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  1. FootballPremiumTowns top dogs in upset of the year against Railways

  2. Basketball PremiumBuccs into top three after fifth win in a row

  3. HockeyPremiumAustrals and Cardinals battle ends scoreless

  4. Space sciencePremium‘Cosmic clocks’ preparing telescope for early science

  5. Regional pulsePremiumBusiness confidence in Mid West-Gascoyne softening

Jamie Cripps is keen to play on next season.

AFLCommentsPremium‘Definitely can go on next year’: New deal looms for Cripps

Jamie Cripps has declared he can ‘definitely’ play on next season, with the veteran’s body and mind in the right space as he closes in on becoming one of the oldest Eagles of all time.

Chris Robinson

Wittens Irrigation and Design contractor Craig Witten, Labor MLC Sandra Carr, Geraldton Turf Club chair Brian O'Dwyer and track manager Ethan Scott.

Off and racingPremium$1.3 upgrades works to Geraldton Turf Club under way

Track upgrades at Geraldton Turf Club are no longer a pipe dream, with $1.3 million of works starting to replace the irrigation system and turf — due to be complete in time for the new racing season.

Kate Campbell

Didge boys in Years 4 to 6 led by Tim Stewart at Waggrakine Primary School's NAIDOC Cook Up Day.

NAIDOCPremiumCulture and community the right ingredients for Cook Up Day

Waggrakine Primary School came alive with colour, culture and community spirit when it hosted its annual NAIDOC Cook Up Day, celebrating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage. 

Derek Goforth

Police say Jervarn ‘Barney’ Councillor was located in the Geraldton area on Monday morning.

CRIMEPremiumPolice find man who allegedly removed ankle bracelet

Detectives have found a man in Geraldton who they say was on the run after removing his electronic monitoring device over the weekend.

Peter Fiorenza’s What I See column comes to you from Greece.

What I SeePremiumAdventure in the air after arriving on gem of a Greek island

Did you know that in Greece you cannot flush toilet paper down the toilet after using it? The reason I’m aware of this unusual fact is because I am currently in Greece.

Peter Fiorenza

Alex Ducas celebrates in Oklahoma City, and inset, the official proclamation of July 8 being Alex Ducas Day.

Ducas DayPremiumJuly 8 officially declared Alex Ducas Day

Oklahoma City’s mayor has declared July 8 to be Alex Ducas Day, encouraging all his residents to join in and recognise the Geraldton basketballer’s contribution to the Thunder’s maiden NBA championship.

Stuart Quinn

Elizabeth Cameron and Summer Little at the NAIDOC opening concert at Stow Gardens.

NAIDOC WeekPremiumPremiumConcert kicks off NAIDOC Week in Geraldton

Celebrations of NAIDOC Week’s 50th anniversary were launched in style in Geraldton on Sunday with an opening concert at Stow Gardens featuring legendary rock band Coloured Stone.

The Bulldogs’ Jaylen Parsons celebrates.

FootballPremiumPremiumTowns top dogs in upset of the year against Railways

Towns delivered the upset of the year against Railways at home on Saturday in round 11 of the GNFL, handing the Blues their first loss of the season in what was a horrid day in front of goal for the visitors. 

Cardinals' Erin Ralph.

HockeyPremiumPremiumAustrals and Cardinals battle ends scoreless

Round eight of the Geraldton Hockey Association delivered a full weekend of action, kicking off on Wednesday night with Men’s A Grade. 

Wittens Irrigation and Design contractor Craig Witten, Labor MLC Sandra Carr, Geraldton Turf Club chair Brian O'Dwyer and track manager Ethan Scott.

Off and racingPremium$1.3 upgrades works to Geraldton Turf Club under way

Track upgrades at Geraldton Turf Club are no longer a pipe dream, with $1.3 million of works starting to replace the irrigation system and turf — due to be complete in time for the new racing season.

Kate Campbell

Roof worker.

Regional pulsePremiumBusiness confidence in Mid West-Gascoyne softening

Almost eight in 10 local businesses are struggling to fill positions due to labour shortages, with concerns about a lack of workers’ accommodation the most acute in the Mid West-Gascoyne.

Kate Campbell

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An 83-year-old female and 83-year-old male were flown to Royal Perth Hospital on the RAC Rescue helicopter.

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Three people seriously injured in multi-vehicle crash

A child also sustained minor injuries in the collision.

Caitlin Vinci

Education Minister Sabine Winton.

state politicsCommentsPremiumMinister reassures WA parents after horrific sex abuse case

Education Minister Sabine Winton has ordered the State’s Education and Care Regulatory Unit to conduct a snap review of WA’s childcare system.

Jessica Page

Aerial urban suburban cityscape landscape view in Perth Western Australia Rafael Ben-Ari

Housing marketCommentsPremiumPerth in property marathon as median price jumps to new peak

Perth’s median dwelling price has jumped $65,000 over the past year, with anticipated interest rate cuts set to further buoy the market.

Kim Macdonald

The 58-year-old Mongol took to the ring in Thailand on Saturday night, winning his first professional fight in the opening round.

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Troy Mercanti knocks out opponent in first boxing match

Veteran bikie Troy Mercanti is putting three decades of underworld muscle to work as a professional boxer in Thailand.

Ben Harvey

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An 83-year-old female and 83-year-old male were flown to Royal Perth Hospital on the RAC Rescue helicopter.

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Three people seriously injured in multi-vehicle crash

A child also sustained minor injuries in the collision.

Caitlin Vinci

Business owner Andrew Donnelly and business associate Shane Carlson leave Joondalup Court on Friday after facing charges.

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Legal strife piles up for embattled ex-Eagle

Former West Coast Eagle Andrew Donnelly has pleaded not guilty to criminal charges that he failed to comply with requirements under WA’s workers’ compensation laws.

John Flint

Sutton’s own lawyer said his crime was surely “as close to an example of evil as one could imagine.”

CrimePremiumPremiumInside the mind of a deranged teenage killer of Perth father

It was November 2022 when he first put pen to paper to plot his evil plan to kill. ‘This is my first diary entry, if you are reading this book, then either I have been caught or I have been killed,’ he wrote.

Clara & David Hurst - Broome Polo Dinner Under The Stars Picture by Matt Jelonek The West Australian 18 May, 2019

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PremiumNew twist in fallout from death of rogue dentist David Hurst

A prosthodontist who came to rescue of scores of patients needing urgent care in the wake of the sudden death of Perth dentist David Hurst is perplexed by claims from his widow.

Sam Kerr Steps Out in Perth with Baby Jagger and fiancée Kristie Mewis.

SEE THE PICTURES CommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumSEE THE PICTURES: Sam Kerr spotted in Perth with baby Jagger

Matildas superstar Sam Kerr has stepped out in Perth with fiancée Kristie Mews and new baby Jagger on Sunday. SEE THE EXCLUSIVE PICS.

Regional News

Prison officers check on male prisoners who temporarily occupy the usual women's section of the prison at Greenough Regional Prison.

Escape plotPremiumElite squad called in to transfer prison ‘conspirators’

WA’s crack prison anti-riot squad came to Geraldton to transfer ‘high security’ inmates in the wake of a reported hostage and escape plot being discovered inside Greenough Regional Prison.

Kate Campbell

A shark warning has been issued for the Wheatbelt coast with a whale carcass floating off Jurien Bay.

WA newsCommentsShark alert as dead whale floats in WA boat harbour

The carcass was spotted this morning and the nearby beach has been closed.

Troy de Ruyter

Melville Park’s David Doepel and Barbara Connell.

Perth Royal Dairy AwardsCommentsPremiumBrunswick’s local farm shop brings home the cheddar

Brunswick’s local farm shop Melville Park has successfully brought home the cheddar, earning multiple medals at Perth Royal Dairy Awards alongside another Harvey icon.

Craig Duncan

Parks and Wildlife specialist construction supervisor Corey de Ridder, South West Minister Don Punch and elder Lera Bennell cut the ribbon to Bunbury’s Mangrove Cove boardwalk.

Going digitalPremiumPremiumNew way of exploring the natural wonders the South West

Parks and Wildlife has launched a new ebook celebrating the culture, nature and beauty of the Kalgulup Regional Park, showcasing 3168ha of landscapes and ecosystems of Bunbury and its surrounds.

SKA Observatory in the Shire of Murchison.

Space sciencePremiumPremium‘Cosmic clocks’ preparing telescope for early science

Astrophysicists are using pulsars — incredibly fast-spinning dead stars — to help prepare one of the world’s biggest low-frequency radio telescopes, located in the Mid West, for early science use. 

Wittens Irrigation and Design contractor Craig Witten, Labor MLC Sandra Carr, Geraldton Turf Club chair Brian O'Dwyer and track manager Ethan Scott.

Off and racingPremiumPremium$1.3 upgrades works to Geraldton Turf Club under way

Track upgrades at Geraldton Turf Club are no longer a pipe dream, with $1.3 million of works starting to replace the irrigation system and turf — due to be complete in time for the new racing season.

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The company often sells its Labubu dolls in a blind box to buyers who don’t know what character is inside until they open it.

CNBC newsCommentsLabubu-maker unfazed by ‘blind box’ crackdown

Beijing may have warned against “blind box” toys, but analysts are betting that Pop Mart International — the company behind Labubu dolls — will remain one of China’s hottest consumer brands this year.

Anniek Bao and Lim Hui Jie

Trump has made his priorities on energy production clear. The US will rely on oil, gas, coal and nuclear to meet its growing energy needs, the president said last weekend, bashing wind and solar power.

CNBC newsCommentsTrump megabill gives the oil industry everything it wants

President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act ends long-standing federal support for solar and wind power, while creating a friendly environment for oil, gas and coal production.

Spencer Kimball

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves (right) crying as Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer speaks during Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons.

CNBC newsCommentsUK in dire straits after minister’s tears rattle markets

All eyes are now on the UK’s ruling Labour Party for any sign of further political fractures that could rattle Britain’s economic stability.

Holly Ellyatt

Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell and President Donald Trump.

BusinessCommentsTrump scolds ‘stupid’ Fed after it holds key rate steady

The Federal Reserve has kept interest rates steady amid expectations of higher inflation and lower economic growth ahead, and still pointed to two reductions later this year.

Jeff Cox

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Erin Patterson has been convicted of triple murder.

CrimeVideoPremiumLocals reveal what Erin Patterson was like when living in WA

Details about Mushroom cook Erin Patterson’s links to WA have emerged, with residents revealing the killer and her husband lived in the State for about two years.

Jessica Evensen

Outgoing Crown Perth Board Chair John Van Der Wielen told media the decision marked a good day for Perth.

BusinessPremiumCrown found suitable to hold Perth casino license

Crown Perth will be allowed to hold its casino license and has avoided a State Government imposed penalty, three years after a damning royal commission found the organisation was unfit to hold one.

Sean Smith and Oliver Lane

Steven Payne, pictured, vanished into waters at Wharton Beach after a fatal shark attack.

Courts & JusticePremiumPremiumTragic details revealed after fatal shark attack at WA beach

The devastating circumstances of a great white shark attack on a surfer who was fatally mauled in front of his girlfriend at an Esperance beach have been revealed for the first time.

A shark warning has been issued for the Wheatbelt coast with a whale carcass floating off Jurien Bay.

WA newsCommentsCommentsShark alert as dead whale floats in WA boat harbour

The carcass was spotted this morning and the nearby beach has been closed.

An 83-year-old female and 83-year-old male were flown to Royal Perth Hospital on the RAC Rescue helicopter.

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CommentsPremiumThree people seriously injured in multi-vehicle crash

A child also sustained minor injuries in the collision.

Premier Roger Cook had high-level meetings in Japan.

State PoliticsCommentsPremium‘WA gas a constant in uncertain times’: Cook pledge to Japan

Premier Roger Cook has sought to reassure Japan that WA gas remains reliable, despite growing pressure from environmental activists and global uncertainty as a result of US President Donald Trump.

Jessica Page