The boss of a Mid West shire at the centre of a legal dispute over mining companies paying land rates says the issue is “not dead” after the State Government moved to draw up new laws that side with industry.
Kate Campbell, Rebecca Le May & Simone Grogan
Josephine Hingst
The cosmos is coming to the country, with the international Centre for Radio Astronomy Research set to tour the Mid West this National Science Week 2025.
Cervantes pummeled Lancelin Ledge Point in round 14 of the Central Midlands Coastal Football League with an astounding victory by 135 points at home as the Tiger Sharks continue their unbeaten run.
Luke Lawson
Local councils are up in arms over moves to shield miners from land rates, saying the Cook Government has put the sector ‘ahead of communities’.
Rebecca Le May
A long-running coastal erosion issue at Surf Beach in Port Denison is placing major community infrastructure at risk, prompting the Shire of Irwin to assess future options for managing the changing coastline.
A Scotsman and former Royal Marine who moved to WA last year has been revealed as the young driver who died in a crash near Coral Bay.
Caleb Runciman
A Geraldton man who was on the run for more than two weeks after removing his electronic monitoring device has dodged more jail time when he was sentenced in the Geraldton Magistrates Court.
Geraldton’s motocross faithful were treated to an adrenaline-filled round four at the weekend, with riders tackling a slick, muddy track kept in top shape due to excellent preparation and drainage.
The latest round of the GNWFL saw two narrow wins go the way of Northampton and Railways, as teams fight tooth and nail with only three rounds left to play out before finals.
Residents in Kalbarri and surrounding Mid West communities will soon be asked for their views on the proposed $15b Murchison Green Hydrogen project, as developers begin a new round of community engagement.
The Former Test cricketer’s resignation from the board will take effect from Wednesday.
Sean Smith and Simone Grogan
A 63-year-old Perth man has been sacked from his high-paying job after he called a non-binary colleague ‘he’ instead of ‘they’.
Ben Harvey
A group of masked neo-nazis are being investigated by police after they staged a protest on a Perth freeway calling for ‘mass deportation’.
Obstetrician Rhys Bellinge gave an abrupt two-word response when the magistrate spoke to him.
WA Year 12s will be able to pass ATAR subjects and graduate from high school if they achieve D grades.
Bethany Hiatt
A winter storm that battered Perth on Sunday briefly shut down a shopping centre and left IKEA’s flagship store with severe damage.
Shareholder meetings for VGW Holdings held on Friday have approved a $5.05-a-share offer by an Escalante family company, with more than 91 per cent of shares voted cash in favour of the buyout
Katanning’s Kaylee Sander has launched a petition to have shearing considered as part of the 2032 Olympic Games in Brisbane, the latest industry push to include the sport at the next major international event.
Melissa Pedelty
Bunbury was blanketed in hail this Sunday as wild weather whacked WA.
Caleb Runciman and Georgia Campion
Two Italian students visiting Bunbury for a couple of months said it’s an experience they would never forget and suggest everyone should consider travelling to “charming Bunbury”.
Yousuf Shameel
Council voted to unanimously pass motion last month, locking in a 50 per cent discount on Waroona Recreation and Aquatic Centre memberships for emergency service volunteers.
WA Opposition Leader Basil Zempilas travelled to Harvey last month to hear about local issues with new Upper House MP Michelle Boylan.
The Shire of Waroona has locked in a 3.5 per cent rate rise alongside this year’s budget during a special council meeting on Monday.
Businesses across Asia are increasingly warming up to stablecoins for cross-border transactions — a trend set to accelerate further as Hong Kong moves to legalise the use of digital tokens, experts told CNBC.
Anniek Bao
Microsoft shares jumped in extended trading overnight Wednesday, pushing the company’s market cap past $US4 trillion.
Ari Levy and Jordan Novet
Billionaire Elon Musk’s Tesla missed on the top and bottom lines in the second quarter, but another miss was buried in its investor deck.
Ari Levy
Elon Musk has warned Tesla faces “a few rough quarters” after the company reported a 16 per cent decline in automotive revenue as sales fell for a second-straight quarter and again trailed analysts’ estimates.
Lora Kolodny
Western Australia’s biggest celebration of sustainable style is a Perth first to showcase the best of local fashion with a difference.
Megan French
Hale School will expand a groundbreaking policy to delay smartphone and social media access for Year 7 students, after parents said the approach eliminated peer pressure and reduced conflict at home.
Rhianna Mitchell
Recent statistics revealing the amount of people experiencing, or risk of homeless in the Great Southern are “hugely understated”, according to the chief executive of an Albany support service.
Anthony Albanese is facing calls to toughen his stance on China as Beijing teams up with another nuclear-armed foe in the Indo-Pacific.
A man who allegedly assaulted an Albany fast food worker twice in three days while on bail has been granted bail again, but remains banned from the city’s main street.
FIFO workers in Western Australia’s mining heartland are on alert after new measles cases were detected in the Pilbara and Perth.
Emma Kirk
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