The City of Rockingham has officially launched its FOGO kerbside collection, joining more than 20 other local governments in WA to roll out the three-bin system.
Ava Berryman
Rachel Fenner
Port Kennedy local Irene Lamb took home the Excellence in the Workplace Award at the 2025 VisAbility Awards for her work as a dance coach for individuals with low or no vision.
Thieves are stripping safety from streets as the theft of millions of dollars worth of copper cabling contributes to lights out in the suburbs.
The Peel region is becoming a prime location to drink some excellent beers after local brewers were recognised at the Perth Royal Beer Awards last week.
A controversial policy that allowed City of Rockingham councillors to use ratepayer funds to pursue defamation cases has been overturned.
Rockingham tour guide Monique Boucher won the FACET Golden Guide Award at the recent Perth Airport WA Tourism Conference dinner in Fremantle.
An Indian restaurant has been slapped with a fine over a filthy kitchen and dodgy hygiene practices.
After giving the initial sign-off to the $7 million Kennedy Bay jetty, the City of Rockingham is now recommending a halt to proceedings.
Rockingham Theatre Company has started a youth theatre group for kids aged 7-17 to express themselves through performance.
Approval has been granted for work to start on Wellard’s tallest building, an eight-storey tower rising from a carpark lot alongside a train station and tavern.
The City of Rockingham backed the development of 33 townhouses in the centre of the city at last week’s meeting, but councillors got down in the weeds over street trees.
The City of Rockingham estimates that more than 12,500 tonnes of organic waste will be diverted from landfill each year with the roll-out of FOGO.
Perth’s median dwelling price has jumped $65,000 over the past year, with anticipated interest rate cuts set to further buoy the market.
Kim Macdonald
Veteran bikie Troy Mercanti is putting three decades of underworld muscle to work as a professional boxer in Thailand.
Ben Harvey
A Baldivis childcare centre has been fined $45,000 for inadequately supervising a two-year-old child who was found alone on the side of a busy road after wandering away from a bush excursion.
Shannon Hampton
An inquest into the death of Cleveland Dodd — the first juvenile to die in custody in WA — has been told that Corrective Services staff had come to ‘accept the unacceptable’ in how they treated young offenders.
Sarah Crawford and Rebecca Le May
Judge calls for ‘sensible exchange’ after corporate jetsetter Mladen Ninkov wins injunction over Dalkeith neighbour Alan McKail’s new motorised patio.
Neale Prior
The Premier says he is more convinced than ever, that the much touted $368 billion AUKUS defence agreement will go ahead after high-level talks in the UK this week.
The gates flooded with pops of colour as fans rocked up in epic costumes including Xena Warrior Princess, an NCR Ranger from Fallout, and characters from manga series Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch.
A Kalgoorlie-Boulder Aboriginal organisation has won a grant for a program encouraging communities to improve digital literacy skills and embrace new technologies.
Jessica Antoniou
Cabin Fever has dropped the line-up for their live music events across the Margaret River and Busselton regions, with beats, brews and good times on offer.
Daniel Hocking
WA’s free influenza vaccination program has been extended to the end of July as case numbers rise ahead of peak season.
Isabella Davis
Hedland Senior High School was alive with creativity as students took to the stage — and the gallery walls — for the school’s much-anticipated biannual arts showcase.
The Country Women’s Association of WA held their annual State Conference in Albany this week, with more than 200 members attending from a range of branches.
Bunbury mountain bike rider Connor Wright has the world - or the mountain tops - at his feet as he prepares to mount an Olympic challenge.
The Federal Reserve has kept interest rates steady amid expectations of higher inflation and lower economic growth ahead, and still pointed to two reductions later this year.
Jeff Cox
The CEOs of TotalEnergies, Shell, and EnQuest have warned that further attacks on critical energy infrastructure could have serious consequences for global supply and prices.
Sam Meredith
Despite the continued fighting — with hundreds reported dead — global stock markets have sustained positive momentum.
Chloe Taylor
Chinese companies are so intent on global expansion that even the biggest stock offering to date on Shanghai’s tech-heavy STAR board counts the US as one of its biggest markets, on par with China.
Evelyn Cheng
Yilgarn iron ore tenements Mineral Resources has sold to a private company that wants to start mining later this year are now subject to a review by the State Government over cleanup costs.
Simone Grogan
Dom Sheed is happy to be remembered for one kick, but the retiring West Coast Eagle has achieved so much more.
Glen Quartermain
The Banned Drinkers Register is set to become permanent in some northern regions of WA under new legislation.
Drivers snapped repeatedly by WA’s new smart cameras — even drinking a beer and smoking a glass pipe — have been slammed as ‘mind boggling’.
The precinct will include restaurants, a Woolworths, retail outlets and a child daycare centre.