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  1. Vacant lotCommentsPremiumExmouth Shire’s land solution to housing shortage

  2. Oresome resultPremiumIron ore drives record trade surplus with China

  3. lease extendedCommentsPremiumSearipple workers camp lease extended

  4. Safe spaceCommentsPremiumFeds fund Karratha housing for women in need

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Why Karratha has become must-stop for touring acts

It seems a surprise when you consider places like Exmouth, Coral Bay and Broome are on the list, but scratch a little deeper and it is easy to see why performers love the Pilbara city

Tom Zaunmayr

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The West Australian exclusive
Ore-someCommentsPremium
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Iron ore surge puts WA on track for record surplus

The State is poised to bank an absolutely eye-watering amount in additional iron ore royalties.

Josh Zimmerman

Half centuryCommentsPremiumPast, present students mark 50 years of Karratha PS

The school’s Parents & Citizens Association put on a fete to fundraise for the school, which coincided with the school’s 50th anniversary

Cheyanne Enciso

Fatal accidentPremiumOne dead in Pilbara truck crash

The Major Crash squad are currently investigating the incident which happened around 11.30pm Tuesday night.

Danielle Raffaele

Big shotCommentsPremiumExmouth muso’s shot at WA music glory

The WAM Awards are the WA music industry’s night of nights, an event celebrating local and regional talent.

Alexander Scott

Electrical faultCommentsPremiumBus blaze victim: ‘I can’t even cry anymore, I’m numb’

A family of seven whose bus was engulfed by flames at a popular Pilbara camp site have thanked those who tried to help fight the blaze, while revealing their devastation over the loss of their home.

Sam Jones

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The West Australian exclusive
Lucky escapeCommentsPremium
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CommentsPremiumFamily of seven lucky to escape bus fire

A family of seven have been lucky to escape their bus as it was engulfed in flames at a popular Pilbara camping site.

driving skillsCommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumProgram drives opportunities for youth

A program giving young people the opportunity to complete their 50 hours of supervised driving has started in the Pilbara.

Ningaloo heritageCommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumMilestone for Ningaloo

Conservationists in Exmouth commemorated a decade of the Ningaloo Reef’s World Heritage listing last week.

Aviation boostCommentsPremiumAirport gets helicopter boost

The Shire of Ashburton has welcomed a new helicopter service company to Onslow Airport.

Cheyanne Enciso

high teaCommentsPremiumTambrey Primary School hosts principals high tea

Tambrey Primary School hosted a special morning tea event for some of its students last Wednesday.

Cheyanne Enciso

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30-year mysteryPremiumClaremont killer ‘not linked to Perth teen’s murder’

Detectives have launched a fresh public appeal for information into the 1991 murder of Kerry Turner, amid confirmation a major ‘forensic review’ was carried out into the case several years ago.

Phil Hickey

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WA Police rocked by suicide tragedies

WA Police has been plunged into mourning after two serving officers — including a sergeant who ran his own station — took their own lives in the past fortnight.

Phil Hickey and Brianna Dugan

FULL LISTPremiumAll 842 members of Perth’s The Weld Club revealed

The club is famously private, but today The West Australian can for the first time reveal the names of all its 842 members.

Rhianna Mitchell

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Brutal violencePremiumPrison sentence over savage attack on Kal taxi driver

A man who punched a Kalgoorlie-Boulder taxi driver before stealing his vehicle and narrowly avoiding a collision with a police car has been jailed for 18 months, but could be out within weeks.

Tegan Guthrie

Dramatic crashCommentsPajero and caravan flip on Brand Highway

A Pajero and caravan have flipped on the Brand Highway near Jurien Bay, with the driver being taken to hospital and holidaymakers being forced to wait while emergency services cleared the scene.

Daryna Zadvirna

Electrical faultCommentsPremiumBus blaze victim: ‘I can’t even cry anymore, I’m numb’

A family of seven whose bus was engulfed by flames at a popular Pilbara camp site have thanked those who tried to help fight the blaze, while revealing their devastation over the loss of their home.

Sam Jones

Fatal crashTeenager killed in fiery crash in Great Southern

It is the 16th fatal crash in the Great Southern region this year.

anxious waitPremiumPremiumTourism providers hold their breath over Perth lockdown

Perth holidaymakers are cancelling their bookings across the Mid West as they grapple with a snap lockdown on the edge of the July school holidays.

Esperance fireCommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumEsperance man who lit up lunch bar has bail renewed

A 22-year-old man who admitted to setting fire to an Esperance lunch bar just days after Christmas has had his bail extended.

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Out of controlPremium‘It’s about to explode’: Perth party turns violent

A new dad has described the terrifying moment he barricaded himself inside his neighbour’s AirBnB after a post-lockdown school party — which required the police chopper to shut it down — turned wild.

Sarah Steger

As it happensVideoLIVE: Cook delivers latest on WA’s COVID battle

Health Minister Roger Cook will speak on the State’s ongoing fight managing the coronavirus pandemic.

Sickening attackMan in his 80s bashed over moped in Perth’s south

Detectives are on the hunt for three teenagers after an elderly man was brutally bashed in Greenfields yesterday.

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Voluntary assisted dyingCommentsPremium
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CommentsPremiumDeath is never ideal — but it is now more predictable

My ideal last day involves catching a 20kg pink snapper and watching my two live-in carers — the granddaughters of Cindy Crawford and Claudia Schiffer — prepare it for dinner. But that seems unlikely.

Road toll tragediesPremiumPremiumEight lose lives during horror week on WA roads

Eight people, including two teenagers, have been killed in the past five days on WA’s roads, with the State recording 87 traffic deaths in 2021 — almost one death every other day for six months.

Consumer choiceCommentsPremiumREIWA calls for WA stamp duty overhaul

There’s a new push for a radical revamp of the State’s stamp duty system, which annually nets the Government millions but is a substantial impost to buying a home. Here’s how REIWA says it could work.

Joe Spagnolo