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  2. Big Yellow Pipeline ChallengePremiumShoalwater local takes on Big Yellow Pipeline Challenge

  3. WA Tree FestivalCommentsCity of Rockingham takes part in 2026 WA Tree Festival

  4. ResignationCommentsRockingham councillor announces resignation

  5. Sound TelegraphPremiumRockingham charity nominated for volunteer award

Police are hunting for a man who was wielding a syringe during a terrifying daylight robbery outside a Rockingham school last month. 

WA NewsPremiumPolice searching for Perth syringe-wielding bag snatcher

Police are hunting for a man who was wielding a syringe during a terrifying daylight robbery outside a school in Perth’s south last month. 

Rachel Fenner

The City of Rockingham council has considered motions from its annual electors meeting.

Local governmentCommentsDemocracy manifest: Council action on community concerns

More than 20 motions from the City of Rockingham’s annual electors meeting were presented to the council last week, with many of them spurring action. 

Rachel Fenner

Rockingham council building.

WA NewsWin for ratepayers: Council votes to scrap $20k dinners

All but two City of Rockingham councillors voted to do away with expensive post-meeting dinners at last week’s council meeting.

Rachel Fenner

Aerial of Postans site

Kwinana Regional Open SpacePremiumElection promises pave a brighter future for Kwinana

Progress on a new regional sporting and recreation facility, known as Kwinana Regional Open Space, was made at last week’s City of Kwinana council meeting.

Ava Berryman

The Stan Twight redevelopment has scored a WA cricket award.

Cricket awardsPremiumStan Twight clubroom scores at WA Community Cricket Awards

The City of Rockingham has been recognised at the Kookaburra WA Community Cricket Awards, winning community facility project of the year for the redevelopment of Stan Twight Reserve.

Ava Berryman

The Goldsworthy Veterans and Families Centre is scheduled to open in August.

Veterans centrePremiumRockingham RSL centre on track to opening

The opening of Rockingham’s new modern centre for veterans and their families is just months away.

Ava Berryman

A drawing of the Catalpa.

Community eventsPremiumPremium150 years since the Catalpa escape celebrated this weekend

This Easter Sunday, Rockingham’s famous prison escape will celebrate its 150th anniversary at the Catalpa Festival.

Rockingham athletics club recognised at national awards

Good Sports AwardsPremiumPremiumRockingham athletics club recognised at national awards

Rockingham Districts Little Athletics Centre won WA Club of the Year at the annual Good Sports Awards last week at Parliament House.

Long-time EdConnect volunteers Richard and Sue Baldwin.

School mentorship programPremiumPremiumEdConnect celebrates 10 years of Peel mentorship program

EdConnect’s in-school program celebrates a decade of service this year, providing one-on-one mentoring and learning assistance to 29 schools across the Peel region.

The City of Rockingham has cancelled the Performance in the Park ahead of Saturday's forecast bad weather.

Sound TelegraphCommentsMore southern suburbs events cancelled as cyclone looms

City of Rockingham’s Performance in the Park joins Alcoa Children’s Festival on the cancellation list in anticipation of severe weather from ex‑tropical Cyclone Narelle. 

Rachel Fenner

A man has been sentenced after a police pursuit.

Rockingham courtPremium130km/h in a residential area sends man to prison

A 37-year-old man with a cancelled licence was sentenced to prison after he recklessly drove through residential streets to escape police pursuit.

Ava Berryman

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D & C Corporation worked on two of VIctor Goh’s builds — Capital Square on Mount Street and EQWest on the banks of the Swan River.

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From Goh to woe: Secret docs reveal EQWest delay dispute

The company building Victor Goh’s Elizabeth Quay skyscrapers was blasted for withholding millions of dollars from a contractor in a previously secret legal ruling.

Matt Mckenzie

Sam Lalor, Murphy Reid and Jagga Smith.

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AFLCommentsPremium
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How the 2024 draft REALLY should have gone

Inspired by the stunning early success of Murphy Reid after he was taken with pick No.17, The West Australian’s Josh Kempton has run a re-draft on the stacked 2024 pool.

Josh Kempton

Flowers by the side of Nicholson Road, Lynwood, where a fatal crash occured which resulted in the death of Skye.

GoFundMeVideoBaby who died in crash remembered as ‘precious little soul’

The baby, who died in a horror rideshare car crash on Saturday, has been remembered as having ‘the most beautiful smile’. 

Treasury Wine Estates boss Sam Fischer.

BusinessPremiumTreasury Wines faces ‘elevated risk’ of bankruptcy

Shares in the winemaker have collapsed 63 per cent over the past year as one Australian hedge fund said its debt load means bankruptcy is possible.

Tom Richardson

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Premier Roger Cook has declared a state of emergency in WA amid a fuel crisis.

State PoliticsVideoCommentsRoger Cook declares state of emergency in WA over fuel

A state of emergency will be declared in WA in a bid to pressure fuel companies to divert supplies where they’re needed, but Roger Cook says it won’t trigger Covid-style restrictions on the public.

Jessica Page

“Boardroom screaming match ends with cops storming out” with Ben Harvey.

WATCHVideoCommentsPremiumBoardroom screaming match ends with cops storming out

In tonight’s show, Ben Harvey reveals why being the boss of WA’s Police Union isn’t a long-term career prospect with the third president in five years facing the chop.

Ben Harvey | Mon, March 30

Raymond Reddington, who changed his name from Maxwell Robert Fulton was on trial accused of murdering his wife Sharon Fulton (inset) in 1986.

Court & JusticePremiumPremiumHusband learns fate for murdering Sharon Fulton 40 years ago

A cold case killer who murdered his wife 40 years ago has been sentenced to life in prison, however a terminal cancer diagnosis means he could have as little as 18 months to live.

The Eagles have produced the rare feat of comebacks from 22+ points down at quarter time in their past two matches.

AFLVideoCommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumTwice in 48 years: Eagles’ amazing ‘comeback kings’ feat

In A Six-Pack Of IPA (Interesting Points, Allegedly), we look at West Coast achieving a comeback feat achieved only four times before in AFL/VFL history, and more stats and facts on our WA clubs!

There were 3,355 properties listed for sale in Perth a few days ago, following several weeks of rising listings, including some weeks with double-digit listings growth.

PropertyCommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumPerth property listings surge but prices still rising

It was hoped that extra supply would reduce prices. Why has the opposite happened in March?

Regional News

Kalgoorlie-Boulder Visitor Centre general manager Donna Malec at the 2026 Perth Caravan and Camping Show.

Tourism packages PremiumPackages aim to boost visitors to city

New accommodation packages for visitors to Kalgoorlie-Boulder are expected to help boost tourism in the city and ease the planning process for tourists.

Tegan Guthrie

Kalgoorlie Courthouse.

Courts & Justice PremiumMan threatened to give ex a ‘hiding’ despite police order

A man breached a police order protecting his ex-partner by walking into her backyard and threatening to give her a “hiding”, a Kalgoorlie court has been told.

Tegan Guthrie

Esperance artist Patrick McCarthy.

Fish artPremiumEsperance artist turns skins of prized fish into art

Enthusiastic fishers can have their most prized catches immortalised by an Esperance artist who turns real fish skins into pieces of art.

Isabella Davis

Darren Darch teaches Tagon, 7, Abigail, 7, Annabel, 10, Meeka, 12, and Lennox, 10, about snakes.

Snake catcherPremiumPremiumFree birthday snake-visits to educate Esperance kids

An Esperance snake catcher and native animal carer is putting in off-the-clock hours to help keep the slithery serpents from harm. 

Salvation Army major Shirley Spooner will no longer be able to offer the community a free weekly lunch.

No free lunchPremiumPremiumSalvation Army forced to close free weekly lunch service

The Kalgoorlie-Boulder Salvation Army has been forced to close their weekly community lunch service because of a lack of volunteers.

Comedian Dave Hughes is bringing his Cooked stand-up comedy show to Kalgoorlie-Boulder on May 1.

Hughesy show Hughesy turns misery into laughter in new show

Enjoying turning his own misery into laughter and making a living from it, comedian Dave Hughes is bringing his latest show to Kalgoorlie-Boulder after a near-death experience inspired all-new content.

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President Donald Trump.

CNBC newsCommentsPremiumWatchdog zeros in on suspicious oil trades before Trump post

The probe is zeroing in on at least two instances over a roughly two-week period when trading volumes jumped sharply just ahead of key White House news.

Yun Li

A navy vessel is seen sailing in the Strait of Hormuz, a vital waterway through which much of the world’s oil and gas passes on March 1, 2026.

EnergyVideoCommentsPremiumWhat an Iran blockade will look like and how it will be done

The move comes as Iran has blockaded the Strait of Hormuz for weeks during the US-Israeli war with the country, a bottleneck that roiled global markets and strained the economy.

Garrett Downs

This picture taken on March 26, 2026 shows an oil tanker unloading crude oil at a port in Yantai, in China’s eastern Shandong province.

CNBC newsCommentsPremiumIran oil shock stirs memories of 1997 Asian financial crisis

The question now is how long the shock lasts and whether the physical energy shortage can be resolved before the economic damage spirals out of control. 

Anniek Bao and Lee Ying Shan

Elon Musk, chief executive officer of Tesla.

CNBC newsCommentsPremiumElon Musk seeks ouster of OpenAI CEO as part of lawsuit

Elon Musk is seeking to have OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and President Greg Brockman removed from their roles as officers in the company as part of a case that’s expected to go to trial later this month.

Lora Kolodny

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Police and ambulance officers attend an incident.

Disaster and EmergencyPremiumDriver dead, another critical after horror South West crash

A man has been killed and another left fighting for life after a horror crash in the South West.

Troy de Ruyter

Charlie Blackwood, 5, and Matilda Blackwood, 7, will be officially opening our Conquer Cystic Fibrosis Gala Ball on May 16 at Optus. Andrew Ritchie

ChildrenCommentsCystic Fibrosis Gala Ball to raise vital funds for a cure

Next month’s Conquer Cystic Fibrosis Gala Ball will raise vital funds to give children like Charlie, pictured with sister Matilda, the best chance to live long and happy lives.

Rhianna Mitchell

Australian Army Nursing Service on the Wyrema 1918. Sister Rosa O'Kane, second row from back, second from right.

Untold History CommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumThe WA war nurses who put lives on line to care for soldiers

When the deadly Spanish flu raced through the ranks of WWI Diggers sailing home, heroic nurses volunteered to care for them.

Rileigh and Owen pictured enjoying the Muddy Buddies event at Jarrahdale Oval.

ChildrenCommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumHow over-sanitised childhoods are harming kids’ health

Childhood is becoming sanitised and over-scheduled to the point that some kids are fearful of germs and dirt, with experts warning of lifelong mental and physical health impacts.

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WA NewsCommentsCommentsMajor WA highway shut as person critically injured in crash

A person has been left with critical injuries after a serious crash on a major WA highway on Friday evening. 

The inquest findings into the death of 21-month-old Sandipan Dhar from an undetected blood cancer were released on Friday, more than two years after the little boy’s death on March 24, 2024.

Courts & JusticePremiumInquest finds doctors ‘missed’ chance to save toddler’s life

The death of a toddler at one of Perth’s busiest emergency departments was preventable and ‘more than a missed opportunity,’ a coroner has found. 

Hannah Cross