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  4. Critical injuriesPremiumElderly woman seriously injured in bike crash

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Known SailorIncredible story of ‘unknown sailor’ comes to a fitting end

An 80-year-old wartime mystery was finally laid to rest on Friday at the Geraldton War Cemetery, as the grave of the HMAS Sydney II unknown sailor was re-dedicated to Able Seaman Thomas Welsby Clark.

Lachlan Allen

Animal cruelty PremiumWoman fined $2000 for leaving kitten without food or water

A Geraldton woman who left a kitten without access to food or water for days last summer has been fined $2000 and banned from owning a pet for three years.

Phoebe Pin

Walkaway devastationPremiumNo consultation after plans to cut through farming land

Many Mid West residents have been left devastated and angry after the shock news of the new Dongara-Geraldton-Northampton route alignment this week.

Lachlan Allen and Jessica Moroney

Shock changesPremiumNew direction for bypass

After years of uncertainty around the development of a proposed heavy haulage bypass, the State Government has amended the contentious route for the corridor’s southern section. 

Phoebe Pin

Indigenous Round GNFL and GNFWL celebrate Indigenous Round

GNFL and GNFWL will be celebrating Indigenous culture this weekend.

Jake Santa Maria

Known SailorIncredible story of ‘unknown sailor’ comes to a fitting end

An 80-year-old wartime mystery was finally laid to rest on Friday at the Geraldton War Cemetery, as the grave of the HMAS Sydney II unknown sailor was re-dedicated to Able Seaman Thomas Welsby Clark.

Lachlan Allen

Ship ahoy HMAS Stalwart III impresses Geraldton crowds

A crowd of locals turned out to farewell the HMAS Stalwart III on Monday, but the ship’s company has assured Geraldton they will be back.

Local government PremiumPremiumCouncil to vote on Geraldton 2022-23 budget

Council is expected to endorse an average 3.6 per cent rates rise and the return of the controversial organics waste trial when it votes on a motion to endorse the 2022-23 budget next week. 

Critical injuriesPremiumPremiumElderly woman seriously injured in bike crash

An elderly woman has sustained life-threatening injuries after her bicycle and a car collided.

Shock changesPremiumNew direction for bypass

After years of uncertainty around the development of a proposed heavy haulage bypass, the State Government has amended the contentious route for the corridor’s southern section. 

Phoebe Pin

Animal cruelty PremiumWoman fined $2000 for leaving kitten without food or water

A Geraldton woman who left a kitten without access to food or water for days last summer has been fined $2000 and banned from owning a pet for three years.

Phoebe Pin

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Why WA Police may soon have to move its main nerve centre

Speculation is mounting WA Police may soon upgrade and relocate its state-of-the-art State Operations Command Centre in Maylands. FIND OUT WHY.

Phil Hickey

Foul PlayMUST WATCH: Explosive documentary exposes truth about Pinder

A new video series from The West Australian explores the rise and fall of Wildcats superstar Kendal ‘Tiny’ Pinder. Former teammates, coaches and his son reveal what went on behind the scenes. WATCH IT IN FULL

Daryna Zadvirna

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The dangerous TikTok cyberbullying scandal in WA schools

Teens are using TikTok to post cryptic picture clues and derogatory quotes for a bizarre ‘guess who’ game inviting viewers to guess the identity of a classmate or teacher being portrayed.

Bethany Hiatt

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Prison termPremium‘Foolish’ bikie locked up after stashing meth in undies

A Coffin Cheaters bikie who succumbed to financial pressures following COVID-19 lockdowns has been jailed and declared a drug trafficker after stuffing more than 160g of methamphetamine in his underwear.

Carly Laden

Random attackPremiumMan stabbed in the arm in shocking Pilbara assault

Detectives are hunting an assailant after a random stabbing in South Hedland in the early hours of Monday.

Vape business ‘illegal’PremiumVape retailer shocked by department ‘backflip’

A Boulder vape retailer has been left shocked and confused after being told by the Department of Health that his business, which has had regular compliance checks for years, has always been illegal

Tegan Guthrie

History on tapPremiumPremiumSERIES: Pubs of Albany

Delving into the history of some of WA’s oldest watering holes.

Bail deniedPremiumPremiumBail denied for man with ‘propensity for violence’

A “serial offender”  who spent “most of his adult life” in custody and who absconded from home detention bail has been denied another opportunity on bail

Dark dayPremiumPremiumWoman dies at the scene of horror Wheatbelt crash

A 50-year-old driver has died after a car ploughed into a tree in the Wheatbelt on Saturday.

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Mining tragedyPremiumHamersley Iron fined $75k for causing death of worker

A Rio Tinto subsidiary has been fined $75,000 after a worker was killed in an incident at the company’s iron ore mine site.

Daryna Zadvirna

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Man denies involvement in shocking speeding car bonnet stunt

A man allegedly captured on a police speed camera car surfing on the bonnet of a ute down one of WA’s most dangerous roads at 119km/h last year has pleaded not guilty to reckless driving.

Tyler Brown

‘In solidarity’CommentsPremiumCommentsPremium‘It’s my body’: Perth joins outcry over US abortion rights

Anger over abortion rights being stripped away by the United States Supreme Court has reached WA, with hundreds protesting outside the American Consulate General in Perth.

Ratings coupCommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumWA has AAA credit rating restored after nine years

WA has won back its coveted triple-A credit rating, with global ratings agency S&P noting the State’s ‘continued budgetary outperformance compared with its domestic and global peers’.

Random attackPremiumPremiumMan stabbed in the arm in shocking Pilbara assault

Detectives are hunting an assailant after a random stabbing in South Hedland in the early hours of Monday.

Girl injured PremiumMan questioned over e-scooter ‘hit-and-run’

Police have questioned a man over an alleged e-scooter hit-and-run incident in which a little girl was struck down on a North Coogee footpath, however he has been released without charge.

Shannon Hampton