Local artist Wade Taylor has won first prize of $10,000 in the 2025 City of Rockingham Art Prize for his “menacing yet playful” depiction of Australian suburbia.
Ava Berryman
The Peel region is becoming a prime location to drink some excellent beers after local brewers were recognised at the Perth Royal Beer Awards last week.
Rachel Fenner
A controversial policy that allowed City of Rockingham councillors to use ratepayer funds to pursue defamation cases has been overturned.
Rockingham tour guide Monique Boucher won the FACET Golden Guide Award at the recent Perth Airport WA Tourism Conference dinner in Fremantle.
An Indian restaurant has been slapped with a fine over a filthy kitchen and dodgy hygiene practices.
After giving the initial sign-off to the $7 million Kennedy Bay jetty, the City of Rockingham is now recommending a halt to proceedings.
Rockingham Theatre Company has started a youth theatre group for kids aged 7-17 to express themselves through performance.
Approval has been granted for work to start on Wellard’s tallest building, an eight-storey tower rising from a carpark lot alongside a train station and tavern.
The City of Rockingham backed the development of 33 townhouses in the centre of the city at last week’s meeting, but councillors got down in the weeds over street trees.
The City of Rockingham estimates that more than 12,500 tonnes of organic waste will be diverted from landfill each year with the roll-out of FOGO.
A little penguin has died under the care of WA Wildlife after being found unwell at Port Beach in Fremantle last weekend.
A Port Kennedy couple in their 30s have been convicted of animal cruelty after letting their two dogs become emaciated in 2023.
More than 130 of Dr Hurst’s former patients were left in limbo after his sudden death last December, with $2.3 million of their pre-payments discovered missing in the wake of the tragedy.
John Flint
Police made the shocking discovery after stopping the Mandurah man while he was riding his Harley-Davidson, with a further search of his home uncovering more illegal items.
Train drivers have slammed Labor’s locally made C-series railcars, with almost 80 per cent believing the trains should be removed from service until key issues are addressed.
Dylan Caporn
Several seniors who bought brand new ‘luxury townhouses’ in Applecross say their million-dollar plus homes are plagued with building defects.
The 39-year-old broke his tibia and fibula and required immediate surgery on his right leg.
Caitlin Vinci
A driver has died in a multi-vehicle crash after a road train, tow truck and car collided in Chittering.
Mitch McGovern has made a heartfelt tribute to his brother Jeremy after the West Coast star was forced to medically retire from the AFL.
Main Roads WA has warned motorists to avoid the area and seek an alternate route.
Being a good person counts as much as being a good player, according to Perth Wildcats captain Jesse Wagstaff during his visit to the Great Southern
Claire Middleton
The ban on native logging has officially been enshrined in law though conservationists say there is still more to be done to address “the elephant in the room”.
Craig Duncan
A Manjimup contractor has been appointed to build the new lookout platform on the Gloucester Tree, bringing back Pemberton’s iconic tree climb with the reopening planned for later this year.
A community initiative designed by local Aboriginal men has been launched in Kalgoorlie-Boulder this week offering a new approach to preventing violence against women in the Goldfields.
As the cost of living becomes more unbearable for mining town residents, a local second-hand shop has seen double the amount of customers in the past six months.
Aussie iconic rockers Eskimo Joe, a dazzling drone show told through Indigenous stories, and gourmet starlit feasts will take centre stage at the 2025 Ningaloo Sky Festival.
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
The CEOs of TotalEnergies, Shell, and EnQuest have warned that further attacks on critical energy infrastructure could have serious consequences for global supply and prices.
Sam Meredith
Despite the continued fighting — with hundreds reported dead — global stock markets have sustained positive momentum.
Chloe Taylor
Chinese companies are so intent on global expansion that even the biggest stock offering to date on Shanghai’s tech-heavy STAR board counts the US as one of its biggest markets, on par with China.
Evelyn Cheng
Two men responsible for the death of Perth schoolboy Cassius Turvey, 15, and three others involved in a series of events that led to his death will be sentenced.
Emma Kirk
The men who chased down the Indigenous teen then bashed him with a metal pole are set to be sentenced, after being found guilty of murder following a harrowing three-month trial.
Rebecca Le May
Apple Perth City’s new store is set to open in Forrest Place on Friday, offering local customers a couple of services not yet adopted elsewhere in Australia.
Exhausted students and staff at public schools should get the same three-week winter term break that many private schools now enjoy, according to the head of WA’s peak body for high school principals.
Amanda Lacaze may have tempered her pre-election lashings of the Albanese Government’s critical minerals policy, but the famously forthright CEO remains sceptical of Australia’s manufacturing ambitions.
A former corporate high-flyer has admitted brutally attacking the mother of his child and breaching a family violence restraining order more than 1000 times.
