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  1. Stubble trialStubble grazing’s role in lamb supply chain

  2. Apple ExportsPremiumBravo apples break into Chinese market with 80t shipment

  3. King’s Birthday HonoursAg industry figures awarded in King’s Birthday Honours list

  4. Fence ‘frustrations’PremiumFence extension frustrations aired in Parliament

  5. Chemical ReconsiderationPremiumChlorpyrifos-methyl prioritised for reconsideration

WoolProducers Australia chief executive Jo Hall.

Another Proposed BanPremiumPetition to ban mulesing hits Victorian Parliament

Mulesing is back in the spotlight after a petition with more than half a million signatures to outlaw the practice was presented to the Victorian Parliament.

Georgia Campion

Scaddan grain grower Tom Curnow is planting canola, wheat, barley and oats this winter crop.

Falling CropPremiumWA crop tonnage expected to drop as yields fall

WA’s winter crop is expected to fall short of last years’ historic grain tonnage despite a marginal increase in planted area as impacts from the Middle East conflict bite grain producers and yields fall.

Georgia Campion

Feral deer.

Culling PetitionPremiumPetition tabled to halt DPIRD feral deer culls

A petition to halt the culling of feral deer has landed in the State Government’s lap over the drop and rot policy and excessive hourly costs billed to taxpayers.

Georgia Campion

Craig Mostyn Group chief executive Wayne Crofts and V&V Walsh general manager Brent Dancer hosted a walk-through of the V&V Walsh Bunbury processing facilities last week.

Market expansionPremiumFreight expansion required for WA sheep sector to adapt

A prominent WA agribusiness has highlighted the need for improved port and air access as the State’s sheep industry adapts to changing markets. 

Rebecca Nadge

Bendigo Bank manager Darren Bennett and branch manager Rachael Nicholls congratulated Tasman Rural beef producers Alex and Mark Thomas for their overall Gate 2 Plate Challenge win, with Challenge president Wayne Mitchell pleased with the results. Amy Towers

Gate 2 Plate ChallengePremiumFirst-time winners take top prize at Gate 2 Plate Challenge

A Mundijong beef cattle enterprise has been sashed overall winner in WA’s largest feedlot competition, marking the first time the operation has claimed the top prize. 

Bob Garnant

Regional West Australians continue to experience telecommunications black spots.

basic necessityPremiumRegional communities fatigued by lack of mobile connectivity

Mobile connectivity and reliability problems continue to climb with many regional West Australians reporting failed emergency calls and frequent service dropouts.

Melissa Pedelty

WA wool industry experts predict continued growth in the market.

wool marketPremiumPremiumWA wool industry experts anticipate record numbers

WA wool industry experts are confident the market will break records in the coming months after another significant price rise this week.

Royal Agricultural Society of WA's president Anne Stroud at the 2025 Perth Royal Show.

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Historic AppointmentPremium
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PremiumRASWA appoints first female president in nearly 200 years

WA’s Royal Agricultural Society has appointed Donnybrook farmer Anne Stroud as its first female president in the association’s nearly 200-year history.

Seeding at Perenjori.

Canola SwingPremiumPremiumWA growers swinging into canola and away from wheat

Crops across most of the State’s grain-growing areas have been freshened up by recent rainfall, with much of WA’s crop sprouting out of paddocks.

West Australian Wool Collective China industry discovery tour participants.

shear excitementPremium‘The future of wool is bright’ says WA industry professional

Feedback from the China Industry Discovery Tour organised by the West Australian Wool Collective has been overwhelmingly positive and many have reported a renewed sense of excitement and faith in the industry.

Melissa Pedelty

The ASX has closed sharply higher.

Countryman Finance & MarketsCommentsPremiumPeace deal sends Australian shares 1.25 per cent higher

Despite few details of the interim agreement being disclosed, the S&P-ASX200 jumped 1.25 per cent to 8914 points as oil retreated, gold gained and seven of the market’s 11 sectors finished in the green.

Sean Smith

Subscriber Exclusive

Sheds, garages and car ports costing less than $50,000 will no longer need to be done by a registered builder from July, under changes made by the State Government.

PropertyCommentsPremiumBuilders no longer required for sheds, garages under $50K

Sheds, garages and car ports costing less than $50,000 will no longer need to be done by a registered builder from July, under changes made by the State Government.

Kim Macdonald

West Coast Eagles forward Malakai Champion will front the WAFL Tribunal.

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Eagle sent to WAFL Tribunal for blowing nose on opponent

West Coast forward Malakai Champion will front the WAFL tribunal after being charged with serious misconduct for allegedly blowing his nose on an opponent in the club’s win over Swan Districts.

Samantha Rogers

‘Lethal’ Les Grantham has opened up about his life as a violent bikie before finding a path to peace.

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The West Australian exclusive
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The dark childhood secret behind ex-bikie’s life of crime

‘Lethal’ Les Grantham, the bullet-riddled bikie left for dead with his tattoos burnt off outside Rockingham Hospital after a falling out with his gang, is taking his first steps on the road to redemption.

Ben Harvey

Australia’s corporate regulator has granted funding for an investigation into the financial affairs of a Perth dental business in which millions of dollars of patients’ deposits were misused. Dr David Hurst (left), pictured with wife Clara Hurst.

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Major development years after dodgy dentist’s sudden death

Australia’s corporate regulator has granted funding for an investigation into the financial affairs of a Perth dental business in which millions of dollars of patients’ deposits were misused.

John Flint

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Teachers from a prominent Perth high school are calling for the number of days students spend at school each year to be slashed, arguing it could even improve academic performance.

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'Lethal Les' Grantham talks with Ben Harvey.

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EXCLUSIVE: Exiled bikied ‘Lethal Les’ Grantham reveals his childhood sexual abuse, teenage meth habit and darkest hours after his high-profile expulsion from the Comanchero OMCG in an extraordinary interview.

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‘Lethal’ Les Grantham has opened up about his life as a violent bikie before finding a path to peace.

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CommentsPremiumThe dark childhood secret behind ex-bikie’s life of crime

‘Lethal’ Les Grantham, the bullet-riddled bikie left for dead with his tattoos burnt off outside Rockingham Hospital after a falling out with his gang, is taking his first steps on the road to redemption.

Australia’s corporate regulator has granted funding for an investigation into the financial affairs of a Perth dental business in which millions of dollars of patients’ deposits were misused. Dr David Hurst (left), pictured with wife Clara Hurst.

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CommentsPremiumMajor development years after dodgy dentist’s sudden death

Australia’s corporate regulator has granted funding for an investigation into the financial affairs of a Perth dental business in which millions of dollars of patients’ deposits were misused.

A KPMG boss resigned after an investigation into the handling of a whistleblower's allegations. (AAP PHOTOS)

state politicsCommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumKPMG scandal sparks urgent review of dozens of WA contracts

It has been revealed that contracts worth tens of millions of dollars are under review by the Cook Government in the wake of the KPMG whistleblower scandal. 

News

Regional West Australians continue to experience telecommunications black spots.

basic necessityPremiumRegional communities fatigued by lack of mobile connectivity

Melissa Pedelty

WA wool industry experts predict continued growth in the market.

wool marketPremiumWA wool industry experts anticipate record numbers

Melissa Pedelty

Royal Agricultural Society of WA's president Anne Stroud at the 2025 Perth Royal Show.

The West Australian exclusive
The West Australian exclusive
Historic AppointmentPremium
The West Australian exclusive
RASWA appoints first female president in nearly 200 years

Georgia Campion

West Australian Wool Collective China industry discovery tour participants.

shear excitementPremium‘The future of wool is bright’ says WA industry professional

Melissa Pedelty

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

EnergyCommentsPremiumCrude 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.

Spencer Kimball

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

CNBC newsCommentsPremiumInvestors who took a chance on SpaceX now reap the rewards

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.

Yun Li

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 newsPremiumHow 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.

Sam Meredith

The retailer lowered its full-year guidance and issued a weak current-quarter outlook as its interim CEO blamed ‘negative commentary in the media’ and recent product launches that failed to wow shoppers.

CNBC newsCommentsPremiumLululemon in world of pain as it waits for new CEO to start

The retailer lowered its full-year guidance and issued a weak current-quarter outlook as its interim CEO blamed ‘negative commentary in the media’ and recent product launches that failed to wow shoppers.

Gabrielle Fonrouge

Grain

Seeding at Perenjori.

Canola SwingPremiumWA growers swinging into canola and away from wheat

Georgia Campion

Four-leaf canola.

Chemical ReconsiderationPremiumChlorpyrifos-methyl prioritised for reconsideration

Georgia Campion

Scaddan grain grower Tom Curnow is planting canola, wheat, barley and oats this winter crop.

Falling CropPremiumWA crop tonnage expected to drop as yields fall

Georgia Campion

DPIRD research scientist Rosemary Smith and the department’s team are working on three genetics projects to lay foundations for improved canola yields. Grant Stainer

GENETIC RESEARCHPremiumResearch projects to develop new resilient canola varieties

Rebecca Nadge

Livestock

The project involved running 827 shorn Merino wether lambs on 250ha of lupin stubble at Tambellup at the end of January.

Stubble trialStubble grazing’s role in lamb supply chain

Rebecca Nadge

Mundijong-based Tasman Rural cattle producers David Gibson and Mark Thomas in their grazed pasture paddock that produced a Gate 2 Plate Challenge winning team of Angus cross Murray Grey steers.

Gate 2 Plate victoryPremiumNew Zealand duo make a WA farming dream come true

Bob Garnant

Bendigo Bank manager Darren Bennett and branch manager Rachael Nicholls congratulated Tasman Rural beef producers Alex and Mark Thomas for their overall Gate 2 Plate Challenge win, with Challenge president Wayne Mitchell pleased with the results. Amy Towers

Gate 2 Plate ChallengePremiumFirst-time winners take top prize at Gate 2 Plate Challenge

Bob Garnant

Rising prices may prompt some Australians to opt for cheaper cuts of meat, an expert says. (James Ross/AAP PHOTOS)

Countryman LivestockPremiumSirloin to sausages: prices put cheap cuts on the menu

Lloyd Jones

Wool

WA wool industry experts predict continued growth in the market.

wool marketPremiumWA wool industry experts anticipate record numbers

Melissa Pedelty

West Australian Wool Collective China industry discovery tour participants.

shear excitementPremium‘The future of wool is bright’ says WA industry professional

Melissa Pedelty

WoolProducers Australia chief executive Jo Hall.

Another Proposed BanPremiumPetition to ban mulesing hits Victorian Parliament

Georgia Campion

Yealering shearer Tristan White on the job.

TAKING CARE OF BUSINESSPremiumTristan White runs a crew of 20 shearers

Danielle Marsland

Politics

Feral deer.

Culling PetitionPremiumPetition tabled to halt DPIRD feral deer culls

Georgia Campion

Lara Jensen

‘It’s time’PremiumMandatory train lighting Bill to hit Parliament this week

Georgia Campion

US President Donald Trump’s Liberation Day tariffs have been struck down.

Beef ReturnsPremiumProducers in line for tariff refunds

Georgia Campion

WA Labor is coming under fire for a lack of clarity over long-term wild dog management.

Minimal TransparencyPremiumShadow ag minister flags lack of Budget transparency

Georgia Campion and Rebecca Nadge

Machinery

New Holland has made its SenseSpray spot spraying technology available on Miller Nitro PLMi self-propelled sprayers in Australia.

technologyNew Holland broadens SenseSpray technology availability

Melissa Pedelty

Land on one of the Ayers' farms after using the Rocks Gone H4 Reefinator.

automationPremiumRocks Gone H4 Reefinator’s latest update given rave reviews

Melissa Pedelty

An on-farm demo using a New Holland T8 tractor.

Seeding DemoPremiumOn-farm trial shaves off fertiliser cost in seeding

Georgia Campion

The new HDR60 and HDF60, when paired with the X9 combine, provide a powerful boost to harvesting capacity with increased cutting width.

Increased cutting widthPremiumWider draper platforms to boost harvesting capacity

Rebecca Nadge

Field Days

Andrea Whitely will present at the Gidgegannup Small Farm Field Day.

GIDGEGANNUP FIELD DAYPremiumCatch expert Andrea Whitely’s container gardening talk

Danielle Marsland

The Forever Project's Chris Ferreira will educate the public on firewise gardens at the Gidgegannup Small Farm Field Day

FIREPROOF YOUR GARDENPremiumLearn about fire-resistant gardening at Small Farm Field Day

Danielle Marsland

Dougie the Highland at Mini Vale Farm.

A HIGHLAND HELLOPremiumMini Vale Highlands to be on show at Gidge

Rebecca Nadge

Kirrily Donoghue, Kiadare Dexters and Miniature Galloways, Gidgengannup.

MINI CATTLEPremiumMiniature Galloways and Dexters on show at Gidgegannup

Rebecca Nadge

Horticulture

Fresh Markets Australia has lodged a supplementary submission to the independent review of the Horticulture Code of Conduct, following further consultation on proposed code reforms. 

Code reformPremiumHorticulture Code reform must keep workable trading options

Rebecca Nadge

TopStar president Renaud Pierson and TopStar Soluna brand manager Liza Matthews with WA Farm Direct managing director Jenny Mercer and executive manager Rebecca Blackman.

Apple ExportsPremiumBravo apples break into Chinese market with 80t shipment

Georgia Campion

Grapes grown at Fruitico.

Alleged breachesPremiumWA produce companies cop $99,000 fines

Rebecca Nadge

Qfly has been detected again after it was previously eradicated in August last year.

Horticulture ThreatQfly re-emerges for 11th time in Perth’s metro area

Georgia Campion

Finance & Markets

The ASX has closed sharply higher.

Countryman Finance & MarketsCommentsPremiumPeace deal sends Australian shares 1.25 per cent higher

Sean Smith

Agora Livestock price updates.

BEYOND THE SALEYARDSBeyond the Saleyards: WA Sheep Industry Roadmap on review

DEAN HUBBARD

Beyond the Saleyards.

BEYOND THE SALEYARDSPremiumBeyond the Saleyards: Shift from price to procurement

Dean Hubbard

Beyond the Saleyards

BEYOND THE SALEYARDSPremiumWA lambs flowing east as procurement pressure builds

Dean Hubbard

Opinion

Australian Livestock Exporters Association chief executive Mark Harvey-Sutton.

WHERE ARE THE FACTSPremiumOpinion: scrutiny must be grounded in facts

Mark Harvey-Sutton

A wheat crop nearly ready to harvest.

CALL FOR ACTIONPremiumOpinion: Climate action calls need to be heard and heeded

Dodie Henderson

the families of three young people killed by a grain train 25 years ago together at the Jennacubine train intersectoin where the accident occured. Christian's sister Lara Jensen.

Ongoing consultationPremiumOpinion: Here we are still being ‘consulted’

Lara Jensen

Shadow Minister for Agriculture and Food Lachlan Hunter speaks to the media outside Parliament, West Perth, on Tuesday.

Activist politicsPremiumOpinion: We’ve seen it before, don’t flirt with activists

Lachlan Hunter

Country Communities

Cecilia Sounness volunteered at the Mt Barker Country Women’s Association for more than 60 years.

Cecilia SounnessBeloved Mt Barker stalwart Cis Sounness remembered

Amy Towers

Isabella Thrupp works as a station manager at Leopold Downs, pictured here with her team. She founded womens’ workwear brand Prinking in Pindan, a label designed to suit the demands of station life. 

JEANS FOR THE JOBPremiumRemote station manager turned entrepreneur leads by example

Danielle Marsland

Artist Anna-Louise Richardson on her family farm in the Peel region.

ARTIST FARMERPremiumAnna-Louise Richardson creates avian artworks from her farm

Danielle Marsland

Gemma Haddrick, Jarrad Logie, Hazel Harris and Britt Logie.

Tidy towns PremiumWilliams takes out national title for Tidy Town awards

Amy Towers