The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) has permanently banned clothing franchise Urban Rampage from charging customers through its Centrepay accounts.
Natasha Clark
Police are working with a forensic expert to investigate a skull after it was found at a popular Kimberley fishing spot by a member of the public.
Caleb Runciman
Kimberley businesses were in the spotlight this week, with four Broome businesses taking out the top spots in three separate categories at the WA Regional Business Excellence Awards.
Katya Minns
Boost for Derby Regional Hospital
Cain Andrews
More than a year since once-in-a-century floods devastated the Kimberley, the WA Government has invested $67.5 million to make the region more resilient to future natural disasters.
MG Corporation is calling for expressions of interest from potential joint venture partners to develop farmlands in the East Kimberley.
The Aboriginal land trust will receive 8ha of land — situated between Broome and Port Hedland — for the benefit of the traditional owners, the Nyangumarta people.
Two Broome brothers have returned from a swimming competition in Karratha with a combined haul of 10 gold medals.
The West Kimberley Junior Football League has restricted unsupervised children from attending games due to ongoing incidents at Friday night matches.
The Broome Soccer Association Malcolm Douglas 5-a-side Cup finals were held on Wednesday night, with league winners, the Chicken Treat Kickers, taking on the Broome Football Club.
Lattrell Matthews delivered another star performance for the Tigers on Wednesday night scoring nearly 40 points, helping to carry his team to a 66 point victory against Raiders.
Fremantle ruckman Sean Darcy plays his 100th game in Saturday night’s Optus Stadium clash with the Western Bulldogs. So ahead of his milestone night, The West Australian has ranked all 99 of them.
Jackson Barrett
Anglo American has told BHP it needs to fork out more if it wants the British mining giant’s prized copper mines.
Adrian Rauso
The massive gold operation that claimed its second life in the space of 18 months — and WA’s first mine site death of 2024 — has fallen foul of the safety regulator 10 times in the past two years.
Leading Pinjarra trainer Brett Pope is expected to appeal what he says is an ‘excessive’ sanction for an administrative error after the euthanasia of 15 horses.
Hayden King
West Coast coach Adam Simpson says he hopes his flying midfield can maintain its dominant clearance form without teenage star Harley Reid.
Mitchell Woodcock
A woman has been taken to hospital after a reported chemical spill east of Perth.
People in the southern part of Walpole Wilderness Area have been told to flee as an out of control bushfire, believed to be deliberately lit, threatens lives and homes about 50km west of Denmark.
Tens of thousands of West Australians have gathered to honour the courage and sacrifice of the Anzacs at a moving dawn service at Kings Park on Thursday morning.
The AFL has been slammed as having inconsistent double standards by furious fans after West Coast defender Tom Barrass had his one-game suspension upheld on Wednesday.
The multimillion-dollar project to bring more industrial lots to Kalgoorlie-Boulder has reinvigorated the case for building a transport facility and rerouting freight trains, the city’s mayor says.
Anneke de Boer
Goldfields locals are being encouraged to stop walking past their local history and heritage and instead pop their heads in to learn more about their region
Tegan Guthrie
A group of aviators has reconstructed a photograph captured in the Goldfields more than 60 years ago.
Carwyn Monck
Racking up 50 years service on the police force is no regular feat, but for newly promoted Sgt Karl Rep, it is something he was determined to achieve.
Two new childcare development proposals were given the green light at this week’s Kalgoorlie-Boulder council meeting, offering more than 100 additional day care spots to help meet demand in the community.
Agriculture Minister Jackie Jarvis announced an $8.6 million drought-assistance package, but farmers are concerned that will only ‘touch the edges’.
Jenny Woo makes $142,000 a month from Amazon alone, now she’s revealed what not to do when embarking on a side hustle.
Jenny Woo
The French town of Saint-Amand-Montrond is selling a 77sqm for €1. It’s a two-level house with two bedrooms and one and a half bathrooms ... but there’s a catch.
Celia Fernandez
Tesla kicks off tech earnings with its stock at its lowest point since early 2023. Meta, Apple and Microsoft report later this week and each company faces its own set of concerns.
Hayden Field
The cities that perform well on the list have also developed initiatives that cater to their citizens’ overall quality of life. And one Australian city came in third!
Ernestine Siu
Cruise ship infrastructure at Fremantle is set for a massive upgrade, with the State Government announcing a $40.5 million package to improve Victoria Quay.
Jake Dietsch
The childhood best friend of a woman who died following a house fire in Perth’s southern suburbs has remembered her friend as ‘the most beautiful mother you would ever meet’.
Gabrielle Becerra Mellet and Hannah Cross
Child abuse squad detectives are investigating whether two incidents earlier this month are linked which saw an unknown man approach and inappropriately interact with children.
A group of Bunnings customers were rushed to hospital after an unknown substance was allegedly sprayed in the store.
A man has been charged this morning following a death south of Mandurah.
Police have confirmed that they are treating the death of a mother-of-four at the scene of a Perth house fire ‘as murder’, with forensics officers scouring the home this morning.
Troy de Ruyter, Caleb Runciman and Rachel Fenner