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  2. Woylies’ new home PremiumCritically endangered species flown to repopulate SA

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Anniversary celebrationsPremiumSt Joseph’s Primary School celebrates 70 years

Past and present St Joseph’s Primary School staff and students gathered to celebrate and reminisce about old times when the school marked its 70th anniversary on Wednesday 10 August.

Melissa Pedelty

CVG!Van De Griend returns to US

South West Slammers offensive ace Caleb Van De Griend is going places in basketball — literally. 

Justin Fris

Art and climate changeDance project shedding light on climate change

Canterbury Farm in Northcliffe will be one of the five performance sites of Annette Carmichael’s The Stars Descend, a large-scale performance that is being conducted as part the project, Distributed 15.

Melissa Pedelty

life saver scrapped PremiumVital crash prevention day at South West school cancelled

Donnybrook District High School informed organisers of the Road Trauma Prevention Day the annual event due to be held on August 10 would never run again because of the student’s death late last year.

Luke McPherson

By-election resultPremiumBridgetown-Greenbushes local council welcomes new members

Two new members were sworn in as councillors on the Bridgetown-Greenbushes Shire council on Monday night after the Shire’s by-election on Saturday.

Jacinta Cantatore

105 StepsBunbury author Stephen Trigwell’s message of love and hope

A former Donnybrook orchardist and rock band guitarist who retired to Bunbury has managed to turn a terrifying experience into a book that shares a true South West love story

Jacinta Cantatore

Rally on RoseKarri Rally to light up Rose street

Round four of the WA Rally Championship is heading to Manjimup this Saturday, with the all-new, three-stage Karri Rally set to take place across Manjimup’s eastern forests.

CVG!Van De Griend returns to US

South West Slammers offensive ace Caleb Van De Griend is going places in basketball — literally. 

Anniversary celebrationsPremiumPremiumSt Joseph’s Primary School celebrates it’s 70th

On Wednesday 10 August, former staff, students and guests of St Joseph’s Primary School gathered to celebrate the school’s 70th anniversary.

soccerPremiumRovers come from behind to draw with Dalyellup

The Manjimup Rovers men have recorded their first draw of the 2022 South West Soccer Association Division 1 men’s season.

Luke McPherson

Art and climate changeDance project shedding light on climate change

Canterbury Farm in Northcliffe will be one of the five performance sites of Annette Carmichael’s The Stars Descend, a large-scale performance that is being conducted as part the project, Distributed 15.

Melissa Pedelty

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McGowan sips $1000 wines as star guest at exclusive dinner

An exclusive all-male group of business heavyweights were invited to a private function, where they drank the latest Penfolds Grange vintage — 2018 — which sells for $1000 a bottle.

Peter Law

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Monkeypox plane passengers’ private details leaked in email

Personal details of dozens of people on an international flight to Perth with a passenger carrying the monkeypox virus have been leaked by the WA Health Department in a major data breach.

Peter Law

Not another! CommentsPremiumGaff limps off training track ahead of Cats clash

West Coast star Andrew Gaff has limped off the training track at Mineral Resources Park on Tuesday, as the injury toll continues to mount at the Eagles. SEE THE PICS

Samantha Rogers

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Sweetener PremiumMaccas offers $1000 sign-on bonus amid staffing crisis

“Like most other businesses in town, we’ve experienced some difficulty in finding people,” Albany McDonald’s owner Darren Tyrrell said.

Kasey Gratton

Meaty gossipCommentsPremiumRumours of China beef ban ‘unsubstantiated’ says minister

WA Agriculture Minister Alannah MacTiernan has hosed down fears of a ban on beef exports to China, saying the Federal Government made it clear there was ‘no evidence of rejected shipments’.  

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Flooding nightmareCommentsPremiumDramatic rescue as WA farms lashed with up to 130mm of rain

Farms across the Mid West and Wheatbelt are underwater after heavy rainfall flooded roads and caused creeks to break their banks, with the regions copping an unexpected lashing in the past 24 hours.

Shannon Verhagen

‘F…… s…’PremiumPremiumEnraged mum threatened ex-lover, daughter who are dating

A Kalgoorlie-Boulder mother furious that her ex-lover had started a relationship with her daughter has been fined after a sustained rage at her daughter’s home last month.

Country ChallengePremiumPremiumIN PICTURES: Big crowd for Country Challenge finals

A big crowd gathered at Albany Hockey Stadium for the culmination of the week-long Hockey Australia Country Challenge on Saturday.

Reports encouraged Top cop wants victims to feel safe reporting sex offences

Kalgoorlie-Boulder’s top cop wants victims of sexual offences to feel comfortable visiting the police station and reporting incidents to local officers

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WA actor shares experience working with Hollywood stars

After years splitting time between LA and Florida, and sharing a movie set with Golden Globe-winning superstars Billy Bob Thornton and Robin Wright, West Aussie Emma Booth is finally home, albeit temporarily.

Ben O’Shea

Heartbreaking costPremiumPet owners face euthanising animals in rental crisis

Dogs and cats are being surrendered in staggering numbers as renters struggle to find properties that allow pets, with some even putting their animals down, intensifying calls to change tenancy laws.

Rebecca Le May

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CommentsMoney-spinning telcos hit WA Police with huge $1m phone bill

Money-spinning telcos charged WA Police $1 million over the past year to provide information for critical investigations such as the search for Cleo Smith and taking dangerous paedophiles off our streets.

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CommentsMayor takes fight over neighbour’s home to Supreme Court

Nedlands mayor Fiona Argyle has taken her fight against a proposed home next door to the Supreme Court.

‘Fix this now’PremiumPremiumCouncil freezes rates despite push for underground power

Nedlands council approved a rates freeze for the third year in a row, despite a push for a small increase to fund underground power.

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Hospital forced to use corridors and red lines for ‘rooms’

Treating patients in corridors is so commonplace at Perth’s biggest hospital that red tape now designates where beds are to be placed when emergency departments are overcrowded.

Peter Law