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LottoWA newsagency sells first jackpot ticket with huge $1m win

One fortunate West Aussie ticketholder hit the $1 million jackpot on Wednesday night.

Chloe Maher

WA’s newest millionaire struck gold in Wednesday’s Millionaire Medley draw.

WA Farm Direct commercialisation manager Sean Engelbrecht

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A 71-year-old man was given more prison time after admitting to sexually abusing his young daughter and another female family friend for 16 years.

COURTWA dad who raped own daughter learns fate for vile crimes

The man is already serving jail time for sexually abusing his five-year-old granddaughter.

Melissa Sheil

Dalton's Paddock’s accommodation options were expanded without approval from the Shire of Manjimup council.

planning drama Short-stay accommodation bid lands developer in hot water

A short-stay accommodation bid has landed a Deanmill developer in hot water with the Shire of Manjimup after breaching local planning laws.

Craig Duncan

BreastScreen WA will be bringing the mobile screening services to the Manjimup Indoor Sports Pavilion.

Breast CancerFree breast cancer detecting service coming to Manjimup

An opportunity to receive free screening mammogram to detect breast cancer on women is coming to Manjimup.

Yousuf Shameel

Manjimup’s Josh Herdigan has recently returned home after helping the firefighting effort in Canada.

Hero’s OdysseySouth West firefighter returns from heroic work in Canada

Manjimup’s Josh Herdigan has returned home after spending more than a month helping fight fires in Alberta, Canada.

Craig Duncan

The Shire of Manjimup voted to close a section of road reserve for the rifle club.

Gun LawsRoad to close after rifle club boxed in by new gun laws

A South West shire will be closing a regional road for good to open up the space for a popular shooting club boxed in by WA’s new gun laws.

Craig Duncan

The Farewell to Winter RFDS Ball will return to the refurbished Bridgetown Town Hall on August 30.

DANCE THE NIGHT AWAYDancers to fundraise at refurbished Bridgetown Town Hall

Dancers from across the South West are invited to the newly refurbished Bridgetown Town Hall for a ball aiming to raise funds for the Royal Flying Doctor Service.

Amber Lilley

Police Commissioner Col Blanch with members of the Bridgetown Men’s Shed.

South West HonourSouth West Men’s Shed honours fallen cop with memorial bench

The Bridgetown Men’s Shed has honoured a fallen police officer with a memorial bench, now being displayed at Perth’s Kalamunda park.

Bridgetown hero Tom Bolas with WA Police Commissioner Col Blanch and Senior Constable Mike Smith.

Local legendsBridgetown heroes honoured by WA’s top cop

When Bridgetown resident Tom Bolas saw a young woman fighting for her life in the Blackwood River last week, he sprung into action.

Some of the flowers on show in Nannup town centre for this year’s Flower and Garden Festival.

Bloomin’ AwesomeNannup’s Flower and Garden Festival in full bloom

The South West town of Nannup is a buzz with bees, butterflys and beauty with the town’s beloved Flower and Garden Festival in full bloom.

Dana East tackles St Kilda’s Nicola Barr in a practice game.

FootballEast set to take place in bolstered Fremantle midfield

Manjimup’s Dana East is set to take her place in a bolstered Fremantle midfield in her fifth season at AFLW level.

Josh Kempton

Rovers’ Amy-Lee Nettleton and Bunbury United Soccer Club’s Adele Gardiner.

SoccerRovers’ women’s side on wrong end of heavy loss

Manjimup Rovers’ women’s side were on the wrong end of a 9-0 loss to Bunbury United in their South West Soccer Association women’s reserve league clash in Bunbury on Sunday.

Josh Kempton

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Secret home casino operating in Perth uncovered by police

There were 18 people crammed into the dining room of a house — including a Crown Casino employee — when officers burst in.

Jessica Page

On July 15, Christopher Desmond, 72, was riding through Albania on his motorbike when tragedy struck.

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Injured Perth dad stranded in European hospital after crash

A tiny detail in his policy with a well-known insurance company means he has been abandoned overseas with broken bones in his feet, hands, leg and spine.

Caitlin Vinci

Justin Langer has quit the board of Chris Ellison's Mineral Resources.

MiningAnd that’s out! Justin Langer quits Mineral Resources board

The Former Test cricketer’s resignation from the board will take effect from Wednesday.

Sean Smith and Simone Grogan

The case went to the Fair Work Commission after the fired worker claimed wrongful dismissal, but the matter was kept under wraps because the conciliation conference was confidential.

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Non-binary battle as worker fired for calling colleague ‘he’

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

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Vulnerable patients were unknowingly put at risk of contracting potentially deadly legionnaires’ disease at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital through contaminated water.

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Labor can’t ignore WA’s hospital crisis forever

Roger Cook has reassured West Aussies that serious infrastructure failures within one of WA’s biggest hospitals is nothing to worry about. How much longer can the Government pretend that everything is fine?

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Government ball returns a century after dancefloor murder

It is a little known piece of Perth history that 100 years ago Government House was the scene of a grizzly killing when a glamorous young woman shot her former fiance in the middle of a charity ball.

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Injured Perth dad stranded in European hospital after crash

A tiny detail in his policy with a well-known insurance company means he has been abandoned overseas with broken bones in his feet, hands, leg and spine.

MiningAnd that’s out! Justin Langer quits Mineral Resources board

The Former Test cricketer’s resignation from the board will take effect from Wednesday.

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Just Home Margaret River chair Ned Reilly says the State Government has a misperception of Margaret River as "a playground for affluent investors and holidaymakers".

serious misperceptionCommitment to housing crisis questioned

Local voices have taken WA’s Homelessness Week as a chance to call on the State Government to treat the Margaret River region’s housing crisis more urgently.

Warren Hately

Zhen Cao, Miya Li, Cen Zhang and Andrew Zhang at the The Kids Research Institute Australia STEM Festival in Kalgoorlie-Boulder on Wednesday.

STEM festivalInspirational and educational new children’s festival

Researchers from The Kids Research Institute Australia visited Kalgoorlie-Boulder for the first time to lead hands-on STEM workshops designed to inspire and enlighten the next generation.

Jessica Antoniou

Suzanne Caren is MercyCare’s general manager of youth, wellbeing and accommodation.

Preventing homelessness Additional homelessness support in town

A leading WA not-for-profit dedicated to tackling homelessness, particularly in the regions, now has its Aboriginal Short Stay Accommodation facility operating in Kalgoorlie-Boulder.

Jessica Antoniou

Busselton Swimming Club achieved stand-out results at the WA Short Course Championships.

SwimmingBusselton Swimming Club shine at Short Course Championships

Busselton Swimming Club came out of the WA Short Course Championships earlier this month as the State’s best performed regional club.

Morning radio Radio Geraldton announces new mornings host

The latest station to hit the airwaves in Geraldton has a new morning host and listeners may recognise her voice.

Guess who ,,, is and isn't running for Greater Geraldton council in this October's local government elections?

Local pollEx-mayor puts hand up, existing councillors reveal decisions

Former Greater Geraldton mayor Shane Van Styn has revealed he will run at the October 18 local government elections in a bid to get back on council.

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CNBC newsThe global crypto wave is catching on in Asia

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

CNBC newsMicrosoft tops $US4tr, joining Nvidia in exclusive club

Microsoft shares jumped in extended trading overnight Wednesday, pushing the company’s market cap past $US4 trillion.

Ari Levy and Jordan Novet

Elon Musk’s Tesla sold its crypto at one of the worst possible times.

CNBC news‘Won’t sell’: Musk, Tesla’s multi-billion-dollar crypto miss

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

Tesla’s slump this year is partly due to backlash against the company in the US and Europe, after Musk spent heavily to help re-elect President Donald Trump.

CNBC newsMusk warns of a ‘few rough quarters’ for Tesla as sales dive

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

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Frances O'Connor arrives at the 72nd annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Sunday, Jan. 11, 2015, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

EntertainmentBig stars set for Busselton’s CinefestOZ film prize

Fresh from making a surprise cameo in a key scene in Season 2 of the blockbuster Netflix series Wednesday, Aussie screen legend Frances O’Connor is bound for Busselton and CinefestOZ.

Ben O'Shea

Child Protection Minister Jessica Stojkovski.

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How new domestic violence plan aims to help boys be better

Teenage boys who go online for advice about relationships and fall down a dangerous wormhole are one of the things that worry WA’s Minister for Prevention of Family and Domestic Violence Jessica Stojkovski.

Kate Emery

State School Teachers Union president Matt Jarman.

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‘I’ll sort you out’: Parent’s chilling threat to teacher

Parents ‘bad mouthing’ teachers or people threatening to assault female staff are among examples of shocking online abuse revealed by the teachers’ union, which warned online abusers could face legal action.

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PM bound for Perth with claims WA will drive clean economy

WA must become the driver of Australia’s clean energy economy, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has said as he prepares to get up close and personal with the mining sector at one of its biggest industry events.

One WA Lotto player has banked a masive slice of Saturday's jackpot.

LottoHIT THE JACKPOT! Jaw-dropping windfall for one West Aussie

Lotto luck has washed over WA after the Dockers’ game on Friday spelt disaster for fans in the State.

Elmars Kalejs was spotted by a member of the public lying next to his silver Holden Commodore sedan, in which he had been living in for some time. He is pictured right with his daughter, Courtney Mallard.

CrimeMan charged over ‘loving’ Perth grandfather’s alleged murder

A 48-year-old man has been charged over the alleged murder of a beloved Armadale grandfather.

Jessica Evensen

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