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  1. Sports PremiumBoogie Bounce a fun energetic program to get everyone moving

  2. Volunteer Week PremiumSES volunteer shines light on Broome volunteering experience

  3. State BudgetPremiumState Budget 2026–27 promises boost to Broome economy

  4. Wa newsPremiumHave your say on Fitzroy River water usage

  5. Community PremiumCommunity garden takes root in Ardyaloon

Shire of Broome offices.

Local Government PremiumShire of Broome Community Scorecard survey now open

The Shire of Broome’s Community Scorecard survey is now open for local residents and ratepayers. 

Cain Andrews

Broome Marathon 2025.

Broome MarathonPremiumBroome Marathon tickets on sale

Runners are gearing up for the 2026 Broome Marathon set for July. 

Cain Andrews

Sydney Writers’ Festival artistic director Ann Mossop

Arts PremiumSydney Writers’ Festival live & local returns to Broome

Broome Public Library will live stream Australia’s premier literary event, The Sydney Writers’ Festival from May 21-24

Phoebe Solon

Road Trauma WA, Aleisha Power

Health PremiumSupport service targeting Kimberley’s high road trauma rates

Road Trauma Support WA expanding reach across the Kimberley, with staff travelling through Broome, Derby and Fitzroy Crossing to connect with frontline workers and Aboriginal organisations.

Phoebe Solon

Joseph Skeen, Ivy Waters, Zoe Ward, Tracin Howard, Mike Doyle and Blake Grujcic.

Sports PremiumMini Ballers sessions make soccer available to all

Children of all abilities are getting the chance to kick goals in Broome thanks to a new inclusive football initiative quickly gaining strong community support.

Phoebe Solon

Broome Courthouse.

Broome courthousePremiumKimberley leaders: Broome Courthouse ‘unfit-for-purpose’

Leaders from Djarindjin Aboriginal Corporation are calling on the State Government to improve infrastructure at Broome Courthouse which they have described as “unfit‑for‑purpose”.

Cain Andrews

Styled-up dining on Cable Beach.

Western AustraliaPremiumPremiumDining ON Cable Beach, now that’s a big night out in Broome

Stephen Scourfield finds an epic new experience in Broome

Guests at the Kimberley Rural Ladies Day at the Fitzroy River Lodge.

CELEBRATING RURAL LADIESPremiumPremiumSocial photos from Kimberley Rural Ladies Day 2026

More than 150 women celebrated the start of the season with community, country connection and cocktails among the gum trees at the annual Kimberley Rural Ladies Day 2026. 

Ord Valley Muster, from May 15 to 24, will once again draw visitors to the Kimberley.

Ord Valley Muster PremiumPremiumOrd Valley Muster launches this week with packed program

The Ord Valley Muster begins next week.

Cable Beach's Chris Carstairs celebrates a goal.

Football PremiumCable Beach top of the perch after round two

Cable Beach have once again claimed the top perch on the West Kimberley Football League ladder in the men’s competition after round two, recording back-to-back wins. 

Cain Andrews

Matisse Willis, Elya Stanbrook-Mason, Kirsty Stanbrook and Anthony Simmons at Short St Gallery’s opening night of Maku Tjuta — Many Witchetty Grubs.

Arts PremiumShort Street Gallery opens it colourful new exhibition

Short St Gallery celebrated the opening of its latest exhibition, Maku Tjuta — Many Witchetty Grubs, on May 8 with an evening of art and community. 

Phoebe Solon

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Police alleged the online offences occurred between January and February 2026. 

WA NewsPremiumTwo men accused of child sex crimes, one linked to Silvey

A West Australian Basketball Association referee and another man who is allegedly linked to the investigation into disgraced author Craig Silvey are set to face court on Wednesday.

Claire Sadler

A young man has died after losing control of his car and crashing in the Perth Hills.

Disaster and EmergencyCommentsPremiumYoung man dies after early morning crash in Perth Hills

Major crash detectives are investigating the circumstances surrounding the incident.

Hannah Cross

West Australian writer Craig Silvey was charged with distributing and possessing child exploitation material in January after he was allegedly caught actively communicating with other paedophiles on the internet. 

crimeVideoPremiumDisgraced author wrote of teen assault & exploited young boy

Disgraced WA author Craig Silvey published novels that included scenes of a teenager being sexually assaulted by her father, and an underage boy trying to arouse elderly men before he was arrested.

Hannah Cross

Former Federal Police and Customs officer Stephen Michael Adams bragged to stallholders that he 'used to be a bad boy'.

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The West Australian exclusive
CrimePremium
The West Australian exclusive
Freo Markets tenants make horrific discovery about handyman

A notorious sex attacker who became known as the West Perth rapist because of where he stalked his victims has been working as a handyman at the Fremantle Markets.

Ben Harvey

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Police alleged the online offences occurred between January and February 2026. 

WA NewsPremiumTwo men accused of child sex crimes, one linked to Silvey

A West Australian Basketball Association referee and another man who is allegedly linked to the investigation into disgraced author Craig Silvey are set to face court on Wednesday.

Claire Sadler

A young man has died after losing control of his car and crashing in the Perth Hills.

Disaster and EmergencyCommentsPremiumYoung man dies after early morning crash in Perth Hills

Major crash detectives are investigating the circumstances surrounding the incident.

Hannah Cross

Former Federal Police and Customs officer Stephen Michael Adams bragged to stallholders that he 'used to be a bad boy'.

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The West Australian exclusive
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The West Australian exclusive
PremiumFreo Markets tenants make horrific discovery about handyman

A notorious sex attacker who became known as the West Perth rapist because of where he stalked his victims has been working as a handyman at the Fremantle Markets.

Harley Reid may have left the nest but Luke Shuey remains the pad’s landlord.

House That!CommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumShuey’s $950 a week Eagle nest empty after Reid flies away

Innaloo may not be Perth’s most glamorous suburb, but one of its rental units has the reflected glory of not one, but two AFL greats.

An emergency department nurse who worked several shifts while high on a cocktail of drugs has had her registration cancelled.

Courts & JusticePremiumPremiumPerth nurse who worked while high on meth identified

An emergency department nurse who worked several shifts while high on a cocktail of drugs has had her registration cancelled.

Regional News

Perth’s property juggernaut is shifting to some WA regions, with Busselton and Albany leading the way with nation-leading price hikes.

PropertyCommentsPremiumWA regions surge ahead of nation in property price race

Perth’s property juggernaut is shifting to some WA regions, with Busselton and Albany leading the way with nation-leading price hikes.

Kim Macdonald

Morawa Shire president Karen Chappel is worried about the health risk to people due to the region's mouse plague.

Mouse PlaguePremium‘Absolutely horrid’ mouse plague in Mid West a health risk

A Mid West shire president fears locals in her area could be at risk of viruses or illness due to a “absolutely horrid” rodent plague that is resulting in “dead mice everywhere”.

Sienna Seychell

Northcliffe waste transfer station manager Stephen King.

WASTEPremiumNorthcliffe tip turns waste into community treasure

One man’s waste is another’s treasure is more than a saying at the Northcliffe transfer station, where a local recycling push is helping divert tonnes of material from landfill. 

Serian Lockwood-Jones

Bushwalkers in the Southern Forests are being urged not to rely solely on mobile coverage when travelling through remote and heavily forested areas.

Mobile CoveragePremiumPremiumSouthern Forests phone coverage no guarantee beyond towns

Despite recent and planned network upgrades, people travelling outside Southern Forests townsites are being warned they still cannot assume they will have mobile coverage when they need it. 

Coral Bay. Australia's Coral Coast / David Kirkland

Tourism PremiumPremiumVouchers to entice people back to Coral Coast sold out

A travel scheme offering vouchers to entice visitors back to the Gascoyne in the wake of cyclone Narelle has sold out in less than a week.

WA Police, SES, the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, and St John officers rallied to save an 87-year-old women lost in Nannup Wilderness last month.

BushwalkingPremiumPremiumSouth West searches renew warning over bushwalker safety

Bushwalkers heading into the Southern Forests are being urged not to rely on mobile phones as their only safety device following several recent search and welfare incidents.

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A lack of high-quality feedback could also lead to attrition.

Workplace MattersCommentsPremium‘Be honest?’: Why workers don’t tell their bosses the truth

Leaders say that they want to hear the honest truth about what’s happening but almost half of executives surveyed said that a lack of honest feedback is their primary concern.

Sophie Caldwell

Strategists such as Galloway can charge more than $15,000 a month for their services.

CNBC newsCommentsPremiumMeet the YouTube whisperers behind the biggest video names

With thousands of YouTube creators relying on the platform for income, many are turning to strategists as essential advisors on how to keep videos viral.

Alex Sherman and Zach Vallese

Energy supermajors have experienced a significant share price boost.

CNBC newsPremiumShell tops profit estimates as war drives price surge

British energy major Shell on Thursday reported stronger-than-expected first-quarter profit as the Iran war sent energy prices soaring.

Sam Meredith

A common side effect of many GLP-1 drugs is hair loss. It’s creating a growing market for hair treatment products.

CNBC newsCommentsPremiumThe growing hair treatment market from GLP-1s

A common side effect of many GLP-1 drugs is hair loss. It’s creating a growing market for hair treatment products.

Laya Neelakandan

WA News

19yo South Perth basketball referee Jamie Winfield has been charged with sexual assault Unknown

Courts & JusticePremiumREVEALED: WA basketball ref charged with child sex crimes

A basketball referee faced court today charged with more than 20 offences, including allegedly sexually penetrating a child under the age of 16.

Brooke Rolfe

The swimmer has not been located despite the search resuming on Wednesday. Supplied / @wa_police

NEWSPremiumUrgent search after man vanishes in water

A major search is underway for a swimmer who was last seen “in distress” before vanishing in the waters of a popular surf beach.

Blake Antrobus

Police patrol Trigg Beach after a swimmer is reported missing.

Missing personPolice confirm more details about swimmer missing off Trigg

Police have scaled up the search for a swimmer who was spotted in distress off Trigg Beach on Tuesday evening. 

Some of the final remaining passengers wave from the dock after being evacuated from the MV Hondius.

State PoliticsVideoCommentsCommentsHuge update on virus cruise passengers set for WA quarantine

A plane has been secured, but it’s still unclear when six cruise ship passengers exposed to the deadly hantavirus will arrive in Perth.

Disgruntled Inspired Homes customers on the builder's Hamilton Hill Building site.

state politicsCommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumNew laws to demand builders open their books

Laws to crackdown on dodgy builders could be expanded to include milestone payments and cap price rises, in a bid to prevent a repeat of Perth’s Niche Living scandal. 

A major police investigation is underway in Perth’s north after a woman’s body was dumped outside an apartment building. NewsWire/ Sharon Smith

UPDATEDPremiumWoman’s body dumped outside building

A man is in custody after a woman’s body was found dumped outside an apartment building in Perth’s north.

Emma Kirk