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  1. Volunteers neededVolunteer numbers dwindle in community

  2. Event backlashCouncil holds firm over new Lolly Run format

  3. International Sawfish DaySaw saviours host free day

  4. Emergency volunteersEmergency services brace for “high-threat” season.

  5. Bump in the roadEndangered tuart trees delay school opening

Parenting programCourse for parents, by parents

Led by parent facilitators a Being a Parent course has launched in Kwinana

Chloe Fraser

footballKwinana colts win first flag

Kwinana colts broke a 40-year premiership drought on September 19, winning the 2020 Laurie Keene grand final, defeating Secret Harbour.

Candy crushedKwinana Lolly Run moved from Christmas Day

General health and safety concerns have forced the 65-year-old Christmas day ritual to move to a multi-day event.

Chloe Fraser

ATHLETICSWellard’s 50-mile runner wins second place

Martina Tairea ran the Waterous Trail on Foot event, equivalent of about 80km, coming second out of 12 women.

Holly Thompson

Colour runGilmore College creates colourful end to term 3

Gilmore College staff and students finished the term with a Colour Run last Friday.

Arts weekendArts weekend encourages community to get creative

Friends of Rockingham Arts Centre will be hosting an open weekend at the Rockingham Arts Centre from October 3 to 4.

Holly Thompson

Mayor electRockingham community to decide mayor at 2021 ballot

After more than eight years of debate, City of Rockingham councillors have at last voted to let the community elect their mayor.

Name revealedSchool’s name a View to the past

The $17 million school in the southern part of Baldivis will be Pine View Primary School.

Event cancelledRockingham Beach Cup cancelled

Just two weeks after tickets went on sale, organisers have cancelled the 2020 Rockingham Beach Cup and Carnival

Arts centre bidCommunity plea to revisit Rockingham arts plan

Ten years after plans for a 500-seat auditorium and performing arts centre were shelved, the local arts community is rallying for a centre to be built in Rockingham.

Exclusive Chloe Fraser

COVID lectureExpert to speak on impacts of COVID-19

A free lecture is available to Rockingham and Kwinana residents to learn about the health effects of COVID-19 from a world-renowned expert.

Jake Dietsch

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Exclusive streamsCommentsPremiumFull replays: Stream every Charlesworth Classic match

Missed one of our exclusive live streams of hockey’s Ric Charlesworth Classic tournament? Catch up on all the action with every match on demand.

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Is sentiment changing on WA’s hard border?

WA could be putting all its eggs in one basket to contain the spread of the coronavirus and may be unprepared in the long term, writes Ben Morton Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister.

Ben Morton

Bush legendsCommentsPremiumThe decision that saved surf legend Dave Macaulay

Dave Macaulay looks from his balcony to his hometown cliffs that hold such great sadness and will always wonder what would have happened if, on a fateful day in 1996, he had made a different choice.

Steve Butler

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Eating his wordsCommentsPremium
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So, a humbled journo walks into a Manjimup bar...

I have been complained about, threatened, assaulted, and even defamed for my opinion pieces. But I have never copped as much flak as I did last week when I suggested the Manjimup Hotel was a bit crap.

Ben Harvey

Ben HarveyChief Reporter

‘No answers’PremiumFamily’s heartbreak and anger after pet dog shot dead

A family is devastated and outraged after Chapman Valley Shire shot dead its pet dog ‘without notice’ following a fight with a neighbour’s dog.

Kate Campbell & Peter Sweeney

RANGEWAY INCIDENTPremiumGeraldton police investigate after man injured by fall

Geraldton detectives are investigating an incident that occurred early this morning which saw a man in his 50’s hospitalised.

Liam Beatty

Move alongCommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumFood trucks could be locked out of Esperance jetty zone

The proposed removal of Esperance’s Jetty Headland and Twilight Beach as trading zones aims to protect the current leaseholders at the two tourist hot spots

Can you help?CommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumState Library in quest to reveal story of “Belle”

The stunning and pensive Wongai woman “Belle” was shared in recent weeks with the hope her story can be told after a photographic studio took her portrait in 1900

New guardCommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumThe changing face of Kalgoorlie’s skimpy industry

Chanelle Brandis, who works under the name Chanelle, made her skimpy debut with Brief Encounters ahead of what is easily the busiest time for skimpies in the city — Diggers & Dealers

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‘Critical conditionCommentsPremiumWarning for Perth dog owners after mystery illness

Perth dog owners who attended the City of Stirling’s Paw-some Day Out have been warned to check their pooches for virus symptoms after a labrador contracted a respiratory disease.

Caitlyn Rintoul

Raine fightPremiumSaraceni fights back with appeal over Raine Square hit

Property developer Luke Saraceni is fighting to revive a $200 million claim over the Commonwealth Bank taking the Raine Square project off him after the global financial crisis.

Neale Prior

Lucrative contractPremiumPremiumDefence Minister grilled over subs project delay

Linda Reynolds has not ruled out a decision on moving a lucrative submarines project to WA being made until after the next Federal election — which could be as late as September 2022.

Electoral reshuffleCommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumChristian Porter, Anne Aly’s seats on chopping block

Attorney-General Christian Porter and Labor MP Anne Aly could have their seats abolished after the WA Liberal and Labor parties called for them to go in a reshuffle of Federal electoral boundaries.

DiscontinuedPremiumPremiumBikie boss has extortion charges dropped

Sporting a black t-shirt with ‘Villin’ emblazoned across it, former Rebels boss Nick Martin walked out of court a happy man after money laundering and extortion charges against him were dropped.

‘Well done Victoria’VideoMcGowan lauds Victoria’s ‘incredible’ COVID result

Mark McGowan has labelled Victoria’s second wave response a ‘gold standard’ after the state celebrated zero new COVID cases for the first time in four months, as WA records two new cases.

Peter Law

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