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  1. Budget passedBudget adopted: Broome Shire touts strong grant wins

  2. RacingChoixway takes the win on Family Day at Broome Turf Club

  3. Football Cable Beach teams take home wins from Bidyadanga

  4. RunPeace torch lights path through Kimberley run

  5. Indigenous AustraliansHundreds march for NAIDOC Reconciliation Walk in Broome

Dozens of luxury cruise passengers have been rescued from a remote island off the Kimberley coast after becoming trapped by an outgoing tide.

BoatingCommentsDozens of trapped cruise passengers rescued off Adele Island

Silversea Silver Cloud cruise passengers were exploring Adele Island — located about 140km off the WA coastline and 285km north of Broome — when they became stranded by an outgoing tide on Thursday afternoon.

Jessica Evensen

Police car

CrimeTwo charged over alleged armed robbery at Roebuck Roadhouse

Two young men have been charged following an alleged violent burglary at a roadhouse in Roebuck in the early hours of Monday morning.

Natasha Clark

The 2024 Power Trip winner Lei Yuen, from Broome, with Senator Penny Wong at Parliament House in Canberra.

“Power trip”Competition gives young leaders chance to win Canberra trip

Young Broome leader Lei Yuen is encouraging young rural women and non-binary students to enter the organisation’s leadership competition for the chance to win a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Canberra.

Cain Andrews

Local lads Luke Frost and Aaron O’Brien leapt into action on June 24, extinguishing a kitchen fire at Son Ming Chinese Restaurant in Chinatown before emergency services could arrive.

Local Heroes Local lads save Chinatown restaurant from kitchen fire

Local lads Luke Frost and Aaron O’Brien leapt into action on Tuesday, June 24, extinguishing a kitchen fire at Son Ming Chinese Restaurant in Chinatown before emergency services could arrive. 

Cain Andrews

Young boys dancing together at the end of the Mowanjum Festival night.

Mowanjum FestivalMowanjum Festival: a celebration of culture

The 26th Mowanjum Festival is set to take place next week on July 11, taking over the community for a celebration of culture.

Cain Andrews

The Broome Shire Council adopted the 2025–26 budget at the ordinary council meeting on June 26 with a focus on balancing rising costs in a challenging economic climate. 

Budget passedBudget adopted: Broome Shire touts strong grant wins

The Broome Shire Council adopted the 2025–26 budget at the ordinary council meeting on June 26 with a focus on balancing rising costs in a challenging economic climate. 

Cain Andrews

Former Broome Bishop Christopher Saunders has had his trial allocation delayed.

CrimePremiumPremiumFormer Broome Bishop’s court date pushed back a month

Former Broome Bishop Christopher Saunders has had a trial allocation hearing delayed by one month. 

Emergency Services Minister Paul Papalia has slammed time-wasting triple-0 callers as ‘just stupid.’

PoliceCommentsPremiumCommentsPremium‘Stupid’: Triple-0 callers with idiotic requests slammed

Emergency Services Minister Paul Papalia has slammed time-wasting triple-0 callers as ‘just stupid’ after it was revealed thousands of people were calling the emergency hotline with idiotic requests.

Bidyadanga Emus' Taysin Thomas.

Football Cable Beach teams take home wins from Bidyadanga

The Bidyadanga Emus put up a commendable fight in their clash with Cable Beach at the weekend but were ultimately beaten by the top team. 

Peace runners stop in Broome.

RunPeace torch lights path through Kimberley run

Bearing a torch ablaze and a message of world peace, a group of international runners passed through the Kimberley last week as part of the Australian leg of the Sri Chinmoy Oneness-Home Peace Run.

Natasha Clark

Choixway wins at Broome for jockey Simone Altieri

RacingChoixway takes the win on Family Day at Broome Turf Club

It was all smiles, sunshine, and squeals of excitement at Broome Turf Club on Saturday, as Family Day transformed the track into a kid-friendly carnival of bouncy castles.

Natasha Clark

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Long-suffering BGC customers in homes prone to leaks and flooding due to faulty piping have been dealt a major blow.

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New blow for long-suffering BGC customers in pipe crisis

Builder BGC is taking legal action to overturn orders by the WA Building Commissioner that they remediate homes damaged by multiple pipe bursts.

John Flint

Energy Minister Amber-Jade Sanderson and partner Phil at home.

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Sanderson backs fossil fuel as part of renewables transition

The Energy Minister has left the door open for a new gas-fired power station in WA to back up renewables, as the government moves to shut down Synergy’s coal-fired power stations by 2030.

Joe Spagnolo

Tasers, flick knives, gel blasters, BB guns and knuckledusters were among prohibited weapons kids have brought to WA public schools in the past four years.

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Gel blasters, flick knives among weapons taken to WA schools

Almost 200 incidents of WA students caught with prohibited weapons have been reported in the past four years.

Bethany Hiatt

Labor MP Kate Doust had to be cut free from the wreck of a crash in Rockingham

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Labor MP targeted by scam after horrific Perth car crash

Labor MP Kate Doust is speaking out to warn others after she was targeted by ‘parasite’ scam artists following a crash that left her with broken ribs.

Jessica Page

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The 58-year-old Mongol took to the ring in Thailand on Saturday night, winning his first professional fight in the opening round.

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Troy Mercanti knocks out opponent in first boxing match

Veteran bikie Troy Mercanti is putting three decades of underworld muscle to work as a professional boxer in Thailand.

Ben Harvey

Cleveland Dodd's grandmother Roslyn Sullivan talks to the media outside court Andrew Ritchie

Courts & JusticePremiumHorrific details of teen’s final weeks in Unit 18 laid bare

An inquest into the death of Cleveland Dodd — the first juvenile to die in custody in WA — has been told that Corrective Services staff had come to ‘accept the unacceptable’ in how they treated young offenders.

Sarah Crawford and Rebecca Le May

Praveen Matcha was hit and killed by a Transperth bus outside RAC Arena on June 20.

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PremiumTributes flow for man hit and killed by bus near RAC Arena

The pedestrian hit and killed by a Transperth bus outside RAC Arena 10 days ago has been identified as a caring friend who ‘was a light in every room’ as well as a loyal employee.

Roger Cook says he is more convinced than ever that the much-touted AUKUS defence agreement will go ahead after high-level talks in the UK this week.

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CommentsPremiumCook convinced nothing can torpedo AUKUS pact after UK visit

The Premier says he is more convinced than ever, that the much touted $368 billion AUKUS defence agreement will go ahead after high-level talks in the UK this week.

Jessica Lynne as Red Sonja at Supanova Comic Con in Perth.

PerthSome of Supanova’s best dressed share highlights of event

The gates flooded with pops of colour as fans rocked up in epic costumes including Xena Warrior Princess, an NCR Ranger from Fallout, and characters from manga series Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch.

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Members of the Goldfields Aboriginal Business Chamber team include Rowena Leslie, Terry Gordan, Melissa Tombs, Shaun Atkinson, and Rachael Henze.

Connecting communitiesPremiumDigital skills on the rise in the community

A Kalgoorlie-Boulder Aboriginal organisation has won a grant for a program encouraging communities to improve digital literacy skills and embrace new technologies.

Jessica Antoniou

DICE will be headlining this year’s Shelter the Storm event at Shelter Brewing.

Cabin FeverPremiumCabin Fever Festival announces live music lineup

Cabin Fever has dropped the line-up for their live music events across the Margaret River and Busselton regions, with beats, brews and good times on offer. 

Daniel Hocking

Flu vaccination.

Flu vaccinesFlu vaccine program extended

WA’s free influenza vaccination program has been extended to the end of July as case numbers rise ahead of peak season.

Isabella Davis

Creative Arts Extension self-portrait oil paintings.

ART SHOWCASEPremiumPremiumHedland Senior High lights up with talent at arts showcase

Hedland Senior High School was alive with creativity as students took to the stage — and the gallery walls — for the school’s much-anticipated biannual arts showcase.

Kathy Nelson, Robynne Mummery, Judy Hawter, Ros Price, and Lozz Williams at the dinner.

Conference smiles PremiumPremiumIN PICTURES: Hundreds enjoy CWA State Conference dinner

The Country Women’s Association of WA held their annual State Conference in Albany this week, with more than 200 members attending from a range of branches.

Mountain bike rider Connor Wright has the world at his feet.

CYCLINGCommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumConnor made of Wright stuff for Olympic dreams

Bunbury mountain bike rider Connor Wright has the world - or the mountain tops - at his feet as he prepares to mount an Olympic challenge.

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Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell and President Donald Trump.

BusinessCommentsTrump scolds ‘stupid’ Fed after it holds key rate steady

The Federal Reserve has kept interest rates steady amid expectations of higher inflation and lower economic growth ahead, and still pointed to two reductions later this year.

Jeff Cox

Top oil CEOs have sounded the alarm as Israel-Iran strikes escalate.

Middle EastCommentsTop oil execs sound alarm over Israel-Iran escalation

The CEOs of TotalEnergies, Shell, and EnQuest have warned that further attacks on critical energy infrastructure could have serious consequences for global supply and prices.

Sam Meredith

Global investors may be underpricing the impact of a conflict between Israel and Iran, market watchers warned on Monday.

CNBC newsCommentsInvestors shrug off Israel-Iran conflict at their peril

Despite the continued fighting — with hundreds reported dead — global stock markets have sustained positive momentum.

Chloe Taylor

The Insta360 One R displayed in a container of water at the Insta360 booth during CES 2020 at the Las Vegas Convention Center on Jan. 8, 2020.

CNBC newsCommentsTrade war not stopping China’s push deeper into the US

Chinese companies are so intent on global expansion that even the biggest stock offering to date on Shanghai’s tech-heavy STAR board counts the US as one of its biggest markets, on par with China.

Evelyn Cheng

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Alan McKail leaves court.

Courts & JusticePremiumJudge calls for talks in Dalkeith pergola scrap

Judge calls for “sensible exchange” after corporate jet-setter Mladen Ninkov wins an injuction over Dalkeith neighbour Alan McKail’s new patio.

Neale Prior

Malcolm Bundey will immediately join the lithium and iron ore miner as a non-executive director and will succeed outgoing chair James McClements on July 1.

BoardsPremiumDay one for fix-it man Bundey as chair of Mineral Resources

The change comes as penance for a series of corporate governance shortcomings at the miner, which were acknowledged as “periods that have tested us” by departing chair James McClements.

Simone Grogan

One person has been rushed to hospital after a car rolled and landed on its roof south of Perth.

Crime PremiumPremiumPerson rushed to hospital after horror late night crash

One person has been rushed to hospital after a car rolled and landed on its roof south of Perth.

James Shaw, Cumoram Desmond, Mitchell Cannon, Joshua Fabilo, Ryan Fazzalari and Matthew Fabilo will run 400km to Bluff Knoll next month.

Gruelling fundraiserCommentsCommentsRun club take on gruelling Bluff Knoll trek for good cause

Six members of a Perth run club will be turning pain into purpose as they run 400 kilometres to Bluff Knoll in a bid to raise money for multiple sclerosis research.

The City of Rockingham will increase rates by 3.5 per cent.

Rockingham ratesModest rate rise leaves Rockingham with budget shortfall

The City of Rockingham council has gone against a proposal to increase rates by 3.9 per cent next financial year and voted for a more modest increase of 3.5 per cent. 

The lucky ticket was purchased from The Lucky Charm Morley.

LottoCommentsCHECK YOUR TICKETS: West Aussie becomes instant millionaire

West Aussies are being urged to check their Lotto numbers after a ticket purchased in Perth’s north scooped up more than $1 million.

Fraser Williams