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  1. Trade boostPremiumConstruction on port expansion project to start this year

  2. FootballTowns come from behind in hard-fought win

  3. bail bidPremiumDad accused of murdering daughter to apply for bail

  4. ‘Stolen joyride’PremiumFour boys ‘steal car from Perth’

  5. Route to take offPremiumNew flight between Geraldton and Karratha on the cards

Price hikePremiumGeraldton fuel prices creep back to $2 per litre

Geraldton motorists may have had a brief reprieve from soaring fuel prices but petrol is likely to break the $2 per litre barrier soon. 

Josh Zimmerman and Phoebe Pin

‘Concerning’ moveCommentsPremiumActiv bombshell: Hundreds of disabled people to lose jobs

WA’s biggest disability service provider is closing large-scale industrial work sites it has run for 70 years, likely leaving hundreds without employment along with support staff.

Rebecca Le May

COVID on the risePremiumCOVID case numbers reach record high in Mid West

More than 1300 new COVID cases have been recorded in the Mid West this week, with one health professional suggesting it may be time to give more people access to the fourth COVID jab. 

Phoebe Pin

State Budget PremiumGeraldton Port expansion project receives $332 million

More than $300 million will be spent on upgrading Geraldton Port in the coming years as part of a funding commitment revealed in the 2022-23 State Budget. 

Phoebe Pin

Lives at riskPremiumCall to restore Medicare cover for life-saving medical scans

A regional health professional is concerned Geraldton patients may miss out on potentially life-saving scans due to his practice no longer qualifying for Medicare benefits.

Phoebe Pin

Price hikePremiumGeraldton fuel prices creep back to $2 per litre

Geraldton motorists may have had a brief reprieve from soaring fuel prices but petrol is likely to break the $2 per litre barrier soon. 

Josh Zimmerman and Phoebe Pin

FootballPremiumPremiumRailways and Rovers claim round four wins

Railways have marked the passing of club stalwart Craig ‘Scurge’ Butler with a dominant win over Chapman Valley in round four of the 2022 GNFL Season.

FootballTowns come from behind in hard-fought win

Mullewa and Towns went into their round four clash looking for their first win of the season and after a hard-fought battle the Bulldogs emerged victorious with a seven-point win.

BasketballBuccs see off Flames to move 7-0

The Geraldton Buccaneers remain undefeated in the NBL1 West men’s competition after holding on for a thrill-a-minute 88-86 win over the Rockingham Flames on Saturday night at Activewest Stadium.

Trade boostPremiumConstruction on port expansion project to start this year

Forward works on the $332 million expansion of Geraldton Port are expected to start later this year, with the project expected to increase trade by more than 65 per cent in the coming years. 

Phoebe Pin

‘Stolen joyride’PremiumFour boys ‘steal car from Perth’

Four Geraldton juveniles have been arrested and charged with stealing a car from Perth and driving it to Geraldton as well as stealing fuel. 

Jessica Moroney

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‘Concerning’ moveCommentsPremiumActiv bombshell: Hundreds of disabled people to lose jobs

WA’s biggest disability service provider is closing large-scale industrial work sites it has run for 70 years, likely leaving hundreds without employment along with support staff.

Rebecca Le May

See the picturesCommentsPremiumHuge $35m Perth Cultural Centre overhaul revealed

The Perth Cultural Centre will be transformed into a ‘beating green heart’ featuring a tree-lined boulevard and water playground with the WA Government announcing an additional $15 million for the project.

Josh Zimmerman

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Shock images of dumb Perth drivers to force new phone laws

These alarming images recently captured by cameras which are only used to monitor traffic may force the WA Government to bring in new laws so that they can start infringing drivers.

Phil Hickey

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Price hikePremiumGeraldton fuel prices creep back to $2 per litre

Geraldton motorists may have had a brief reprieve from soaring fuel prices but petrol is likely to break the $2 per litre barrier soon. 

Josh Zimmerman and Phoebe Pin

‘Stolen joyride’PremiumFour boys ‘steal car from Perth’

Four Geraldton juveniles have been arrested and charged with stealing a car from Perth and driving it to Geraldton as well as stealing fuel. 

Jessica Moroney

Guilty pleaPremiumTourist fined over South Coast Highway collision

Sgt Dave Loverock said the three smaller vehicles were “most likely write-offs”, while the road train also received significant damage to a wheels and suspension.

Sarah Makse

car smashing PremiumPremiumKambalda woman who smashed cars at police station sentenced

Woman who travelled to Kalgoorlie-Boulder with a baseball bat and smashed four cars parked at the police station, causing an estimated $50,000 damage, has been placed on an intensive supervision order.

‘Doing it for all Australians’PremiumPremiumHedland council to sue McGowan Government over vax mandates

A Pilbara council is set to take the WA Government to the Supreme Court to challenge the State’s ongoing vaccination mandates.

Historic chargesPremiumPremiumMan pleads not guilty to 1995 sexual penetration of child

A 56-year-old man has pleaded his innocence after being charged with two counts of sexual penetration of a child under 13 dating back to 1995

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‘Difficult situation’CommentsPremiumSt John CEO speaks out on grandmother’s ‘devastating’ death

St John WA has launched a clinical inquiry into the death of an 80-year-old grandmother who died from a suspected heart attack while waiting two-and-a-half hours for paramedics to arrive. 

Brianna Dugan

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How young women may deliver poll shock

The final countdown to polling day is on. And the female factor has emerged as the focus point in this last crucial week of campaigning.

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PremiumGang links to massive $120 million Pilbara cocaine bust

More than $120 million worth of cocaine has been seized in Port Hedland after an investigation into an alleged organised crime syndicate - who may have transported the drugs on a bulk shipping carrier.

‘True character’Albanese to nod to McGowan in Leadership Matters speech

Anthony Albanese will on Tuesday declare he will be a prime minister for Western Australia as he invokes the spirit of great Labor leaders John Curtin and Bob Hawke.

TragedyCommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumPerth woman dies after waiting 2.5 hours for ambulance

St John WA has apologised after an 80-year-old grandmother died from a heart attack while waiting 2 1/2 hours for an ambulance at her home.

Super ‘vandalism’CommentsPremiumLibs in election nightmare as McGowan unleashes

Mark McGowan made his most critical comments to-date of the Morrison Government in what many Liberal MPs will have been fearing amid the Premier’s popularity in WA.

Annabel Hennessy