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FREIGHT NEWSCBH’s train illumination pledge hits a stumbling block

CBH Group’s plan to install LED beacon lights on all of its locomotives is “taking longer than expected”, with 11 of 25 now upgraded despite initial plans to have the works completed by early this year.

Cally Dupe

Lighting being trialled on a CBH Group train.

OPINION Opinion: Rubber stamp democracy leads to gun laws

Steve Martin

Great Southern dog breeder Robert Leslie Lewis has been jailed and fined for neglecting six kelpies in a cage for about 30 hours and driving while under suspension.

CourtMan jailed for neglecting dogs and serious driving offences

A Great Southern dog breeder who neglected six caged kelpies and drove unlicensed across WA multiple times has been jailed, fined thousands and disqualified from driving for the next decade.

Hannah Whitehead

WaterWater Dept accused of failing to patrol trillions of litres

The first direct audit of the State’s water regulator in 16 years has found the department is undertrained, understaffed and not doing “anywhere near enough” to protect the State’s most important resource.

Simone Grogan

Gabriele Visentin sees good signs for a security deal between Australia and the EU. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS)

Politics'Glass half-full' for EU security deal with Australia

EU ambassador Gabriele Visentin has high hopes for a strong security partnership between the bloc and Australia, amid talks for a potential trade deal.

Andrew Brown and Tess Ikonomou

HORT AWARDDonnybrook’s Sam Licciardello named one of Australia’s best

Donnybrook horticultural legend Sam Licciardello has made the South West proud after being named a winner in the industry’s biggest excellence awards.

Cally Dupe

The Federal Court downplayed the impact of the ban on live cattle exports in 2011 on June 6.

LIVE CATTLE BANFederal Court downplays impact of 2011 live export ban

Northern pastoralists fear their bid for more than $500 million compensation after the 2011 live cattle ban to Indonesia could be in jeopardy after a Federal Court judge downplayed the ban’s long-term impact.

Georgia Campion and Cally Dupe

A man has been charged with a number of serious offences in relation to an alleged firearm incident in the Wheatbelt. About 5.30pm, Wednesday 11 June 2025, police responded to a report a person had entered a property on Great Eastern Highway in Ghooli, approximately 15km east of Southern Cross, where it was later discovered the person had allegedly stolen a firearm. WA Police

CRIMEMan sends WA town into lockdown after allegedly firing gun

Residents were urged to stay indoors as police responded to the incident.

Caleb Runciman

Narrogin heavy diesel apprentice Darcy Bryant-Smith trackside with the Red Bull Ampol Racing pit crew at the Perth Super 440.

dream come trueNarrogin’s Darcy Bryant-Smith lives out V8 supercar dream

A Narrogin apprentice’s dreams came true at Perth Super 440 at the weekend after his dedication to the industry was rewarded by New Holland, Red Bull Ampol Racing team sponsor.

OPINION Opinion: Rubber stamp democracy leads to gun laws

After four long years of rubber-stamp democracy in the WA Parliament’s Upper House, last week we got a brief glimpse of what might be possible in the 42nd Parliament.

FREIGHT NEWSCBH’s train illumination pledge hits a stumbling block

Darrell Turner and Suzanne Turner with dogs Charlie and Ruby. The Turners have cropped at their Aldersyde home for three generations since 1903.

Family FarmOn farm with Aldersyde’s cropping family, the Turners

Aldersyde crop farmers Darrell and Suzanne Turner are celebrating 100 years of farming at Millbrook Farm which has been handed down over three generations.

Georgia Campion

Busselton composting business Agricorp has had its $300,000 composting facility knocked back by the State Administrative Tribunal over zoning concerns.

Rejected Compost$300,000 composting facility scrapped by SAT in appeal

A Busselton composting business’ plan to build a $300,000 composting facility has been knocked back after concerns about zoning.

Georgia Campion

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Club Deroes bikies Guilio Mocerino and Adriaan Van Wyngaarden.

WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENTBikie-rape justice after brave victim tells of vile attack

Two Club Deroes gang members have finally been found guilty of the depraved attack on the woman 22 years ago after she found the courage to testify. WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT

Ben Harvey

A view of the airport from the control tower at Perth Airport.

CrimeTwo charged over separate incidents at Perth Airport

One man has been charged and another fined $1500 over two separate antisocial incidents at Perth Airport.

Dietitian and nutritionist Alissa Erneste pictured at DietWise in North Perth. Ian Munro

Health Little-known eating disorder on the rise in WA

A little known eating disorder commonly seen in children is on the rise in WA, characterised by an avoidance of and aversion to food that is not related to body image or weight concerns.

Rhianna Mitchell

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THE SNITCH: What losing 19th club Tassie could mean for Freo

The West Australian’s anonymous columnist The Snitch gives the inside word on what losing the 19th AFL club, Tasmania, could mean for Fremantle Dockers and one of their leaders.

The Snitch

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Two Club Deroes gang members have finally been found guilty of the depraved attack on the woman 22 years ago after she found the courage to testify. WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT

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All passengers feared dead after London-bound plane crashes

There were 242 passengers and crew members onboard the Air India flight.

Taylor Renouf and Caleb Runciman

Former West Coast Eagles premiership player Michael Braun has faced Joondalup Magistrates Court over an alleged aggravated common assault from almost two years ago.

CrimeEx-Eagle runs from camera crews after court appearance

The West Coast premiership star turned up at court to face a charge from almost two years ago.

WATCH Could well be the most psychotic bikie in Australia

In tonight’s show, Ben Harvey reveals how a brutal bikie gang rape from 22 years ago has landed two Club Deroes in jail and exposed their gang’s underworld tactics.

A Matso’s Brewery staff member died at the venue in Broome on Tuesday night.

Regional WAEmployee dies at Broome’s popular Matso’s Brewery

Brewery staff have been left shocked by the sudden death of a co-worker at the popular Broome hot spot.

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CRIMEMan sends WA town into lockdown after allegedly firing gun

Caleb Runciman

FREIGHT NEWSCBH’s train illumination pledge hits a stumbling block

Cally Dupe

Family FarmOn farm with Aldersyde’s cropping family, the Turners

Georgia Campion

Rejected Compost$300,000 composting facility scrapped by SAT in appeal

Georgia Campion

CNBC news‘Battle for the 21st century’ as China, US hold trade talks

US President Donald Trump’s top trade officials met their Chinese counterparts in London on Monday for talks aimed at resolving an ongoing trade dispute between the world’s two largest economies.

Holly Ellyatt

The report, which analysed more than 800 million job ads and thousands of company financial reports across six continents, challenged six common myths about AI’s impact:

CNBC newsSix AI myths busted: Why it makes workers more valuable

Despite widespread fears that artificial intelligence could automate jobs and cut employees’ wages, AI actually makes people ‘more valuable, not less’, new research by professional services firm PwC has found.

Ernestine Siu