Finalists for the 2024 Wellington and Reeves Albany Sportsperson of the Year awards have been revealed ahead of Thursday’s nights gala ceremony. READ THE FULL LIST OF FINALISTS HERE.
Cameron Newbold
Melissa Pedelty
A tribute drawing to one of Perth’s beloved four-legged long-trunked icons has made its way to a Dunsborough gallery.
Daniel Hocking
The Health Department has revealed the exposure sites of a possible measles outbreak — taking in the metropolitan area to the South West — after a case was identified at Bunbury Regional Hospital.
Jessica Evensen
One of the Onshore Cup’s foundation clubs has withdrawn from the competition on the eve of the season.
Josh Kempton
The ritual of buying a parmi and a pint before watching a live band at the pub is on the out as cost of living pressure continue to rise.
Sofia Fimognari
Curtin University’s launch of a high altitude balloon to the edge of space from Waroona last week climbed almost 33km and snapped some shots of the Earth’s curvature.
Craig Duncan
Two more measles cases have been identified in WA, bringing the State’s total to 12 with another exposure site listed in Bunbury.
Ezra Kaye
Independent candidate for Forrest said she will focus on regional healthcare if elected in next month’s upcoming federal election.
WA Police said they’re “never giving up” on cold cases and hope to find more clues as they continue to investigate the Lisa Mott case.
A Bunbury resident has received a prestigious national award for her advocacy of multiple sclerosis and people living with neurological conditions.
The Bunbury community turned up in force last weekend, hitting the track and raising more than $13000 for people impacted by dementia
Independent candidate for Forrest Sue Chapman has taken to social media to attribute significant anonymous donations listed on her website to a ‘glitch in the software’.
Ezra Kaye and Jessica Page
One of Australia’s best builders - Perth-based Ultimo - has gone under, blaming fallout from the pandemic era for its demise.
Kim Macdonald
A young man who fatally stabbed a teen in a fake drug deal that went horribly wrong didn’t realise a mutual friend had set him up in a plot to steal his car.
Rebecca Le May
A group of bikies who allegedly attacked rivals with pool cues, billiard balls and bar stools at a tavern south of Perth are set for one of the biggest trials the State has ever seen, a court has been told.
Mineral Resources has hit another financial pothole by pulling all iron ore trucks off its trouble-plagued $2.6 billion Onslow haul road after notching half a dozen rollovers on the crucial transport link.
Daniel Newell and Adrian Rauso
The headmaster of one of Perth’s most prestigious private boys schools used his latest school newsletter to question what message Netflix’s show Adolescence might send boys.
Kate Emery
Mineral Resources and its founder Chris Ellison are facing a court showdown following a series of scandals that have cut the lithium and iron ore miner’s market value in half over the past six months.
Details have emerged of two kayakers stranded in crocodile-infested waters, with one man pinned against a tree for ‘days’ as water rapidly rose around him.
The self-declared crypto trader who killed his mother for her life insurance so he could keep up with the affluent lifestyle of his Insta-famous former partner will spend at least 25 years behind bars.
A 25-year-old high school teacher has been disqualified from teaching after asking one of his students about her sex life and showing his class a naked photo of him and his ‘friend’ naked in bed.
Police failed to follow up on the assault, in which the prisoner also got a broken jaw.
Georgia Campion
Watch and act advice is in place for a bushfire burning near Hill River Nature Reserve, the fire is not contained or controlled.
Artemisia Blythe
A 41-year-old man has been sentenced to nine months suspended imprisonment for deliberately lighting a brush fire near a power station in Geraldton.
An Albany man who assaulted his 103-year-old neighbour over bad parking and left her on the driveway to do his shopping has avoided jail.
Anonymous donations are boosting a WA teal candidate’s campaign, despite her website promising ‘greater transparency and accountability’, it can be revealed.
The US Federal Reserve in a closely watched decision Wednesday held the line on benchmark interest rates though still indicated that reductions are likely later in the year.
Jeff Cox
China announced a “Special Action Plan to Boost Consumption” on Sunday in a bid to prop up domestic consumption in the world’s second largest economy.
Lim Hui Jie
WATCH THE FULL INTERVIEW: The British F1 star opened up on his relationship with his Aussie teammate as the pair get ready to do battle in Melbourne this weekend.
Ben McClellan
A three-week market sell-off has intensified, with investors worried tariff policy uncertainty would tip the economy into a recession, something President Donald Trump has not rule out.
Lisa Kailai Han, Jesse Pound
A doctor who treated Cassius Turvey after he was allegedly hit across the head with a metal pole has testified that a cut on the 15-year-old’s forehead was so deep it exposed his skull.
Emily Moulton
Residents in Perth’s southern suburbs have been ordered to evacuate as firefighters battle an out of control bushfire.
The 17-year-old from Perth’s northern suburbs will spend the next 12 months in hospital.
Police are investigating a series of crimes across Perth’s southern suburbs.
Alleged Jeffrey Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre appeared in court charged with breaching a family violence order just days before she made headlines following a bus crash.
The Education Department has ordered WA public schools to stop using bicycles or tricycles without chain guards after the tip of a child’s toe was severed in an accident.
Bethany Hiatt
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