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SHEARING RECORDEWE BEAUTY! WA-raised shearer Nikki Lyons sets world record

WA-raised female gun shearer Nikki Lyons has set new shearing world record while wearing her favourite fabric of all time — wool.

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WA-raised shearer Nikki Lyons during her successful world record attempt.

Ariel Bombara, the daughter of Floreat double murderer Mark Bombara, has backed in the Cook Government’s firearm reforms after a committee found “little wrong” with the laws despite an issue-plagued rollout.

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Daughter of Floreat double murderer backs in firearm reforms

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In shades of a Roy & HG send-up, Bob Katter wants off-season NRL players put to an odd line of work. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)

PoliticsMP's unlikely answer for bored footy players and pests

Regional MP Bob Katter has suggested rugby league players should be given guns to help reduce the number of feral pigs and toads in north Queensland.

Zac de Silva

renewable debateTimeframe on EPA wind farm referral under fire

Critics of a proposed Synergy wind farm at Scott River were left gobsmacked last week when public consultation to determine whether it needed further assessment opened for just seven days.

Warren Hately

Pastoralists and Graziers Association president Tony Seabrook, Durak MP Melissa Price, Will Baston of Jimba Jimba Station, and Olivia Baston, The Australasian launch of the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists at the 2025 Perth Royal Show.

Rangelands YearSee the pics: Australasian launch of Rangelands year

Politicians and pastoralists alike ushered in the announcement and launch of the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists at the 2025 Perth Royal Show.

Georgia Campion

New figures released by Safe Work Australia during National Safe Work Month show that the rate of work-related fatalities in 2024 is down on 2023.

HAZARDOUS PROFESSIONSAustralia’s most dangerous jobs revealed

‘There is still more to be done to ensure every worker, regardless of occupation or industry, returns home safely.’

Bryce Luff

Wilf Gregory celebrating his 100th birthday with daughters Alison Wood and Jennifer Smith

Milestone birthdayStill quick with a joke, Wilf celebrates a century

Wilf Gregory celebrates his 100th birthday surrounded by family, friends and fond memories of a life well lived in the Mid West.

Stuart Quinn

GIWA crop report author Michael Lamond, inset. WA's 2025-26 grain harvest could smash the 2022 record.

MEGA HARVESTBIN BURSTER! WA harvest could smash 2022 record

WA’s grain harvest could smash the record set three years ago thanks to the big crop planted and a barley-growing boom.

Cally Dupe

The RAC rescue helicopter has been sent to the scene.

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Chaos as at least 10 people caught up in crash on busy road

One person has been airlifted to hospital and eight other patients were taken in ambulance following the serious crash.

SHEARING RECORDEWE BEAUTY! WA-raised shearer Nikki Lyons sets world record

WA-raised female gun shearer Nikki Lyons has set new shearing world record while wearing her favourite fabric of all time — wool.

Price spoke to confirm his name and that he had heard the charge.

Courts & JusticeIdentity of Armadale murder accused revealed

A Wheatbelt man has fronted court accused of murdering an older man in an argument that turned violent outside a home.

Matilda de Gruchy, 4, had a birdseye view of the Kojonup Breeders Triple S Ram Sale, as her parents secured a Texel ram for the top price of $3100.

Kojonup Breeders ram saleKojonup Breeders Ram Sale gains optimistic buyer support

The Kojonup Breeders Triple S Ram Sale resulted in all four vendors receiving a lift in average prices as buyers were keen to bid with confidence from higher lamb values.

Bob Garnant

With the $9000 top-priced Moojepin ram, are Nutrien Livestock stud stock agent Mitchell Crosby, with buyer Dean Trotter, of Perillup Estate Pastoral Company in Mt Barker, Moojepin stud co-principals Hamish and Sherona Thompson, of Katanning, with their twin sons Angus and Oscar, 2.

Moojepin ram saleMoojepin Merinos tops at $9000

Securing the most structurally correct ram, Mt Barker woolgrower Dean Trotter paid the $9000 top price at the Thompson family’s Moojepin Merinos 23rd Annual Ram Sale.

Bob Garnant

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David James Pye in court on Wednesday morning.

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Shock secret development in Nick Martin assassination trial

Police and prison bosses have been blindsided by an explosive last-minute development in the trial of the man accused of orchestrating the murder of bikie boss Nick Martin.

Ben Harvey and Charlton Hart

Fortescue chairman Andrew Forrest and CEO Dino Otranto at the opening of the miner’s Green Energy Hub at the Christmas Creek mine site in the Pilbara last year.

MiningFortescue to sack hundreds in the UK and Australia

Scores of Fortescue jobs are set to go as the miner sends work to China and Germany while drastically scaling back plans to build renewable batteries in-house for mining trucks and equipment.

Adrian Rauso

Eric Roulston — known by his loved ones as “Rollo” — was the pilot of a two-seater Cessna 150 that crashed in Ogilvie, about 100km north of Geraldton, on Friday last week.

Disaster and EmergencyDevastating cause of fatal WA plane crash revealed

Eric Roulston died in March, 17 years after his son died in similar circumstances.

Caleb Runciman

Photos revealing the shocking state of some of WA’s public schools show classrooms with battens propping up sagging ceilings, gaping wall cracks and asbestos warnings. Shadow Education Minister Liam Staltari is pictured right.

EducationREVEALED: The WA schools plagued with maintenance problems

The disturbing images are from WA schools in desperate need of maintenance to fix run-down facilities identified in a building condition report. SEE THE LIST OF SCHOOLS WITH THE MOST DEFECTS

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Jake Waterman and the Eagles have farewelled Oscar Allen.

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West Coast lost two of the club’s top-20 all-time goalkickers in the space of a few days in the trade period. Here’s how Jake Waterman reacted to the Eagles’ off-season changes.

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The cul-de-sac has been cordoned off by police, with detectives and forensics in blue jumpsuits seen outside a home.

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Man arrested over fatal stabbing in Perth’s north

Police on Tuesday afternoon confirmed a man had been taken to custody.

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Stunning views seen from properties in Doubleview, West Perth, East Fremantle and South Perth.

PropertyREVEALED: Perth suburbs with most undervalued property views

How much can a view add to value, and which suburbs have undervalued outlooks?

Therapy Focus has gone into administration.

Administration and liquidationWA disability services provider falls into administration

Directors have called in insolvency experts from restructuring firm McGrathNicol, citing ‘sustained financial pressure’ that has been exacerbated in recent months by NDIS pricing cuts.

Albany-raised photographer Samm Blake, left, captured Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco's wedding.

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The WA woman who shot Selena Gomez’s viral wedding pics

American star Selena Gomez’s wedding photos have made headlines globally and now it can be revealed they were taken by a WA photographer who is now at the top of her game in New York.

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Chaos as at least 10 people caught up in crash on busy road

SHEARING RECORDEWE BEAUTY! WA-raised shearer Nikki Lyons sets world record

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Courts & JusticeIdentity of Armadale murder accused revealed

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Albany Hwy was closed between Mitchell Street and Spencer Road due to the serious crash.

WA NEWSMan dies after hatchback hits truck towing sheep trailer

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CNBC news‘Erotica’ version coming soon to ChatGPT AI

Adult ChatGPT users can will soon be able to access a less censored version of the artificial intelligence chatbot, which will include erotic materials.

Dylan Butts

Amazon has fired a Palestinian engineer who protested the company’s $1.2 billion contract with Israel, saying he breached internal conduct policies.

World NewsPalestinian Amazon worker fired after protesting Israel deal

Amazon has sacked a Palestinian software engineer who protested its Israeli government contract, following similar tensions across Google and Microsoft.

Annie Palmer

China’s latest power play in the global minerals race has fuelled Wall Street gains and talk of a White House counterstrike.

CNBC newsChina’s export curb sparks US mining stock surge

China’s surprise rare earth export restrictions sent US mining shares flying and signalled a looming showdown with Donald Trump over global tech supply chains.

Spencer Kimball

The lesson is to appreciate what’s in front of you rather than dwelling on what you don’t have. What a wonderful analogy for money, too.

CNBC newsFive rules that prove you don’t need money to be happy

Maybe you’re picturing a new house or a luxurious lifestyle. But what you’re really imagining is being satisfied with those things. You’re not just picturing wealth, you’re picturing contentment.

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