Geraldton Guardian

RANGEWAY INCIDENTGeraldton police investigate after man injured by fall

Geraldton detectives are investigating an incident that occurred early this morning which saw a man in his 50’s hospitalised.

Liam BeattyJournalist

Officers from Geraldton Police Station have been posted outside the house since Sunday morning.

Triple treatHarry is Taylor-made for grand final glory

Peter Sweeney

Just in timeShark Bay boaty rescued from sinking, capsized vessel

Unbelievable footage has been shared of a man clinging to an upturned dinghy floating in the middle of the ocean after a distress alert was received from an unregistered beacon.

Sarah Steger

CONSTRUCTION MISHAPFalling branch upsets the applecart

Businesses closed after a burst gas line stopped new Durlacher Street roundabout works.

Geoff Vivian

Armed frightPolice hunt man in hat over pharmacy robbery

Police are calling for the public’s help to identify a man in a distinctive broad brimmed hat who robbed a Geraldton pharmacy armed with a “bladed weapon” on Sunday night.

Liam Beatty

WINDY WEATHERMarine rescue crew saves second stranded surfer

The second kite surfer in under a week was rescued off Point Moore on Saturday by Marine Rescue Geraldton after a community member noticed the struggling surfer.

Liam Beatty

Children’s CharityMacca’s helping change lives

Willow’s mother Rebecca Pusey said the family had no real connections to Perth, but thankfully they could fall back on the Ronald McDonald House for accommodation and a support network.

Lisa Favazzo

tourism boomWest Aussies discovering Gero’s a holiday hotspot

Whales, roof-top bars and uninterrupted sunshine — it may have taken a closed border to rule out other options, but our friends in the south have finally cottoned on to Geraldton.

Lisa Favazzo

BIG SPLASHTourists having a whale of a time off coast

Like the giants of the deep that majestically breach the surface of the Indian Ocean, whale-watching tourists have also been making a splash in Geraldton.

Ice chargeEx-real estate agent on drug, weapon charges

Former Geraldton real estate agent Simon Sebastian Reale is facing drug and weapon charges after a raid on a Webberton home.

Virus shipCOVID-infected bulk carrier bound for Fremantle

Premier Mark McGowan has revealed why the Key Integrity will depart for Fremantle today, despite one of its crew already having tested positive to COVID-19.

Dual nameHistoric Bill Sewell name scrapped

The Bill Sewell centre will now be known as the Geraldton Heritage Precinct-Ngurra Barlunggu.

Peter Sweeney

War of wordsMcGowan and Morrison governments in virus ship face-off

The McGowan and Morrison governments have traded barbs, blaming each other as crew from two more ships berthed at Geraldton and Fremantle tested positive for coronavirus.

Joe Spagnolo & Peter Law

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Bush legendsThe decision that saved surf legend Dave Macaulay

Dave Macaulay looks from his balcony to his hometown cliffs that hold such great sadness and will always wonder what would have happened if, on a fateful day in 1996, he had made a different choice.

Steve Butler

Modern-day greatGribble heads Bush and ‘Burbs Top 30 of 2020

Bunbury stalwart Jesse Gribble was a no-brainer for the Bush and ‘Burbs top-30 of 2020 after completing his trophy cabinet with a premiership medallion and Pike Medal. See who else made the cut

Jordan McArdle

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11yo takes own life after her alleged rapist given bail

A family is desperate for answers as doctors switch off the life support of an 11-year-old girl who took her own life just weeks after her alleged predator was granted bail — free to roam the streets.

Annabel Hennessy

Regional News

Dust flies‘The trick is survival’: Kal Desert Race kicks off

Perth-based extreme 2WD class driver Chris Giles was among the race’s first-time competitors having previously made the pilgrimage out as a course car driver.

Tom Zaunmayr

Moment in timeKal COVID pic project to go on show

Locked in her car at a socially safe distance, Morrison photographed more than 500 families in their front yard — from dads dancing in the driveway to mums drinking their way through the madness

Indiana Lysaght

Bail opposedAlleged teen groper ‘exposed himself’ to cop

The 17-year-old, who cannot be named because he is a minor, was charged with indecently assaulting five women on six separate occasions in Kalgoorlie-Boulder’s Coles and Woolworths on August 11.

Taylar Amonini

Mental healthCounselling service to boost support for Kambalda women

The new service would be aimed at supporting women’s health and wellbeing will be starting on Wednesday

Minister’s commitmentShark tagging to ramp up off Esperance after fatality

Tagging numbers have so far lagged behind last year’s effort but WA Fisheries Minister Peter Tinley said next month — the best time to undertake tagging — the program would ramp up again.

“deplorable traffic history”Suspended driver jailed again

A magistrate has slammed a man for his “deplorable traffic history” after he told the police he was his brother when caught driving on a lifetime suspension — his 12th no-authority-to-drive offence.

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Stable conditionMan suffers electric shock in ceiling collapse

A man in his 50s has fallen and suffered an electric shock after a ceiling collapsed at a property in Craigie today.

Sarah Steger

Sad turnoutFewer than 40 show up to Perth ‘freedom’ protest

It was a small turnout at today’s Rally for Life, Health and Liberty in West Perth, with fewer than 40 people showing up to protest Government measures impeding on ‘basic rights and freedoms’.

Sarah Steger

Health watchOverseas travellers boost WA coronavirus numbers

There are now 56 active coronavirus cases in WA, all of them in hotel quarantine.

Bail refusedQuarantined FIFO worker ‘found drunk on footpath’

A Queensland man has been refused bail and will have to serve out his 14 day-isolation period behind bars after allegedly breaching WA's hotel quarantine laws four times.

Violent studentsHow we can fix problem of violence in WA schools

Serious mental health issues in young people manifest in different ways, but in schools they often result in violence towards staff and other students. Here’s how to address the problem.

EditorialWhen the going gets tough, WA gets behind Telethon

A global pandemic has ensured this weekend we’ll see a Telethon like no other but there is good reason to believe not even COVID-19 can dim WA’s generous spirit.