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  3. Uni Open DayPremiumNotre Dame Broome Campus Open Day

  4. Rural health care PremiumStudents gain frontline rural nursing experience

  5. Crime PremiumDerby man charged over alleged club assault

Shinju Matsuri Floating Lanterns.

Community PremiumHorizon Power community grant application open

Horizon Power is inviting organisations across regional and remote WA to apply for its latest round of community grants. 

Cain Andrews

Broome Senior High School teacher Tim Gray receives 2026 Kullarri NAIDOC Festival award for decades of services to education and work ‘closing the gap ‘ for Aboriginal students.

Education PremiumBroome teacher celebrated at Kullarri NAIDOC festival awards

Broome Senior High School teacher Tim Gray receives 2026 Kullarri NAIDOC Festival award for decades of services to education and work ‘closing the gap ‘ for Aboriginal students

Phoebe Solon

18-year-old Kununurra local, Brielle Jackson represented the Kimberley electorate in the 2026 Y WA Youth Parliament

Y WA Youth ParliamentPremiumYouth Parliament

18-year-old Kununurra local represented the Kimberley electorate in the 2026 Y WA Youth Parliament

Phoebe Solon

Shinju Matsuri’s programming manager Luna Morishige and Bart Pigram. 

Shinju MatsuriPremiumShinju Matsuri to celebrate Broome’s multicultural spirit

Broome’s biggest annual celebration is set to return next month, with Shinju Matsuri promising 17 days of events that showcase the town’s multicultural heritage, local talent and community.

Phoebe Solon

Amanda Stent, vascular sonographer from CoreWave Vascular, and Dr Olufemi Oshin.

Health PremiumVisiting vascular clinic launches in Broome

Vascular surgeon Olufemi Oshin launches one of the region’s first dedicated visiting vascular services in Broome.

Phoebe Solon

Nganjuwarr claimants celebrate their native title recognition.

Native Title PremiumNganjuwarr native title over East Kimberley country

The Nganjuwarr traditional owners have secured exclusive native title rights over almost 1000sqkm of country in the East Kimberley following a Federal Court determination held on country.

Phoebe Solon

The Kimberley Counts campaign encourages people to complete the Census on August 11.

Census PremiumPremiumKimberley launches Census campaign after 2021 undercount

A campaign encouraging people across the Kimberley to complete the 2026 Census on August 11 has been launched.

University of Notre Dame's Broome Campus.

Uni Open DayPremiumPremiumNotre Dame Broome Campus Open Day

Future students and their families are invited to explore the study options in the Kimberley at Broome’s Notre Dame Campus Open Day on July 30

A video circulating online which has been viewed over half a million times depicting an individual carrying a washing machine while riding an e-scooter in the Broome area.

Viral videoVideoPremiumPremiumWA man’s e-scooter washing machine fail sparks police probe

A video circulating online showing a man taking a tumble while attempting to transport a washing machine on a e-scooter in Broome has been viewed nearly half a million times. 

Notre Dame student Abigail Chavez Abej

Rural health care PremiumStudents gain frontline rural nursing experience

University of Notre Dame nursing students undergo remote community placement program to gain experience working in the remote Kimberley

Phoebe Solon

Broome Senior High School teacher Tim Gray receives 2026 Kullarri NAIDOC Festival award for decades of services to education and work ‘closing the gap ‘ for Aboriginal students.

Education PremiumBroome teacher celebrated at Kullarri NAIDOC festival awards

Broome Senior High School teacher Tim Gray receives 2026 Kullarri NAIDOC Festival award for decades of services to education and work ‘closing the gap ‘ for Aboriginal students

Phoebe Solon

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The scene of the crash and blaze on North West Coastal Highway.

Courts & JusticePremiumTeen charged over fatal White Peak crash still in hospital

A 19-year-old man charged with murder and attempted murder over the fatal White Peak crash at the end of June remains in a serious condition in a Perth hospital.

Imogen Wilson

A Mini Cooper has veered off the road in Wuraming and hit a tree.

Serious crashes PremiumEmergency services on scene at serious Wuraming crash

Emergency services have rushed to a serious crash in Wuraming, west of Boddington, after a vehicle left the road and collided with a tree on Friday afternoon.

Melissa Sheil

The player who uttered the slur has not been named.

AFLWPremiumWA footy club deletes apology after player’s homophobic slur

A WA football club has removed a public apology after admitting one of its players used a homophobic slur during a recent women’s match. 

Rachel Fenner

A record 38 suburbs have joined the million-dollar club for the first time this year. SEE THE LIST

propertyCommentsPremiumPerth’s million-dollar club explodes with 38 new suburbs

An inner north suburb of Perth that has been the longstanding butt of toilet jokes is among the record 38 suburbs to join the million-dollar club for the first time this year. SEE THE LIST

Kim Macdonald

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The scene of the crash and blaze on North West Coastal Highway.

Courts & JusticePremiumTeen charged over fatal White Peak crash still in hospital

A 19-year-old man charged with murder and attempted murder over the fatal White Peak crash at the end of June remains in a serious condition in a Perth hospital.

Imogen Wilson

The player who uttered the slur has not been named.

AFLWPremiumWA footy club deletes apology after player’s homophobic slur

A WA football club has removed a public apology after admitting one of its players used a homophobic slur during a recent women’s match. 

Rachel Fenner

The homicide squad are questioning a 16-year-old boy after his 35-year-old mother was found with fatal stab wounds at a Bentley unit on Mills Street about 6.15am on Tuesday. 

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PremiumMum found dead tried to get son help before alleged murder

A mother who was allegedly stabbed to death by her teen son tried to get help from authorities for years, according to a neighbour who knew the pair and who recently saw them ‘looking happy together.’

HMAS Perth moves into position in front of HMAS Ballarat.

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CommentsSenior ADF officer charged over lucrative WA naval contracts

A retired senior naval figure is facing a secret military disciplinary process over unspecified allegations involving lucrative defence contracts in Western Australia. 

To other members of Snap Fitness, he was just another man on a treadmill, but this photo shows serial child sex offender Bradley Pen Dragon breaching his strict bail conditions once again.

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PremiumInside the mind of WA’s most notorious paedophile Pen Dragon

To members of Snap Fitness, he was just another man on a treadmill, but this photo shows serial child sex offender Bradley Pen Dragon breaching his strict bail conditions once again.

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Parks and Wildlife officers in Princess Royal Harbour on Wednesday morning.

WA NewsCommentsShark alert for Albany after dead dolphins was ashore

A shark advice was issued for Albany’s Princess Royal Harbour on Wednesday morning after dolphin carcasses were spotted at Melville Point.

Claire Middleton

City of Greater Geraldton mayor Jerry Clune was ruled to have breached the local government code of conduct over a letter of support he wrote to help the owners of Quiet Life cafe obtain a liquor licence for their plans to expand on a Lester Avenue site they have leased from the council.

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The West Australian exclusive
Mayor breached code of conduct over letter of support

City mayor Jerry Clune has been found to have breached the code of conduct for writing a letter of support for a local business — a lessee of council-owned property — to help them gain a liquor licence.

Kate Campbell

Pantry Mama founder and Harvey resident Kate Freebairn is getting ready to release her debut cookbook Easy Sourdough on Any Schedule.

COOKBOOK LAUNCH Harvey’s Kate Freebairn to launch her debut cookbook

After building an online global sourdough community from her home in the South West, a Harvey mum is gearing up to launch her first cookbook showing bakers how to be the boss of their own sourdough. 

Rose Patane

Cameras known as POTBots are used in WRL research

ResearchScientists learning more about juvenile rock lobsters

Scientists are learning more about the growth and survival of juvenile rock lobsters through shallow water surveys along WA’s coast. 

Green sea turtle Nori was found washed up on Preston Beach earlier this month.

TURTLE REHABILITATION PremiumPremiumA stranded green sea turtle was found on Preston Beach

A juvenile green sea turtle found washed up on Preston Beach earlier this month is now recovering and being rehabilitated at Bunbury’s Dolphin Discovery Centre. 

Past and present Brunswick residents cut the cake to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the town hall.

90TH CELEBRATIONS Brunswick community celebrates hall’s 90th anniversary

Residents of Brunswick Junction past and present gathered at the weekend to commemorate a special milestone for the town. 

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

TechnologyCommentsPremiumGoogle 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

Kevin Warsh, chairman of the US Federal Reserve. Federal Reserve officials left interest rates unchanged and were split over whether they expect to raise rates this year.

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Warsh’s taskforces are the key to understanding the new Fed

Fed chair Kevin Warsh stuck to his long-stated belief in his first press conference on Wednesday that ‘inflation is a choice.’

Matt Peterson

Ships anchored on May 16, 2026 in the Strait of Hormuz near Larak Island, Iran.

EnergyCommentsPremiumCrude oil tumbles after Trump says Strait of Hormuz to open

Tanker traffic plunged in early March due to Iranian attacks, causing the biggest oil supply disruption in history.

Spencer Kimball

Cathie Wood, chief executive officer of Ark Investment Management LLC.

CNBC newsCommentsPremiumInvestors who took a chance on SpaceX now reap the rewards

For nearly two decades, some of the world’s most prominent investors quietly accumulated stakes in SpaceX while the rocket maker remained largely off-limits to the public markets.

Yun Li

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EducationCommentsPremiumPush to revert to pen-and-paper NAPLAN writing tests

Australia’s education ministers are considering whether to ditch computer-based NAPLAN writing tests and revert to hand-written assessments.

Bethany Hiatt

Federal MP Andrew Hastie (inset) is among a cast of politicians who may be called before the Supreme Court next week in a defamation lawsuit brought by Perth businessman Greg Poland (main picture).

Courts & JusticePremiumPoliticians to testify in high-profile WA defamation case

Federal MP Andrew Hastie is among a cast of politicians who may be called before the Supreme Court next week in a defamation lawsuit brought by Perth businessman Greg Poland. 

Hannah Cross

Delivery driver Gabor Nagy was travelling on Welwyn Avenue in Manning when he noticed a child sitting in back of a utility about 3.30pm on Thursday.

WA NewsVideoPremiumPremium‘Stupid’: Perth driver transports kid in tray of moving ute

WATCH: A ‘dangerous’ act by a driver has been filmed in Perth’s southern suburbs, showing an unrestrained child sitting in the tray of a moving ute.

The Cook Government has won the right to stop a violent criminal who has transitioned to a woman inside prison from transferring to a female jail.

Courts & JusticePremiumPremiumJudge stops violent trans inmate’s transfer to female jail

A violent criminal who transitioned to a woman inside prison has failed in her bid to be immediately transferred to a female jail.

More than 660 homes and businesses have been left without power in Scarborough as crews work to restore electricity.

PerthCommentsCommentsHundreds without power after outage in Perth’s north

More than 660 homes and businesses have been left without power as crews work to restore electricity.

Erosion at Lancelin between 2008 and 2026 shows how desperate locals are for a permanent fix.

state politicsVideoCommentsPremiumREVEALED: Trigger points for Lancelin retreat

Transport Assistant Minister John Carey has promised Lancelin will have an interim solution to its erosion crisis within four weeks and insists a ‘managed retreat’ will not require the whole town to evacuate.

Jessica Page