Young jockey Rosie Mahony is riding the crest of a wave and will have five rides at Friday’s Albany card, highlighted by four key winning chances for leading trainer Steve Wolfe.
Hayden King
Harry Grigson
Next month’s community survey on trading hours will be the third time a similar question has been put to the Albany community in the past two decades, after a 2005 referendum and consultation in 2012.
Stuart McGuckin
The final details of next month’s consultation on Albany’s trading hours are almost locked in with a community survey set to assess the city’s appetite for permanently extending them.
O’Connor MP Rick Wilson has hit out at the Federal Government for continuing to make regions wait for funding, months on from Growing Regions Program round-one applications closing.
New details have emerged in court over an alleged stabbing that left a man in a life-threatening condition in March, revealing the victim was stabbed four times with a small paring knife in a Kendenup home.
Georgia Campion
A historic century-old estate on the doorstep of Porongurup National Park with more than 20 separate dwellings is up for grabs for the first time in 30 years.
Melissa Sheil
Seven division two yachts and Geoff Oliver’s division one Excitabull contested a handicap start harbour course race in beautiful autumn weather with a south-easterly that never reached 12 knots.
The Advertiser brings you Around The Leagues, taking a look at football stories of players and personalities from the Great Southern, Ongerup and Upper Great Southern regions.
The Lower King Progress Association celebrated a successful Autumn Produce Show at the weekend with more than 120 entries across 41 seniors and junior classes.
TEDxKinjarling is calling for big thinkers in the Great Southern with “ideas that can change the world” to “throw your hat in the ring” and apply to speak at the upcoming conference.
A host of local eager grommets will march into the waves clutching their surfboards for Albany Boardriders’ annual Junior Wavefest this weekend.
A high-profile defamation lawyer representing Linda Reynolds has been fined heftily for professional misconduct after airing protected health information.
Claire Sadler
Michael Victor Harrison had been accused of murdering a 49-year-old man inside a Fremantle social housing complex.
Emily Moulton
The 38-year-old woman who was allegedly murdered in Broadwater has been remembered as a ‘loving mother’ as her two alleged killers front court for the first time.
Oliver Lane, Sean Van Der Wielen and Caleb Runciman
The much-vaunted Rising Stars 2024 report by Canstar and Hotspotting ranks includes ten Perth suburbs in the list of 110 rising stars around the nation.
Kim Macdonald
Police have launched a major operation cracking down on motorcycle safety after a tragic spate of fatal crashes — with motorcyclists now representing almost half of those killed on WA roads so far this year.
Shannon Hampton and Phil Hickey
Police claim the 37-year-old drove at police cars, mounted footpaths, went through bollards and hit a garden brick wall.
Lauren Price
Three men who carried out a violent home invasion, in which they bashed and robbed a grandmother while her husband was bound, are still on the run. WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGE
A 10-year-old Indigenous boy has taken his own life while in the care of the State Government.
More attention is needed to support mothers at the women’s prison unit in Kalgoorlie-Boulder, an inspection review has found.
Anneke de Boer
Busselton councillors have voted on a motion which could make certain fishing practices illegal off the Busselton Jetty.
Oliver Lane
The owner of a now-defunct cafe has been fined after he refused to pay for staff insurance and an at-work injury claim.
Holly Prentice
The Kalgoorlie CBD playground which opened a few months ago as part of a $16 million redevelopment project has been temporarily closed for “routine maintenance”.
A young teenage girl who had a stolen backyard table in her bedroom and stole a bag of lollies from an IGA store has received a good behaviour bond.
A project has begun to reduce the number of feral goldfish in the Vasse River, and the community is being encouraged to help.
Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell says the US economy, while otherwise strong, has not seen inflation come back to the central bank’s goal.
Jeff Cox
People with more money than their peers often ask you to transfer comically small amounts of money.
Aditi Shrikant
A majority of workers know the feeling of wanting to retract an email right after they’ve sent it, and the youngest professionals are the most likely to feel email regret.
Jennifer Liu
Oil prices could soar to $US100 per barrel and beyond, said market watchers, after Iran mounted an aerial attack against Israel reigniting fears of a regional war.
Lee Ying Shan
Education Minister Tony Buti has made a last minute ‘plea’ to teachers not to strike on Tuesday — saying at the very least education support schools need to remain open.
Joe Spagnolo
A man has been arrested after allegedly threatening staff and shooting up a remote bush pub.
Nathan Schmidt
A bushfire emergency is unfolding in WA’s north, with residents being urged to evacuate as an unpredictable blaze takes hold.
A 41-year-old man has been charged with 17 offences after allegedly discharging a rifle inside a small country town pub, sparking a major police operation on Friday evening.
Swimming lessons will become even more important for WA kids with the Education Department devoting a new school to the delivery of water safety programs.
Cold conditions could prove to be a washout for the school holiday makers despite “unbelievable” warmth in the West.