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  1. Positive relationshipsPremium$500,000 for Mid West domestic violence prevention project

  2. Shaving for a CausePremiumVeteran set to shave blue hair for men’s shed fundraiser

  3. AGRICULTURE SHOWS PremiumMingenew Midwest Expo cancelled for 2025

  4. Sickness SurgePremiumWhooping cough cases reach Mid West amid vax calls

  5. Mid West Sports AwardsPremiumLocal sports scene boasts many game changers

RacingPremiumPerth trainers flock to the $125k Batavia Sprint

With $125,000 up for grabs in Sunday’s running of the 2024 Geraldton Toyota Batavia Sprint, Perth trainers will be bringing their best in a bid to to take the purse away from the locals. 

Luke Lawson

Cricket PremiumDouble-headers highlight round six of cricket action

Round six of the Geraldton Bendigo Bank Cricket League kicks off with game one of two for Chapman Valley-Northampton and Towns on Friday night under lights.

Victor Tanti

Netball Premium Shooting Stars shine bright on inaugural carnival day

More than 60 participants in a netball carnival last week celebrated culture, community and empowerment while learning from an athlete who has reached the pinnacle of the sport.

Luke Lawson

Harvest 2024-25PremiumArc completes ‘critical’ grain-on-rail repairs at Canna

A critical link in WA’s grain-on-rail network has been restored in time for harvest after a loaded iron ore train derailed in Australia’s biggest wheat production zone, causing major track damage.

Adam Poulsen

CourtPremiumThree years jail for stabbing man with broken beer bottle

A man has been sentenced to three years behind bars for driving a broken bottle into another man’s back in Geraldton early last year.

Matthew Paddick

WA NewsCommentsPremiumHMAS Sydney sailor’s diary, photo album donated to WA Museum

After 20-year-old Cyril James Nugent perished aboard HMAS Sydney II 83 years ago, along with 644 other comrades, his father banned the family from ever mentioning his name again.

Kate Campbell

RacingPremiumPremiumPerth trainers flock to the $125k Batavia Sprint

With $125,000 up for grabs in Sunday’s running of the 2024 Geraldton Toyota Batavia Sprint, Perth trainers will be bringing their best in a bid to to take the purse away from the locals. 

Election speculationPremiumPremiumCandidates speak ahead of potential election date change

Candidates across the Mid West have had their say on a potential move for the State election, amid speculation of a clash with the upcoming Federal election.

National AwardPremiumPremiumFormer teacher named WA senior Australian of the year

A retired schoolteacher who used to work in Geraldton has been named the 2025 WA senior Australian of the year.

Snap + ChatPremiumThis little piggy went to the beach

Snap + Chat has been on hiatus recently, but we’re back with a round-up of hot topic community talking points.

Kate Campbell

International Men’s DayInternational Men’s Day events to hit Geraldton

A Mid West organisation is looking to shed light on men’s mental health, ahead of International Men’s Day next week.

Matthew Paddick

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Rogue builder’s new life as ‘shrink’ under scrutiny

Rogue builder Danny Coyne has caught the attention of authorities over his new occupation as a psychologist treating addicts and other vulnerable patients.

John Flint

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REVEALED: Perth Airport’s plans for stunning upgrade

Perth Airport’s boss has promised passengers will be in the ‘right place all the time’ when $5b redevelopment works are finally complete early next decade.

Claire Sadler

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Eagles WAFL captain to leave club, ex-AFL players to follow

West Coast WAFL captain Jackson Nelson is set to depart the club, while vice-captain Trey Ruscoe and Jason Gillbee, who is the best friend of Harley Reid, are also on the way out.  

Jakeb Waddell

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Dockers lodge paperwork for father-son prospect Carr

Fremantle have officially nominated promising forward Jaren Carr as a father-son prospect ahead of this month’s draft but are no certainty to take the 20-year-old.

Mitchell Woodcock

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EnvironmentCommentsPremium‘Super concerned’: Perth beaches that have locals worried

Tens of thousands of people face a second summer of substandard beach water quality — forcing them to head elsewhere — as environmental issues plague some of Perth’s most popular summer spots.

Caitlyn Rintoul

DefenceCommentsPremiumThe battle to ensure Dick Norden’s legacy of courage

On May 14, 1968, Lieutenant George Hulse, 26, was jolted by the sound of gunfire that for him would reverberate for more than half a century.

John Flint

Courts & JusticePremiumPremium‘Kindergarten cops’ still haunting Tobias 19 years later

Nineteen years ago, German backpacker Tobias Suckfuell publicly lashed out at police on the NSW north coast city of Lismore branding them ‘kindergarten cops’.

Courts & JusticePremiumPremium‘I was not Grace’s slave’: Andre Rebelo’s court denial

Andre Rebelo has faced questions over his relationship with his influencer girlfriend Gracie Piscopo and grilled over claims he tried to defraud a life insurance company because he had promised her a windfall.

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Premium‘Fake on top of fake’: Andre Rebelo faces his lies

Andre Rebelo – the social media star accused of killing his mother for money – has said his litany of lies to family and insurance companies were told because he feared she had killed herself.

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Emergency crews contain raging bushfire in Cranbrook

An emergency blaze in the Shire of Cranbrook has been contained after it threatened to reach the townsite on Saturday afternoon.

Hannah Cross

Charitable legacyPremiumFoundation carries on murder victim’s legacy 16 years on

It’s almost impossible to imagine a silver lining to come out of the brutal murder of a 94-year-old man in his own home. But in Joe Hollomby’s case, there has been one to emerge.

Kate Campbell

Regional WAPremiumREVEALED: Have the new liquor laws cut crime in Broome?

Property crime in Broome has dropped 50 per cent since tougher takeaway liquor restrictions were introduced in June, Minister for Racing and Gaming Paul Papalia told WA Parliament.

Sarah Crawford

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PremiumRural lifelines are threatened by Government cost cutting

For more than a century, the Government of WA has been tasked with ensuring rural communities have access to essential services — commitment that has held the Wheatbelt together through generations. 

Important figurePremiumPremiumProposal explores ways to better recognise C. Y. O’Connor

Creating a full-sized statue of C. Y. O’Connor and moving his replica bust to the local library are being proposed to help improve recognition of the mastermind behind the Goldfields pipeline.

Series of blackoutsPremiumPremiumGenerators to help remote Goldfields town facing blackouts

A blackout in a northern Goldfields town on Friday left residents without power for more than eight hours, with new generators deployed to help secure the electricity supply.

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CNBC news30 essential rules to live by for those who want no regrets

If you want to live longer and feel more fulfilled you probably don’t need lasers or freezers. There’s a lot you can do today at little to no cost that will extend your life and increase your happiness.

Aditi Shrikant

CNBC newsKindergartens become care homes in demographic crisis

Plagued by shrinking birth rates and a rapidly ageing population, tens of thousands of Chinese kindergartens have scaled back operations, closed down entirely or pivoted industries to survive.

Anniek Bao

CNBC newsCommentsChina’s industrial profits plunge

China’s industrial profits in September dropped at its fastest pace since the pandemic, data from the National Bureau of Statistics shows.

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CNBC newsWhy Maccas is holding the onions on Quarter Pounders

The famed burger is back on sale in the US as authorities investigate the source of an outbreak of a deadly E. coli outbreak.

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Federal PoliticsCommentsPremiumGreens drop big demand in shocking Nature Positive twist

The Greens will no longer insist on a climate trigger under a new offer designed to tempt the Federal Government into a deal to pass its Nature Positive laws in the final parliamentary sittings of the year. 

Dan Jervis-Bardy

WA NewsPremiumFinal warning to partygoers as leavers descend on SW

WA Police have issued a final warning to the 2024 leavers cohort to ensure young people ‘go home in one piece’ as celebrations begin throughout the South West. 

Caleb Runciman

DISASTER AND EMERGENCY PremiumPremiumDriver killed in collision with truck near Coolgardie

WA’s horror weekend on our roads has claimed a fourth life, after a driver was killed when his car collided with a truck on Great Eastern Highway near Coolgardie on Sunday. 

Courts & JusticePremiumPremiumDrunk, stoned driver who killed grandfather gets more time

A 27-year-old man who filmed himself speeding moments before he killed a grandfather in a high speed, head-on crash on South Western Highway has copped more jail time after the State appealed his sentence.

Local Makers CommentsCommentsLocal market provides answer to best Christmas gifts

As summer begins to kick off so does the Christmas season in Perth, and what better way to spoil your relatives than with something made in WA.

State PoliticsCommentsPremiumNatural disaster victims eligible for $24,000 in urgent fund

Bushfire, cyclone and flood victims will be able to access up to $24,000 in emergency relief funding, under a new State Government natural disaster program. 

Dylan Caporn