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  2. murder investigationPremiumAlbany murder investigation a ‘slow grind’, cop says

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  4. Sign of the timesPremiumSign advertising ‘new hotel’ disappears from Middleton Beach

  5. court PremiumDad jailed for raping injured wife and assaulting his baby

Albany members ready to take on the Nullaki Handicap.

nullaki handicapDoug Foulkes-Taylor takes Nullaki Handicap win

Albany Cycle Club’s latest race, the Nullaki Handicap was held on a deceptively un-flat course on the Nullaki peninsula on Saturday, February 21. 

David Beckwith

Kendenup's Seb Ballard pictured after his brilliant 130 against Lions, is the GSCA’s cricketer of the year.

Top awards PremiumBallard crowned cricketer of the year for his stellar season

Kendenup’s Seb Ballard was named the Great Southern Cricket Association’s cricketer of the year at its vote count and awards night at Broomehill on Saturday.

Claire Middleton

Members of the Friends of Yakamia Forest group passed two electors motions on February 5.

MOTIONS RECEIVEDCouncil gives token support to Yakamia Forest protection

A group hoping to protect a plot of bushland in Yakamia have received a token gesture of support from the Albany council, which voted to receive its pair of motions passed at this month’s electors meeting.

Melissa Sheil

Albany Shantymen are celebrating their 10-year anniversary.

Decade of music Decade of singalong for popular Albany Shantymen group

A decade of roaring harmonies, sea soaked stories and community spirit is being celebrated as the Albany Shantymen mark 10 years of keeping Albany’s maritime soul alive. 

Amy Towers

A Boddington Football Club player and coach have been fined for indecent acts in public.

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Country footy coach and player exposed genitals in pub

A Boddington Football Club coach and player who both exposed their genitals to staff and community members at the local pub, have been fined. 

Hannah Whitehead

Alyce Burton will swim everyday of March for Laps for Life to raise money and awareness surrounding youth mental health.

Mental healthPremiumSwimmer to honour her step son with Laps for Life campaign

Albany local Alyce Burton is making March a month of meaning, grabbing her swimmers, putting on her goggles and heading down to Emu Point everyday to support youth mental health — a cause close to her heart.

Amy Towers

Jake Thomas Hardie, 29, allegedly led police on a car chase for more than an hour before being arrested in Williams.

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PremiumAlleged home detention escapee caught and charged

A Great Southern man who allegedly removed his monitoring device and fled from his home detention bail address in Northam has been arrested, and charged with a raft of new offences. 

Players who took part in the Mt Barker tennis tournament.

Junior champs Gatti takes top-tier title as Mt Barker event closes season

The Lower Great Southern Tennis Association closed its junior tournament season with an event in Mt Barker which attracted 30 competitors of all standards.

A wanted Great Southern man has been arrested.

CrimeWanted man arrested in the Wheatbelt

A Great Southern man wanted by police after allegedly removing his monitoring device and fled from his home detention bail address in Northam has been arrested. 

Sean Ramsell set off from Albany on Sunday on his ride around Australia.

Mental Health Sean Ramsell rides bike around Australia for mental health

Albany’s Sean Ramsell is revving his engine and riding his motorcycle around Australia to raise money for the Black Dog Institute. 

Amy Towers

Dr Tom Bowles is a finalist in the 2026 WA Rural Health Excellence Awards.

AwardsPremiumAlbany surgeon named finalist for State health award

An Albany surgeon has been recognised at a State level, with Dr Tom Bowles shortlisted for a prestigious award saluting his contribution to developing the Great Southern as a training hub for rural surgeons. 

Amy Towers

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Hailee Hildebrand was allowed out on day release, only four days after another suicide attempt inside the hospital’s youth mental health ward.

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Grieving mum’s plea: ‘They were meant to save her’

Stacey Hildebrandt is brokenhearted but insists she wants change — not sympathy — in the wake of her daughter’s suicide while she was an inpatient at Fiona Stanley Hospital.

Jessica Page

Laurence Escalante arrives at the Perth Magistrates Court today. Michael Wilson

Courts & JusticePremiumDramatic scenes as billionaire faces nine new drug charges

Perth billionaire Laurence Escalante has been hit with a raft of new criminal charges as his minder clashed with media outside court in dramatic scenes.

Rebecca Le May

One of seven people charged over a massive cocaine haul found stashed inside a bulk carrier off Perth has had his charge dropped.

Courts & JusticePremiumNew twist as epic trial looms after huge drug bust off WA

One of seven people charged over a massive cocaine haul found stashed inside a bulk carrier off Perth has had his charge dropped.

Rebecca Le May

Marius Sabau, president of the WA Mongols. unknown

Courts & JusticePremiumWA Mongol boss jailed for sophisticated drug operation

Marius Sabau was found guilty for his role in a drug trafficking syndicate, just days after fellow Mongol member David Pye was jailed for organising the assassination of Rebels boss Nick Martin.

Ben Harvey

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Georgia was struck by lightning in Thursday’s storm.

Disaster and EmergencyCommentsPerth teen details scary moment she was struck by lightning

A 16-year-old girl has told of the terrifying moment she was struck by lightning in the city’s north-east, describing the freak ordeal as like being ‘stabbed with 1000 needles’. 

Jessica Evensen

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China sees red over British submarine spy fears

A senior Chinese diplomat has sternly rejected suggestions a cargo ship that recently berthed near the Garden Island naval base is posing any threat to a visiting British submarine.

Andrew Greene

Better Homes and Gardens will now air twice a week.

TVCommentsCommentsMajor change coming to popular Aussie TV show

The development comes in the show’s 32nd year.

An apology letter disgraced obstetrician Rhys Bellinge sent to Elizabeth Pearce’s family and Muhammad Usman just days before his sentencing has been described as ‘terribly inapt’ by a judge

WA NewsPremiumPremiumBellinge’s ‘inapt’ apology to victims days before sentencing

An apology letter disgraced obstetrician Rhys Bellinge sent to his victims just days before his sentencing has been described as ‘terribly inapt’ by a judge, who also noted a degree of self-pity in his remorse.

Lorde deliveres a powerfully raw performance at RAC Arena.

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Some might argue she’s drifting out of the mainstream with her recent releases, but can the Kiwi still get a whole arena to dance and sing all night?

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Mid West Academy of Sport athlete Reuben Chapman.

AthleticsPremiumChapman continues stellar athletics golden run

Geraldton’s golden boy Reuben Chapman has added another gold medal to his season’s tally after blitzing ahead in the 400m hurdles at the Junior Track and Field State Championships in Perth last weekend. 

Rebecca Ruthven

An 18-year-old has been sentenced after driving at speeds of more than 140km/h.

Courts & Justice Premium18yo jailed for reckless driving to escape police

An 18-year-old drove at speeds of more than 140km/h in an attempt to escape police before losing control of his car, which was carrying four passengers, and crashing into a road train. 

Tegan Guthrie

Geraldton's Callum Williamson prepares for his homecoming this weekend

MotorsportPremiumLocal racer gears up for weekend speedway action

Local speedster Callum Williamson is gearing up for his homecoming at the Geraldton City Speedway, as the Maddington Toyota Sprintcar Series touches down in the Mid West this weekend. 

Rebecca Ruthven

Tobacco and vapes seized in raids on retailers in Geraldton and Kalbarri,

Up in smokePremiumPremiumMid West retailers ‘on notice’ after tobacco, vape raids

Mid West retailers were busted this week when a series of raids targeting the illegal tobacco trade netted a massive haul of almost 100,000 cigarettes and more than 800 vapes.

The Santa open pit mine at Vault Minerals’ Mount Monger operations south-east of Kalgoorlie-Boulder.

half-year reportPremiumPremiumVault Minerals issues maiden dividend

Vault Minerals has declared a maiden dividend as revenue, earnings, and underlying profit rose substantially in the latest half-year.

Capes Raptor Centre manager Tara Finch with various safe rodent control products.

Poisonous debatePremiumPremiumSouth West raptor centre joins calls to ban insidious SGARs

The Capes Raptor Centre has joined calls to ban insidious second-generation rat poisons, claiming a Federal Government agency has ignored research into their harmful effect on birds and wildlife.

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CNBC newsPremiumTrump insists trade deals safe as ruling upends tariffs

President Donald Trump defended his tariff agenda during his State of the Union address even as a Supreme Court ruling striking down his emergency tariffs cast fresh confusion.

Anniek Bao

Before the Covid pandemic, Chinese consumers accounted for about one-third of the global luxury goods market.

CNBC newsPremiumLunar New Year gives brands chance to win back big spenders

Luxury brands from Harry Winston to Loewe are going all in on Lunar New Year collections in a bid to attract Chinese customers.

Hayley Cuccinello

China’s property market, once accounting for more than a quarter of the economy, has seen its annual sales volume halve in just four years.

CNBC newsPremiumS&P bets China property slump will be worse than expected

S&P Global Ratings has lowered its forecast for China property sales this year, barely two months into 2026.

Evelyn Cheng

Chinese coffee giant Luckin opened its first flagship with premium drinks as the company takes on Starbucks Reserve.

CNBC newsCommentsPremiumThere’s a coffee war brewing in China (and now in the US)

As Starbucks sells off most of its China business, local rival Luckin Coffee is expanding into higher-priced cold brews and other drinks. It’s also expanding its footprint in the US.

Evelyn Cheng

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First home buyers chasing the Great Australian dream are facing a grim reality check, with thousands fighting over little more than 100 properties in their price range.

PropertyCommentsPremium$60k income prices first home buyers out of Perth dream

Only 13 affordable listings in Perth for someone on $60k a year is the reality check no-one wanted.

Kim Macdonald

A hospital investigation has called for all birthing mothers to receive ambulance transfers and an additional examination in a maternity bypass scenario after heavily pregnant Perth mum, Lena, was forced to give birth in the back of her car on the Kwinana Freeway. 

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Freeway baby birth investigation sparks major changes

St John of God Midland Public Hospital released their SAC1 report to a Perth couple after a young mum was forced into a traumatic roadside delivery of her second child on November 13. 

Caleb Runciman

Reporter Brooke Rolfe trying out the new WACA waterslide.

WA NewsVideoCommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumWATCH: Perth’s newest gravity-defying water slide rides

Perth’s newest water slide attraction provides gravity-defying rides and thrills for the whole family.

St John WA sent multiple ambulance crews.

WA NewsPremiumPremiumTeenager dies after being hit by two cars in Warnbro

A teenage boy has tragically died after he was hit by two cars in Warnbro early on Friday.

Police Commissioner Col Blanch said they received intelligence about communication on an encrypted platform. NewsWire

CRIMEChilling alleged find after terror plot foiled

New images have captured the alleged chilling discovery police made in the house of a 20-year-old man, who is now facing charges of preparing to commit a terrorist act.

AI road safety cameras picked up more than 275,000 mobile phone, seatbelt and speeding offences in Western Australia between February and October last year. File image

NewsBig issue with new AI road cameras

Drivers are bleeding money and demerit points as new AI road safety cameras spark a surge in fines, but there’s one key issue with the new tech.

Emma Kirk