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  1. Two Feet & A HeartbeatPremiumCommunity walks in support of kids with heart disease

  2. Taking flight Break out the binoculars for the annual Aussie Bird Count

  3. Plan aheadPremiumDFES encourages early burn-offs as warm weather approaches

  4. Foreshore funGeraldton foreshore lights up for night markets

  5. Regional Health Health care initiative for young rural children

Ragnarok and rollRagnarok: Geraldton’s first MMA showcase set to debut

The end times are coming to Geraldton as Valhalla MMA gym prepares to host the city’s first MMA showcase: Ragnarok.

Craig Duncan

Property PricesGeraldton still ‘seller’s market’ despite regional price dip

Geraldton still a “seller’s market” according to a local real estate agent despite PropTrack showing a dip in regional property prices.

Craig Duncan

Interior designHow to elegantly maximise storage inside the home

When it comes to storage throughout your home, you have to think creatively, especially if you have limited space to begin with. 

Jessica Moroney

Major spending City spending big to manage growth boom from record rainfall

The City of Geraldton has said it is expecting to spend $13 million on verge mowing to prepare for the upcoming fire season as the cities record rainfall has seen an explosion of verge-side plants sprouting.

Craig Duncan

National Family Day Care AwardsChildcare superstar Margaret Yokwe wins Statewide award

Geraldton family day care superstar Margaret Yokwe says she feels incredibly honoured to be one of 13 West Australians recognised at the National Family Day Care Awards.

Craig Duncan

Ragnarok and rollRagnarok: Geraldton’s first MMA showcase set to debut

The end times are coming to Geraldton as Valhalla MMA gym prepares to host the city’s first MMA showcase: Ragnarok.

Craig Duncan

Development approvedPremiumPremiumNew retail development in Geraldton gets green light

A multi-million-dollar development proposal for a bulky goods retail precinct adjacent to a popular homemaker’s centre in Webberton has been approved.

Property PricesGeraldton still ‘seller’s market’ despite regional price dip

Geraldton still a “seller’s market” according to a local real estate agent despite PropTrack showing a dip in regional property prices.

National Family Day Care AwardsChildcare superstar Margaret Yokwe wins Statewide award

Geraldton family day care superstar Margaret Yokwe says she feels incredibly honoured to be one of 13 West Australians recognised at the National Family Day Care Awards.

Interior designHow to elegantly maximise storage inside the home

When it comes to storage throughout your home, you have to think creatively, especially if you have limited space to begin with. 

Jessica Moroney

Regional Health Health care initiative for young rural children

A new regional health care initiative from Fly2Health and Variety is taking flight across WA and touching down in Mt Magnet offering children across the state free allied health assessments.

Craig Duncan

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Taggart ready to bury the past in pursuit of lofty ambitions

Adam Taggart is the face of the new-look Perth Glory and last season’s wooden spoon has not dampened his expectations for this year.

Ben Smith

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Sinkhole drama forces Perth grandma from home for two years

Despite being assured of its help, a Perth woman says the Water Corporation has wiped its hands of her after a burst water main caused a massive sinkhole and left her living in a campervan.

Emily Moulton

Courts and JusticePremiumJudge warns police over alleged threat to bikie’s sister

A WA judge has cautioned police that if allegations of pressuring a bikie’s sister to disclose his whereabouts were true, they could face an inquiry.

Emily Moulton

Local GovernmentCommentsPremiumWhy did a Perth council approve this staircase to nowhere?

North Perth locals say they’ve ‘already had enough’ of the 20 metre structure which they say allows prospective homebuyers to see into their homes.

Jessica Evensen

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Bayswater mayor misses council meeting to dine with investor

Filomena Piffaretti didn’t attend the March 19 meeting, with council documents revealing she visited a Chinese restaurant in Ascot with ‘potential investors’ on the same night.

Jessica Evensen

State PoliticsCommentsPremiumZempilas launches petition to ‘pause’ new school build

More than 106 people have signed a petition calling on the State to ‘immediately pause’ introducing new laws to seize the East Perth Queens Gardens carpark and use two plots to build East Perth Primary School.

Jessica Evensen

WA NEWSPremiumPremiumWorker dies in freak accident involving excavator on freeway

A man has died at a road works site after he was fatally hit by an excavator on the Mitchell Freeway. 

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PremiumTragedy as crash near Exmouth claims life of woman

A young woman has been killed, and two others injured, in a serious crash near Exmouth on Wednesday.

InfrastructureCommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumShip hits the fan in crazy Fremantle Ports traffic jams

WA businesses are paying close to $900,000 of ‘parking fees’ every time a ship visits Kwinana because of huge delays at the port.

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New programPremium$2 million trial to help homeless in Kalgoorlie-Boulder

A two-year pilot program expanding support for homeless people will be trialled in Kalgoorlie-Boulder, with the State Government providing $2 million to health service Bega Garnbirringu to run it.

Neil Watkinson

National Family Day Care AwardsChildcare superstar Margaret Yokwe wins Statewide award

Geraldton family day care superstar Margaret Yokwe says she feels incredibly honoured to be one of 13 West Australians recognised at the National Family Day Care Awards.

Craig Duncan

Plan aheadPremiumDFES encourages early burn-offs as warm weather approaches

The Department of Fire and Emergency Services is urging Mid West residents to conduct their planned burns soon ahead of warmer weather conditions.

Jessica Moroney and Matthew Paddick

CBH GROWER STUDY TOURPremiumPremiumAustralian canola making it big in Japan

Australian canola imports into Japan are on the rise, and WA growers got to see first-hand what this means at one of Japan’s biggest edible oil processing companies.

Gold bonanzaPremiumPremiumAuric Mining’s second campaign totals $23.5m in gold sales

Auric Mining has finished its second campaign at the Jeffreys Find mine near Norseman, achieving gold sales of $23.5 million.

REDs GrantPremiumPremiumGascoyne projects share $1.2m in REDs funding

Projects in the Gascoyne region have received a welcome boost from the State Government after Premier Roger Cook announced the Regional Economic Development (RED) recipients in Exmouth on Wednesday.

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CNBC newsCommentsChina property stocks rally as homebuying restrictions ease

Shares of Chinese property developers rallied on Monday after major cities in mainland China unveiled easing measures to boost homebuyer sentiment, following the central bank’s blitz of policy stimulus.

Anniek Bao

CNBC newsCommentsPremium$320,000 a year from Etsy side hustle that cost $60 to start

Emily Odio-Sutton spends just 10 hours a week on her Etsy shops, and often works from her laptop while sitting at her daughters’ gymnastics and swimming practice

Megan Sauer

CNBCPremiumChatGPT creator’s huge loss, chases $217b-plus valuation

OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, expects about $US5 billion ($7.2b) in losses on $US3.7b of revenue this year, CNBC has confirmed.

Hayden Field

CNBC newsCommentsPremiumWhy this couple in their 40s worth $1.5m are ‘broke’

Ryan earns nearly $205,000 a year as the sole financial provider, and the couple has a net worth of more than $1 million. But they’re stressed about their day-to-day finances.

Kamaron McNair

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Workplace deathPremiumTributes flow for ‘lovable’ dad killed on freeway worksite

A 35-year-old man who died in a tragic workplace incident at a roadworks site on the Mitchell Freeway has been identified as a father from Ireland.

Lauren Price

newsPremium‘Broke me’: Dad allegedly attacked with hammer

A father had to undergo surgery for a fractured skull and broken jaw after he was allegedly struck with a hammer outside his home.

Clareese Packer

CRIMEPremiumPremiumTeen charged over knife incident at Perth shopping centre

A 15-year-old boy has been taken into custody over an alleged knife incident at Karrinyup Shopping Centre.

newsPremiumPremiumDad killed in worksite incident named

The father of a young boy has been identified as a man who died after suffering a serious head injury when he was struck by a falling piece of equipment at work.

WA NewsLocals rage at council’s ‘nasty’ beach move

A council in a very expensive area of one of our capital cities is copping major backlash after making a very controversial change at a popular beach.

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Young boy honoured for saving brother from backyard pool

It was a classic Christmas Day around the family pool until five-year-old Jacob was faced with saving his little brother Daniel from drowning.

Lauren Price