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Long Point Brewing Co. to open late June

Short wait for Long PointREVEALED: When you can enjoy beers at Long Point Brewery

With the opening of Kennedy Bay’s new Long Point Brewing Co. around the corner, head brewer Jackson Purser gives a sneak peek at what is to come.

Ava Berryman

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.

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.

ResignationCommentsRockingham councillor announces resignation

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

Ava Berryman

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

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A young man has died after losing control of his car and crashing in the Perth Hills.

Disaster and EmergencyCommentsPremiumYoung man dies after early morning crash in Perth Hills

Major crash detectives are investigating the circumstances surrounding the incident.

Hannah Cross

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

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

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A young man has died after losing control of his car and crashing in the Perth Hills.

Disaster and EmergencyCommentsPremiumYoung man dies after early morning crash in Perth Hills

Major crash detectives are investigating the circumstances surrounding the incident.

Hannah Cross

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

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The West Australian exclusive
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The West Australian exclusive
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!CommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumShuey’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.

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.

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Wendy and Bruce Blanchard in Kalgoorlie-Boulder after Bruce’s big walk from Perth.

Big walkPremiumBlind and deaf man walks from Perth to Kalgoorlie-Boulder

Heads turned and drivers gawked as a blind man was escorted by police through some of Kalgoorlie-Boulder’s busiest roads and intersections last Thursday.

Isabella Davis

Rox Resources is targeting first gold for mid-next year at the Youanmi gold project south-east of Mt Magnet in the Murchison.

Bringing gold backPremiumGolden times returning to historic Youanmi gold area

Rox Resources is charging toward restarting the Youanmi gold project south-east of Mt Magnet.

Neil Watkinson

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.

Georgia Campion

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

New TechPremiumPremiumAg 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

Barman Wally Kimel

Ale’s wellPremiumPremiumA 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.

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.

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Strategists such as Galloway can charge more than $15,000 a month for their services.

CNBC newsCommentsPremiumMeet the YouTube whisperers behind the biggest video names

With thousands of YouTube creators relying on the platform for income, many are turning to strategists as essential advisors on how to keep videos viral.

Alex Sherman and Zach Vallese

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

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Australia’s Health Minister says the hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship off Spain doesn’t have ‘pandemic potential’ less than 24 hours from the scheduled of a repatriation flight of passengers to Australia.

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WA ‘ready to assist’ with hantavirus passengers Perth bound

Australia’s Health Minister says the hantavirus outbreak on a cruise ship off Spain doesn’t have ‘pandemic potential’ less than 24 hours from the arrival of a repatriation flight of passengers to Perth.

Caitlyn Rintoul and Jessica Page

Passengers carry their belongings in plastic bags after being evacuated from the MV Hondius.

WA NewsCommentsAussies from deadly Hantavirus cruise to quarantine in Perth

Six passengers are set to land at Perth’s RAAF base before being transferred to the Bullsbrook facility to quarantine for at least three weeks.

Oliver Lane

Perth’s red-hot housing market could be heading for a sharp reality check as economist Leith van Onselen warns Australia is on the brink of its biggest property correction in 40 years.

PerthVideoCommentsCommentsPerth property bloodbath warning amid huge housing crash

The city’s red-hot housing market could be heading for a sharp reality check as economists warn Australia is on the brink of its biggest property correction in 40 years.

A teenager has died after crashing into a tree in the Wheatbelt.

Disaster and EmergencyPremiumPremiumTeen dies after crashing into tree in Wheatbelt

Police are investigating after the 18-year-old driver died at the scene.

A Cancer Council survey has revealed the WA public has lost its appetite for secondhand smoke, a groundswell of support for making WA pubs, clubs, and bars completely smoke-free.

Public HealthCommentsCommentsREVEALED: WA punters want smoking banned in pubs and bars

A Cancer Council survey has revealed that the WA public has lost its appetite for secondhand smoke, with a groundswell of support for making WA pubs, clubs and bars completely smoke-free.

A flight carrying four Australians, a New Zealand national, and a permanent resident who were stranded for weeks on a hantavirus infected cruise ship is expected to land in Perth on Tuesday.

HANTAVIRUSVideoCommentsSix passengers from hantavirus-infected ship flying to Perth

Four Australians, a New Zealand national, and a permanent resident will fly into Perth after they were stranded on a ship infected by hantavirus, a deadly illness which has killed three people.

Niall Mc Ilroy