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  4. Albany 2026City’s art collection numbers 457 works and is still growing

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Lucy Johnston, Laura Thorn and Sarah Riley are excited for the upcoming Kojonup Rose Ball on November 7.

Community ballPremiumKojonup Rose Ball set to dazzle for worthy community causes

A night of glitz and glamour will take over Kojonup on Saturday, with the Kojonup Rose Ball set to bring the community together for a cause close to home. 

Amy Towers

A tragic collision in the Great Southern has claimed the life of a 42-year-old man.

Disaster and EmergencyPremiumMotorbike rider dies in horror WA country highway crash

Despite the efforts of paramedics, the 42-year-old male rider died at the scene.

Caitlin Vinci

Samantha Faithfull and Austin Galati all smiles after the win of Flick The Switch.

Season opener PremiumFaithfull’s flying start to new Great Southern season

Albany trainer Samantha Faithfull started the new racing season with a bang, notching a winning treble at Percy Spencer Racecourse on Sunday.

Cameron Newbold

Robert Dwayne Watson was jailed for a meth-fuelled crash on Albany Highway that killed a young man.

courtsPremiumDecade of jail for driver in meth-fuelled fatal crash

An Albany man will be behind bars for a decade after a horrific crash in which he veered on to the wrong side of the road and into another vehicle while “extremely” high on meth, killing a young driver.

Melissa Sheil and Jessica Evensen

Dustin Gary Higgs was jailed in District Court.

courtsPremiumPerth speedway driver jailed for sexually penetrating child

A prominent WA speedway driver has been put behind bars after being found guilty of grooming and starting a ‘pre-meditated’ sexual relationship with a girl while she was underage. 

Melissa Sheil

Royals' Monjet Torres spoils a shot by Raiders' Asher Hotchkin.

BasketballPremiumRoyals keep up pressure on Sonics Blue with win over Raiders

Royals A notched up their third victory of the Albany Basketball Association men’s A-grade competition on Tuesday to keep in touch with unbeaten leaders Sonics Blue.

Claire Middleton

Middleton Beach Green’s Olivia Linden, Bev Young, Val Bramley and Ros Holdman (back); Emma Gleeson, Ann Hornibrook, Beryl Cooper and Bev Taylor (front).

BowlsPremiumPremiumAlbany Gold start with a win but ladies fall victim to rain

Albany Gold opened the defence of their men’s Lower Great Southern Bowling League division one flag with a comfortable victory over Middleton Beach Green on Saturday.

The Albany Women's Rest Centre on Stirling Terrace and York Street.

albany 2026PremiumPremiumAlbany 2026: The most charming public toilet in WA

For a century, tourists and locals alike have walked past the quaint building at the bottom of York Street and wondered what on earth sort of fairytale creature lived within it.

Youth Great Southern chair Ricky Burges, Kadadjiny Aboriginal Corporation chief executive Stuart Roberts, and AYSA chief executive Bec I'Anson.

support fundingAlbany youth organisations granted multi-year funding

Youth Great Southern has committed almost $700,000 in funding to two Albany youth organisations over the next two years, aiming to invest in local teams working to keep young people supported and engaged.

Tammy London, Vikki Thorn and Simon London make up The Red Tails who are headlining the NewFarm NewCountry festival at the weekend.

Centre stagePremiumRed Tails ready to headline Denmark’s NewFarm NewCountry

Denmark music festival NewFarm NewCountry is the music highlight of the weekend with The Red Tails headlining a stellar line-up.

Claire Middleton

Lake Grace’s Tyson Bell took four wickets in the victory over Towns.

CricketPremiumLeaders Towns topple to first defeat as Lake Grace edge home

Towns stumbled to their first defeat of the Upper Great Southern Cricket Association A-grade season after a calamitous batting effort saw them lose out at Lake Grace by five wickets.

Claire Middleton

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Dustin Gary Higgs was jailed in District Court.

courtsPremiumPerth speedway driver jailed for sexually penetrating child

A prominent WA speedway driver has been put behind bars after being found guilty of grooming and starting a ‘pre-meditated’ sexual relationship with a girl while she was underage. 

Melissa Sheil

A family have been left heartbroken after a house fire in Collie claimed the life of one-year-old boy

WA NEWSPremium‘Cot was in flames’: Toddler dies in tragic WA house fire

A devastating house fire in Collie has claimed the life of a one-year-old boy.

Hayley Primmer

Rayle Williams and Ashleigh Turner.

CrimePremium‘My mates are dead’: First responders reveal crash carnage

A catastrophic scene akin to an explosion of ‘metal and blood’ confronted those first on the scene of a fatal crash that killed two teenage boys and hospitalised two others.

Brooke Rolfe and Sophie Gannon

The luxurious St James house

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Aboriginal body silent on luxe Perth home that CEO lives in

A large not-for-profit Aboriginal corporation operating in WA’s north will not reveal why it bought a luxurious house in Perth that its chief executive now lives in.

Adrian Rauso

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Dustin Gary Higgs was jailed in District Court.

courtsPremiumPerth speedway driver jailed for sexually penetrating child

A prominent WA speedway driver has been put behind bars after being found guilty of grooming and starting a ‘pre-meditated’ sexual relationship with a girl while she was underage. 

Melissa Sheil

Yoga studio owner Laurel Green said she’d been excited to discover an osteopathy program was starting up in Perth.

EducationPremiumREVEALED: Year 12s get new uni options, including a WA first

Year 12s thinking about what to study at university next year have had a few extra choices added to their options.

Bethany Hiatt

The luxurious St James house

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PremiumAboriginal body silent on luxe Perth home that CEO lives in

A large not-for-profit Aboriginal corporation operating in WA’s north will not reveal why it bought a luxurious house in Perth that its chief executive now lives in.

A grandstand collapsed during the Red Hot Summer Tour at Coolangatta Beach on Sunday.

AustraliaThree injured in grandstand collapse at popular Aussie music festival

The temporary seating came down in the early stages of Sunday’s sold-out festivities.

Dramatic footage has captured the moment a passenger plane was forced to abandon its landing at Perth Airport in a scary near-miss.

AviationPassenger plane in scary near-miss at Perth Airport

Dramatic footage has captured the moment a passenger plane was forced to abandon its landing at Perth Airport in a scary near-miss.

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A lawsuit is brewing in WA's crop paddocks after the alleged failure in a canola trait is estimated to cost farmers millions.

Yield LossesPremiumWA growers exploring legal actions over canola yield losses

A lawsuit worth millions is brewing in WA’s canola paddocks after farmers raised concerns that a trait in genetically modified seeds had allegedly affected pod development and damaged yields.

Georgia Campion

Hundreds turned out for the public service to farewell Albany's longest-serving mayor Dennis Wellington.

Albany AdvertiserPremiumHeartfelt tributes in moving service for loyal Albany mayor

The city’s longest-serving mayor Dennis Wellington has been remembered as a loving family man who turned his passion for sport, politics and Albany into a brilliant life. 

Cameron Newbold

Insp. Mick Kelly with some of the illegal e-rideables outside Kalgoorlie police station on Wednesday.

E-scooter operationPremiumEducation ‘key’ to new Kalgoorlie police e-scooter operation

Goldfields-Esperance police Insp. Mick Kelly says educational awareness, proactive policing and offender identification will be “key” to a new operation targeting e-scooters and off-road motorcycles.

Rosa Griffith

Goldfields-Esperance police Insp. Mick Kelly.

Drink drivingPremiumPremiumRoad policing makes regional visit, targeting drink driving

The State’s road policing command completed a regional patrol in Kalgoorlie-Boulder at the weekend, targeting drink and drug driving during popular times that can pose a greater risk to the community.

Gemma Marie Johnston.

Courts & justicePremiumPremiumFormer Esperance councillor denies stalking and VRO breaches

Former Esperance councillor and One Nation candidate Gemma Marie Johnston has denied two stalking charges and 41 breaches of a violence restraining order.

The truck crash on Great Eastern Highway in Meckering.

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Four-hour battle to put out fiery WA truck crash

Firefighters have left the scene of a horror two-truck crash in the Wheatbelt after spending more than four hours battling an inferno that engulfed the vehicles and trapped one of the drivers.

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Attendees try out the new touchscreen MacBook Pro during the Apple Experience LA in Los Angeles, Oct. 28, 2026.

CNBC newsAt last, Apple brings out touchscreen MacBook

Apple announced its first laptop with a touchscreen will go on sale next week. The launch signifies the growing strategic importance of the Mac to Apple, despite it generating less revenue than the iPhone.

Kif Leswing

Since 1990, only nine days have had a larger jump in the VIX on a smaller drop in the S&P500 than last Friday, according to SpotGamma.

CNBC newsWhy the market’s fragile calm faces a major test

Markets paused their slide this week as the tech sector found its footing following an AI sell-off sparked by high borrowing costs and doubts over data centre returns.

Justin Zacks

By the 1950s, another technological innovation would come along and have a profound effect on women: the washing machine.

CNBC newsPremiumWomen may be at greater risk of AI job losses

The history of technological progress suggests that, as AI spreads, the employment impact will hit women more than men.

Steve Liesman

Amazon’s Bee Frontier device can be worn on a wrist or clipped on to clothing..

CNBC newsPremiumAmazon launches new Bee ‘personal AI’ devices

Amazon is releasing two new Bee listening devices as it moves further into the AI hardware market.

Annie Palmer

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Federal Education Minister Jason Clare said ministers had agreed to curriculum reforms to strengthen understanding of the evils of anti-Semitism and the horrors of the Holocaust.

EducationPremiumWA school reforms set to clamp down on anti-Semitism

WA students will learn more about Jewish history and culture as part of a national clamp-down on anti-Semitism in Australian schools.

Bethany Hiatt

Jean Rosina Hunt leaves Armadale Court House. Sandra Jackson

Courts & JusticePremiumWoman accused of poisoning colleague’s curry fronts court

Jean Rosina Hunt faced Armadale Magistrates Court on Thursday, nine months after the bizarre incident during which her colleague brought a container of curry to work and shared the dish with other workers.

Jessica Evensen

WA Police are investigating sickening viral video of a teenage boy being repeatedly beaten by a group of youths, including one wielding a large knife at an Ellenbrook dog park. WARNING: DISTRESSING FOOTAGE

CrimeVideoPremiumPremiumPolice arrest boy over sickening attack on 13yo at park

The arrest comes after footage was posted to social media showing a 13-year-old boy being assaulted by several other kids — believed to be known to him — at Coolamin dog park in Ellenbrook early Sunday.

A woman accused of stalking and attempting to blackmail Greens senator Jordon Steele-John cannot be identified.

Courts & JusticePremiumPremiumWoman accused of stalking WA senator can’t be named

A woman accused of stalking and attempting to blackmail Greens senator Jordon Steele-John cannot be identified because she has lodged her own complaint with police accusing the politician of sexual misconduct.

Children had to be locked inside their classrooms in a primary school in Perth’s south as a police incident unfolded near by.

EducationWA primary school locked down over police incident

Children had to be locked inside their classrooms in a primary school in Perth’s south as a police incident unfolded nearby.

Malcolm Joseph Pages was fined after the Hillarys venue breached the Liquor Control Act 1988.

Courts & JusticePremiumPerth club at centre of UK rapper’s trial hit with fines

The venue’s licensee and manager were hit with heavy fines after failing to properly report 68 incidents over a three-month period.

Jessica Evensen