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  1. Women’s FootballPremiumClose games hint at exciting season of women’s footy

  2. Camel IncidentPremiumYoung girl injured in camel accident

  3. liquor restrictionsPremiumKimberley banned drinkers register trail begins

  4. Tough timesPremiumYeeda mothballs northern abattoir, converts it to co-op

  5. Health AwardPremiumKimberley nurse takes out top gong

YUCK CircusPremiumTaboo or not taboo is the question

After a snap lockdown in Perth, the all-female acrobatic troupe YUCK Circus are set to perform their first tour in more than a year and the pristine waters of Broome are on the list.

Grace Hendry

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Prison relationshipPremium
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Kimberley prison officer fined over inmate relationship

A married Derby prison officer who exchanged more than 40 love letters with a convicted sex offender has told the court she was suffering from post-natal depression and loneliness during the offences.

Sam Jones

Dam good timeCamera IconPremiumIN PICTURES: Hundreds gather for Dam to Dam

Kununurra’s Ski Beach was jam-packed on Saturday, as about 1000 spectators made their way to the edge of the Ord River for the 40th annual Dam to Dam.

Stephanie Sinclair

Founded in footyCommentsPremiumHow a Broome group is championing suicide prevention

Claiming the Life Without Barriers small organisation award, Broome’s ALIVE & Kicking Goals! Youth Suicide Prevention Program was founded in 2008 by the Broome Saints Football Club

Sam Jones

Housing crisisPremiumKimberley Child rapist to remain in custody

A Kimberley repeat child rapist jailed in 2018 for fracturing his partner’s skull in a drunken rage will remain behind bars despite serving his four-year term.

Tom Zaunmayr

Men’s FootballPremiumTight clashes prove fierce season ahead

Round three of the WKFL kicked off over the weekend, with an exciting round of games and an unexpected forfeit.

Grace Hendry

Women’s FootballPremiumPremiumExciting games as the season heats up

The KAMS WKWFL competition entered round three over the weekend, with the competition heating up.

YUCK CircusPremiumPremiumTaboo or not taboo is the question

After a snap lockdown in Perth, the all-female acrobatic troupe YUCK Circus are set to perform their first tour in more than a year and the pristine waters of Broome are on the list.

Men’s FootballPremiumPremiumCable Beach too hot to handle

The WKFL continued over the weekend, with season frontrunners starting to take shape and the competition heating up in the second round.

Women’s FootballPremiumClose games hint at exciting season of women’s footy

The KAMS WKFWL competition entered round two over the weekend, with the series of close games hinting at a fierce season ahead.

Grace Hendry

Camel IncidentPremiumYoung girl injured in camel accident

A young girl was hospitalised with a back injury after falling off a camel which was spooked by an unleashed dog during a popular Broome sunset tour.

Grace Hendry

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Cops claim ‘kill order’ could unleash Perth bikie war

A bikie war could be set to explode in Perth, with police claiming a kill order has been authorised by Mongols bikies against members of a rival gang.

Holly Thompson

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Is this tiny house the Great Australian Dream?

WA’s rent crisis is now so bad that some singles are applying to sleep in tiny buildings intended as short-term housing for homeless and vulnerable people — just so they have a roof over their head.

Ailish Delaney

Bye Bye Byron BaesCommentsPremiumWhy next reality TV show should head to WA

Don’t be surprised if Netflix starts scouting for a Byron Baes spin-off series around the country, and WA’s ‘Down South’ could fit the bill — with less whine and more wine. SEE OUR CAST PICKS.

Jenna Clarke

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Camel IncidentPremiumYoung girl injured in camel accident

A young girl was hospitalised with a back injury after falling off a camel which was spooked by an unleashed dog during a popular Broome sunset tour.

Grace Hendry

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Council accused of rejecting mural as ‘too Indigenous’

A WA council has been accused of rejecting the design of a renowned artist hired to paint a mural on Onslow water tanks because it was “too Indigenous”.

Kate Emery

WA roadsMan airlifted to RPH after Channybearup crash

A motorist has been airlifted to Royal Perth Hospital after a crash in the South West.

Sarah Steger

Drunk rolloverPremiumPremiumWoman to face court over drunken rollover

A 48-year-old woman allegedly became heavily intoxicated on a 21/2 hour trip to Kendenup before losing control of her vehicle and rolling her car

Landmark chargePremiumPremiumSpecial crime squad in Mt Barker DV arrest

A 42-year-old Mt Barker man has become the first person in the Great Southern charged with persistently engaging in family violence

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PremiumGero dad stripped of gun licence over baby rifle photo

A dad photographed pointing a rifle at his baby daughter has had his gun licence taken from him after police stepped in to overrule a local magistrate.

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‘Not good enough’VideoPremiumFather’s fight for answers over Margaret River massacre

It’s been three years since Aaron Cockman’s children were murdered by their grandfather in Australia’s worst mass killing since Port Arthur. The murders shook the country, yet he still has no answers.

Daryna Zadvirna

Watch the videoVideoPremiumBankrupt ‘whiz kid’ tight-lipped after pub visit

Despite having claimed to hold $172m in one online share trading account, besieged betting scheme promoter Chris Brown has been bankrupted over his chronic failure to repay his grandparents $82k.

Neale Prior

Curtain fallsPremiumPremiumNew chair takes stage as Forrest exits Black Swan

Nicola Forrest is determined to continue working to empower the WA arts industry to define and support future generations of artists.

ExplainedCommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumWhat’s delaying COVID vaccine approval for Aussie kids

America’s FDA is expected to authorise the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for use in children aged 12 to 15 this week, but a WA professor says you shouldn’t hold your breath for it to happen in Australia.

COVID-19 crisisCommentsCommentsWA extends community transmission doughnut days

WA’s streak of no new community COVID-19 cases has been extended to 10 days.

Crown royal commissionCommentsPremiumShock admission: WA gambling chief ‘had no experience’

Duncan Ord, who has been chairman of the Gaming and Wagering commission since 2017, admitted at the Crown royal commission today that he had no experience in gaming regulation before taking the job.

Tim Clarke