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  1. WA news PremiumNine juveniles charged after Derby crime spree

  2. Courts & JusticePremiumJudge throws out seven abuse charges against former bishop

  3. Arts PremiumKimberley students showcased in Statewide exhibition 

  4. Domestic Violence PremiumNew $4.2m Broome family and domestic violence refuge opens

  5. EntertainmentPremiumNoongar children’s Theatre Production coming to Broome

Residents can attend the Broome consultation session on August 18 at Notre Dame University (Event Hall), 88 Guy Street to have their say on proposed changes to Aboriginal land laws.

Land reforms PremiumResidents urged to weigh in on land reforms

Broome’s community is being encouraged to have their say on proposed changes to Aboriginal land laws, with a local consultation session to be held on August 18 and written submissions open until September 4..

Phoebe Solon

WA Country Health Service Kimberley ear, nose and throat clinical lead Jafri Kuthubutheen will be attending the free two-day ear health education forum in Broome on Thursday, August 20, and Friday, August 21.

Health PremiumBroome to host free Kimberley ear health forum

A free two-day ear health education forum will be held in Broome on August 20 and 21, aimed at tackling high rates of preventable ear disease among First Nations children in the region

Phoebe Solon

Retired Meekatharra pastoralist Raelene Hall has warned of the threat to WA’s and the NT's cattle industry if a petition to ban all live exports in Australia is successful when tabled in Federal Parliament next month.

Trade ThreatPremiumCattle industry under threat from live export ban petition

A Meekatharra pastoralist has warned WA’s Top End could suffer greatly if a petition to ban all live exports is successfully tabled in Federal Parliament next month.

Georgia Campion

Former Bishop of Broome Christopher Alan Saunders is fighting a slew of sexual assault charges.

Courts & JusticePremiumNew details on how police bugged sex-accused Bishop’s house

Detectives investigating the alleged child sex crimes of the former Bishop of Broome placed secret cameras in his home and car as they worked to build a case against him.

Hannah Cross

WA Police have started to target bikies in the Kimberley, with a recent operation stopping and searching seven riders and their vehicles on Great Northern Highway.

Bikies targetedPremiumPolice target bikies in the Kimberley

Bikie gangs making their way to the Kimberley have been targeted in a recent police operation, with Kimberley Supt John Hutchison warning them “the Kimberley is not open for organised crime”.

Cain Andrews

Nine juveniles charged with a total of 70 offences following an alleged crime spree in Derby early Friday morning.

WA news PremiumNine juveniles charged after Derby crime spree

Nine juveniles have been charged with a total of 70 offences following an alleged crime spree in Derby early Friday morning.

Phoebe Solon

Broome Towns have won the men’s and women’s West Kimberley Football League grand finals after snuffing out Cable Beach at the weekend.

Football PremiumPremiumBroome Towns double grand final win

The Broome Towns have won both the men’s and women’s West Kimberley Football League grand finals after snuffing out Cable Beach at the weekend. 

Fitzroy Valley District High School Year 10 student Hailey Fredericks-James with her acrylic painting on canvas "The Four Eechidna Sisters".

Arts PremiumPremiumKimberley students showcased in Statewide exhibition 

Eight high school students from Fitzroy Crossing will have their artwork displayed on the Statewide stage as part of the Young Originals art exhibition.

Broome Port.

Industrial action PremiumPremiumStrike shuts down Broome Port operations

A strike has shut down Broome Port and the adjacent Kimberley Marine Support Base after negotiations between the Kimberley Ports Authority and the Maritime Union of Australia stalled. 

A concept plan for worker dwellings on Cottier Drive.

Housing Premium$5m cash injection for Hedland key worker housing project

Port Hedland’s key worker housing project has received another $5 million boost from the State Government with more than half of the $40m project now funded through external contributions and grants. 

Cain Andrews

Bullen Medal Best and Fairest winner Bidyadanga Emus' Taryce Stewart and WKFL President Antonietta Scriva.

Football PremiumWest Kimberely Football League awards

The WKFL capped off a sensational 2026 season by honouring its top individual performers at its annual awards night, celebrating the extraordinary talent and sportsmanship that defined this year’s campaign.

Cain Andrews

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The top cop said the program was already working, with 400 drink-drivers caught through the lockdown operations alone over the past 18 months, on top of a further 100 who were under the influence of drugs.

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WA Police using drones to bust dozens of Perth drink-drivers

WA Police are busting dozens of drunk and drugged-up partygoers trying to drive home after a night out, fresh numbers have revealed. 

Jessica Evensen

A young man has died after rolling his ute on a regional highway in WA’s north-west.

Disaster and EmergencyPremiumDriver dies at the wheel after 4WD rolls

A young man has died after rolling his ute on a regional highway in WA’s north-west.

Brooke Rolfe

Ethan Mead died at the scene when he lost control of his Toyota LandCruiser ute and rolled several times while driving south on Dartmoor Road

The Geraldton GuardianPremium‘World turned upside down’: Young man killed in WA crash

The shattered family of a 21-year-old man killed in a car rollover in the Mid West last week have laid bare their utter grief and devastation, paying heart-wrenching tributes to their beloved son and brother.

Kate Campbell

Catholic Education WA has released a new code of conduct which spells out clear expectations for the behaviour of parents and carers at all 149 Catholic schools across the State.

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Parents could be banned from Catholic schools under new code

Aggressive or bad-mannered parents who threaten or swear at teachers in Catholic schools or barge into classrooms are being put on notice they will face consequences, including being banned from the premises.

Bethany Hiatt

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A 16-year-old girl has been charged over the assualt in Perth.

CRIMEPremiumPerth city violence filmed as girl charged with assaults

A teenager has been released on bail after she was charged over a violent attack against two girls in the Perth CBD, which was posted online and showed a girl being stomped on in the middle of the road.

Rachel Tassicker

Catholic Education WA has released a new code of conduct which spells out clear expectations for the behaviour of parents and carers at all 149 Catholic schools across the State.

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Parents could be banned from Catholic schools under new code

Aggressive or bad-mannered parents who threaten or swear at teachers in Catholic schools or barge into classrooms are being put on notice they will face consequences, including being banned from the premises.

Bethany Hiatt

The scene of the horror crash near Shark Bay.

Disaster and EmergencyPremiumPremiumHeartbreaking final words to dying driver after horror crash

A selfless first responder to a double fatal head-on collision near Shark Bay has recounted how she spoke quiet, gentle words to one of the drivers involved in the tragedy before they took their final breath.

A WA Police vehicle parked outside Manjimup Accessories during Tuesday's operation, with police assisting Department of Health officers.

PolicePremiumPremiumPolice back health in Manjimup tobacco raid

Officers from the Department of Health’s tobacco and vape regulation directorate were accompanied by South West police at a Manjimup business as part of a regulatory activity. 

A woman who was caught in a car with a trafficable quantity of meth, illegal weapons and cannabis has been granted bail until her next court hearing.

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PremiumBail for woman accused of trafficable meth haul in car

A woman allegedly caught during a traffic stop in Mt Barker with a huge meth haul in her car along with illegal weapons has been granted bail. 

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Two people have died after two vehicles collide on North West Coastal Highway near Shark Bay.

EmergencyPremiumHead-on crash: Grandmother, grandson recovering in hospital

A 12-year-old boy and his grandmother are recovering in hospital after surviving a horror head-on crash near Shark Bay, which claimed the life of their husband and grandfather as well as another driver.

Brooke Rolfe, Sally Q Davies

Transport Minister Rita Saffioti says the initial Oakajee access road will be completed later this year.

EnergyPremiumOakajee under consideration for future oil refinery

The Mid West could play a major role in ensuring consistent fuel supply to Australia, as Oakajee is under consideration to host an oil refinery.  

Sally Q Davies

Year 5 students Will Mattin, Edward Matthews, and Rupert Telford, all 10, took part in NAPLAN tests earlier this year.

NAPLAN resultsPremiumGap between regional and city results highlighted in NAPLAN

Regional WA schoolchildren have fallen behind their counterparts in the metropolitan area in this year’s NAPLAN results across all testing areas.

Sienna Seychell

The tinny rescued from the port.

RescuePremiumPremiumMid West Ports security patrol rescue boat in distress

A Mid West Ports worker has been crowned a hero after rescuing a tinny and its skipper in distress from Geraldton waters last week.

Five Senses Coffee founder Dean Gallagher.

Weed Control PremiumPremiumSouth West business owner in fight against arum lilies

Local landholder, conservation volunteer and Five Senses Coffee founder Dean Gallagher is been tackling arum lilies on his property in Quindalup, alongside the Leeuwin-Naturaliste National Park.

WA Treasurer Rita Saffioti.

Regional HousingPremiumPremiumMore regional homes on the way with new grant program

As the regions continue to battle the housing market, the State Government is looking to deliver more than 900 homes across WA, with the Mid West set to receive up to $5.3 million in grants. 

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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.

Yun Li

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

Android figures at the Google headquarters in Mountain View, California, US.

TechnologyPremiumGoogle loses fight on record $6.8 billion antitrust fine

Europe’s top court has dismissed the tech giant’s appeals against the 2018 EU ruling.

Arjun Kharpal

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Defence experts warn the suspicious severing of two vital undersea cables off the West Australian coast over the weekend highlights the country’s high vulnerability to being cut off from global internet communication. 

WA NewsPremiumInternet cables cut off WA coast as suspicious vessel lurked

Defence experts warn the suspicious severing of two vital undersea cables off the WA coast over the weekend highlights the country’s high vulnerability to being cut off from global internet communication.

Andrew Greene

Labor candidate for Secret Harbour Georgia Tree’s past comments have resurfaced to haunt the party.

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Questions remain over Labor’s ‘skeletons in our closet’

The treatment of women in politics is in firm focus again with a current Labor candidate’s past comments appearing to expose the party’s hidden problems.

Roger Cook has launched another blistering attack on One Nation, blasting it as a party that celebrates and promotes convicted criminals when pressed on his Secret Harbour candidate’s historic claims Labor had a culture of workplace sexual harassment.

State PoliticsPremiumPremiumPremier blasts One Nation after Tree’s ‘skeletons’ comment

Roger Cook has blasted One Nation as a party that promotes convicted criminals after Secret Harbour candidate Georgia Tree had claimed Labor had ‘skeletons’ in its closet regarding workplace sexual harassment.

Jandakot Airport has shut down after lightening struck the taxi and runway lights. 7 News

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A major Aussie airport has been completely shut down, with all runways shut for at least tonight.

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CourtPremiumPremiumWoman cleared of 15yo’s murder back in court

A woman acquitted of killing Aboriginal schoolboy Cassius Turvey was given a stark warning when she was back before the court for this reason.

Jandakot Airport announced the runways would close from sunset.

AviationWA’s busiest airport to shut after lightning damages runways

WA’s busiest airport will be forced to close its runways for at least tonight after a lightning strike damaged ‘almost all’ of the taxi and runway lights required to guide planes during take-off and landing. 

Caleb Runciman