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  1. ‘Every resource’PremiumPapalia reveals extraordinary lengths to find Cleo

  2. BreakingPolice scour Cleo’s house for signs of stalker

  3. ‘Find my little girl’Cleo’s mum makes heartbreaking plea for help

  4. GRAPHIC CONTENT WARNINGPremiumConfronting CCTV footage shows moment JC was shot

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    Carnarvon campers at Cleo site ‘yet to come forward’

JC trialPremiumProtesters march over Geraldton officer’s acquittal

Frustrated protesters have stamped handprints on the walls of the Geraldton Police Station after a local police officer was acquitted over the fatal shooting of an Aboriginal mother.

Michael Roberts

New leadsVideoDetective reveals key ‘recent development’ in Cleo case

Detective Superintendent Rod Wilde of the Major Crime Division has just revealed a ‘very recent development’ in the case of missing four-year-old Cleo Smith.

Kristin Shorten

Hopes fadingVideoPolice leave campsite as land search for Cleo ends

Police have left the Blowholes campground where Cleo Smith was believed to be abducted, and have re-opened the site.

Caitlin Law-Davis and Brianna Dugan

Not guiltyPremiumAngry family asks where is justice for JC

The WA Police officer who fatally shot an armed Aboriginal woman in a suburban Geraldton street has been cleared of her murder.

Emily Moulton

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Pilot says Cleo ‘already gone’ when cops started search

Justin Borg was out mustering when he got a phone call in the early hours of Saturday morning from a distressed member of the Smith family, pleading for him to help find a missing four-year-old girl.

Brianna Dugan

JC trialPremiumProtesters march over Geraldton officer’s acquittal

Frustrated protesters have stamped handprints on the walls of the Geraldton Police Station after a local police officer was acquitted over the fatal shooting of an Aboriginal mother.

Michael Roberts

Not guiltyPremiumPremiumAngry family asks where is justice for JC

The WA Police officer who fatally shot an armed Aboriginal woman in a suburban Geraldton street has been cleared of her murder.

COOPER LEGACYService to people of Geraldton is in the blood

A Geraldton stalwart has sworn his son on to the council to which he gave more than three decades of service, passing on a legacy and his passion for the city.

COURT DATEFormer boxing coach Justin Crudeli to face trial

A former boxing coach was back in court this week after allegedly working with kids without a valid Working With Children Check.

HOUSING BOOM?Geraldton property purple patch continues

Geraldton property values are continuing to climb at rates not seen since the early 2000s, with the latest data revealing house prices were up 6.2 per cent over the September quarter.

Michael Roberts

VALIANT EFFORTSNorthampton police set a shining example to follow

Police officers have been recognised for their unwavering efforts during the carnage of cyclone Seroja, with the Mid West police station one of three team finalists in the WA Police Excellence Awards.

Michael Roberts

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emotional scenesPremium‘Love affair’ claims in Janet Dweh murder case

Dozens of Janet Dweh’s family and friends have attended court as a married man accused of murdering her appeared, amid claims by her family he was having a ‘love affair’ with her.

Shannon Hampton

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Rio’s unprecedented WA shutdown over sex assaults

The mining giant has pressed pause on sites across the State to address workers on the scourge, as well as racism and bullying.

Caitlyn Rintoul

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Police reveal the 730 outlaw bikie members across WA

The huge number of outlaw motorcycle gangs and feeder clubs in WA — as well as some of their most serious crimes — have been revealed in police report being used to justify tough new anti-bikie laws.

Peter Law

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Clues mountCleo’s voice can be heard in campground CCTV footage

As police investigate ‘hundreds and hundreds’ of Crime Stoppers calls the detective charged with probing the case also revealed Cleo’s voice has been heard on CCTV footage from nearby beach shacks.

Daryna Zadvirna

Day 8VideoPolice return to Cleo’s house to question neighbour

Police have returned to the neighbourhood of suspected abduction victim Cleo Smith.

Ailish Delaney

Come forwardVideoTop cop says ‘someone knows’ what happened to Cleo

WA’s top cop has revealed police are ‘painstakingly’ going through every vehicle movement out of the campsite Cleo Smith vanished from, issuing a fresh appeal for information to ‘crack open the case’.

Daryna Zadvirna

‘We will not rest’VideoCommunity to hold candlelit vigil for beloved Cleo

Carnarvon will do ‘anything it takes’ to find Cleo Smith, as the town prepares to hold a candlelit vigil for the four-year-old tonight.

Port-South rivalryPremiumPremiumJohnston century steers Port to win over South

Coming in at first drop after the early wicket of Chris Briody (6), Johnston instantly looked in control. He combined with Toby O’Grady (42) for an 80-run third-wicket stand

‘Find my little girl’VideoCleo’s mum makes heartbreaking plea for help

Missing girl Cleo Smith’s mum Ellie has made a heartbreaking plea for help to ‘find my little girl’, a week on from her shock disappearance from their tent near Carnarvon.

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Vital evidenceVideoThe inconspicuous camera that confirmed Cleo at camp

Audio of Cleo Smith was recorded on a single CCTV camera at a beach shack, just 20m from where she was staying, the day before she vanished.

Brianna Dugan

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COVID chief Neville Power charged over ‘border breach’

The man who was tasked by Prime Minister Scott Morrison to spearhead the country’s post COVID-19 economic task force, Neville Power, has been charged with breaching WA’s strict quarantine laws.

Emily Moulton, Peter Law and Tim Clarke

Sticking to itVideoCarnarvon goes to extraordinary lengths to find Cleo

Locals have banded together to throw all their energy into returning the four-year-old to her family, with one local handing out more than 2000 missing person stickers.

Clues mountCleo’s voice can be heard in campground CCTV footage

As police investigate ‘hundreds and hundreds’ of Crime Stoppers calls the detective charged with probing the case also revealed Cleo’s voice has been heard on CCTV footage from nearby beach shacks.

UpdatedBig development in missing Cleo case

A car was spotted leaving the remote campsite where four-year-old Cleo Smith was snatched from her family’s tent, a short time after she was last seen.

New leadsVideoDetective reveals key ‘recent development’ in Cleo case

Detective Superintendent Rod Wilde of the Major Crime Division has just revealed a ‘very recent development’ in the case of missing four-year-old Cleo Smith.

Kristin Shorten