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Mystery disappearanceVideoHow the desperate search for Cleo unfolded

The disappearance of missing four-year-old Cleo Smith has gripped WA for five days. Here is how the desperate search unfolded.

Community reelingPremiumPsychologists called in for Cleo’s classmates

A Carnarvon school has enlisted the help of psychologists to support the classmates, teachers and families who have been shattered by Cleo Smith’s disappearance.

Phoebe Pin

investigation
investigation
McCann lessonsPremium
investigation
Maddie top cop’s crucial advice for Cleo case

A former detective and child exploitation expert who helped investigate Maddie McCann’s disappearance in 2007 has revealed the crucial first steps investigators need to take in missing child cases.

John Flint

Horror revelationsUp to 20 sex offenders living near where Cleo vanished

Police have revealed almost 20 registered sex offenders are living in the Carnarvon area, near where four-year-old Cleo Smith vanished at the weekend.

Sarah Steger

‘We will keep searching’Cleo search: Cops confirm screeching tyre reports

Police involved in the desperate search for missing girl Cleo Smith say they ‘haven’t ruled out’ reports from campers who heard the sound of screeching tyres in the early hours of Saturday morning.

Sarah Steger

Hunt for cluesVideoMounted police join search for Cleo on day five

The search for missing four-year-old Cleo Smith has entered its fifth day, with teams of police, State Emergency Service volunteers and mounted police joining the search at first light.

Sarah Steger

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The West Australian exclusive
working tirelessly
The West Australian exclusive
‘No expense spared’: Inside the police search for Cleo

Police are going ‘full tilt’ in their search for missing four-year-old Cleo Smith and ‘no expense is being spared’ in the investigation to find her.

Phil Hickey

Stepping upPremiumExmouth Shire president welcomes new councillors

Darlene Allston, Jackie Brooks and David Gillespie were elected to four-year terms on Saturday night.

Cheyanne Enciso

Application withdrawnPremiumWoodside’s artifical reef proposal dumped

Woodside revealed in July it was working with WA recreational fishing body Recfishwest on a plan to sink the 2529-tonne Nganhurra riser turret mooring 16km off the back of the Ningaloo Reef.

Cheyanne Enciso

Grave concernsVideoPolice ‘not ruling anything out’ in missing girl case

Police are ‘gravely concerned’ for the safety of a four-year-old girl who vanished on a family camping trip in WA’s remote Gascoyne and are ‘not ruling anything out’ — including a possible abduction.

Shannon Hampton and Phoebe Pin

Frantic huntVideoCommentsMum’s heartbreaking update as search for 4yo continues

The mother of four-year-old girl Cleo Smith, who vanished on a family camping trip in WA’s remote Gascoyne, has posted a heartbreaking update as the search for the girl continues this morning.

Phoebe Pin

Serious concernsVideoFrantic search for missing girl to go through night

A desperate search for a missing four-year-old girl who vanished from her family’s camp site north of Carnarvon is expected to continue through the night.

Phoebe Pin & Briana Fiore

Frantic huntCommentsDesperate search for girl missing in WA outback

A four-year-old girl has gone missing from her family’s tent at Blowholes campsite in Macleod, about 50km north of Carnarvon.

Briana Fiore

opinion
opinion
Eye opener
opinion
Changes needed to improve Kimberley NDIS delivery

My listening tour to the Kimberley two weeks ago was full of highlights. But there were moments of deep frustration for me, too, writes Linda Reynolds

Linda Reynolds

navy visitPremiumExmouth visited by HMAS Gascoyne

The echoes of a beating drum reverberated through the Exmouth streets as the 46 crew members from HMAS Gascoyne marched through the town for the first time in 19 years,

Alexander Scott

Prepare nowPremiumPre-Christmas cyclone warning for North West

The Bureau of Meteorology released its tropical cyclone outlook for 2021-22 which shows a 60 per cent chance of an above-average number of tropical cyclones in waters off the North West coast.

Alexander Scott

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The West Australian exclusive
It’s the RFNDISPremium
The West Australian exclusive
RFDS called on for outback WA NDIS support

In a meeting between Federal NDIS Minister Linda Reynolds and RFDS health service delivery general manager Damien Whitham, options were canvassed to bring the RFDS into the NDIS service delivery fold.

Tom Zaunmayr

Mental Health WeekPremiumBrad Hogg aims to normalise life’s struggles

The cricketing legend known for his wrong’un said he wrestled with his mental health after his retirement from international cricket in 2008 when he was unable find the right stints after his career.

Cheyanne Enciso

Plans stalledCommentsPremiumKailis’ Exmouth tourist fishing village put on hold

Kailis’ plans to build a tourist fishing village in Exmouth have been stalled by the local council, leading the company to express its disappointment, saying ‘Exmouth is full and our site is empty’.

Alexander Scott

Local electionPremiumExmouth council challengers’ love for the town

Tourism figurehead Jackie Brooks and and small business owner Darlene Allston are among the four nominees running for three Shire of Exmouth council spots.

Cheyanne Enciso

Town’s divisive issuePremiumWhere Exmouth candidates stand on Gascoyne Gateway

The Pilbara News asked each Shire of Exmouth council candidate where they stood on the deepwater port development.

Tom Zaunmayr and Cheyanne Enciso

Exmouth councilPremiumChamber boss to contest councillor positions

An Exmouth local for 12 years now, Mr Gillespie is the managing director of the Exmouth Escape Resort and has been president of the Exmouth Chamber of Commerce and Industry for 18 months.

Cheyanne Enciso

opinion
opinion
Gone troppoPremium
opinion
The unofficial laws of North West mango season

Can you pick mangoes off a neighbours overhanging tree? And what about all those bountiful public trees? Mango season is the best time of year, but there are laws which you may not be aware of

Tom Zaunmayr

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The West Australian exclusive
Candidate controversyPremium
The West Australian exclusive
Karratha council hopeful’s murky local govt past

Brian Wall’s long career with local government has seen him targeted over corruption allegations twice, including for his role in the bungled Carnarvon Fascine which cost taxpayers millions

Tom Zaunmayr & Alexander Scott