I am not ashamed of recently asking politicians if they had been jabbed, despite a raft of criticism I copped online.
Elise Van Aken
There are about 20,000 jobseekers in WA who live with an injury, illness or disability. Last week, some of them were introduced to employers in Geraldton.
Edward Scown
If Cleo Smith ventured out of her family tent on Saturday night she would have been faced with a pitch black abyss, with loud crashing waves, howling winds and rocky terrain.
Kate Campbell
Former CGG councillor Steve Douglas said after speaking to a fellow member of the Australian Coastal Council about their local vaccine push, a similar campaign was needed in Geraldton.
It was female v rural representation when two experienced councillors went up against each other for the role of Greater Geraldton’s deputy mayor.
Geraldton’s littlest players took to the court with some welcome news, after Premier Mark McGowan announced the State Government would nearly double a funding commitment for the stadium.
Reuben Carder
The third round of Batavia Bowling League’s women’s pennants produced ultra-competitive results last Thursday, with the away side winning all three fixtures for the first time this season.
Joe Criddle
The Geraldton Water Polo association is back in the pool, with a new format and a refereeing panel among the reasons to be excited.
Towns made an “iffy” if winning start in their Geraldton Bendigo Bank Cricket League title defence against Sportsmans on Saturday.
Victor Tanti
Wanderers look the team to beat in the Young Motors Women’s Cricket Premiership — they have a deadly attack, and against Sportsmans on Sunday they showed they can bat, too.
The WA Police officer who fatally shot an armed Aboriginal woman has told his murder trial officers were instructed not to rely on Tasers because they only worked 50 per cent of the time.
Emily Moulton
Geraldton rap fans were looking forward to Perth hip-hop legend Drapht performing at the Wintersun Hotel on Friday night, but a last-minute issue with security has pushed the show back to next month.
Geraldton Turf Club will have a full race card for its midweek meet this Thursday, the last on the club’s calendar before its popular Melbourne Cup day event.
Easy On Me is our first taste of the new album. To my untrained ear, it sounds like ... Adele.
There are renewed calls to make the landlocked Port Gregory jetty serviceable for fishers who are forced to bring their catch ashore without the structure.
Phoebe Pin
The Geraldton “prince” who has claimed the Abrolhos Islands as an independent micro nation appeared in court on nine new charges last week.
Some lucky COVID-19 jab recipients received moral support from Premier Mark McGowan at the Geraldton pop-up clinic, with more than 250 people vaccinated in its first week
The police officer who fatally shot an Aboriginal woman in a Geraldton street was taught he should pull his gun when a suspect was armed with a knife but was never told he should fire it.
The election attracted 7422 formal ballots, a 27.11 per cent turnout, which was down from the 33.5 per cent participation rate at the last non-mayoral election in 2017.
The working group is seeking a volunteer to help in developing initiatives in line with recommendations from Reconciliation Australia.
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
Geraldton will host maritime environmental emergency response experts from across the State who will put their skills to the test in a simulated oil spill scenario next week.
Staff Reporter
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
A Geraldton aged care centre has been forced to find alternative care arrangements for the patients of a doctor who has not received his COVID-19 jab.
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