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  1. CRIMEPremiumDriver speeding 45kmh over limit before fatal WA crash

  2. FootballPremiumSouth West maintain perfect country championship record

  3. PortPremium$95m surge breakwater at port progressing well

  4. CricketPremiumStrong side named for Geraldton in Country Cup

  5. ArtsPremiumBiggest year yet for Geraldton Open Studios & Surrounds

Tour-goers at the Mid West Port.

IndustryPremiumMid West Ports Authority takes community behind the scenes

Tours of Geraldton Port on the weekend gave locals a behind-the-scenes look at the transport and construction of the facility, including the in-progress surge protection breakwater. 

Sally Q Davies

An artist’s impression of the solar project at Warradarge wind farm.

Renewable energyPremiumSynergy proposes massive $2b solar project for Warradarge

State Government-owned Synergy has proposed a huge solar development in the Shire of Coorow estimated to be worth $2 billion.

Sally Q Davies

Tyler Caddy, Dylan Ralph and Kim Schofield took out their club's best and fairest awards.

FootballPremiumAwards season wraps up as GNFL clubs crown top players

All seven of the Community Bank Geraldton Great Northern Football League sides have crowned their most outstanding performers for the season. See the full winners’ list here.

Victor Tanti & Rebecca Ruthven

Geraldton MP Kirrilee Warr wants an assessment of shark stocks.

FisheriesPremiumWarr calls for fresh assessment after shark funding

Geraldton MP Kirrilee War has questioned if the State Government’s $5 million boost for shark mitigation measures go far enough and called for an assessment of the shark population to be brought forward.

Sally Q Davies

A woman has died in a crash on Indian Ocean Drive north of Perth.

CRASHVideoTwo dead, three in hospital following horrific WA crashes

A young woman has died and three others are in hospital following a crash on a notorious stretch of Indian Ocean Drive.

Kirsty Lichtenstein

Lea Groom, Elsie Groom, 7, Nat Shultz and Ben Puzzar at the Pumas’ stall.

BasketballPremiumLaunch event sees basketball season tip off in style

Geraldton’s amateur basketball season is ready to tip off in style this week, after a summer season launch on Sunday.

Derek Goforth

Perth Queer Film Festival organisers Annette Hasluck and Mark Reid.

ArtsPremiumPremiumPerth Queer Film Festival back at GRAG

The Perth Queer Film Festival is returning to the Geraldton Regional Art Gallery with multiple showings of international and homegrown films that give insights into the modern LGBTQIA+ experience. 

Shannan Dunn at at Glenfield Beach where he rescued Mel Ismail.

Shark attackPremiumPremiumShark attack hero struggles to find peace in the ocean

Shannan Dunn, who rushed in to rescue firefighter Mel Ismail following a shark attack at Glenfield Beach, admits that hopping on his board and surfing a wave no longer brings him the same peace it once did.

Evolve Physio's Sally McKenzie and Bella Hainan.

Women’s healthPremiumPremiumFree forum to shine spotlight on menopause, perimenopause

Mid West women are encouraged to come along to a free community event to help bust myths about perimenopause and menopause.

The Blessing of the Fleet at Fisherman's Wharf in Geraldton last year.

Set sailPremiumGeraldton’s Blessing of the Fleet returns on Sunday

Geraldton will be celebrating the city’s maritime history and community links this weekend, with the traditional Blessing of the Fleet returning to the water. 

Sally Q Davies

Geraldton Junior Tennis Club winners from the inaugural 1967 tournament.

Snapshot in TimePremiumJunior history served up at WA’s oldest tennis club

Founded in 1872 five years before the first Wimbledon tournament, the Geraldton Tennis Club is recognised as the oldest tennis club in Western Australia. 

Tracy Fraser

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Major crash are investigating the Ogilvie fatality.

Road tollPremiumWitness appeal after man, 24, killed in Mid West rollover

A 24-year-old man who was a passenger has been killed following a single vehicle rollover north of Geraldton on Monday morning.

Kate Campbell

Curtin’s vice-chancellor, Professor Harlene Hayne, has slammed the Cook Government’s plans for a uni merger.

STATE POLITICSPremium‘Mega-university’ proposal slammed by Curtin

Curtin’s vice-chancellor is putting up a fight against the State Government’s controversial plan to merge three WA public universities into a mega institution.

Caleb Runciman

Leslie "Lethal Les" Grantham is pictured with family at the Perth District Court today. Michael Wilson

CRIMEPremiumBombshell revelation as bikie turned influencer sent to jail

The former bikie enforcer known as “Lethal Les” — who was tortured and excommunicated by the Comanchero gang — has been jailed over a five-year-old money laundering charge.

Caleb Runciman

The Bunbury Outer Ring Road: the site of unhappiness, according to lawyers.

Herd on the TerracePremiumSouth West family sues Main Roads over snatched land

A David and Goliath battle is looming in WA’s Supreme Court as a South West family sues Main Roads over land snatched to build the Bunbury Outer Ring Road. Plus: Terrace banker bids farewell.

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A registered teacher has been charged over an elaborate hydroponic cannabis set-up.

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PICTURED: WA teacher accused of drug crimes identified

The 40-year-old fronted Perth Magistrates Court on Friday where prosecutors revealed shocking details about what officers discovered during a raid on a Dianella property.

Caleb Runciman and Jessica Evensen

Nicola Forrest is founder of Coaxial.

FinancePremiumNicola Forrest’s record-breaking $500m-plus donation

Australia’s second-richest woman will put more than $500m into her own philanthropic vehicle Coaxial to help address “devastation” in communities across the country.

Adrian Lowe

Boral maintenance planner Jess Larcombe and concrete truck driver Karma Phuntsho.

DefencePremiumPremiumNaval base construction threatens WA’s mining workforce

WA is facing an unprecedented shortage of tradies as the monster naval rearmament project at Henderson sucks up workers and triggers a bidding war between defence contractors and resources giants.

Ben Harvey at the Perth Royal Show.

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Are you f***ing serious? The Royal Show has lost the plot

BEN HARVEY: $13 Dagwood dogs and $35 parking. Welcome to the Perth Royal Show.

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Courts & JusticePremiumPremiumLove triangle ends in brutal murder of WA woman, court told

Grisly details of the final moments of Tara Marie Morrison’s life were revealed in the WA Supreme Court where James Anthony Sorgiovanni, 29, and Hannah Louise Glover, 30, stood trial accused of murder.

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Police are investigating after a woman crashed into two homes in Bayonet Head on Sunday.

double crashPremiumWoman crashes car into two homes in Bayonet Head

A woman in her 70s was treated for shock on Sunday after crashing into a house in Bayonet Head, before reversing into another one.

Melissa Sheil

Bridgetown-Greenbushes councillor Simon Robinson has resigned.

CouncilPremiumRobinson resigns from Bridgetown council

A sudden councillor resignation has left the Shire of Bridgetown-Greenbushes with a vacant seat and the possibility of heading back to the polls for an extraordinary election. 

Serian Lockwood-Jones

The Binningup community came out in force for their annual beach clean-up last year.

BEACH CLEAN PremiumBinningup will host its annual beach clean-up on Sunday

People wanting to help look after their coastal environment are being invited to help with a community clean-up day in Binningup at the weekend. 

Rose Patane

Eva Morgan as Skye and Fiona Button as Karen in Stan television show Two Birds, which was filmed in the Goldfields.

TV showPremiumPremiumPreview photos released for TV show filmed in Goldfields

The Broad Arrow Tavern can be seen among first-look photos of the crime mystery TV series Two Birds that was filmed in the Goldfields this year.

Benjamin Henderson-Mason, 11, and Lara Henderson-Mason, 8, at the Lorna Mitchell Spring Festival in Hammond Park on Sunday.

Spring Festival PremiumPremiumCommunity festival springs into action

The Lorna Mitchell Spring Festival united the Kalgoorlie-Boulder community under pleasant Sunday morning sunshine. 

A man threatened to burn a day care centre to the ground.

Courts & justicePremiumPremiumMan jailed after threats to burn down Kalgoorlie day care

A man has been jailed after he threatened a Kalgoorlie-Boulder day care owner out the front of the centre and said he would burn the building to the ground.

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The tipping point will start in Europe, some argue it has already begun in the US ... wherever it happens, it will have fundamental impacts on the global economy and lead to difficult policy decisions.

CNBC newsPremium2029 starts a global tipping point, and it’s not the climate

The tipping point will start in Europe, some argue it has already begun in the US ... wherever it happens, it will have fundamental impacts on the global economy and lead to difficult policy decisions.

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The conversation is reflective of a broken job market because it shows how “the power dynamic is so, so, so skewed toward the employer,” Gavin says.

CNBC newsPremiumIced coffee debate reflects ‘everything wrong with hiring’

Would you reject a job candidate who brought an iced coffee to an interview? Your answer may not matter: Either way, someone on the internet thinks you’re wrong. And a career expert says she’s over it.

Sophie Caldwell

Sam Altman, chief executive and co-founder of OpenAI, left, and Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms, during a state dinner with Chinese President Xi Jinping, at the White House last week.

CNBC newsPremiumDebt-hungry AI firms face higher risks as bond yields spike

The AI infrastructure buildout, which has already reached historic levels, is about to get even more expensive.

Kif Leswing, Isabel O’Brien and Seema Moody

The app represents a major push by CEO Mark Zuckerberg into the AI agent market.

CNBC newsPremiumMeta’s Muse AI agent downloads are surging

Meta’s Muse AI personal agent tool has only been out for nearly two weeks, and it’s topping the app store charts.

Jonathan Vanian

WA News

David Pocock has called on the government to scrap the tax on exercise physiology. NewsWire / Martin Ollman.

HEALTHPremiumCalls to scrap tax for 1m Aussies

Calls have erupted for the government to scrap a tax affecting a million Aussies, amid claims it could save the system $940 million over three years.

Nathan Schmidt

The preferred design for the new Kwinana port and suppy chain

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Henderson defence project threatens WA’s $7.2b port plan

WA’s new container port is poised to be a casualty of the Henderson defence initiative, with Cook Government insiders conceding it is impractical to do both mega-projects at the same time.

Ben Harvey

The federal government will splash $630m on pay rises for more than 460,000 care sector workers. NewsWire / Hilary Wardhaugh

NewsPremiumPremium$630m splash on worker pay rises

The federal government will splash $630m on pay rises for more than 460,000 workers following a landmark ruling by the Fair Work Commission.

The new traffic bridge under construction to open on the 1st November in Fremantle, Perth.

PerthFreo traffic about to ease as bridge set to open in weeks

Fremantle’s long-awaited new traffic bridge will bring an early end to months of commuter disruption and restore a critical link to the port city.

An unmarked police car collided with a white Hyundai Accent during a pursuit along South St at Leeming, in Perth’s south. ABC

NEWSPremiumPremium80yo fights for life after cop pursuit crash

A man in his 80s has been left fighting for life after a police pursuit ended in a devastating crash, with two other officers hospitalised.

Tunchanok Donhomla was allegedly murdered and stuffed in a suitcase by Australian Simon Carman.

WA NewsVideoPerth man accused of Thai suitcase murder pleads guilty to one charge

Simon Peter Carman is accused of murdering Tunchanok Donhomla, hiding her body inside a suitcase, and dumping it beside railway tracks.

James Carmody