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Muster DogsThis kelpie and his owner are about to be household names

WA farmer Bythe Calnan and her dog Banski are two of the stars of Muster Dogs season three, which pits kelpies against collies in the ultimate test.

Clare Rigden

The vandalism Ms Hutton reported on her farm earlier this month.

emergency questionFarmers call to tone down shire climate plan

Warren Hately

FOODEgg shortage rocks Aussie supermarkets

Aussie supermarkets are being rocked by a shortage of a common dairy staple - blamed on high demand and flow-on from a devastating disease.

Emma Kirk, Rhiannon Lewin

The Pastoralists and Graziers Association of WA suspended its operations last week.

Administration and liquidationFarm lobby group in administration amid financial scandal

Administrators have been appointed to the Pastoralists and Graziers Association as the fallout from a financial scandal widens.

Matt Mckenzie

Sheep are loaded on to the Al Messilah livestock carrier at Fremantle Port.

LIVE EXPORTPeak bodies split over sheep shipping ‘transition’ aid

Farming leaders are at loggerheads over whether to engage with Federal Labor’s sheep shipping ban ‘co-design’ process, while the Agriculture Department is refusing to say which groups were invited

Adam Poulsen

CBH group chief executive Ben Macnamara.

GRAIN ON RAILCBH boss back’s WA Government’s rail buyback bid

The boss of farming co-operative CBH Group has hit out at Arc Infrastructure over its sub par-investment in the State’s rail freight network, saying WA would be better served with a government-run system.

Cally Dupe

Cottesloe's Michael Ewing received the Medal of the Order of Australia for his services to agriculture and conservation.

AUSTRALIA DAY HONOURSAg trailblazers recognised with OAMs

Four trailblazers with roots firmly in agriculture have been awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia for their services to regional WA.

Adam Poulsen, Olivia Ford & Caitlyn Rintoul

A section of Great Eastern Highway in Northam has been shut both directions after a truck and car collided

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Driver dies following car and truck highway collision

A man has died after a truck and car collided in the Wheatbelt on Sunday morning, shutting a major highway.

Claire Sadler

The Australian Meat Industry Council has updated the standards for its Australian Livestock Processing Industry Animal Welfare Certification System.

‘Best practice’AMIC backflips on mandatory CCTV

CCTV cameras will be mandatory in most abattoirs nationwide from next year after the peak body for Australia’s meat processing sector overhauled its certification system.

Awarded a 50-year WA Angus Society membership was Tony, Maddy, Liz, Kay and Ian Sudlow, of Kapari Angus in Northampton.

Kapari Angus saleKapari Angus offers elite sire potential at Gingin Bull Sale

In its golden anniversary, Northampton-based Kapari Angus will offer 32 bulls at the Gingin Bull Sale on March 6, including four new standout sire lines.

The Dewar family of Ardcairnie Angus stud will offer 55 elite genetic bulls at their annual bull sale at Gingin on March 20.

Ardcairnie Angus saleArdcairnie Angus to offer elite genetics in 55 bull line-up

The Dewar family, of Ardcairnie Angus stud, will present 55 commercially focused Angus bulls with elite genetics at their 2025 Annual Bull Sale on Thursday, March 20, at the Gingin selling complex at 11am.

Black Tara Upload U57, pictured, sired by Schiefelbein Showman 338, is one of 18 Angus bulls to be offered by the Kupsch family at the Gingin Bull Sale on March 6.

Black Tara saleBlack Tara to offer first sons of Showman 338

The Kupsch family of Allanooka-based Black Tara Angus stud are proud to present a quality line-up of 18 Angus bulls at the Gingin Bull Sale on Thursday, March 6.

Bob Garnant

Arkle Angus stud's donor cows and calves from the nucleus flushing herd.

Arkle Angus saleArkle Angus to offer first-drop sons of Jaal

Munglinup-based Arkle Angus stud principal Siobhan Cowan and her team will host their fifth annual bull sale on February 7.

Bob Garnant

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NeighbourhoodsThe suburb agents say is in Perth’s ‘most amazing position’

This affluent suburb has a relaxed feel, differing in atmosphere from its busy neighbour Subiaco, giving residents the best of both worlds.

Caitlin Vinci

ATSB officers and WA Police have arrived back on Rottnest Island to investigate the crash of a sea plane on Tuesday. PIctured the sea plane is raised from the ocean and onto a barge

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Bombshell revelations over Rotto seaplane after horror crash

The plane crashed into Thomson Bay, killing pilot James Wong, Danish tourist Torben Poulsen, 60, and Swiss woman Danielle Grundbacher-Mosching, 65.

Caleb Runciman

The new Smart Freeway system on Mitchell Freeway has brought a lot of grief to northern suburbs drivers.

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Is Perth’s shoddy merging to blame for Smart Freeway chaos?

The new smart system on Mitchell Freeway is causing a headache for peak-hour northern suburbs drivers — sparking debate about whether the problem is actually Perth motorists’ lack of nous when merging.

Dylan Caporn

Troy Mercanti with his former son-in-law Lawrence Freauf.

state politicsCourts warned to ‘back the police up’ on anti-Semitism

Premier Roger Cook has urged magistrates to ‘clamp down’ on anti-Semitism, after a notorious bikie’s former son-in-law avoided jail and instead copped a fine over a nazi slur.

Jessica Page

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Swimmers have been warned to avoid taking a dip in the well-known river after a spike in reports of illness.

Hannah Cross

Ronnie Michel-Elhaj is set to enjoy more than $2 million profit from the sale of his family home in Applecross.

House That!Nicheliving boss’s $2m profit on home after taxpayer bailout

Months after Nicheliving took the State to the cleaners and as hundreds of his former customers continue to suffer, Ronnie Michel-Elhaj is set to enjoy a tidy profit on his mansion.

Kim Macdonald

Lawyers for the parents have argued their clients’ obsessive compulsive disorder was at the heart of their offending and that the crippling condition reduced their culpability.

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Floreat’s ‘starving ballerina’ has aired her views publicly for the first time, saying she does not view herself as a victim or blame her parents. WARNING: CONFRONTING IMAGES

Jumbo meetingHeartwarming moment Perth Zoo’s elephant meets new neighbour

Permai has met her first new elephant friend at Monarto Safari Park, with new photos showing her locking trunks with her new neighbour, Burma.

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Driver dies following car and truck highway collision

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‘Best practice’AMIC backflips on mandatory CCTV

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‘Stock levels low’Insane amount power outage cost popular Perth butcher

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Administration and liquidationFarm lobby group in administration amid financial scandal

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BusinessMusk makes major money move with X, Visa

Elon Musk’s social media platform X has announced the launch of a digital wallet and peer-to-peer payment services provided by Visa.

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Nvidia shares tumbled as much as 18 per cent on Monday after the emergence of China’s DeepSeek.

BusinessHow US bid to restrict China from Nvidia’s chips backfired

DeepSeek’s rattling of the AI market has been several years in the making, with analysts viewing the Chinese company’s shocking advance in the field as an unintended consequence of US trade policy.

Jeff Cox

DeepSeek is a new Chinese AI startup that has wiped billions from the US stock market.

CNBC newsWhat is DeepSeek: The Chinese AI model overtaking ChatGPT

A Chinese artificial intelligence start-up has wiped billions off the US stock market as users flock to the ChatGPT competitor. But now, registrations have been limited. This is what you need to know.

Hayden Field

Jensen Huang, co-founder and chief executive officer of Nvidia Corp.

MarketsNvidia plummets almost $955b as Chinese AI sparks sell off

Nvidia and other technology shares have plunged, part of a global sell-off as Chinese startup DeepSeek sparked concerns over competitiveness in artificial intelligence and America’s leadership.

Alex Harring