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    Union-led strikes fail to cripple BHP’s iron ore port

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    Cook’s Sgt Schultz defence on unions defies reality

Running with Thieves national sales manager David McKenna with commissioner Martin Aldridge, regulatory services director Kylie Davies and acting chief executive .Kenn Donohoe.

New venue Running with Thieves hopeful to open Hedland venue this year

Running with Thieves Port Hedland is well on the way with the Fremantle-based operator hoping to invite their first patrons later this year. 

Cain Andrews

The North Pilbara Pythons defeated Morlack by 11 points

SportNorth Pilbara Pythons win men’s country div 3 championship

North Pilbara Pythons have become the 2026 Nutrien Ag Solutions Men’s Country Championships Division 3 Premiers, after defeating Mortlock 11.8 (74) to 10.3 (63) in Perth.

Joshua Dowdall

The Town of Port Hedland has earned a finalist spot in the local government category of the 2026 Waste Sorted Awards following an overhaul of the South Hedland Landfill Facility.

Waste Awards Hedland lands finalist spot in Waste Sorted Awards

The Town of Port Hedland has earned a finalist spot in the Local Government category at the 2026 Waste Sorted Awards following an overhaul of the South Hedland Landfill Facility.

Cain Andrews

Electrical Trades Union Secretary Adam Woodage (centre).

MiningCommentsUnions to begin choking WA's key iron ore port

Three unions have pulled the trigger on worker strikes to choke BHP’s sole WA iron ore port, marking the most severe industrial action taken in WA’s mining industry for a generation. 

Adrian Rauso

YMAC Pilbara deputy co-chairperson Doris Eaton encouraged all Aboriginal people from across the Pilbara to attend and participate.

Community Annual Yule River bush meeting to be held later this month

The Yamatji Marlpa Aboriginal Corporation is encouraging people from across the Pilbara to participate in this year’s annual Yule River Bush Meeting on July 29 and 30. 

Joshua Dowdall

Spinifex Spree Carnival.

CommunityPremiumSpinifex Spree carnival returns promising free family fun

Port Hedland’s biggest community celebration is set to return on July 24 and 25, with the Spinifex Spree Carnival bringing live music, rides, food, fireworks and family-friendly entertainment to Town Oval.

Joshua Dowdall

The Kats muscled their way to defeat the Rovers by 75 points.

SportPremiumPremiumNorth Pilbara Football League round 11 results

Round 11 of the North Pilbara Football League had many one-sided results across the league, reserves and women’s competitions.

Youth Involvement Council operations manager Resa Foai with South Hedland’s Russanna.

CommunityPremiumPremium Port Hedland’s youth voices to be heard in Canberra

Children from Port Hedland have had the chance to tell politicians about the challenges they face, with their experiences set to form part of a national push to tackle child poverty.

Lang Coppin served the Shire of East Pilbara Council for more than 46 years from 1977 to 2023.

CouncilVale Lang Coppin OAM

The Shire of East Pilbara is saddened by the death of Lang Coppin OAM, Freeman of the Shire and former councillor and deputy shire president.

Town of Port Hedland is launching a two-year improvement program.

Council Town of Port Hedland to implement $1m ‘project uplift’

The Town of Port Hedland council has officially launched a $1 million, two-year “improvement program” dubbed Project Uplift, aimed at strengthening the local authority’s governance.

Cain Andrews

The bridge was recently built to help improve traffic flow within the region.

TransportPremiumPort Hedland to celebrate Main Roads WA major milestone

One of Port Hedland’s major bridges will be sporting a fetching shade of teal over three nights this week to celebrate 100 years of Main Roads WA.

Joshua Dowdall

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Marie-Anne Keeffe is under investigation for her personal promotions of wellness products.

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WA Health probe director’s social media product endorsements

A WA Health bureaucrat has been promoting health and wellness products to her 44,000 social media followers, prompting a review by the department.

Caleb Runciman

A young man has died in a horror crash in the Wheatbelt. 

Disaster and EmergencyPremiumDriver killed after 4WD flips in horror crash in Wheatbelt

A young man has died in a rollover near Toodyay.

Brooke Rolfe

To other members of Snap Fitness, he was just another man on a treadmill, but this photo shows serial child sex offender Bradley Pen Dragon breaching his strict bail conditions once again.

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Inside the mind of WA’s most notorious paedophile Pen Dragon

To members of Snap Fitness, he was just another man on a treadmill, but this photo shows serial child sex offender Bradley Pen Dragon breaching his strict bail conditions once again.

Ben Harvey

A major disturbance involving multiple inmates has unfolded at WA’s maximum security prison.

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Officer injured during riot at WA’s maximum security prison

A major disturbance involving multiple inmates has unfolded at WA’s maximum security prison with reports of widespread damage to cells and ‘considerable’ flooding.

Charlton Hart and Caleb Runciman

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HMAS Perth moves into position in front of HMAS Ballarat.

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Senior ADF officer charged over lucrative WA naval contracts

A retired senior naval figure is facing a secret military disciplinary process over unspecified allegations involving lucrative defence contracts in Western Australia. 

Andrew Greene

To other members of Snap Fitness, he was just another man on a treadmill, but this photo shows serial child sex offender Bradley Pen Dragon breaching his strict bail conditions once again.

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Inside the mind of WA’s most notorious paedophile Pen Dragon

To members of Snap Fitness, he was just another man on a treadmill, but this photo shows serial child sex offender Bradley Pen Dragon breaching his strict bail conditions once again.

Ben Harvey

William Maahes Vigersune leaves Albany Magistrates Court after learning his fate.

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PremiumMan learns fate for nightclub coward punch against teenager

A man who threw the “very definition” of a coward’s punch at a teenager and knocked him unconscious outside an Albany nightclub before goading witnesses, has learned his fate for the serious attack.

Cockatoo Island.

MiningCommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumIron ore miner declares insolvency

The Hong Kong company miner on Cockatoo Island off the Kimberley has collapsed into administration, with taxpayers owed money.

A Perth man who died in a Balinese detention centre reportedly owed tens of thousands of dollars to more than a dozen furious customers he ripped off through his Indonesian car restoration company. 

WA NewsVideoPremiumPremiumPerth mechanic found dead in Bali conned man out of $76,000

A Perth man who died in a Balinese detention centre reportedly owed tens of thousands of dollars to more than a dozen furious customers he ripped off through his Indonesian car restoration company. 

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Former AFL stars Josh Kennedy and Lewis Jetta lined up for the Carlton Draft GSFL clash between Denmark-Walpole and Royals, drawing huge crowds to McLean Park on July 18.

Clash of titansCommentsPremiumAFL greats draw crowds to Denmark for showpiece GSFL clash

Denmark’s McLean Park fizzed with a festive atmosphere on Saturday, as thousands lined the oval to watch the clash of two ex-AFL titans in the Carlton Draft’s showpiece Great Southern Football League match.

Melissa Sheil

The City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder administration building.

Rates PremiumLower residential rate hike leads to mining camp relief

A City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder councillor’s push to provide rates relief to residents this financial year has inadvertently lowered the rates hike to mining camps in the city.

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Shire of Coolgardie president Paul Wilcox.

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Shire of Coolgardie president Paul Wilcox says it is encouraging to see interest in businesses and groups investing in the community, with three development applications approved at a recent council meeting.

Tegan Guthrie

Over the past 20 years, agricultural land in Australia jumped by more than 250 per cent, growth driven by strong livestock prices, favourable weather, low interest rates and land scarcity.

Who gets the farm?PremiumPremiumSuccession disputes tearing rural families apart

Farm succession disputes are rising in WA as land valuations surge and traditional farming succession becomes a thing of the past.

The Shire of Coolgardie will make additional transfers to its aged care unit reserve to correct its audit finding from 2024-25

Audit finding corrected Shire reserve transfer corrects audit finding from 2024-25

The Shire of Coolgardie has agreed to transfer an additional $72,000 to a reserve for maintenance of aged care units to correct an audit finding.

Jim Webb and Jeannie Poletti.

EmergencyCommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumVolunteer ambo, off-duty nurse saves her grandfather’s life

Geraldton’s own Jeannie Poletti never expected to help save the life of someone she knew, let alone her own grandfather, when she started her career as a nurse and St John WA volunteer ambulance officer.

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Android figures at the Google headquarters in Mountain View, California, US.

TechnologyCommentsPremiumGoogle loses fight on record $6.8 billion antitrust fine

Europe’s top court has dismissed the tech giant’s appeals against the 2018 EU ruling.

Arjun Kharpal

Kevin Warsh, chairman of the US Federal Reserve. Federal Reserve officials left interest rates unchanged and were split over whether they expect to raise rates this year.

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Warsh’s taskforces are the key to understanding the new Fed

Fed chair Kevin Warsh stuck to his long-stated belief in his first press conference on Wednesday that ‘inflation is a choice.’

Matt Peterson

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.

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Perth couple Thomas Novak and Yasmin Pavlinovich were caught up in a mid-air drama over the Middle East.

WA NewsVideoAussie couple’s ‘panic’ on Middle East flight: ‘All of a sudden it’s just bang’

‘You look out the window, there’s two ships on fire and you’ve just done three nose dives.’

Rachel Tassicker

Federal MP Andrew Hastie was among the cast of characters sitting at the back of the Supreme Court as proceedings in the long-running saga began.

Courts & JusticePremiumPoland drags Hastie into ‘leaked audio’ defamation case

Secretly recorded meetings, allegations of corruption and a growing list of politicians are at the centre of a long-running defamation case that kicked off on Monday.

Hannah Cross

Symptoms can include fever, headache, muscle aches, swollen lymph nodes, tiredness and a rash or skin lesions, which may be painful.

HealthCommentsCommentsHEALTH WARNING: Authorities on alert as infection cases rise

The viral infection spreads through close physical contact with an infected person, including skin-to-skin contact, intimate or sexual contact, and contact with contaminated materials such as bedding or towels.

A man has pleaded guilty to 29 charges relating to wage fraud.

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PremiumMan admits to fraudulently claiming more than $83k in wages

A man has admitted to fraudulently claiming more than $80,000 of wages from a Morley business over a seven-month period, where he forged his time sheets.

Raniera Huriwaka, 31, was killed on July 8 after his grey Toyota Fortuner station wagon left the road and crashed

WA NewsCommentsCommentsWheatbelt tragedy leaves newborn baby without dad

‘In an instant, Abbey has been faced with the unimaginable heartbreak of losing her partner while also navigating life as a sole parent to their precious little girl.’

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updatedPremiumWoman’s tetanus shot after rapper bite: court

A woman has told a court she required a tetanus shot after being bitten by British rapper Yung Filly, who allegedly raped her at a hotel room after a Perth gig.

Emma Kirk