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Rarriwuy Hick.

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Home And Away alumni Rarriwuy Hick stars in Warm Props, a behind-the-scenes comedy set in stunning Broome.

Belle Taylor and Natasha Clark

Nexus' first flight prepares to depart Geraldton Airport.

AIrfare capLabor hits back over airfare cap ‘scare campaign’

Labor has hit back at Nationals Leader Shane Love, clarifying the Regional Airfare Zone Cap Scheme is not being scrapped, despite funding only being outlined until 2026.

Josephine Hingst

Mabu Buru Shop founder Johanni Mamid.

Indigenous Australians Mabu Buru Shop brings authentic Aboriginal culture to Broome

In the heart of Broome, a new souvenir shop is bringing Aboriginal culture to life through authentic art and local products.

Natasha Clark

Broome Towns' Lauren Riley.

FootballOfferman boots 10 as Towns smash Eagles

Michael Offerman booted a massive 10 goals to help Broome Towns demolish the Looma Eagles in a one-sided clash for round 10 of the West Kimberley Football League.

Cain Andrews

Michael Walters has announced his retirement.

AFLCommentsDockers legend announces retirement after 239-game career

Fremantle champion Michael ‘Sonny’ Walters has called time on his glittering career after 239 games.

Jake Santa Maria

Drone footage captured a police chase through Broome in early July.

busted Broome police chase ends with multiple arrests

Footage of a man racing through the streets of Broome with police in pursuit, captured by a high-tech police drone, has led to multiple arrests and a string of serious charges.

Cain Andrews

Tourists ride camels on Cable Beach enjoying the sunset.

Broome tourism boostThousands of discounted Broome flights on offer

Cheap flights and discounted Kimberley experiences are on offer as the State Government moves to boost tourism and local business after the axing of Jetstar Asia’s Broome-Singapore route.

The Broome local government area has recorded the highest weekly median rent in regional WA, with residents forking out an average of $1150 a week as the northwest continues to top the list for regional rents.

Broome rent rise Broome rents continue to rise

The Broome local government area has recorded the highest weekly median rent in regional WA, with residents forking out an average of $1150 a week as the northwest continues to top the list for regional rents.

Broome filmmaker Brooke Collard and her partner Kylie Bracknell will develop a new documentary Walbreninj, after being named one of two successful teams in the inaugural First Nations VR Documentary Initiative.

FilmBroome filmmakers harness VR for ‘truth-telling’ documentary

Broome filmmaker Brooke Collard and her partner Kylie Bracknell will develop a new documentary Walbreninj, after being named one of two successful teams in the inaugural First Nations VR Documentary Initiative.

Bust Out Cabaret returns to the Broome stage for an exciting adults-only show.

Bust Out Cabaret Bust Out Cabaret returns for two-night spectacle in 2025

Theatre Kimberley’s Bust Out Cabaret is set to return for two shows only on Friday, July 25, and Saturday, July 26, promising a sizzling adults-only night out at Broome Convention Centre’s Elephant Bar.

Cain Andrews

The State Government has officially released a tender for the construction of Broome’s long-awaited Sobering Up Centre, more than two years after the forced closure of the town’s previous facility. (Pictured: The previous Walangari Broome Sobering Up Centre.)

long-awaitedBroome Sobering Up Centre tender released

The State Government has officially released a tender for the construction of Broome’s long-awaited Sobering Up Centre, more than three and a half years after the forced closure of the town’s previous facility.

Cain Andrews

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Steven Payne, pictured, vanished into waters at Wharton Beach after a fatal shark attack.

Courts & JusticePremiumTragic details revealed after fatal shark attack at WA beach

The devastating circumstances of a great white shark attack on a surfer who was fatally mauled in front of his girlfriend at an Esperance beach have been revealed for the first time.

Caleb Runciman

An 83-year-old female and 83-year-old male were flown to Royal Perth Hospital on the RAC Rescue helicopter.

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Three people seriously injured in multi-vehicle crash

A child also sustained minor injuries in the collision.

Caitlin Vinci

Education Minister Sabine Winton.

state politicsCommentsPremiumMinister reassures WA parents after horrific sex abuse case

Education Minister Sabine Winton has ordered the State’s Education and Care Regulatory Unit to conduct a snap review of WA’s childcare system.

Jessica Page

Aerial urban suburban cityscape landscape view in Perth Western Australia Rafael Ben-Ari

Housing marketCommentsPremiumPerth in property marathon as median price jumps to new peak

Perth’s median dwelling price has jumped $65,000 over the past year, with anticipated interest rate cuts set to further buoy the market.

Kim Macdonald

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WA Police continue to have welfare concerns for 26-year-old woman Carolina Wilga, who hasn't been heard from since Sunday, 29 June 2025.

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Missing backpacker’s van found abandoned in remote WA

Police have found the van belonging to a missing German backpacker who vanished in the Wheatbelt — but the young woman was not with the vehicle.

Caleb Runciman

Steven Payne, pictured, vanished into waters at Wharton Beach after a fatal shark attack.

Courts & JusticePremiumTragic details revealed after fatal shark attack at WA beach

The devastating circumstances of a great white shark attack on a surfer who was fatally mauled in front of his girlfriend at an Esperance beach have been revealed for the first time.

Caleb Runciman

Fremantle are playing many tall forwards.

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CommentsPremiumDockers must change forward structure and break Serong tag

If the Dockers wish to play two rucks, they cannot have Josh Treacy, Jye Amiss, Pat Voss and the Luke Jackson-Sean Darcy combo as forwards, writes Xavier Ellis.

An 83-year-old female and 83-year-old male were flown to Royal Perth Hospital on the RAC Rescue helicopter.

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CommentsPremiumThree people seriously injured in multi-vehicle crash

A child also sustained minor injuries in the collision.

Business owner Andrew Donnelly and business associate Shane Carlson leave Joondalup Court on Friday after facing charges.

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PremiumLegal strife piles up for embattled ex-Eagle

Former West Coast Eagle Andrew Donnelly has pleaded not guilty to criminal charges that he failed to comply with requirements under WA’s workers’ compensation laws.

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Recently retired Australian Medical Association president Dr Michael Page and incoming president Dr Kyle Hoath speaking to the media outside Parliament after last month’s Budget.

health mattersPremiumAmbulance ramping reflects ‘healthcare system in distress’

A failure to invest in staffing was partly to blame for Bunbury Hospital’s terrible new ambulance ramping figures, according to one of the State’s top medicos.

Warren Hately

Police on the scene.

CrimePremiumMajor crash officers investigate after woman dies in Albany

Emergency services rushed to the scene after reports of an injured woman on Hardie Road in Spencer Park last night.

Jessica Evensen

A 73-year-old man has died in a crash in the South West.

Road TollPremiumTwo deaths in South West roads in under a week

Two deaths on South West roads in under a week have contributed to WA’s horrific road toll of 113 death - the highest recorded in a decade.

Caleb Runciman and Jessica Page

Sylvia Jacobs with great grandson Regan Clinch, 3, at the NAIDOC Big Breakfast at GRAMS.

NAIDOC WeekPremiumPremiumCommunity unites to celebrate NAIDOC’s golden 50th

Geraldton has come out to celebrate a golden anniversary this week, as NAIDOC marks its 50th year with a week full of community events and activities honouring heritage and the next generation.

Marco Daquino and Damiano Suadoni opened the South West Bottega on Friday evening.

Italian bottegaPremiumPremiumNew store brings Italian menu and vintage finds into Vasse

The South West Bottega opened their doors on Friday evening, with new owners Marco Daquino and Damiano Suadoni hoping to bring the best of Italian cuisine in the new space.

Homelessness advocates Jane Anderson and Ingrid Hilario.

HomelessnessPremiumPremiumNo solution for homelessness despite Budget boom

Even with WA boasting a $2.5 billion surplus in this year’s State Budget, advocates say homelessness has only gotten worse with the matter firing up a debate in Parliament last week.

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The company often sells its Labubu dolls in a blind box to buyers who don’t know what character is inside until they open it.

CNBC newsCommentsLabubu-maker unfazed by ‘blind box’ crackdown

Beijing may have warned against “blind box” toys, but analysts are betting that Pop Mart International — the company behind Labubu dolls — will remain one of China’s hottest consumer brands this year.

Anniek Bao and Lim Hui Jie

Trump has made his priorities on energy production clear. The US will rely on oil, gas, coal and nuclear to meet its growing energy needs, the president said last weekend, bashing wind and solar power.

CNBC newsCommentsTrump megabill gives the oil industry everything it wants

President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act ends long-standing federal support for solar and wind power, while creating a friendly environment for oil, gas and coal production.

Spencer Kimball

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves (right) crying as Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer speaks during Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons.

CNBC newsCommentsUK in dire straits after minister’s tears rattle markets

All eyes are now on the UK’s ruling Labour Party for any sign of further political fractures that could rattle Britain’s economic stability.

Holly Ellyatt

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

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The 26-year-old was escorted to a tarmac in the Wheatbelt by police after she was found.

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ALIVE: Missing backpacker found in WA outback

Police have found missing backpacker Carolina Wilga alive after she vanished for 12 days in the Wheatbelt.

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Ralph Matthews Cox' mother Michelle Nelson-Cox outside court.

Courts & JusticePremium‘Injustice’: Mum’s heartbreak over innocent son’s murder

The mum of a man shot dead in his bedroom in a tragic case of mistaken identity has described sitting through the killer’s seven-week long trial as feeling like ‘somebody was shooting the bullets at our heart’.

Sarah Steger

The crash into the side of Cottesloe Sports Physiotherapy left three people injured.

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CommentsThree injured after car crashed into Cottesloe physio

A former Dockers physiotherapist and his patient are lucky to be alive after a car crashed through the wall of a Cottesloe physiotherapy clinic. 

A final report into the fatal 2022 plane crash west of Norseman found a lack of evidence could not be for certain.

WA NewsCommentsCommentsPlane crash cause still a mystery after final report

The cause of a fatal surveying plane crash west of Norseman three years ago will remain a mystery after an investigation ended with not enough evidence to make a conclusive finding.

Premier Roger Cook signing Australia’s first “hypercable” on Friday morning.

State PoliticsCommentsCommentsPerth’s ambition to become the Dubai of data

Roger Cook has boasted Perth could become the Dubai of data, with a $400 million sub-sea cable set to turn WA into the middle point of global internet connections.

Aerial images show the remoteness of the area being searched for missing backpacker Carolina Wilga.

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Images show task ahead of rescuers in search for backpacker

Aerial images of the bushland where missing backpacker Carolina Wilga’s abandoned van was found show just how remote the area is and the bizarre situation in which her vehicle was left.

Caleb Runciman