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Grain ConferenceState’s biggest grain conference kicks off at Optus Stadium

WA”s biggest grains conference has kicked off at Perth’s Optus Stadium, celebrating three decades of industry research, technologies, and innovation.

Georgia Campion

Grains Research and Development Corporation managing director Nigel Hart, at the 2026 GRDC Update.

Ag expert and co-author of Situation Analysis of the Western Australian Sheep Industry Peter Cooke.

‘Not a dead industry’Leading ag analyst optimistic for WA sheep industry future

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Wheatbelt Secondary Freight Network program manager John Nuttall.

Freight Routes FutureWSFN asks for sit down with Treasurer on funding future

The head of a regional freight program is calling for a sit-down meeting with Rita Saffioti after it was shifted off the funding consideration short list in the latest Budget application pool.

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Tony Maddox was charged by the Department of Planning, Lands and Heritage after concreting his gravel crossing.

Public Transparency Farm orgs push for publication of heritage committee papers

WA’s peak farming bodies have called for the State Government to lift the lid on what they say is the secretive work of the Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Committee.

Georgia Campion

The Port of Esperance managed by Southern Ports

Trade CanolaChina clears canola shipment five years after trade ban

Australia’s first cargo of canola sent to China in five years has cleared inspection, sparking hopes of a renewed trade pathway as WA is set to harvest nearly half of Australia’s canola crop.

Georgia Campion

The Margaret River wine region will benefit from a new $9m partnership.

WINE O’CLOCKMargaret River wineries to benefit from $9m partnership

The Margaret River wine industry is set to benefit from a new $9 million partnership that looks to address gaps in wine tourism, sustainability and export opportunities in WA.

Madelin Hayes

Milne AgriGroup veterinarian Dr Holly Ludeman.

Next StepsDr Holly Ludeman sinks teeth into new Milne Feeds role

Holly Ludeman has hit the road in her new advisory role at Milne Feeds, where she is eager to sink her teeth into the job and learn the inner workings of the agribusiness.

Georgia Campion

OPINION How WA Governments lost control of Westrail

WA has a long and bipartisan talent for pretending it is in charge when it plainly is not.

Trevor Whittington

About a dozen lambs’ tails were washed up on Middleton Beach.

Lambs’ tails wash upMystery of the lambs’ tails washed up on Middleton Beach

Mystery surrounds the appearance of lambs’ tails on Middleton Beach, with several spotted in the stretch between Griffiths Street and Emu Point.

Emergency services responding to a hazardous chemical spill at Elders Albany on Chesterpass Road.

HAZARDOUS MATERIALS Buildings evacuated as chemical spill hospitalises three

Two buildings were evacuated and three people taken to hospital on Thursday morning after a 1000L container holding herbicide spilled at an Albany business.

Geraldton shark fisher John Higham during and after his rooftop protest against the State Government's demersal fishing bans.

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Angry WA fisher ends extreme stunt against demersal ban

A Geraldton fisher who chained himself to the roof of the local fisheries office and swallowed the key has voluntarily ended his protest against the State Government’s demersal fishing bans.

Grain ConferenceState’s biggest grain conference kicks off at Optus Stadium

WA”s biggest grains conference has kicked off at Perth’s Optus Stadium, celebrating three decades of industry research, technologies, and innovation.

Georgia Campion

A young man died on Valentine’s Day after the car he was driving slammed into a tree in Pingelly.

Disaster and EmergencyValentine’s Day tragedy as man dies in Wheatbelt crash

A young driver has been killed after his car hit a tree in Pingelly.

Caleb Runciman

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Underground workers employed by Barminco.

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FIFO workers with no degree making more than $20k a week

Specialised blue-collar workers on Western Australian mine sites are raking in more than experienced surgeons, thanks to a gold mining boom.

Adrian Rauso

Junbo Shim, 22, had only recently moved to WA to work in mining.

Courts & JusticeBig jail term for ‘callous’ drug-crazed fatal crash driver

A driver who was fleeing police for the second night straight and had been awake for three days when he killed a young South Korean man in a crash in Forrestfield has learned his fate.

Rebecca Le May

Police were called when Mr Wong missed appointments and didn’t answer calls.

CourtMysterious death in filthy Rockingham home exposes NDIS rort

The mysterious death of a man in his squalid Rockingham home after months of neglect by his NDIS-approved care provider has exposed a shocking six-figure rort.

Rebecca Le May

Police were alerted to Jason William Forbes’ purchase of the doll before a search warrant was conducted at his home.

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Police foil chilling plan to kidnap, sexually abuse girl

A Perth predator was making intricate plans to kidnap, sexually abuse and hold captive a child in a modified roof dungeon before child exploitation detectives made a most relieving arrest.

Caleb Runciman

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FBR got something of a shoutout from the Reserve Bank this week.

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John Carey may have been a tad ambitious about the future of Albemarle’s lithium hydroxide refinery following Thursday’s news the plant will be closed. Plus: A Perth tech company wins an RBA shoutout.

The scene of a suspicious death in Spencer Park was still under investigation on Wednesday morning.

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The major investigation into the suspicious death of a 69-year-old woman in Spencer Park entered its fourth day on Wednesday.

Courts & Justice Man jailed for raping, secretly recording young nieces

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CNBC newsThere’s a coffee war brewing in China (and now in the US)

As Starbucks sells off most of its China business, local rival Luckin Coffee is expanding into higher-priced cold brews and other drinks. It’s also expanding its footprint in the US.

Evelyn Cheng

China’s property market, once accounting for more than a quarter of the economy, has seen its annual sales volume halve in just four years.

CNBC newsS&P bets China property slump will be worse than expected

S&P Global Ratings has lowered its forecast for China property sales this year, barely two months into 2026.

Evelyn Cheng

CNBC newsSpaceX primed to make Elon Musk the first trillionaire

Elon Musk’s net worth soared past $US800b last week after he merged SpaceX with xAI in a deal that valued the combined entity at $US1.25 trillion.

Robert Frank and Lora Kolodny

The plans were discussed at a “Critical Minerals Ministerial” in Washington this week

CNBC newsUS proposes minerals trade bloc aimed at countering China

The US on Wednesday unveiled new initiatives to mobilise allies into a preferential trade bloc for critical minerals, including coordinated price floors.

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