Burville Street unit has been scaled back.

CrimePremiumPremiumUnit at centre of homicide investigation still under guard

Police activity at the scene of a suspicious death in Spencer Park has been scaled back more than a week after a 69-year-old woman was found dead in her home.

Bluey and her family have arrived in Perth ready for adventure and hijinks as Bluey’s Big Play opened at the Regal Theatre in Subiaco on Wednesday.

EntertainmentCommentsCommentsGiant Bluey arrives in Perth ready to take fans on adventure

Bluey and her family have arrived in Perth ready for adventure and hijinks as Bluey’s Big Play opened at the Regal Theatre in Subiaco on Wednesday.

Nationals MLA Lachlan Hunter and Education Minister Sabine Wintonare at loggerheads.

State PoliticsVideoCommentsPremiumSenior minister in hot water for calling MP an ‘arsehole’

A senior Cook Government minister called an Opposition MP an ‘arsehole’ in Parliament while responding to what she thought was a racist sledge to her colleague.

Jessica Page and Oliver Lane