A frantic search unfolded at a popular swimming spot after a man failed to resurface in the water below the falls.
Andrew Hedgman
The Busselton Jetty Swim has recorded its biggest ballot to date, with a record number of swimmers vying for a place in the event’s signature distances ahead of its 32nd edition in February.
Jack Penniment
Australia is set to record the largest unemployment rate rise among advanced economies, a damning new report suggests.
Cameron Micallef
A self-defence option called on in emergencies is now legal in one Australian jurisdiction, and teens as young as 16 can use it.
Alexandra Feiam
A German man is taking action after he was charged with the 2005 murder of his girlfriend only to have the case dropped a year later.
Pemberton Discovery Tours has won three major awards at the 2026 South West Business Excellence Awards, including the coveted Star Business of the Year title.
Serian Lockwood-Jones
As Australia’s banking sector considers how to address service gaps in regional areas, many of WA’s farmers and rural communities have already had to respond to closures.
Georgia Campion and Rose Patane
Homicide investigators have made a grim revelation after a woman’s body was found dumped in a trough in rural NSW last week.
Jack Nivison
Denmark’s Magnus Bak Klaris and Dutch cycling legend Marianne Vos have clamed the elite titles at the 2026 UCI Gravel World Championships.
Frustrated mortgage holders are being warned the Australian economy needs to slow, otherwise there could be further interest rate pain.
Shoppers at a major supermarket chain will be asked to pay more for an everyday item that used to be free.
The independence of a parliamentary committee probing artificial intelligence has been called into question by an independent member.
Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer
Manjimup equestrienne Michelle Aiken is saddling up for another shot at international glory, competing in the Special Olympics National Games in Melbourne next week.
A gut-wrenching trove of sexual abuse material has allegedly been produced by one man over a seven-year-period.
Barnaby Joyce has come out swinging at a former colleague he claims is vying to topple Angus Taylor.
Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer and Nathan Schmidt
Residents in the Geraldton suburb of Strathalbyn had a scare on Tuesday morning when a bushfire came close to their homes while the local school was forced to evacuate and close for the day.
Sally Q Davies & Sienna Seychell
The plane was three hours into its flight when it made a dramatic diversion, with some passengers claiming to see sparks flying from the engine.
A charter coach will soon be available to ferry tourists from Albany to the gems of the wider Great Southern region, as the State Government releases a tender to secure a long-term operator for the routes.
Melissa Sheil
The chairman of Telstra has been grilled by an angry shareholder over the telco’s chief financial officer being the public face of a major outage earlier this year.
Blair Jackson
The online safety watchdog has made a stunning admission as pressure mounts on it to stop younger Australians from streaming a public execution in the US.
A northern WA Aboriginal medical service has marked four decades of service, delivering primary and mental health care, and support across the Kimberley region.
Georgia Campion
A man has handed himself to police after a disturbing discovery was made inside a unit block over the weekend.
A Northern Star Resources worker who stole more than $20,000 worth of mining-related equipment from the Super Pit has avoided immediate jail.
Isabella Davis
Residents, ratepayers and business owners are being invited to take part in the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder’s 2026 Community Survey, which is now open.
Neil Watkinson
