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CBH initiates union members lockout following work strike

Industrial action at CBH Group’s biggest grain export terminal has reached fever pitch, with the co-operative initiating a lockout of all employees covered by a proposed EBA “until further notice”.

Georgia Campion

Union members will be locked out of the Kwinana Grain Terminal until further notice after announcing a five-day 24-hour rolling work strike.

Mid West Ports Authority chief financial officer Sandra Pigdon (top left) got away with a spent conviction for illegally tipping off colleagues about a corruption probe after a glowing character reference from Chairman Noel Hart (bottom left).

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Glowing reference earns Port authority CFO corruption win

Ben Harvey

East Pingelly farmer John Hassell opened up about his personal battle with mental health as part of new podcast series, Father land. Pictured is Mr Hassell with his wife Michelle Walton-Hassell, grandchildren Kyle Stevens and Austin Stevens.

shaking stereotypes‘You can swim’: WA farmer’s inspiring mental health story

East Pingelly farmer John Hassell opens up about his personal battle with mental health as part of a new podcast series, Father Land, in a bid to break the stigma around seeking help in the bush.

Stephanie Gardiner and Melissa Pedelty

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has been heckled at a regional forum.

Regional divideAnthony Albanese booed and heckled at hostile event

Boos, heckles and even a protester with a noose greeted Anthony Albanese and Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan at a forum in Ballarat on Friday, as the renewables rollout drew hostile backlash.

Caitlyn Rintoul

Waltera Foxsiamanu's path back to a good-paying Australian job has been stymied by paperwork. (Dominic Giannini/AAP PHOTOS)

PoliticsPacific taste of the Australian dream goes up in smoke

A Pacific mobility scheme giving islanders the chance at earning life-changing salaries in Australia is well-received but hurdles are still hurting locals.

Dominic Giannini

ANL container vessel MV Scion Mafalda discharges 200 empty 40-foot domestic containers at Wyndham Port.

COTTON EXPORTSWyndham Port welcomes first containers in more than a decade

WA’s northernmost port has welcomed its first container shipment in more than a decade as Kununurra farmers prepare to export their first cotton bales in October.

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LIFE MEMBERSHIP Lake Grace transport owner David Fyfe wins award

Lake Grace Transport owner David Fyfe has been awarded a life membership with the Livestock and Rural Transport Association of WA.

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NSW's flood grants were meant to help with farm clean-ups, restocking and replanting. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)

PoliticsFarmers still waiting on flood 'rapid' recovery grants

A state agriculture minister has conceded the government's delivery of financial aid to farmers hit by May's devastating floods has been too slow.

Sam McKeith

South West dairy empire Mundella will live to sell its range of award-winning yogurt for another day after creditors voted to keep the failed business running.

brand thrown lifelineDairy empire Mundella handed lifeline at creditors meeting

Dairy empire Mundella will live to sell its range of award-winning yogurt another day after creditors voted to keep it running after it fell into administration earlier this year.

Mark Harvey-Sutton, and a Keep the Sheep Rally in Perth in March.

KEEP THE SHEEPKeep the Sheep movement gave farmers ‘purpose and power’

It didn’t change the election result — but Australia’s Keep the Sheep movement delivered a powerful warning to governments: if you target agriculture, expect a fight.

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CBH initiates union members lockout following work strike

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Courts & Justice
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Glowing reference earns Port authority CFO corruption win

A senior Geraldton Port executive who oversaw a dodgy tender process — then illegally tipped off colleagues about a corruption probe — received a spent conviction after a glowing character reference.

Ben Harvey

Meat and Livestock Australia released its latest cattle industry projections on September 1.

BEEF BOOM Beef Boom: Aussie farms to achieve record production

Australia’s beef industry is poised to hit record production levels this year, as demand for the “best beef in the world” continues to soar.

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Former WA bikie Matt Floyd, left, is fighting controversial commentator Andrew Tate in a boxing match.

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Ex-WA bikie to fight Andrew Tate in blockbuster boxing match

A former WA bikie is preparing to go toe-to-toe in a blockbuster boxing match with divisive social media influencer and professional misogynist Andrew Tate.

Ben Harvey

Kyle Stanley was the 32-year-old mechanical fitter who died at the Wiluna West iron ore mine on Thursday morning.

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Mining
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Identity of FIFO worker killed at WA mine revealed

The identity of the first person to die from a work-related incident at a WA mine in 2025 has been revealed.

Adrian Rauso

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Fugitive property scammer might have to front court hearing

Fugitive conman Ricky Hirsch this week told a court he would return home to Perth in the future, but didn’t say when.

John Flint

Danielle Bryers has been accessing the NDIS for help with her son Nate (5) who is Autistic.

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Federal Politics
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NDIS anger from parents over autism ‘judgement’

Disability advocates are urging parents to boycott the Federal Government’s new program for children with ‘mild autism’ and developmental delay amid a growing backlash to the proposal.

Rhianna Mitchell

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The informal agreements elevate CFMEU hard man Edmond “Monty” Margjini to the position of industrial kingmaker.

BusinessBuilding contracts with Monty Margjini ‘emulate underworld’

Building companies are signing secret contracts that channel all industrial negotiations directly through a union official who made his name as a cage fighter and street gangster.

Ben Harvey

Lidia Kukulj, pictured at a Liberal Party event in March last year

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Perth influencer arrested on child sex charges

Lidia Jelena Kukulj — a Perth influencer with political aspirations — faced court on the serious charges, it can be revealed.

Jessica Page

CRIMEGovernment employee charged with child sex offences

A Department of Communities employee who won awards for his ‘outstanding’ work in child protection has been charged with sexually abusing a teenager over a four-year period.

Transport Minister Rita Saffioti demanded the compliance check last month in response to a spate of recent reports of illegal taxi practices.

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Secret police sting reveals Perth’s dodgy cars and drivers

The illegal practices of some of our dodgiest rideshare and taxi drivers have been exposed in a secret police sting as the State Government vows to crackdown on the industry.

Flowers and toys left at the scene where a baby was found in a storm drain on La Salle Road in Alexander Heights on Monday.

WA newsWill the truth behind baby found dead in drain ever emerge?

History shows us it’s usually a deep, dark desperation - the kind most of us would struggle to fathom - that would push a mother to abandon their own flesh and blood.

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PoliticsFarmers still waiting on flood 'rapid' recovery grants

Sam McKeith

brand thrown lifelineDairy empire Mundella handed lifeline at creditors meeting

Melissa Pedelty

KEEP THE SHEEPKeep the Sheep movement gave farmers ‘purpose and power’

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CBH initiates union members lockout following work strike

Georgia Campion

CNBC newsThe global crypto wave is catching on in Asia

Businesses across Asia are increasingly warming up to stablecoins for cross-border transactions — a trend set to accelerate further as Hong Kong moves to legalise the use of digital tokens, experts told CNBC.

Anniek Bao

CNBC newsMicrosoft tops $US4tr, joining Nvidia in exclusive club

Microsoft shares jumped in extended trading overnight Wednesday, pushing the company’s market cap past $US4 trillion.

Ari Levy and Jordan Novet

Elon Musk’s Tesla sold its crypto at one of the worst possible times.

CNBC news‘Won’t sell’: Musk, Tesla’s multi-billion-dollar crypto miss

Billionaire Elon Musk’s Tesla missed on the top and bottom lines in the second quarter, but another miss was buried in its investor deck.

Ari Levy

Tesla’s slump this year is partly due to backlash against the company in the US and Europe, after Musk spent heavily to help re-elect President Donald Trump.

CNBC newsMusk warns of a ‘few rough quarters’ for Tesla as sales dive

Elon Musk has warned Tesla faces “a few rough quarters” after the company reported a 16 per cent decline in automotive revenue as sales fell for a second-straight quarter and again trailed analysts’ estimates.

Lora Kolodny