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

  3. SportPremiumNorth Pilbara Football League round 11 results

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    Cook’s Sgt Schultz defence on unions defies reality

  5. MiningCommentsPremiumRio cops diesel hit as Pilbara exports reach lofty heights

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

Port Hedland harbour. Pilbara Ports Authority

IndustryPremiumPilbara Ports locks in $1.1m seafarer support deal

International crews keeping WA’s massive export engine moving will get a boost under a new $1.1 million funding deal

Cain Andrews

The current recycling area where the new shed will be built

GrantPremiumPremiumRecycling grant boosting regional WA infrastructure

The Shire of East Pilbara has been given a share more than $3.7 million in recycling modernisation fund grant cash to improve local recycling infrastructure and resource recovery capability.

Marine Rescue Port Hedland is a volunteer-led emergency service providing critical marine safety and rescue operations across the Pilbara coast. 

CommunityPremiumPremiumPort Hedland’s Marine Rescue base to benefit from donation

Marine Rescue Port Hedland’s new emergency response base is set to benefit from lower energy costs, with Pilbara lithium miner PLS funding a solar and lithium battery energy storage system.

South Hedland artist Rekeshia Goodwin will showcase her art at the DAAF next month.

ArtPremiumPremiumSouth Hedland artist to showcase her work at Art Fair

An artist from South Hedland is set to share her work from one of Australia’s biggest Indigenous art exhibitions after being selected for this year’s Darwin Aboriginal Art Fair next month.

Pilbara Ports will provide funding and in-kind support to enable the delivery of essential services.

Maritime SupportPremiumPilbara Ports to support seafarers in Port Hedland

Pilbara Ports has strengthened its long-standing partnership with the Port Hedland Peace Memorial Seafarers Centre through a new Services Support Deed. 

Joshua Dowdall

Focused on Wheels Workshop participants Jamila Thomas Kimikp Gibuma and Mikarla French

Road safety PremiumWorkshop boosts women’s road safety confidence

A free workshop held in Port Hedland on July 15 helped local women build the confidence and practical skills to stay safe on the road

Phoebe Solon

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The scene of the crash and blaze on North West Coastal Highway.

Courts & JusticePremiumTeen charged over fatal White Peak crash still in hospital

A 19-year-old man charged with murder and attempted murder over the fatal White Peak crash at the end of June remains in a serious condition in a Perth hospital.

Imogen Wilson

A Mini Cooper has veered off the road in Wuraming and hit a tree.

Serious crashes PremiumEmergency services on scene at serious Wuraming crash

Emergency services have rushed to a serious crash in Wuraming, west of Boddington, after a vehicle left the road and collided with a tree on Friday afternoon.

Melissa Sheil

The player who uttered the slur has not been named.

AFLWPremiumWA footy club deletes apology after player’s homophobic slur

A WA football club has removed a public apology after admitting one of its players used a homophobic slur during a recent women’s match. 

Rachel Fenner

A record 38 suburbs have joined the million-dollar club for the first time this year. SEE THE LIST

propertyCommentsPremiumPerth’s million-dollar club explodes with 38 new suburbs

An inner north suburb of Perth that has been the longstanding butt of toilet jokes is among the record 38 suburbs to join the million-dollar club for the first time this year. SEE THE LIST

Kim Macdonald

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The scene of the crash and blaze on North West Coastal Highway.

Courts & JusticePremiumTeen charged over fatal White Peak crash still in hospital

A 19-year-old man charged with murder and attempted murder over the fatal White Peak crash at the end of June remains in a serious condition in a Perth hospital.

Imogen Wilson

The player who uttered the slur has not been named.

AFLWPremiumWA footy club deletes apology after player’s homophobic slur

A WA football club has removed a public apology after admitting one of its players used a homophobic slur during a recent women’s match. 

Rachel Fenner

The homicide squad are questioning a 16-year-old boy after his 35-year-old mother was found with fatal stab wounds at a Bentley unit on Mills Street about 6.15am on Tuesday. 

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PremiumMum found dead tried to get son help before alleged murder

A mother who was allegedly stabbed to death by her teen son tried to get help from authorities for years, according to a neighbour who knew the pair and who recently saw them ‘looking happy together.’

HMAS Perth moves into position in front of HMAS Ballarat.

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CommentsSenior 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. 

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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PremiumInside 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.

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Parks and Wildlife officers in Princess Royal Harbour on Wednesday morning.

WA NewsCommentsShark alert for Albany after dead dolphins was ashore

A shark advice was issued for Albany’s Princess Royal Harbour on Wednesday morning after dolphin carcasses were spotted at Melville Point.

Claire Middleton

City of Greater Geraldton mayor Jerry Clune was ruled to have breached the local government code of conduct over a letter of support he wrote to help the owners of Quiet Life cafe obtain a liquor licence for their plans to expand on a Lester Avenue site they have leased from the council.

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Mayor breached code of conduct over letter of support

City mayor Jerry Clune has been found to have breached the code of conduct for writing a letter of support for a local business — a lessee of council-owned property — to help them gain a liquor licence.

Kate Campbell

Pantry Mama founder and Harvey resident Kate Freebairn is getting ready to release her debut cookbook Easy Sourdough on Any Schedule.

COOKBOOK LAUNCH Harvey’s Kate Freebairn to launch her debut cookbook

After building an online global sourdough community from her home in the South West, a Harvey mum is gearing up to launch her first cookbook showing bakers how to be the boss of their own sourdough. 

Rose Patane

Cameras known as POTBots are used in WRL research

ResearchScientists learning more about juvenile rock lobsters

Scientists are learning more about the growth and survival of juvenile rock lobsters through shallow water surveys along WA’s coast. 

Green sea turtle Nori was found washed up on Preston Beach earlier this month.

TURTLE REHABILITATION PremiumPremiumA stranded green sea turtle was found on Preston Beach

A juvenile green sea turtle found washed up on Preston Beach earlier this month is now recovering and being rehabilitated at Bunbury’s Dolphin Discovery Centre. 

Past and present Brunswick residents cut the cake to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the town hall.

90TH CELEBRATIONS Brunswick community celebrates hall’s 90th anniversary

Residents of Brunswick Junction past and present gathered at the weekend to commemorate a special milestone for the town. 

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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.

Yun Li

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EducationCommentsPremiumPush to revert to pen-and-paper NAPLAN writing tests

Australia’s education ministers are considering whether to ditch computer-based NAPLAN writing tests and revert to hand-written assessments.

Bethany Hiatt

Federal MP Andrew Hastie (inset) is among a cast of politicians who may be called before the Supreme Court next week in a defamation lawsuit brought by Perth businessman Greg Poland (main picture).

Courts & JusticePremiumPoliticians to testify in high-profile WA defamation case

Federal MP Andrew Hastie is among a cast of politicians who may be called before the Supreme Court next week in a defamation lawsuit brought by Perth businessman Greg Poland. 

Hannah Cross

Delivery driver Gabor Nagy was travelling on Welwyn Avenue in Manning when he noticed a child sitting in back of a utility about 3.30pm on Thursday.

WA NewsVideoPremiumPremium‘Stupid’: Perth driver transports kid in tray of moving ute

WATCH: A ‘dangerous’ act by a driver has been filmed in Perth’s southern suburbs, showing an unrestrained child sitting in the tray of a moving ute.

The Cook Government has won the right to stop a violent criminal who has transitioned to a woman inside prison from transferring to a female jail.

Courts & JusticePremiumPremiumJudge stops violent trans inmate’s transfer to female jail

A violent criminal who transitioned to a woman inside prison has failed in her bid to be immediately transferred to a female jail.

More than 660 homes and businesses have been left without power in Scarborough as crews work to restore electricity.

PerthCommentsCommentsHundreds without power after outage in Perth’s north

More than 660 homes and businesses have been left without power as crews work to restore electricity.

Erosion at Lancelin between 2008 and 2026 shows how desperate locals are for a permanent fix.

state politicsVideoCommentsPremiumREVEALED: Trigger points for Lancelin retreat

Transport Assistant Minister John Carey has promised Lancelin will have an interim solution to its erosion crisis within four weeks and insists a ‘managed retreat’ will not require the whole town to evacuate.

Jessica Page