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An aerial image of the devastation caused by the deadly Esperance bushfires in 2015.

Devastating impactPremiumEsperance community to remember deadly bushfires of 2015

A community service will take place at the Jetty Headland on the Esperance foreshore on Monday morning to remember the deadly 2015 bushfires.

Neil Watkinson

High-tech cameras are placed in commercial lobster pots to get X-Cray project vision.

WA NewsComments‘X-Cray’ vision project expands to WA’s south coast

Commercial rock lobster fishers are working to expand WA’s novel ‘X-Cray’ vision project that uses revealing camera technology to help fisheries scientists learn more about fish stocks and ocean habitats. 

Neil Watkinson

Seth Daniel Mahar, 23, has avoided jail time for a drunken assault on a stranger in a Kalgoorlie-Boulder street.

Courts & Justice PremiumMan avoids jail for drunken assault on stranger

A man who handed himself into police after his employer recognised him from CCTV of a serious assault has avoided immediate jail.

Tegan Guthrie

Water Corporation demand delivery manager Damien Postma.

Waterwise offersPremiumGoldfields households urged to tap into waterwise offers

Six Goldfields communities can take advantage of free waterwise offers as part of a new push to save precious drinking water in the lead-up to summer.

Tegan Guthrie

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environmentPremium$200m boost for at-risk communities

A new federal funding push will support communities living under threat of extreme weather events, including flood, fire and cyclonic disasters.

Ria Pandey

Westpac chief executive Anthony Miller.

BusinessCommentsBig-four bank pledges no regional branch closures until 2030

A big-four bank has vowed not to shut any of its branches in regional Australia until 2030 amid ongoing criticism of the nation’s biggest lenders over widespread closures.

Adrian Lowe

Daniel Billings (left) will next year be sentenced for murdering Ms Ticehurst. Supplied

COURTPremiumCoward’s texts before murdering mum

Bombshell court documents have revealed how Molly Ticehurst pleaded with her killer ex-partner to leave her alone in the weeks before he murdered her.

Steve Zemek

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UPDATEDPremium‘Disrespect’: Libs blasted for net zero move

Penny Wong has delivered a dire warning on how the Coalition’s reversal on its climate policy could unravel decades of diplomatic work in the Pacific.

Ria Pandey

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RECALLAsbestos warning over kids’ Kmart product

A popular children’s toy sold across Kmart and Target stores has been urgently recalled over fears of a deadly contamination.

Blake Antrobus

Chris Minns has flagged the importance of housing reform. NewsWire / Pool / Bianca De Marchi

FINANCEPremiumInsane pay bump you need to keep up

Young Australians are struggling to keep up with the cost of living and now need an insane pay rise just to cover food and rent.

Cameron Micallef

People across NSW are on Sunday pausing to honour the 313 lives lost on the state’s roads so far this year. Christian Gilles / NewsWire

NEWSPremiumGrim reality of road deaths laid bare

More than 300 lives have been lost on NSW roads this year, sparking an urgent message from the state’s road minister.

Rhiannon Lewin

A bat with an image of Ben Austin rests against the fence at Wally Tew Oval Ferntree Gully as part of the Ben Austin Memorial One Day Games. NewsWire/Ian Currie

NewsPremium'Devastated': Club honours teen after tragedy

A cricket club has paid tribute to 17-year-old Ben Austin who tragically died in a freak cricketing accident.

Cameron Micallef and Rhiannon Lewin

Up to 10,000 Australians will lose their job by the end of the month. NewsWire / Dylan Coker

Business10,000 Aussie jobs go in bombshell closure

Thousands of Australians are set to lose part of their income when a delivery giant leaves our shores at the end of the month.

Cameron Micallef

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NEWSPremiumReal estate crackdown targets lowball listings

Property buyers in one state could soon be better protected from misleading price estimates as real estate agents face dramatically higher fines for underquoting.

Andrew Hedgman

Sisters Sam and Hollie bought a house together. Supplied

NEWSPremiumHow Gen Z is beating the property crisis

Young Australians have not given up on their home ownership dream despite the increasingly high hurdles put in front of them.

Cameron Micallef

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MoneyAustralia hails Trump tariff backflip win

US President Donald Trump has dramatically reversed his stance on Australian beef, but it might not help local exporters.

Cameron Micallef

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NewsPremium‘Polluters’: BHP suffers huge court loss

Mining giant BHP has been found liable for the Samarco dam disaster in Brazil in a huge ruling that could strip billions of dollars from the company.

Duncan Evans

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UPDATEDPremiumDevastating note after pregnant mum killed

A heartbreaking note has been left at the scene of a horrific crash, where a pregnant mother died while crossing the road.

Blake Antrobus, Duncan Evans, Rhiannon Lewin and Steve Zemek

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CourtPremium‘Never forgive’: Family’s heartache after tradie’s death

The family of a young tradie who was killed in a senseless road rage incident in western Sydney say they will “never forgive” the man who took away their son.

Rhiannon Lewin

Mark Wesley Billing has been sentenced to nearly three years jail for indecently dealing with a child under 13.

Courts & Justice PremiumChild sex offender a ‘danger to every young girl’

A repeat child sex offender labelled a “danger to every young girl” in the community has once again been jailed after sexually touching a 10-year-old girl with autism in a Goldfields town.

Tegan Guthrie

City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder director of engineering Lui Camporeale speaking at the 2025 What’s Down The Track forum on Thursday.

Future planning PremiumCity provides update on key projects and plans

“The legacy of Kalgoorlie-Boulder is not just what has been mined from the ground, but what has been built above it, together” — that was the message from the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder during the WDTT forum.

Tegan Guthrie

Rox Resources is developing the Youanmi gold project south-east of Mt Magnet in the Murchison.

Capital raisingPremiumRox Resources to raise $200 million for Youanmi mine restart

Rox Resources on Friday said it had firm commitments to raise $200 million, a day after it released a definitive feasibility study that put a $383m price tag on restarting the Youanmi underground gold mine.

Neil Watkinson

Mines Rovers footballer Victor Watts died on May 22, 1902 in an accident at the Perseverance gold mine in Boulder. His grave is in the Old Boulder Cemetery.

Regional WAPremiumTalented footballer to finally get headstone on his grave

Victor Watts’ grave at the Old Boulder Cemetery has spent the past 123 years without the grand marble headstone made soon after his death in 1902 — but that is all set to change.

Neil Watkinson

Award-winning writer and educator Natalie Damjanovich-Napoleon.

Writing workshopPremiumKeeping family history alive

A writer dedicated to keeping family history alive will host a writing workshop which will equip people with the skills they need to retell their loved ones’ past. 

Jessica Antoniou