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Emergency‘Bang’: Circus performers’ frightening fall

Shaken audience members watched on as two circus performers plummeted to the ground during a show on the Gold Coast.

Madeleine Achenza

CASINOSPremiumCasino announces shock CEO exit

The boss of Crown Resorts is out the door after barely spending a year in the role and just two weeks after the casino giant’s takeover.

Alex Druce

Behind barsPremiumSW family sex abuser will be elderly by the time he gets out

A Busselton man has been given a lengthy jail term for a string a sexual offences carried out against his two young nieces.

Breanna Redhead

CrimePremium’Lucky I’m alive’: Referee king hit by player

A referee is considering whether he will return to the game after suffering a brain bleed following an alleged violent attack by a player.

Madeleine Achenza

Seats reduced PremiumAlbany council to shrink in local government overhaul

Local Government Minister John Carey on Sunday described the reforms as the “most significant shake-up to the local government sector in more than 25 years”.

Sarah Makse

Blue lipsIncredible rescue of baby from freezing floodwaters

Lifesavers traversed wild floodwaters in a rubber dinghy to rush a 10-month-old baby to hospital after he stopped breathing.

Madeleine Achenza

Tree wishesPremiumCouncil advised to block commercial use of Albany treehouse

The officer recommendation comes after 197 responses were received by the City during the public comment period.

Sarah Makse

Drug-driverPremiumFine for unlicensed man caught drug-driving

A Kalgoorlie-Boulder man who was caught driving without a licence while under the influence of drugs has been ordered to pay more than $2850.

Amber Lilley

Cannabis sellerPremiumWoman planned to sell cannabis to fund her own habit

A Kalgoorlie-Boulder woman who was planning to sell cannabis to fund her own habit, which she says eases the pain of her medical issues, has been sentenced to an intensive supervision order.

Amber Lilley

Employment pathwaysPremiumFirst group graduates from Laverton Training Centre

The Laverton Training Centre has produced its first round of graduates as 32 Indigenous students have completed nationally recognised vocational training courses

Amber Lilley

FIFO inquiry PremiumAnonymous reporting encouraged after inquiry into FIFO

Mining companies are being encouraged to use anonymous reporting programs to help remove job security fears for workers making complaints following the recent inquiry into sexual harassment in the industry.

Amber Lilley

What’s onPremiumOut and about in Albany

Here’s your guide to the week ahead in Albany

Liam Croy

Senior centre Senior Citizens Centre bustling during Friday activities

A few rounds of cards and board games were played before the food was served by volunteers Lyn Chadwick, Patricia Moulton and Miriam Pedlar.

Isabel Vieira

land to table PremiumGreen thumb in use at Brookton residential care

Residents helped pick oranges and used treasured family recipes to make marmalades, fresh breakfast juice, cakes and biscuits. 

Isabel Vieira

Slippery when wetPremiumMain Roads to tackle slippery section of South Coast Highway

There were 32 crashes on a 10km section of South Coast Highway between Keith Road and Hollings Road between 2016 and 2021, according to Main Roads.

Isabel Vieira

good causePremiumCharity concert to raise funds for homelessness group

The local band featuring Ross Hunter, Ed Shilling, Matt Black and Jack Kelly was formed in September last year. 

Isabel Vieira

$50,000 first prizePremium‘Identity’ in focus for Collie Art Award

Entries to one of regional Australia’s richest art prizes open later this year, with a prize pool of more than $67,000 up for grabs.

Jacinta Cantatore

Due recognitionPingelly’s Desmond Little named Perth Male Elder of the Year

Desmond formed and coached the first full Noongar football team to compete in the Great Southern league during the 1960s.

Isabel Vieira

community spiritPremiumKatanning rallies around Corey Bolt after shock diagnosis

More than $7500 has been raised for the family of Corey Bolt after his unexpected health scare late last month.

Sean Van Der Wielen

New and improved PremiumHealthy investment in Kondinin ambulance centre

The new headquarters will feature separate first aid training and meeting rooms, as well as a dedicated customer service area for selling and servicing first aid kits.

Isabel Vieira

green alternative Denmark to gift new parents a cloth nappy

The parents of each newborn Denmark resident will receive one handmade cloth nappy at their two week post-natal visit with a WACHS child health nurse.

Isabel Vieira

Stay backPremiumWater-users urged to keep their distance from whales

The Parks and Wildlife Service took to social media to remind water-users of the safe distance regulations.

Isabel Vieira

good cause PremiumTAFE students fundraise for women's refuge

TAFE student Phoebe Lyddieth-Jones said it was a worthwhile exercise that all the students enjoyed supporting and being part of.

Isabel Vieira

Get up! Stand Up! Show Up! PremiumLuncheon brings Elders together for NAIDOC 2022

Indigenous Elders from across the South West gathered at the South West Aboriginal Medical Services Elder’s Luncheon to celebrate, yarn and hand down knowledge in the name of NAIDOC Week. 

Kasper Johansen