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  1. Local ElectionsPremiumNine running for six seats on Bridgetown-Greenbushes council

  2. Local Elections PremiumNine in the race for Manjimup Council

  3. FootballPremiumLSWFL: Hawks power to grand final place by beating Cougars

  4. Courts & JusticePremiumFormer Shire CEO drags resident to court over Facebook posts

  5. THREE-PEAT? PremiumAll eyes on sparkling wines for annual awards

There will be nothing but classics at the Manjimup Bluegrass and OldTime Music Weekend.

Classic showPremiumManjimup Bluegrass and OldTime Music Weekend returns

There will be nothing but the classics at the Manjimup Bluegrass and OldTime Music Weekend, set to make its return on September 26 to 29.

Craig Duncan

Manjimup Netball Association 2025 C grade premiers Swifts.

NETBALLPremiumAwards night and grand finals round out another season

Another netball season for the Manjimup Netball Association has finished with an awards night and grand final games marking the end of another year.

Rose Patane

The speaker Dan Kittredge.

Farming workshopPremiumLocal farmers turn to global expert for sustainability

In a move highlighting the region’s reputation as a powerhouse in sustainable food production, Manjimup will host a world-renowned regenerative farming expert to learn the ways of the future.

Yousuf Shameel

The Manjimup shire council.

COUNCIL SPENDING PremiumNew bin enclosures to improve Manjimup town centre

New bin enclosures will cost Shire of Manjimup ratepayers $150,000 to install, with councillors voting to replace the old, worn out facilities. 

Amber Lilley

Susanne Peet at the Manjimup community garden.

sustainability gongs PremiumManjimup businesses named WA finalists in Telstra awards

Two Manjimup businesses have been named WA finalists for the Telstra Best of Business Awards for the sustainability category. 

Amber Lilley

Scratchy in Denmark before he was reunited with Lance Bieber.

Remarkable reunionPremiumManjimup family reunited with their beloved pet cat

A cat who was missing for two years has been returned home to Manjimup, re-completing his now-widower owner’s family. 

Craig Duncan

Shire of Bridgetown-Greenbushes council seats will be keenly contested at next month’s election local government elections.

Local ElectionsPremiumPremiumNine running for six seats on Bridgetown-Greenbushes council

There are nine candidates in the running for six seats on the Bridgetown-Greenbushes council with shire president Tracey Lansdell up for re-eleciton.

Six candidates are competing for council seats in the Shire of Nannup.

Local ElectionsPremiumPremiumOther South West hopefuls push for council

With local elections quickly approaching, hopeful candidates have thrown their hat in the ring to compete for a seat on council in the shires of Nannup and Boyup Brook. 

Warren Women's Hockey Association A-grade premiers Nationals.

HockeyPremiumPremiumNationals and Violet Femmes claim WWHA premierships

The Warren Women’s Hockey Association season came to a conclusion with grand finals in wet conditions on Saturday.

Bridgetown's Josh Power claimed the Tyrepower Medal.

FootballPremiumLSWFL: Brilliant Bulldog claims Tyrepower Medal

Bridgetown’s Josh Power was rewarded for a brilliant Lower South West Football League season with his first Tyrepower Medal, denying Boyup Brook’s David Cowan his third consecutive best and fairest award.

Josh Kempton

Deanmill's Corey Giancola and Tigers' Kane Beaver pursue the ball.

FootballPremiumLSWFL: All three Hawks sides in grand finals

All three Deanmill senior sides will be in action on Lower South West Football League grand final day after the Hawks’ colts notched a 24-point victory over Tigers in their preliminary final.

Josh Kempton

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Attorney General Tony Buti will intervene in the long-running legal case against BGC. Inset: One of the defective Iplex pipes.

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Fresh twist in BGC saga as customers receive lifeline

Hundreds of WA customers living in new homes prone to leaks and flooding due to faulty piping have received some welcome news ahead of a State Administrative Tribunal hearing.

John Flint

Angela Margaret Rainbow leaves Perth Magistrates Court today.

Courts & JusticePremiumIdentity of Perth therapist accused of $7m fraud revealed

The owner of an occupational therapy business accused of an invoice scam that siphoned millions of taxpayer money meant to be used to help veterans has failed in a bid to suppress her identity.

Caleb Runciman

Barry Wayne Lawrence pictured outside Perth Magistrates Court this week.

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Fears over ‘bikie links’ of child worker accused

Disturbing allegations have emerged about a Department of Communities employee charged with sex offences involving a teenager in his care as it was revealed police also raised concerns he had bikie connections.

Caleb Runciman

Internal affairs investigators are probing two separate scandals at a city bar where the officers had gathered.

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WA police jobs on the line after depravity at staff party

Two WA police officers are fighting for their jobs and one is receiving counselling after a booze-soaked staff party ended with a sexual assault and a vile act of public indecency.

Ben Harvey

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Angela Margaret Rainbow leaves Perth Magistrates Court today.

Courts & JusticePremiumIdentity of Perth therapist accused of $7m fraud revealed

The owner of an occupational therapy business accused of an invoice scam that siphoned millions of taxpayer money meant to be used to help veterans has failed in a bid to suppress her identity.

Caleb Runciman

Karen Anne Webb pleaded guilty to 17 charges of stealing as a servant on Thursday.

Courts & JusticePremiumMt Barker clerk admits to stealing $156k from her workplace

The clerk of a Mt Barker business has admitted to stealing more than $150,000 from her workplace over a two-year period, after details were revealed in her first court appearance on Thursday. 

Melissa Sheil

In 2022 people living on and around Clements Place and were told PFAS likely to have originated from Jandakot Airport, had contaminated their groundwater. 

WA NewsCommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumPerth properties ‘unsellable’ due to undrinkable tap water

Perth residents who say they are trapped with ‘unsellable’ rural properties because of contaminated groundwater want their land fast-tracked for residential development.

Dr Rhys Bellinge, an obstetrician, gynaecologist and fertility doctor from Perth, who has been charged with manslaughter and dangerous driving over a fatal car crash in Dalkeith.

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PremiumDay in the life of rich doctor imprisoned in WA’s worst unit

Rhys Bellinge, the rich-lister obstetrician who killed a woman in a drunken car crash in Dalkieth, is living in a prison unit known as Fraggle Rock because it is home to the State’s worst paedophiles.

Roger Cook has defended his government’s decision not to tell the public about the long-running contamination.

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CommentsPremiumTests show PCH drinking water contaminated with toxic metal

The drinking water at Perth Children’s Hospital was contaminated with lead as recently as last year. The shock test results and remediation were kept quiet, until now.

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Major crash detectives are seeking help from the public after a fatal crash in the Wheatbelt.

Disaster and EmergencyPremiumDriver killed in horror rollover in Wheatbelt

Emergency services rushed to the scene of the crash in Newdegate this morning.

Hannah Cross

Jockey Tash Faithfull has been suspended after causing rider Holly Watson to fall in the Coolgardie Cup.

RacingPremiumTop jockey suspended in wake of Coolgardie Cup fall

Prominent WA jockey Tash Faithfull has copped a 26-day suspension for causing rival rider Holly Watson to fall at the 200m mark in the $100,000 Coolgardie Cup at Kalgoorlie-Boulder Racing Club on Sunday.

Ernie Manning

A man alleged to have used a 3-D printer to create firearm parts, and who is claimed to have threatened a teenage girl, has been granted bail.

Courts and crimePremiumAlleged 3-D printed weapon manufacturer granted bail

A Coolgardie man who is accused of 3-D printing firearm parts and threatening to kill a teenage girl has been released on bail.

Jessica Antoniou

Speakers Jade Lewis, Kirsty Dellar and Valeria Mazza at the Yellow Ribbon Project’s HER Community event in Kalgoorlie-Boulder on Thursday.

R U OK? DayPremiumPremiumWomen supporting women

For R U OK? Day, women in the Goldfields have united to check in on one another and feel empowered.

DPIRD says aerial culling of deer is humane, despite claims to the contrary by the Australian Deer Association.

Shooting debatePremiumPremiumInvasive Species Council calls out aerial culling criticism

Australia’s leading invasive species experts have called out criticism which called the State Government’s aerial culling practice inhumane. 

Simon and Nikita Biggs have launched a GoFundMe campaign to help them meet ever-increasing medical costs.

Kidney diseasePremiumPremiumFamily seek support for kidney disease fight

A family who had to leave Kalgoorlie-Boulder when a medical diagnosis turned their world upside down are hoping to raise awareness of diabetes and kidney failure. 

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Sebastian Siemiatkowski, chief executive officer and co-founder of Klarna Holding AB, center, and Michael Moritz, chairman of Klarna Bank AB, center right, during the company’s initial public offering (IPO) at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025.

CNBC newsCommentsCBA-backed BNPL provider Klarna soars on US debut

Klarna competes in the buy now, pay later market with Affirm and Block’s Afterpay business.

Ryan Browne

New safety measures will become the standard of all Air India flights.

World NewsCommentsDeadly crash spurs Air India's ‘new normal’

Air India has pledged a renewed focus on safety after Flight 171’s fatal crash, the deadliest aviation disaster in a decade.

Leslie Josephs

Wegovy producer Novo Nordisk is taking the axe to 9000 jobs.

CNBC newsCommentsWeight loss jab giant to cut 9000 jobs

A pharmaceutical giant that produces one of the most popular weight loss jabs has announced it is cutting 11 per cent of its global workforce.

Katrina Bishop

Macron hit with fresh crisis after Bayrou’s budget plan fails.

World PoliticsCommentsMacron to appoint fifth PM after Bayrou ousted

French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou’s government has collapsed in a no-confidence vote over spending cuts, leaving President Emmanuel Macron scrambling to appoint yet another leader.

Holly Ellyatt

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NEWSPremiumState set for two new public holidays

A major mining state will add two new public holidays and shift three existing ones from 2028 in the biggest shake-up of the state's holiday calendar in years.

Elodie Jakes

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Federal PoliticsCommentsPremiumWA MP’s major win after Price sacked from frontbench

Opposition Leader Sussan Ley has appointed a key WA ally to replace the shadow portfolio left vacant after Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price’s dismissal last week.

Caleb Runciman

Premier Roger Cook and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at the Austal Henderson shipyard.

Federal PoliticsCommentsComments‘AUKUS in national interest, nothing to with Trump’: Albo

The Prime Minister has rejected suggestions that a multibillion-dollar commitment to establish a critical AUKUS defence precinct in WA is aimed at appeasing US President Donald Trump.

West Aussies will be able to spend a couple of extra days at the beach under a big overhaul of the State’s public holiday calendar.

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CommentsWA to get two new public holidays in major shake-up

West Australians will get two extra days off a year as part of a major shakeup to WA’s public holiday calendar.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s $12 billion shipbuilding investment in WA is about more than just AUKUS.

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CommentsWhy the Albanese Govt’s $12b investment is bigger than AUKUS

Joe Spagnolo: The $12 billion investment in WA’s shipbuilding industry is about trade, votes and — right at the end of that list — AUKUS.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (inset, right) has revealed a $12 billion investment in WA's shipbuilding industry.

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PM to unveil massive $12 billion investment in WA industry

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will fly into WA on Sunday to announce a $12 billion investment in the future of WA’s shipbuilding industry in a major boost to diversifying the State economy.

Joe Spagnolo