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  1. Win for the ages PremiumAvon upset South West in massive boilover

  2. expanding horizonsPremiumLost & Found festival returns bigger and better than ever

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    Rebel boss on the roids: Gang’s leadership in crisis

  4. South West debutPremiumPerth indie-rock group to take SW by storm

  5. Little concern for victimPremiumTeen, 19, used Snapchat to meet 13-yr-old rape victim

Holiday Home IncreasePremiumAction to curb Airbnbs threatens local planning controls

WA’s new Planning Minister John Carey is determined to deliver long-awaited actions from a three-year review into how online short stay platforms like Airbnb and Stays are disrupting local economies.

Warren Hately and Rachel Green

Full rebuild CommentsPremiumIconic restaurant set to reopen after being gutted by fire

An iconic South West restaurant is finally re-opening after a horrific fire forced the business to close down for two years.

Rachel Green

Report tabledPremiumCalls for improvements to children’s food insecurity

A State parliamentary committee chaired by a South West MLA has called on more to be done to address food insecurity for children and young people impacted by poverty.

Sean Van Der Wielen

Beating the odds!PremiumBusselton aged care-resident returns home!

A former Busselton aged-care resident has beaten the odds and moved back home with her family. 

Rachel Green

Flourishing industryPremiumThailand to offset potential oversupply of avos

Rural Bank’s mid-year agricultural outlook report has shown the State’s avocado industry’s potential oversupply of avocados is expected to be offset by a recently announced Thailand market access deal.

Cally Dupe & Melissa Pedelty

jacked upPremiumRatepayers fear 16.5 per cent ‘rubbish’ hike

Australind businesses are staring down the impacts of a proposed 16.5 per cent rate rise as part of the Shire of Harvey’s proposed 2023/24 budget plan.

Sean Van Der Wielen

Fouls mount up PremiumPremiumShots unable to land for Slammers

While this appeared to galvanise players and improve performance, the Senators were still able to defeat the home side 97-82. 

Still winless PremiumPremiumDonovan a ray of sunshine

Donovan collected 17 points and 10 rebounds against the Senators, who won 99-55 on Saturday night at the Eaton Recreation Centre. 

Grandstand finish PremiumPremiumMaguire’s men win title in thriller

With more mature bodies at his disposal, Maguire and his coaches looked on with pride as the South West outfit claimed its 17th A-section colts title since 2000 — 2.7 (19) to 2.6 (18)

Days 1 and 2PremiumThe one that got away

“Don’t worry about it boys, we’ll be seeing them again on Sunday and it’ll be different.”

Justin Fris

SWFL 2023PremiumHarvey Bulls overcome slow start to notch eight straight win

A look at what went down during the SWFL women’s gather round.

Carly Laden

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Troubled watersComments
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Leeuwin floundering in rough seas after CEO’s shock exit

WA’s iconic Leeuwin tall ship has hit rough seas after the departure of its long-serving chief executive triggered staff resignations, safety warnings and the loss of support from one prominent backer.

Kate Emery

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‘Bloody luxury’: Boomers paint a picture of stark hardship

In last week’s column, I tackled the emotionally charged topic of whether today’s first homebuyers have it tougher than the boomers and asked readers for examples of sacrifices they made to make ends meet.

Ben Harvey

Ben Harvey

Builder reprimandedCommentsPremiumEx-Eagle’s company blames rogue staff for dodgy dealings

Dodgy builder Factory Direct has come up with a novel way of ducking its debts - alleging rogue employees procured services without authority.

John Flint

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Paul MurrayPremium
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New Premier courting disaster on Aboriginal heritage

The decision by Roger Cook to push on with the new law when it became obvious that it was heavily flawed was a dismal start to his premiership and one he will live to regret.

Paul Murray

Paul Murray

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Fears property ‘worthless’ due to Heritage Law confusion

A landowner quoted more than $20,000 for an Aboriginal heritage survey on a residential block in Exmouth fears the property he purchased less than two years ago is now at risk. 

Josh Zimmerman

Hundreds in savingsVideoCommentsPremiumCash-strapped WA households offered free off-peak power

Cash-strapped WA households who have asked Synergy for help to keep on top of their power bills are being offered free electricity during off-peak hours, saving up to $500 per year.

Rebecca Le May

Do it yourselfCommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumDo I need to use an agent to help me lodge my tax return?

Doing it yourself might save you several hundred or even thousands of dollars. Equally, you may have already decided that no matter what the cost, offloading the hassle to someone else is worth the outlay.

Fall from graceCommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumJakovich: Why ‘insipid’ Gaff should be banished to WAFL

One of West Coast’s greatest-ever players has declared Andrew Gaff must be axed, labelling the effort of the club’s all-time leading ball-winner as ‘insipid’.

Lidia Thorpe‘I’m not this crazy black woman that hates white people’

The fiery and outspoken Victorian senator says her combativeness is ‘misunderstood’, and has backed herself for bringing anger ‘straight from the soul’ that she says Canberra needed. 

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Shocking allegationsPremiumMagistrate labels drug accused’s holiday claim ‘rather odd’

The pair accused of having more than $4 million worth of meth and cocaine at the Eucla border checkpoint allegedly flew interstate for a ‘holiday’ then immediately started driving back to WA.

Amber Lilley

jacked upPremiumRatepayers fear 16.5 per cent ‘rubbish’ hike

Australind businesses are staring down the impacts of a proposed 16.5 per cent rate rise as part of the Shire of Harvey’s proposed 2023/24 budget plan.

Sean Van Der Wielen

escape to the country PremiumHalf of workers would ditch city living for pay rise

Small town living has never sounded better, with almost half of all metropolitan workers saying they would move regionally for a better salary, a new study has revealed.

Fraser Williams

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CommentsPremiumFears property ‘worthless’ due to Heritage Law confusion

A landowner quoted more than $20,000 for an Aboriginal heritage survey on a residential block in Exmouth fears the property he purchased less than two years ago is now at risk. 

Violence ‘intolerable’PremiumPremiumMan jailed for DV after fleeing state to dodge arrest

A Geraldton man has been handed a jail term for striking his new partner in the face after avoiding arrest for five years.

Back insidePremiumPremiumMan made stupid mistake in bid to be sent back to jail

A man who left his bail papers on a box of items he stole from a home in Esperance said he did it so he would be caught and could go back to jail.

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CNBCChina’s consumer-driven sectors a ‘sweet spot’, says KKR

From pet food to liquor and lighting fixtures, KKR is putting their money in a suite of consumer-driven sectors in China, while departing from a singular focus on technology.

Lee Ying Shan

The EconomistVideoPremiumElon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg’s social-media smackdown

THE ECONOMIST: With Threads — a copycat app — Meta hopes to capitalise on Twitter’s travails

The Economist

CNBCPremiumTransportation costs a challenge for hydrogen

While there’s a huge amount of excitement about the potential of hydrogen, there are also undoubted challenges.

Anmar Frangoul

CNBCChina has curbed gallium, germanium exports. What are they?

China is restricting exports of two niche metals that are key to manufacture electronics and semiconductors, as the tech battle with the US and Europe heats up.

Arjun Kharpal

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House gutted CommentsPremiumPerth home ‘fully engulfed’ by raging inferno

The fire was reported to emergency services shortly before 7pm. A police spokesperson said the cause of the fire was not yet known.

Jake Dietsch

Time with familyPremiumNew chapter for war hero James McMahon as he turns 60

For Australian Capital Equity’s outgoing chief operating officer James McMahon, an approaching 60th birthday had created a yearning for more time in his life. 

Dylan Caporn

CRIMEPremiumPremiumGirls slash man’s head in Facebook theft: cops

The victim suffered a number of cuts to his head after a girl allegedly snatched his iPhone and ran in a botched robbery.

NEWSPremiumPremium‘Small steps’: State offers free electricity

Those doing it tough will get free electricity during non-peak times to help with power bill stress at a time when “everything is going up.”

Back to back?PremiumPremiumFlames move clear in top spot with win over Hawks

Championship favourites Rockingham Flames have asserted their dominance of the NBL1 West in a big way, trouncing their nearest contender to all but sew up top spot in WA basketball’s top men’s league.

Hot FlamesPremiumFlames beat Hawks to consolidate fourth spot

Rockingham Flames women’s side have taken another significant step towards securing a top four NBL1 West finish with a strong 84-58 win over fellow contenders Perry Lakes Hawks. 

Matt Zis