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  1. CITY STATUS PremiumShire of Harvey receives update on city status progress

  2. Shire BudgetPremiumShire of Harvey lock in ‘unwelcome’ 7 per cent rate rise

  3. HockeyPremiumSouth West on show for WA at Hockey Country Championships

  4. Ambulance RampingPremiumBunbury ramping reaches record high for 2026

  5. POLICE PremiumInvestigations underway after a crash in Myalup

A Binningup resident has called for a bus service to be implemented.

Connecting CommunityPremiumBinningup residents call for bus services

Helping provide independence and removing pressures off individuals are some of the reasons why a Binningup resident says implementing a new bus service in the town would be a good idea for the small town. 

Rose Patane

Shire of Harvey councillor Craig Carbone was found to be in breach of the shire’s code of conduct.

BEHAVIOURAL COMPLAINTS PremiumDeputy president found to have breached code of conduct

The second in command of a major South West shire has called the complaints process a “farce” after being found to have breached  multiple clauses of the shire’s code of conduct. 

Rose Patane

Dunsborough Sharks Auskickers played at half-time of the AFL game at Hands Oval between North Melbourne and Fremantle earlier this year.

FootballPremiumSouth West football participation continues to surge

Football participation across the South West continues to climb, with Auskick, Superkick and community football numbers all recording growth in 2026.

Jack Penniment

Harvey resident Deberah McLoughlin's goat Missy Moo in her high-viz vest outside the verge where she feeds on the grass to help clean the verge.

GOAT SAFETY PremiumGoat shows off new high-viz while cleaning local verge

It is not every day people come across a goat sporting a high-viz vest, but along one road in Harvey, it is not such an uncommon sight. 

Rose Patane

Harvey police station officer-in-charge Leighton Kirk is passionate about a strong community connection and a victim focus.

TAKING LEAD PremiumMeet Harvey’s new officer-in-charge

Establishing a strong community connection and a victim focus are among the top priorities of Harvey Police Station’s newest officer-in-charge 

Rose Patane

South Bunbury's Tom Gorter and HBL's Blake Soulos compete for the ball.

FootballPremiumHBL season over after thrilling loss to South Bunbury

The two-time reigning premiers South Bunbury have kept their season alive with a thrilling eight point win over Harvey-Brunswick-Leschenault in Sunday’s South West Football League elimination final. 

Jack Penniment

Connor Wright wins to become cross-country men's junior world champion.

Mountain BikingPremiumPremiumConnor Wright crowned world champion after dominant ride

Burekup cycling star Connor Wright has reached the summit of junior mountain biking, claiming a stunning gold medal and rainbow jersey at the 2026 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in Val di Sole, Italy.

RAC staff Cosimo Figliomeni, Caris Hayes, Bec Stephens, Leigh-Chelle Kane and Michelle Ikin handing out yellow chrysanthemums from Wholesale Flowers Bunbury florist Danni White at Bunbury Forum to remind locals to slow down and smell the flowers as part of Rural Road Safety Month.

ROAD SAFETYPremiumPremiumSouth West resident shares her message for road safety

A South West resident is urging the community to take road safety seriously following the tragic death of her partner from a road crash earlier this year. 

Sojitz Corporation Metals’ Katsunori Okada, Federal Industry and Innovation minister Tim Ayres, Japan’s Ministry of Economy representative Kazumi Nishikawa, Alcoa Wagerup operations manager Paul Kuczma, Federal Resources Minister Madeleine King, Alcoa Australia president Elsabe Muller, State Development Minister David Michael and Perth United States Consul General Colleen Altstock.

Rare MetalsPremiumPremiumConstruction begins on new gallium production facility

International and Australian Government representatives, industry partners and stakeholders gather at Alcoa’s Wagerup Alumina Refinery to mark the start of construction on a new gallium production plant.

MLC Eagles are looking for a hat-trick of SWFNL flags.

NetballPremiumMLC Eagles hunt for third straight SWFNL premiership

Mercy-Leschenault-Collie are gunning for a three-peat of South West Football Netball League titles, with their first assignment a date with Eaton this Saturday night.

Jack Penniment

Bunbury’s Ebony Bilcich celebrates a goal during the 2025 South West Football League women’s grand final.

FootballPremiumTwo big clashes kick off first week of women’s finals

Bunbury’s historic chase for four South West Football League women’s premierships in a row begins with a semi-final clash with Harvey-Brunswick-Leschenault on Saturday.

Jack Penniment

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Ryan Salton revealed as ‘Hot Wheels’ drug dealer Facebook

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‘Unstoppable’ paraplegic Perth drug dealer identified

A paraplegic criminal nicknamed ‘Hot Wheels’ has been described by a judge as an ‘unstoppable and prolific drug dealer’ before being jailed for eight years.

Caleb Runciman

An autonomous truck at a BHP Pilbara iron ore mine

MiningPremiumBHP to sack WA iron ore workers amid tech expansion

The Big Australian is swinging the axe on a chunk of its 1600-strong workforce at a massive Pilbara iron ore mine.

Adrian Rauso

Forensic officers at the house of the attack.

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Attempted murder charges laid over Warnbro home invasion

Detectives have charged four men with offences including attempted murder as part of their investigation into a terrifying Warnbro home invasion where two people were stabbed.

Caleb Runciman

Newtown Condingup Football Club was rocked after a player collapsed and stop breathing during their finals match.

WA NewsPremiumWA footy finals match abandoned after freak medical episode

A finals football match was brought to a standstill when a player suddenly collapsed on the field and stopped breathing. 

Brooke Rolfe

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The extreme fitness event sent seven to hospital.

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Extreme fitness craze leaves seven in hospital in Perth

Health authorities have issued an urgent warning about a popular but extreme indoor fitness craze in the wake of seven people being rushed to hospital after collapsing at a Perth meet.

Ben Harvey

Jack Murray was killed in a Geraldton car crash this week.

Road tollPremiumFamily of teenager killed in crash open up about heartbreak

The family of the latest person killed on WA roads has spoken out about their senseless loss and absolute heartbreak, saying the tragedy has “left a hole in all of our lives that can never be filled.”

Kate Campbell

Royals' Cameron Smith knocks the ball clear of Denmark-Walpole's James Charlesworth.

Strong showing PremiumPremiumLions roar over Magpies in deciding home-and-away fixture

A cunning Royals’ gameplan has undone Denmark-Walpole and handed the Lions hosting rights for this week’s huge elimination final after they finished the GSFL season in third place on the ladder.

Newtown Condingup Football Club was rocked after a player collapsed and stop breathing during their finals match.

WA NewsPremiumPremiumWA footy finals match abandoned after freak medical episode

A finals football match was brought to a standstill when a player suddenly collapsed on the field and stopped breathing. 

Swans CEO Matthew Pavlich and chair Andrew Pridham on Wednesday.

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‘Deeply embarrassed & ashamed’: Swans bosses on player bans

Sydney chair Andrew Pridham says banned Swans players are ‘extremely remorseful for their actions’ and says the decision to ‘effectively torpedo our season’ showed how seriously the club had taken the matter.

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Rural Aid counsellor Chris Gibbs at the 2026 Dowerin Machinery Field Days.

Dowerin Machinery Field DaysPremiumRural Aid’s ‘largest’ presence at Dowerin field days

Rural Aid was out in force at the Dowerin Machinery Field Days, in the charity’s largest presence at the annual event after an increase in counsellors to tackle regional mental health.

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Delegates enter the community pavilion for the 2026 Diggers & Dealers Mining Forum.

City incomePremiumCity rakes in $133,000 from 2026 Diggers & Dealers

Hire fees for the Goldfields Arts Centre and neighbouring community pavilion had the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder rake in almost $135,000 from this year’s Diggers & Dealers Mining Forum.

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Anglicare WA Goldfields service manager Joshua Simpaya believes increasing house prices and the shortage of viable shelter in Kalgoorlie-Boulder had made securing housing so difficult, many locals were struggling regardless of their financial situation.

Special reportPremiumCost of living, housing shortages drive homelessness

Homelessness in Kalgoorlie-Boulder is becoming a reality for more than just the disadvantaged and those at-risk because of a housing shortage and rising cost-of-living.

Toby Cann & Rosa Griffith

Swan Valley residents are feeling hopeful there will be action on flooding issues.

With a paddlePremiumPremiumSwan Valley residents ‘jubilant’ after meeting on flooding

Swan Valley residents have walked away from a meeting with the Deputy Premier feeling “jubilant” after years of protesting increasing flooding as a result of neighbouring housing developments.

Harry Dowsett at his new home.

Special reportPremiumPremiumModern-day trials and tribulations of leaving home

For most young Australians, moving out of home is little more than a distant dream.

Kalgoorlie-Boulder mayor Glenn Wilson.

Special reportPremiumPremiumBuildings sit empty amid housing crisis

Public housing and former hotels sit idle in Kalgoorlie-Boulder, while homelessness and housing shortages continue to affect the local community.

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The early 2000s platform would capitalise on nostalgia and rejection of the traditional social media experience. Would you go back?

CNBC newsMyspace eyes comeback to combat social media fatigue

The early 2000s platform would capitalise on nostalgia and rejection of the traditional social media experience. Would you go back?

Sawdah Bhaimiya

An aerial view shows a former eel fishing boat covered in dried mud among on low water among the banks of the river Rhine near Neuss, western Germany, on July 30, 2026, as the water level in the Rhine is falling to a record low following exceptionally hot weather.

CNBC newsPremiumEurope is blowing up riverbeds to save its economy

Authorities are turning to extreme measures to fight the economy-threatening drought, like blowing up riverbeds.

Sam Meredith

Michael Burry, former head of Scion Capital Group.

CNBC newsPremiumBurry of The Big Short fame says we’re near ‘1987-type fall’

Michael Burry is sticking with his bearish wagers even as the S&P500 surges to a record high, warning that the rally could still end in a sharp sell-off reminiscent of the 1987 stock-market crash.

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BP chief executive Meg ONeill.

CNBC newsPremiumBP profit more than doubles, Trump blasts Big Oil

BP on Tuesday reported a sharp upswing in second-quarter profit, as energy supermajors reap massive profits from higher fossil fuel prices amid hostilities between the US and Iran.

Sam Meredith

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WA NewsVideoRaging fireball engulfs boat as toxic smoke chokes Freo

A motorboat has burst into a raging fireball at Fremantle’s Challenger Harbour, sending massive plumes of toxic black smoke over the city.

Charlton Hart

Luke Herdegen and, left, One Nation WA leader Rod Caddies. at Secret Harbour today.

State PoliticsPremium‘Gloves off’: One Nation warns Cook on Perth’s ‘heartland’

Luke Herdegen has declared Secret Harbour and the surrounding suburbs are now One Nation ‘heartland’ and warned Labor the ‘gloves are off’ after its historic by-election defeat.

Jessica Page

An 18-year-old man has died after his car left a Wheatbelt road and crashed into a tree.

Disaster and EmergencyPremiumPremiumTeenager killed after car hits tree in Wheatbelt

An 18-year-old man has died after his car left a Wheatbelt road and crashed into a tree.

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POLITICS‘Secret Harbour win a sign One Nation perception has changed’: Joyce

Barnaby Joyce has weighed into One Nation’s massive upset in Western Australia after the party unseated Labor from a historically safe seat.

Ryan Salton revealed as ‘Hot Wheels’ drug dealer Facebook

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A paraplegic criminal nicknamed ‘Hot Wheels’ has been described by a judge as an ‘unstoppable and prolific drug dealer’ before being jailed for eight years.

Perth firefighter and endurance runner Phil Gore during his epic Project 168 challenge to raise $168,000 for Telethon.

TELETHON Ultramarathon man digs deep to raise $250k for sick kids

While Phil Gore’s bid to run a 6.7km loop of the Armadale Soccer Club oval on the hour for 168 hours straight fell short, he couldn’t be prouder of the result.

Kirsty Lichtenstein