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  1. SoccerBusiness takes a shine to junior soccer club

  2. Fashion WeekPremiumHedland designers to bring the Pilbara to NY Fashion Week

  3. Horse racingPremiumJess Gray claims City of Karratha Ladies Bracelet 1600m

  4. RunningPremiumLevi Winman last man standing in Red Dirt Backyard Ultra

  5. Ladies DayJellisa Kelland wins Ladies Day Fashions on the Field

Random attackPremiumMan stabbed in the arm in shocking Pilbara assault

Detectives are hunting an assailant after a random stabbing in South Hedland in the early hours of Monday.

NetballKats remain unbeaten in Karratha Netball Association season

The Karratha Kats notched their seventh straight victory for the 2022 Karratha Netball Association season after downing their cross-town rivals by 14 points.

Alexander Scott

Staffing WoesPremiumDAMA fees waived for childcare operators in staffing crisis

Childcare services battling staff shortages and burgeoning waitlists have had their endorsement fees waived for the Pilbara Designated Area Migration Agreement in an effort to help attract staff.

Alexander Scott

NAIDOC WeekPremiumInaugural light show kicks off week of celebrations

A light show unlike anything in the Pilbara which explores the Martu use of waru will be unveiled in Newman as part of the town’s NAIDOC week celebrations.

Alexander Scott

New facilityPremiumHeadspace Karratha opens doors to new facility

A mental health service in Karratha has opened its doors, providing young people, their families and friends access to youth-friendly support for their mental health and well-being. 

Alexander Scott

Historic projectWork to restore historic Wittenoom Fire truck begins

Work to restore a 50-year-old fire truck once stationed in Wittenoom to its former glory have started with the project expected to take 12 months. 

Alexander Scott

Award-winning bush tuckerPremiumPremiumWA’s best country steak sandwich revealed

An Estonian chef working at Karratha’s first craft brewery has been crowned regional champion at the AHA and Furphy WA’s Best Steak Sandwich Competition.

Mural projectPremiumPremiumJerome Davenport appointed to Onslow mural tank project

Plans for the long-awaited water tank mural in Onslow are moving ahead again after the local council appointed a new artist to deliver the project.

Fashion WeekPremiumPremiumHedland designers to bring the Pilbara to NY Fashion Week

Two Hedland First Nations creatives will show off the artistic skills of Pilbara after having their designs selected to be exhibited at the 2022 New York Fashion Week.

SoccerBusiness takes a shine to junior soccer club

A junior soccer club that has been running for 45 years has received support from a solar salt company.

Alexander Scott

Ladies DayJellisa Kelland wins Ladies Day Fashions on the Field

Punters dressed to the nines as they flocked to the Nor West Jockey Club for this year’s Karratha Ladies Day race meet.

Alexander Scott

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New chapterCommentsPremiumBig energy at the top of a changing Woodside

INSIDER: Meg O’Neill has ambitious plans about how to grow Woodside Energy in a climate-conscious world.

Danielle Le Messurier

Foul PlayMUST WATCH: Explosive documentary exposes truth about Pinder

A new video series from The West Australian explores the rise and fall of Wildcats superstar Kendal ‘Tiny’ Pinder. Former teammates, coaches and his son reveal what went on behind the scenes. WATCH IT IN FULL

Daryna Zadvirna

Snapped upVideoCommentsPremiumREVEALED: Perth’s 20 fastest-selling suburbs

These are the areas where homes are snapped up almost before the ‘For sale’ sign goes up in the front yard — and the median sale price has gone up too. FIND OUT WHERE THEY ARE HERE

Kim Macdonald

Regional News

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‘put your seatbelt on’
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Mum’s heartbreaking plea after daughter dies in horror crash

The devastated mother of an 18-year-old girl who died in a car rollover near Kalgoorlie made the tragic revelation a decision not to wear a seatbelt may have cost her daughter’s life.

Shannon Hampton

Horror collision PremiumWitnesses sought over serious SW crash

Major crash detectives are calling for information about a serious crash in WA’s South West that left a young man with serious injuries

2021 CensusPremiumCensus finds lower population in Kalgoorlie-Boulder

The 2021 census has revealed Kalgoorlie-Boulder’s population has decreased in the five years since the last official nationwide count in 2016.

Elena Morabito

chuffed for trufflePremiumPremiumManjimup Truffle and Wine Festival goes ‘off with a bang’

The last-minute replacement for Manjimup’s famous Truffle Kerfuffle has been labelled a ‘resounding success’ by event organisers. 

SAT hearing avoidedPremiumPremiumMotion passed after City realised it would ‘lose’ SAT appeal

A 300-person work camp in Boulder is now back on the cards after a previously shot-down motion was passed by councillors after it became clear the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder would ‘likely lose’ a SAT hearing.

Abortion rightsPremiumPremiumGoldfields mother organises Roe v Wade protest

As Roe v Wade was overturned in the United States, a Goldfields mother was weeping while reading the reaction on Facebook, which has prompted her to organise a peaceful protest against the decision.

WA News

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Keep WA’s volunteer firefighters under local control

Handing control of WA’s bush volunteer firefighter brigades to a Perth-based bureaucracy could have disastrous consequences.

David Gossage

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‘look at diversity’CommentsPremium
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WA Govt introduces gender equality clause for suppliers

Companies that supply goods and services to the WA Government will be put under the microscope for their gender equality policies under a new program that seeks to flex its massive buying power.

Rebecca Le May

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Kim MacdonaldCommentsPremium
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CommentsPremiumPay airfares of would-be migrants to solve skills crisis

If we don’t put in the extra yards to get skilled migrants, how will we compete against all the other countries crying out for them amid building booms across the globe?

Alarming dataPremiumPremiumWA country town’s massive consumption of ecstasy revealed

A WA country town consumed more ecstasy than anywhere else in the country last year, meanwhile, Perth recorded the highest average capital city consumption of meth.

Sentence slammedPremiumPremium‘Destroyed my life’: Victim of drug-fuelled crash speaks out

When 23-year-old Georgia Moloney went out to celebrate her friend’s birthday on a spring night in 2020, she could never have known it would be a night that changed her life forever.

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The West Australian exclusive
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WA MP recounts her own ‘serious’ mining harassment

One of the politicians behind the explosive parliamentary report on sexual assault and harassment in WA’s powerhouse resources sector has revealed she was also harassed while working as a haul truck driver.

Indigo Lemay-Conway