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CourtSupreme Court knocks back appeal, CBH ordered to pay up

WA’s grain handling giant has been ordered to cough up more than $22 million for a rapid loading station build in the Great Southern following a failed Supreme Court appeal.

Georgia Campion

CBH Group's upgraded Broomehill receival site.

GRDC managing director Nigel Hart presenting at the 2026 WAFarmers conference in Albany.

LEVY SYSTEMSGRDC levy queried at WAFarmers conference

Rebecca Nadge

LAPP cable harnessing solutions built for harsh Australian environments are delivering durability, traceability, and reliability benefits to agricultural spraying equipment specialist Hardi.

LAPP industrial cablesLAPP Australia’s cables give a Hardi boost to boom sprayers

Industrial cable harnessing solutions supplier LAPP Australia has teamed up with Hardi agricultural spraying equipment to reduce spray boom downtime, improve reliability, and extend equipment longevity.

Bob Garnant

Multi-award winners Tom and Maddie Wilde, who took out six champion titles including the coveted Champion Overall Dairy Product at the Perth Royal Food Awards.

Award winning cheeseCundinup artesian cheese takes out top award

Cundinup-based Cambray master cheesemaker Tom Wilde and his wife Maddie backed up their 2025 champion overall dairy product title with a Washed Rind Brie entry at this year’s Perth Royal Food Awards.

Bob Garnant

A ship anchored on May 16, 2026 in the Strait of Hormuz near Larak Island, Iran.

FertiliserFertilizer Australia ‘aware’ of domestic weakness pre-war

Concerns are growing among Australia’s farming industry of an imbalanced market as a result of Federal government underwriting of fertiliser inputs.

Georgia Campion

Beyond the SaleyardsBeyond the Saleyards: Renewed confidence with record prices

At the close of the 2025–26 financial year, the Australia’s sheep industry has every reason to look ahead with renewed confidence.

DEAN HUBBARD

nutrition strategiesFacey Group study favours containment finishing

Initial findings from a Facey Group study show containment finishing Merino lambs is a profitable system.

Melissa Pedelty

A peak agricultural body has rubbished the conservative water limits proposed in the latest draft management plan for the Fitzroy Derby river in WA's far north.

Water DisputePGA warns of restricted growth from Fitzroy River plan

A peak WA agriculture body has warned that economic development in the State’s far north would be held back by the “conservative” water limits in the latest Fitzroy-Derby River management plan.

Georgia Campion

InundatedSwan Valley farmers devastated as trees die from flooding

Swan Valley tree farmers Harry Gratte and Cheryl Rogers are devastated by continuous floodings that have wreaked havoc on their property in the wake of a new housing development neighbouring their home.

Company UpdateCBH adjusting for ‘considerably different’ harvest

WA’s grain handling giant is weathering the fertiliser market storm caused by geopolitical instability, and is adjusting for a “considerably different” harvest at the end of the year.

Grains, Seeds and Hay Industry Funding Scheme chairman and Esperance grower Peter Harkness.

surveyGrains, Seeds and Hay Industry Funding Scheme survey out now

Only 100 grain industry members have had their say in the Grains, Seeds and Hay Industry Funding Scheme survey.

Pingelly woolgrowers Kevin and Vanessa O'Brien were wrapped in wool after their Merino wether lambs sold for a WA record price of $397 at the Katanning Regional Sheep Saleyards.

Record lamb price‘Wrapped’ in wool with record lamb price

Pingelly woolgrowers Kevin and Vanessa O’Brien were rapt after setting a new WA record lamb price of $397 per head at the Katanning Regional Sheep Saleyards, where limited supply brought strong demand.

Bob Garnant

Southern Ports project delivery supervisor Haydn Glendinning and Freyssinet project engineer Ronan Sinou inspect the work area underneath Berth 3 at the Port of Albany.

Berth budgetBerth 3 at Port of Albany to be upgraded in $12.2m project

The tender for a $12.2m project which includes an upgrade the Port of Albany’s berth 3 has been awarded to engineering firm Freyssinet.

Claire Middleton

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A teenager accused of careless driving in Beaufort River fatal crash has made his first court appearance.

courtsYoung driver in court on careless driving charges over fatal

A young Kojonup man accused of careless driving in a crash that caused the death of a woman and left another with serious injuries has made his first court appearance in Albany.

Jacki Elezovich

Premier Roger Cook has refused to hold an inquest into the baby's death.

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Cook won’t demand inquest into baby’s death at WA hospital

The Cook Government is continuing its refusals to order an inquiry into the death of a baby girl at Kalgoorlie Hospital despite being willing to take swift action in the past for Aishwarya Aswath.

Charlton Hart

A former doctor accused of creating AI-generated child exploitation material has been granted bail as police continue to comb his devices for further evidence.

CourtsCops raid home, arrest Perth doctor over child exploitation

The 68-year-old allegedly had eight devices containing vile material in his possession when police raided his home.

Hannah Cross

WA NewsBillionaire Escalante parties with women at Perth nightclub

Billionaire party boy Laurence Escalante has been spotted living it up in a Northbridge nightclub just days after pleading to have his bail conditions varied so he could visit his mother.

Hannah Cross

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John Farnham celebrates his 77th birthday with grandson Jett.

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John Farnham celebrated his 77th birthday on Wednesday, surrounded by his loving family and one very smiley grandson.

Kellie Balaam

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WA mother fears her disabled twins will die without funding

A Gidgegannup mother fears her profoundly disabled 17-month-old twin daughters could die because of a lack of NDIS support.

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Disaster and EmergencyHorror car collision in Perth’s north leaves one dead

One man has died and another is in hospital following a horror crash today.

Bureau of Meteorology forecaster Jonathan How discusses the cold front about to hit WA.

WeatherThunder, lightning, damaging winds make for weekend washout

Perth and large parts of WA are bracing for a wild weekend of rain, thunderstorms and dangerous coastal conditions as a powerful cold front barrels across the State.

Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting has unveiled a new accommodation for homeless veterans, war heroes.

BusinessRinehart opens new homeless veteran accommodation

Hancock Prospecting has unveiled its newly refurbished accommodation to house homeless veterans and war heroes — with the residential complex named in honour of Ben Roberts-Smith.

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Water DisputePGA warns of restricted growth from Fitzroy River plan

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LEVY SYSTEMSGRDC levy queried at WAFarmers conference

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A group say there's a plausible case for regional food shortages emerging over the next 12 months. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)

BusinessWarning 'dire combination' poses regional food crunch

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A veterinarian takes samples to test for bird flu.

Avian FluH5N1 threatens multi-million-dollar sector — new detection

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Warsh’s taskforces are the key to understanding the new Fed

Fed chair Kevin Warsh stuck to his long-stated belief in his first press conference on Wednesday that ‘inflation is a choice.’

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Ships anchored on May 16, 2026 in the Strait of Hormuz near Larak Island, Iran.

EnergyCrude oil tumbles after Trump says Strait of Hormuz to open

Tanker traffic plunged in early March due to Iranian attacks, causing the biggest oil supply disruption in history.

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Cathie Wood, chief executive officer of Ark Investment Management LLC.

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For nearly two decades, some of the world’s most prominent investors quietly accumulated stakes in SpaceX while the rocket maker remained largely off-limits to the public markets.

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People along the coast of the Persian Gulf, while Iranian and foreign cargo vessels wait in the background for clearance to pass through the Strait of Hormuz.

CNBC newsHow Strait of Hormuz standoff flipped energy security debate

Iran’s influence over the Strait of Hormuz has inadvertently transformed the energy security debate, effectively casting fossil fuels rather than renewables as the primary source of vulnerability.

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