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  3. Splashing outPremiumTender awarded for design phase of Aqua Jetty redevelopment

  4. Photo finishPremiumWinners of Kwinana photography competition announced

  5. Upgraded facilitiesPremiumSenior centre to expect big upgrades

The City of Kwinana has backed a four-year election cycle.

Local governmentPremiumCity of Kwinana advocates for four-year election cycle

The City of Kwinana wants to halve the number of local government elections by holding them every four years instead of two.

Ava Berryman

The Rockingham Beach Cup will return in 2025.

Sound TelegraphCommentsBack in the saddle: Council backs Rockingham Beach Cup

After a one-year hiatus, horse hooves will pound the sand at the picturesque Rockingham Foreshore once again in November. 

Rachel Fenner

Concept for the newly named Djandoo Mia Thomas Oval changerooms.

Council projectsNew name for Thomas Oval changerooms

New changerooms at Thomas Oval will be named Djandoo Mia, meaning ‘home of the whistling kite’.

Ava Berryman

Rockingham man chases high school students with crowbar

Rockingham courtPremiumHomeless man chases students with crowbar

A Rockingham local experiencing homelessness was awoken by students from Kolbe Catholic College who quickly learnt their mistake after he chased them into school grounds with a crowbar in hand.

Ava Berryman

Cooloongup man pleads guilty to child exploitation material

Rockingham courtPremiumMan pleads guilty to possessing child exploitation material

Cooloongup local Zane Ambrose Mccullough Farr, 26, has pleaded guilty to two charges of possessing child exploitation material.

Ava Berryman

The offending antenna.

Bad callLeave: Telstra’s message to Safety Bay customers

In an extraordinary move, Telstra told a customer to quit the telco and find another provider after lengthy service outages in Safety Bay. 

Rachel Fenner

The RSPCA Community Action Day went down a treat

Community helpPremiumPremiumRSPCA action day a howling success

The RSCPA WA-led Community Action Day in Cooloongup was a howling success, with more than 120 pet owners helped with free pet supplies, vet checks and advice from professionals.

Carbon280's Hydralyte plant in Kwinana

Pilot programIndustrial revolution at hydrogen plant

Carbon280 chief executive Mark Rheinlander says new technology could address a bottleneck in the hydrogen supply chain by enabling hydrogen to be stored as a liquid.

Beloved Humzy siblings have opened brand new restaurant Rocco.

New restaurantPopular family restaurateurs revamp old location

Tonight marks the triumphant return of the Humzy siblings with the grand opening of their new and improved Italian restaurant, Rocco.

An aerial view of the new Walbreninj Bidi firewise garden.

Bushfire awarenessFire-wise garden at hospital

Rockingham General Hospital is taking a hands-on approach to emergency preparedness with its new fire-wise garden.

Ava Berryman

Bailey Collingwood is headed for the USA on a Pennsylvania soccer scholarship.

Soccer successPremiumSafety Bay sports star given scholarship to USA

Bailey Collingwood, 18, of Safety Bay, has touched down in the USA to start his dreams of being a soccer star.

Ava Berryman

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Internal affairs investigators are probing two separate scandals at a city bar where the officers had gathered.

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WA police jobs on the line after depravity at staff party

Two WA police officers are fighting for their jobs and one is receiving counselling after a booze-soaked staff party ended with a sexual assault and a vile act of public indecency.

Ben Harvey

Dr Rhys Bellinge, an obstetrician, gynaecologist and fertility doctor from Perth, who has been charged with manslaughter and dangerous driving over a fatal car crash in Dalkeith.

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Day in the life of rich doctor imprisoned in WA’s worst unit

Rhys Bellinge, the rich-lister obstetrician who killed a woman in a drunken car crash in Dalkieth, is living in a prison unit known as Fraggle Rock because it is home to the State’s worst paedophiles.

Ben Harvey

Roger Cook has defended his government’s decision not to tell the public about the long-running contamination.

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Tests show PCH drinking water contaminated with toxic metal

The drinking water at Perth Children’s Hospital was contaminated with lead as recently as last year. The shock test results and remediation were kept quiet, until now.

Adrian Rauso & Matt Mckenzie

Club Deroes bikies Guilio Mocerino and Adriaan Van Wyngaarden.

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Club Deroes bikies finally jailed over ‘grotesque’ gang rape

One of Australia’s most repugnant and violent bikies, implicated in the murder of a police officer, will spend at least four years behind bars for his role in the gang-rape of a woman 22 years ago.

Charlton Hart

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Dr Rhys Bellinge, an obstetrician, gynaecologist and fertility doctor from Perth, who has been charged with manslaughter and dangerous driving over a fatal car crash in Dalkeith.

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CrimePremium
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Day in the life of rich doctor imprisoned in WA’s worst unit

Rhys Bellinge, the rich-lister obstetrician who killed a woman in a drunken car crash in Dalkieth, is living in a prison unit known as Fraggle Rock because it is home to the State’s worst paedophiles.

Ben Harvey

Roger Cook has defended his government’s decision not to tell the public about the long-running contamination.

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HealthCommentsPremium
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Tests show PCH drinking water contaminated with toxic metal

The drinking water at Perth Children’s Hospital was contaminated with lead as recently as last year. The shock test results and remediation were kept quiet, until now.

Adrian Rauso & Matt Mckenzie

The informal agreements elevate CFMEU hard man Edmond “Monty” Margjini to the position of industrial kingmaker.

BusinessCommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumBuilding contracts with Monty Margjini ‘emulate underworld’

Building companies are signing secret contracts that channel all industrial negotiations directly through a union official who made his name as a cage fighter and street gangster.

Lidia Kukulj, pictured at a Liberal Party event in March last year

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PremiumPerth influencer arrested on child sex charges

Lidia Jelena Kukulj — a Perth influencer with political aspirations — faced court on the serious charges, it can be revealed.

A Department of Communities employee who won awards for his ‘outstanding’ work in child protection has been charged with sexually abusing a teenager over a four-year period. 

CRIMEPremiumPremiumGovernment employee charged with child sex offences

A Department of Communities employee who won awards for his ‘outstanding’ work in child protection has been charged with sexually abusing a teenager over a four-year period. 

Regional News

Deborah Botica is running for re-election in the 2025 City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder council election.

Council electionPremiumBotica vies to keep 30-year council streak going

With 30 years as a councillor already under her belt, Deborah Botica says she still has plenty to give as she vies for re-election in October.

Tegan Guthrie

Kalgoorlie Courthouse.

Courts & JusticePremiumJail for death of man after frying pan assault

The man responsible for inflicting a fatal traumatic brain injury to another man when he hit him in the head with a frying pan has been jailed for 5½ years.

Tegan Guthrie

Scratchy in Denmark before he was reunited with Lance Bieber.

Remarkable reunionPremiumManjimup family reunited with their beloved pet cat

A cat who was missing for two years has been returned home to Manjimup, re-completing his now-widower owner’s family. 

Craig Duncan

The City of Greater Geraldton council chambers.

Election nominationsPremiumPremiumMixed bag of nominations for Mid West Gascoyne councils

A drought of council candidates has emerged in parts of the Mid West, with some shires struggling to attract enough interest to fill their vacancies at the October 18 election.

Members of the Saltbush Contracting team.

Goldfields Business AwardsPremiumPremiumFamily owned and run business shares secrets of success

Being a driven, family owned company is the key to one local business’ success, according to its director, after taking home the title of 2025 Goldfields Business of the Year.

Kyvia McIntyre, Joshua Abdullah and Tracey McCartney are making one final push for donations for new showers at M25.

Shower pleaPremiumPremiumPlea for funds for showers

A final plea has been made for donations so free showers for homeless and disadvantaged community members can continue next year.

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Stablecoins are cryptocurrencies usually pegged to sovereign currencies or even gold, making them more stable compared to other crypto assets. 

CNBC newsCommentsThe global crypto wave is catching on in Asia

Businesses across Asia are increasingly warming up to stablecoins for cross-border transactions — a trend set to accelerate further as Hong Kong moves to legalise the use of digital tokens, experts told CNBC.

Anniek Bao

Microsoft shares jumped in extended trading overnight Wednesday, pushing the company’s market cap past $US4 trillion.

CNBC newsCommentsPremiumMicrosoft tops $US4tr, joining Nvidia in exclusive club

Microsoft shares jumped in extended trading overnight Wednesday, pushing the company’s market cap past $US4 trillion.

Ari Levy and Jordan Novet

Elon Musk’s Tesla sold its crypto at one of the worst possible times.

CNBC newsComments‘Won’t sell’: Musk, Tesla’s multi-billion-dollar crypto miss

Billionaire Elon Musk’s Tesla missed on the top and bottom lines in the second quarter, but another miss was buried in its investor deck.

Ari Levy

Tesla’s slump this year is partly due to backlash against the company in the US and Europe, after Musk spent heavily to help re-elect President Donald Trump.

CNBC newsCommentsMusk warns of a ‘few rough quarters’ for Tesla as sales dive

Elon Musk has warned Tesla faces “a few rough quarters” after the company reported a 16 per cent decline in automotive revenue as sales fell for a second-straight quarter and again trailed analysts’ estimates.

Lora Kolodny

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WA needs to brace for horror bushfire season

Western Australia has just come through one of its wettest winters in decades. More rain often means more fuel and firefighters are warning of a longer bushfire season with more hot, windy days.

Alan Wong

The residential home of the year was built by Tony Tomizzi Builders

Commercial PropertyCommentsPremiumExtravagant Dalkeith mansion crowned home of the year

One of the key winners in the Master Builders Association annual awards has highlighted the labour shortage as the industry’s biggest challenge.

Kim Macdonald

A court found social media posts by Brittany Higgins defamed her former boss Linda Reynolds.

COURTSVideoHuge legal bill for Higgins as details of rejected peace treaty revealed

The former political staffer lost a defamation case against her ex-boss.

Brickie Reece Portlock is defending pay amid complaints it is too expensive. He says the toll it takes on the body over the years is considerable, and they deserve extra compensation. Michael Wilson

ConstructionPremiumPremium‘We deserve every cent’: Perth brickies on hardworking job

Perth brickie Reece Portlock says he and his team deserve every cent from their record price of $3 to $3.50 per brick.

A pile of more than 10,000 firearms returned as part of the gun buyback.

Firearms InquiryPremiumPremium‘Flawed’ gun laws in the firing line as hearings kick off

WA’s contentious new gun laws are in the firing line as public hearings on the ‘flawed’ legislation begin this week.

Sam Kerr with her grandmother Coral.

WA NewsCommentsSam Kerr’s grandma tragically dies as tributes flow

The grandmother of Matildas star Sam Kerr has died. 

Caleb Runciman