Tourism Minister Rita Saffioti has announced an $8 million commitment to the Mid West which will deliver a jetty at the Houtman Abrolhos Islands.
Anna Cox
Matthew Paddick
Guest chefs Scott Bridger and Melissa Palinkas have touched down in Geraldton ahead of Shore Leave Festival celebrations, busting to work with world-class Mid West produce.
The undefeated Buccaneers will look to take down the Giants this week without star Johny Narkle, who has been sidelined with injury.
Fraser Williams
Nationals WA Geraldton candidate Kirrilee Warr has unveiled her first State election promise ahead of the 2025 poll — a rescue helicopter for the Mid West.
Footy in Geraldton is back! After a long off-season, the Great Northern Football League will finally get started with round one kicking off this weekend.
As the 2024 Great Northern Football League season kicks off, there are a few players who could control the league or change a clubs fate.
Peter Fiorenza and Fraser Williams
Police have arrested and charged two men over multiple bottle shop thefts in Geraldton, including a ram raid on a Brand Highway liquor store.
The majority of women surveyed in a new homelessness report were forced to resort to extreme measures such as couch surfing or sleeping in a car.
Ahead of the GNFL season, one of the most successful clubs in the competition will rename its home ground for the next three years.
A puppet show musical based on a French classic is set to start its Australian tour at Geraldton’s Queens Park Theatre.
Fremantle ruckman Sean Darcy plays his 100th game in Saturday night’s Optus Stadium clash with the Western Bulldogs. So ahead of his milestone night, The West Australian has ranked all 99 of them.
Jackson Barrett
Anglo American has told BHP it needs to fork out more if it wants the British mining giant’s prized copper mines.
Adrian Rauso
The massive gold operation that claimed its second life in the space of 18 months — and WA’s first mine site death of 2024 — has fallen foul of the safety regulator 10 times in the past two years.
Leading Pinjarra trainer Brett Pope is expected to appeal what he says is an ‘excessive’ sanction for an administrative error after the euthanasia of 15 horses.
Hayden King
The luxury mansion approved by the local shire for Perth inventor Mataki Lim would be the most expensive building in WA.
Sean Smith
West Coast coach Adam Simpson says he hopes his flying midfield can maintain its dominant clearance form without teenage star Harley Reid.
Mitchell Woodcock
A woman has been taken to hospital after a reported chemical spill east of Perth.
People in the southern part of Walpole Wilderness Area have been told to flee as an out of control bushfire, believed to be deliberately lit, threatens lives and homes about 50km west of Denmark.
Tens of thousands of West Australians have gathered to honour the courage and sacrifice of the Anzacs at a moving dawn service at Kings Park on Thursday morning.
The multimillion-dollar project to bring more industrial lots to Kalgoorlie-Boulder has reinvigorated the case for building a transport facility and rerouting freight trains, the city’s mayor says.
Anneke de Boer
Goldfields locals are being encouraged to stop walking past their local history and heritage and instead pop their heads in to learn more about their region
Tegan Guthrie
A group of aviators has reconstructed a photograph captured in the Goldfields more than 60 years ago.
Carwyn Monck
Racking up 50 years service on the police force is no regular feat, but for newly promoted Sgt Karl Rep, it is something he was determined to achieve.
Two new childcare development proposals were given the green light at this week’s Kalgoorlie-Boulder council meeting, offering more than 100 additional day care spots to help meet demand in the community.
Agriculture Minister Jackie Jarvis announced an $8.6 million drought-assistance package, but farmers are concerned that will only ‘touch the edges’.
Jenny Woo makes $142,000 a month from Amazon alone, now she’s revealed what not to do when embarking on a side hustle.
Jenny Woo
The French town of Saint-Amand-Montrond is selling a 77sqm for €1. It’s a two-level house with two bedrooms and one and a half bathrooms ... but there’s a catch.
Celia Fernandez
Tesla kicks off tech earnings with its stock at its lowest point since early 2023. Meta, Apple and Microsoft report later this week and each company faces its own set of concerns.
Hayden Field
The cities that perform well on the list have also developed initiatives that cater to their citizens’ overall quality of life. And one Australian city came in third!
Ernestine Siu
A man accused of spraying shoppers in a Northam Bunnings with a chemical substance that left ten people in hospital has faced court.
Gabrielle Becerra Mellet
Arson detectives are still investigating a suspicious fire that has burned 12,000ha of bushland in the Walpole Wilderness Area and is expected to burn through more.
Claire Sadler
A local childcare company is offering six lucky families free childcare for a year to help with the cost-of-living crisis affecting West Aussies.
A man has faced court after an alleged assault resulted in the death of a Mandurah man on Friday.
Treasurer Rita Saffioti has admitted the case of a young couple raising their 10-week-old baby in a tent amid Perth’s rental crisis is ‘very concerning’.
Cruise ship infrastructure at Fremantle is set for a massive upgrade, with the State Government announcing a $40.5 million package to improve Victoria Quay.
Jake Dietsch