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PoliticsPremium‘We love you’: Trump proves Ley wrong

Anthony Albanese must be feeling pretty smug right now – and he has every right to be.

Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer

Maison Shepherd, 14, and instructor John Whitman in a glider.

GLIDING CLUBNarrogin’s young pilot completes local gliding course

Narrogin youngster Maison Shepherd took to the sky earlier this month when undertaking the local gliding program, taking a step closer to his piloting dream. 

Hannah Whitehead

Premier Roger Cook, Treasurer Rita Saffiotti, Minister for Health Infrastructure John Carey and Health Minister Meredith Hammat.

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Cook blames immigration for WA’s increased smoking rates

The WA Premier has laid the blame for the WA’s increased rates of smoking on heightened immigration, arguing people are coming to the State with bad habits.

Oliver Lane and Jessica Page

A 50-year-old man has died in a ute rollover near Menzies.

Disaster and EmergencyPremiumUte passenger dies in fatal rollover in Goldfields

A 50-year-old man has died after the ute he was travelling in rolled over near Menzies in the Goldfields on Monday.

Neil Watkinson

TAR

Stream now!Follow eleven teams as they take The Amazing Race around the world in a competition for the grand prize of $1,000,000.

Natasha Uniewicz

Small town

Stream now!The coast looks like the perfect place to soothe a psyche that’s been battered by big city police work. Karl will need to call upon all the skills that made him a world-class detective to solve the murders that continue to wash up on his shore.

Natasha Uniewicz

The Nightly

Read NowWander further with ROAM by The Nightly. A new digital first travel magazine. FREE every Saturday.

Emily Watt

The Rookie

Stream nowNathan Fillion stars in an all-too-easy-to-binge police drama. Compelling characters make this action-packed show a hit.

Emily Watt

WA Day

Find Out MoreReturning with massive WA music acts, free kids’ rides, food trucks, fireworks and more!

Emily Watt

NCIS

Stream now!Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs, associated with the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, captains his team to get to the bottom of criminal cases connected to Navy and Marine Corps personnel.

Natasha Uniewicz

WA Day

Find Out MoreReturning with massive WA music acts, free kids’ rides, food trucks, fireworks and more!

Emily Watt

Sentinel Bar

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Emily Watt

NCIS

Stream now!Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs, associated with the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, captains his team to get to the bottom of criminal cases connected to Navy and Marine Corps personnel.

Natasha Uniewicz

Small town

Stream now!The coast looks like the perfect place to soothe a psyche that’s been battered by big city police work. Karl will need to call upon all the skills that made him a world-class detective to solve the murders that continue to wash up on his shore.

Natasha Uniewicz

A teen's alleged crimes at Central Station have prompted calls for tougher youth bail laws. (Steven Markham/AAP PHOTOS)

CrimeTeen's offending ignites calls for youth bail reform

More needs to be done to address youth crime, a state government concedes, after a 13-year-old boy was charged with offences across two Australian cities.

Rachel Jackson

The benchmark ASX200 lifted on Tuesday following the Trump-Albanese meeting in Washington D.C. NewsWire/ Joseph Olbrycht Palmer

FINANCETrump sparks the latest Aussie mining boom

The Australian sharemarket rallied to fresh highs on Tuesday as investors cheered a $13.5bn critical minerals deal struck between US President Donald Trump and Anthony Albanese.

Duncan Evans

Financial Crimes Squad detectives travelled to the UK to extradite Lucas, who pleaded guilty to 103 offences.

Courts & JusticePremiumGrandma who stole $1.7m from sister’s business learns fate

A grandmother who fled to the UK after stealing almost $1.7 million from her sister — splashing it on overseas holidays, jet skis and property — has learnt been sentenced.

Rebecca Le May

A community is mourning the deaths of Jordana Johnson, her son Jordan Norris and Chazz Mather. (PR IMAGE PHOTO)

CrimeGrief overwhelms families of trio killed in house fire

The families of three people killed in a house fire have spoken publicly for the first time since the tragedy ahead of a community gathering for the trio.

Laine Clark

The Fitzroy River has surged from crocodile country to Olympic contender, with one politician stating it’s flat enough for Jesus to walk on. Photo: Chris Ison / The Morning Bulletin

NEWSCroc country moves closer to Olympic glory

The Fitzroy River has surged from crocodile country to Olympic contender, with one politician stating it’s flat enough for Jesus to walk on.

Andrew Hedgman

WA's demersal fish stock levels are at crisis point along the west coast. Inset are Fisheris Minister Jackie Jarvis, Geraldton MLA Kirrilee Warr and WA Fishing Industry Council CEO Melissa Haslam.

Demersal fishery crisisForum meets to discuss critical demersal fish levels

WA’s demersal fisheries are in crisis, with new stock assessments showing key species such as pink snapper, dhufish and red emperor remain at critically low levels along much of the west coast. 

Josephine Hingst

A NSW government report found ‘no significant effect’ from selective logging on male koala density. NCA NewsWire / Simon Bullard

NewsPremiumShock claim about koala threat

An independent report by the NSW government found “no significant effect” from selective logging on male koala density.

Nathan Schmidt

Flights and passenger ferries from Wellington were cancelled due to dangerous winds. (AP PHOTO)

WeatherPremiumMan killed by branch, pedestrian blown onto road in NZ

A man was struck and killed by a tree branch in Wellington, New Zealand, as dangerous winds and heavy rain buffeted parts of the country

Charlotte Graham-McLay

The gun-for-hire who assassinated Nick Martin told the man accused of paying him for the hit that he had lost count of the number of people he had murdered.

Courts & JusticeVideoPremiumBikie shooter confesses he’s lost count of his executions

The gun-for-hire who assassinated Nick Martin told the man accused of paying him for the hit that he had lost count of the number of people he had killed.

Charlton Hart

RSPCA WA 2025 award winners at The Camfield on October 15.

“Unsung hero”PremiumKANE volunteer Amy Haskins receives RSPCA award

Kununurra’s Amy Haskins has been recognised for her volunteering efforts to rescue, rehabilitate and rehome domestic animals and wildlife with an RSPCA WA award. 

Cain Andrews