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  1. Student of the yearHarvey’s top tradie wins big at TAFE awards

  2. WA Election 2025Clarke calls for a recount in Murray-Wellington election

  3. Celebrating the centrePremiumSouth West CRC celebrates major facelift

  4. FootballPremiumAFL Watch: Tough start to 2025 for SW products

  5. Set to shredPremiumShire endorse skatepark plans for coastal community

A series of workshops are intended to help artists market their work.

Noongar artistsPremiumHarvey’s Noongar artists to benefit from art workshops

Arts consultant Paula Silbert will be working with the region’s female Noongar visual artists through a series of workshops aiming to give them the skills needed to thrive in a modern art environment. 

Craig Duncan

South West Slammers import Jamal Poplar.

BasketballPremiumSlammers imports to debut in Harvey

New South West Slammers men’s imports Jamal Poplar and Calvin Whipple will play their first games for the club when they make the trip to Harvey on Sunday to take on Perth Redbacks in a pre-season game.

Josh Kempton

The Harvey library hosts English language lessons every Monday for the community.

Harmony WeekCommunity newcomers gather at Harvey Library

Every Monday, people new to the Harvey region travelling from across the globe gather together to build connections and learn English to acclimatise to their new home.

Craig Duncan

Collie Vet Jai Thomas has been awarded second in DPIRD’s Young Professionals in Agriculture Forum’s Noel Fitzpatrick medal for his ongoing research with cattle.

Young Professional of the yearSouth West vet’s research recognised and awarded

Collie Vet Jai Thomas has come runner-up in DPIRD’s Young Professionals in Agriculture Forum’s Noel Fitzpatrick medal for his research into cattle. 

Craig Duncan

Sheryl Camporedondo,  Genevieve Pizon,  Glad Masailno and Nechie Montero at the Harvey Harvest Festival.

In PicturesHundreds gather for the Harvey Harvest Festival

Hundreds gathered in Harvey last weekend for the three day grand return of the Harvey Harvest Festival.

Craig Duncan

Incumbent Labor member Robyn Clarke has called for a recount of the Murray-Wellington electorate as the tight race drags on. 

WA Election 2025Clarke calls for a recount in Murray-Wellington election

Ten days on from the State election and with more than 25 per cent of the vote still to be counted, incumbent Labor member Robyn Clarke has called for a recount in the Murray-Wellington electorate. 

Craig Duncan

The Shire of Harvey has endorsed skatepark plans for the Binningup community and is now looking to address future upgrades for the Myalup townsite.

Set to shredPremiumPremiumShire endorse skatepark plans for coastal community

New skatepark plans have been backed by council in Binningup with the town set to to boast a more $600,000 precinct. 

A series of workshops are intended to help artists market their work.

Noongar artistsPremiumPremiumHarvey’s Noongar artists to benefit from art workshops

Arts consultant Paula Silbert will be working with the region’s female Noongar visual artists through a series of workshops aiming to give them the skills needed to thrive in a modern art environment. 

The Shire of Waroona voted to introduce a speed-up lane to the Preston Beach Road/Forest Highway intersection.

Risky roadPreston Beach Road getting acceleration lane onto highway

A coastal town is getting easier access to the Forrest Highway thanks to the shire approving construction of a new acceleration lane. 

The Harvey library hosts English language lessons every Monday for the community.

Harmony WeekCommunity newcomers gather at Harvey Library

Every Monday, people new to the Harvey region travelling from across the globe gather together to build connections and learn English to acclimatise to their new home.

Craig Duncan

Hently Riding Club founding member Jacky Ynema and club president Lucinda McAlpine with their award for Equestrian Western Australia regional club of the year. 

Excellence awarded South West riding club wins Regional Club of the year award

A South West Riding Club has been recognised as one of the best in the state, with the club’s committee proud to be part of a lasting legacy. 

Craig Duncan

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Kristopher Dean Sheppard, Andrew Whetu Haenga and James Patrick Fisher.

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Bikie riot to deliver ‘one of biggest trials in WA history’

A group of bikies who allegedly attacked rivals with pool cues, billiard balls and bar stools at a tavern south of Perth are set for one of the biggest trials the State has ever seen, a court has been told.

Rebecca Le May

A jumbo truck on the Onslow haul road.

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MinRes yanks all trucks off troubled haul road

Mineral Resources has hit another financial pothole by pulling all iron ore trucks off its trouble-plagued $2.6 billion Onslow haul road after notching half a dozen rollovers on the crucial transport link.

Daniel Newell and Adrian Rauso

Photos have emerged of students boxing each other at Halls Head College.

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SHOCK FOOTAGE: School students operate brutal ‘fight club’

It’s where boys go in secret to let off steam and prove their worth - and risk getting broken jaws, swollen cheeks and black eyes while being beaten to a pulp. And it happens in a classroom in school time.

Troy de Ruyter

Inspired Homes victims have met with WA Premier Roger Cook at Dumas House in West Perth.

ConstructionCommentsPremiumCook wants ASIC to take a look at Inspired’s finances

Roger Cook has made resolving the Inspired Property Group crisis the top priority for his newly-minted Commerce Minister Tony Buti, after meeting the company’s furious customers on Wednesday.

Matt Mckenzie

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Zorzi headquarters in Osborne Park.

Administration and liquidationPremiumAdministrators brought in for big name Perth builder

Administrators have been called in to rescue the company behind a famed Perth building empire.

Matt Mckenzie

The bizarre scene unfolded on Thursday afternoon in front of hundreds of shocked beachgoers.

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WATCH: Witness captures aftermath of bizarre beach pursuit

The bizarre scene unfolded on Thursday afternoon in front of hundreds of shocked beachgoers.

Jessica Evensen

Sebastian Carmichael prepares to lose his hair for a good cause.

GalleryCommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumIN PICTURES: Scotch College students shave for a cause

Hundreds of students have swapped their pens for clippers and lopped their locks to raise funds for the Leukaemia Foundation. 

The beach tennis club is part of the Scarborough Sports and Community Club.

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CommentsPremiumBeach tennis in Scarborough deemed too noisy for locals

It could be game, set and match for this popular beach tennis club after the City of Stirling intervened over noise concerns.

A WA man has become the first in the country to be convicted of sharing violent extremist material online.

crimePremiumPremiumWA man imprisoned for sharing Islamic State beheading videos

A Western Australian man has become the first person in Australia to be convicted for sharing violent extremist material online, after sharing Islamic State videos featuring beheadings.

Regional News

Some of the proposed land at the Olive Street precinct.

Clearing ConfusionPremiumROI to provide clarity for Geraldton housing project: city

The City of Greater Geraldton hopes the return on investment figure for its housing project in Mahomets Flats will provide the community with confidence it will be a positive in multiple ways.

Matthew Paddick

Yvette Donelle Walley pleaded guilty to carrying an article with intent to cause fear that someone will be injured or disabled.

Courts & Justice PremiumWoman fined for threatening police with wooden club

A woman threatened police with a wooden club and asked them to “have a go” because they would not take her home with her alcohol. 

Tegan Guthrie

Ashlee Radley, 10, donated pet products to SAFE Karratha with profits from her business, Rad Designs.

KIND GESTURE PremiumYoung jewellery designer donates to animals in need

A generous young jewellery designer recently made a thoughtful donation to SAFE Karratha, using the profits from her business, Rad Designs, to buy pet products for animals in need.

Madelin Hayes

Kalgoorlie Golf Course pictured in November 2024.

Water storage $2.38m dam expansion will add 2-6 weeks of water

The City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder will spend almost $2.5 million to increase water storage capacity at an existing dam to provide an additional two to six weeks’ worth of water for the community. 

The exterior of Edward Collick Home and, inset, Amana Living chief executive Stephanie Buckland.

AGED CAREAmana Living to withdraw from Kalgoorlie-Boulder

Amana Living will transfer its Kalgoorlie-Boulder operations to aged-care provider Respect.

Port Hedland mayor Peter Carter.

Funding feud PremiumPremiumMayor calls on miners to fund new Marine Rescue office

Port Hedland Mayor Peter Carter is calling on mining companies to fund the new Port Hedland Volunteer Marine Rescue office after the service fell just over $1m short of their $4m fund raising target. 

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Federal Reserve Board Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell.

BusinessCommentsUncertainty increased: US Federal Reserve holds rate

The US Federal Reserve in a closely watched decision Wednesday held the line on benchmark interest rates though still indicated that reductions are likely later in the year.

Jeff Cox

China is currently facing a sluggish consumer landscape.

CNBC newsCommentsChina’s plan to ‘boost consumption’ in bid to grow economy

China announced a “Special Action Plan to Boost Consumption” on Sunday in a bid to prop up domestic consumption in the world’s second largest economy.

Lim Hui Jie

Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri last month.

Formula 1VideoComments‘Oscar and I get along’: Norris denies there’s bad blood

WATCH THE FULL INTERVIEW: The British F1 star opened up on his relationship with his Aussie teammate as the pair get ready to do battle in Melbourne this weekend.

Ben McClellan

Recession fear has rocked Wall Street (AP PHOTO)

BusinessCommentsRecession fear erupts: Dow tumbles, Nasdaq’s falls

A three-week market sell-off has intensified, with investors worried tariff policy uncertainty would tip the economy into a recession, something President Donald Trump has not rule out.

Lisa Kailai Han, Jesse Pound

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A light aircraft has reportedly crashed in the State’s Mid West.

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Light plane crashes north of Geraldton

Emergency services are at the scene of a light plane crash in the Mid West.

A wild police chase has ended with an arrest on the shoreline at Scarborough Beach. Andy Grattidge

CrimePremiumWeapon charge after wild chase that ended on beach

A 46-year-old man has been charged with almost a dozen offences after the bizarre police chase which came to an end on the sand at Scarborough.

Jessica Evensen

Mr Zempilas is widely expected to be endorsed as Liberal leader next week but might not become the Opposition Leader after the Nationals officially clinched the seat of Albany late on Thursday night.

state politicsVideoPremiumPremiumWhy Basil Zempilas still might not be Opposition Leader

Narrowly elected as the new member for Churchlands, Mr Zempilas confirmed on Thursday that he would nominate for the leadership.

Two men are on the run after raiding an Aveley bottleshop and assaulting a staff member. 

Crime PremiumPremiumTwo men on the run after raiding Perth bottleshop

Two men are on the run after raiding a Perth bottleshop and assaulting a staff member. 

Nationals WA candidate Scott Leary.

State politics CommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumNats claim six seats as Scott Leary wins Albany

Scott Leary — a former Liberal Party candidate — has won the seat of Albany for the Nationals, getting the edge over the Liberal Party’s controversial nominee Thomas Brough. 

Laurence Escalante, right, with Ferrari team boss Fred Vasseur.

BusinessCommentsPremium‘Just a kid from Perth’: How Escalante became the $6b man

Billionaire Laurence Escalante has described himself as ‘just a kid from Perth’ who pursued his dreams, following a year where his online casino company continued to rake in the profits.

Oliver Lane

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