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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.

PerthNow

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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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

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

state politics VideoPremiumWATCH: 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.

Jessica Page

The pilot for an autonomous delivery system from Sodexo is being trialled at initial pilot phase is being conducted at Rio Tinto’s Gudai-Darri village.

MiningCommentsPremiumMore job cut details emerge as Rio renews FIFO catering gig

The French firm feeding Rio Tinto’s legion of workers in the Pilbara has renewed its contract amid a wave of redundancies sweeping through the iron ore giant’s Perth office.

Adrian Rauso

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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

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.

An empty Rio Tinto hard hat in the Pilbara

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PremiumMass job cuts loom for Rio Tinto’s Perth workforce

A major cutback at the State’s largest iron ore producer is believed to be in motion as speculation mounts that a high-ranking Perth manager will soon depart.

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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 flightPremiumTeenage 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.

Isabella Davis

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

Emergency servicesPremium95-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.

Imogen Wilson

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.

A group of Australians has helped build a tiny forest in the Cook Islands.

Youth programPremiumPremiumNew youth program to connect kids with nature after school

A new city after-school program is looking to stop kids coming home from school and staring at screens. Instead they will learn to appreciate and connect with their environment

Margaret River is a stand-out spot for stargazing new research shows.

GlampingPremiumPremiumMargaret River noted as standout stargazing spot

Margaret River has been noted as a stand-out location for stargazing in a new study of glamping spots across WA.

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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

President Donald Trump.

CNBC newsCommentsPremiumWatchdog zeros in on suspicious oil trades before Trump post

The probe is zeroing in on at least two instances over a roughly two-week period when trading volumes jumped sharply just ahead of key White House news.

Yun Li

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A child has been seriously injured after being hit by a car on their way home from school. NewsWire / Damian Shaw

updatedPremiumTwo schoolchildren separately hit by vehicles

Two children have been rushed to hospital with serious injuries after they were each hit by a vehicle on their way home from school in separate incidents.

Emma Kirk

A child has been rushed to hospital with serious injuries after being hit by a car south of Perth.

Disaster and EmergencyTwo kids rushed to hospital after separate Perth crashes

Two children have been rushed to hospital with serious injuries after being hit by vehicles in separate collisions on Friday afternoon. 

Claire Sadler

SNESA's new blue and gold league kits were stolen on Wednesday.

‘DISGRACEFUL’CommentsCommentsLocal footy club hit hard after jumpers stolen overnight

A local Perth football club has been dealt a crippling blow after their league jumpers were allegedly stolen. 

With around two million West Australians set to be handed $100 as part of this year’s State Budget, many will be wondering how exactly they can get their hands on the much-needed funds.

State PoliticsVideoCommentsCommentsHow to claim your $100 payment from the WA Government

With around two million West Australians set to be handed $100 as part of this year’s State Budget, many will be wondering how exactly they can get their hands on the much-needed funds.

An e-bike rider has died after colliding with an orange bus in Perth's south.

NewsPremiumPremiumE-bike rider dies after collision with bus

An e-bike rider was rushed to hospital after colliding with an orange bus, but he could not be saved.

Barry Wayne Lawrence

Courts & JusticePremiumMore teen sex assault charges for child protection staffer

An award-winning former child protection employee who cared for some of WA’s most vulnerable kids is facing a raft of new charges of assaulting two other alleged victims.

Rachel Fenner