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    ‘It’s horrific’: Locals’ terror as Narelle impacts WA coast

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St John WA sent four crews to the scene on South Coast Highway.

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Four people taken to hospital as school bus and truck crash

Police are investigating a crash between school bus and a truck that left four people, including two children, injured in the Great Southern late on Wednesday.

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Fuel shortages caused by the Iran war have put the squeeze on farmers.

Pain PointsPremiumFuel and fertiliser the latest pain points for WA’s farmers

Diesel and supply shortages are the latest pain points squeezing WA’s colossal agriculture sector as farmers grapple with the possibility of a smaller crop and tighter margins on their bottom lines. 

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Last year’s harvest bonanza did not automatically translate to a higher level of confidence for grain growers.

Countryman NewsCommentsPremiumWA farmers downbeat amid supply, cost woes ahead of seeding

Declining confidence among WA farmers has copped another blow as input costs skyrocket in the lead-up to seeding and the winter cropping season.

Georgia Campion

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese MP and the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, sign a trade agreement between Australia and the European Union.

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Europe is poised to overtake the US as Australia’s second-biggest trading partner after Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen signed a blockbuster trade deal.

Latika M Bourke

Six men have been charged over the thefts of two head of cattle in WA’s Kimberley.

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Six men have been charged after an investigation, dubbed Operation Pattern, into the alleged theft and butchering of two head of cattle in WA’s Kimberley region.

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York farmers Erin and Adrian Emin on their farm just out of York. They are among the thousands of growers concerned about fuel and fertiliser shortages.

WA NewsCommentsPremiumFuel, fertiliser shortage threatens WA’s $7 billion harvest

WA grain growers are facing a ‘Wheatbelt recession’ which will flow through the entire State as fuel and fertiliser shortages threaten to derail what was shaping as the perfect start to the season.

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Damage to Doriana Magili’s Carnarvon banana crop in the aftermath of Cyclone Mitchell last month. It wiped out about 50 per cent of the areas banana crop.

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Concerns are mounting for Mid West fruit growers in the grip of cyclone Narelle, with fears the tropical cyclone will completely wipe out Carnarvon’s banana crop.

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WeatherCyclone Narelle battering Carnarvon fruit growers

Pastoralists in WA’s north have escaped the brunt of cyclone Narelle, while fruit growers near the North West Cape are copping severe damage to crops a month after cyclone Mitchell.

Category 4 severe tropical cyclone Narelle is dangerously close to Exmouth and has started to pass close to the North West Cape as its threat to lives and homes along the coastline ramps up, with residents to expect destructive winds of more than 120km/h. 

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Comments‘It’s horrific’: Locals’ terror as Narelle impacts WA coast

Roofs have been blown off and trees are being torn from the ground as cyclone Narelle makes landfall on the WA coastline near Exmouth. 

St John WA sent four crews to the scene on South Coast Highway.

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Four people taken to hospital as school bus and truck crash

Police are investigating a crash between school bus and a truck that left four people, including two children, injured in the Great Southern late on Wednesday.

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Tropical Cyclone Narelle is expected to lash a large segment of the Western Australian coast as it moves south. The Bureau of Meteorology

Cyclone PainCommentsPremiumCyclone Narelle to slam ‘double whammy’ on producers

A supply chain expert has warned a ‘perfect storm’ is about to hit WA as tropical Cyclone Narelle travels along the northern coastline to deliver a double-whammy to food producers amid the fuel crisis.

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The harrowing incident happened as he walked unattended across Princess Road in Balga on Thursday morning. 

POLICEVideoPremiumToddler hit by car in Perth after wandering from family home

A distressing video shows the moment an 18-month-old boy was hit by a car on Thursday morning, with the impact sending the child rolling about 10 metres.

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Brothers Otis, 14, and Leon, 16, were found dead alongside their parents Jarrod Clune and Maiweena Goasdoue inside their Mott Close home on January 30.

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Nearly two months on from the horror Mosman Park tragedy in which two teenage boys were killed by their parents, some of the most important questions remain unanswered. 

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St John WA patient transport officer Bec Thompson was on the other side of the windshield when a naked man smashed his head through the front of the ambulance she was driving.

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A St John WA worker has told of how she feared for her life when a naked man allegedly smashed his head through the windshield of an ambulance, as new figures reveal a spike in violence towards paramedics. 

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Convicted domestic violence offender Rory Vassallo has sensationally stood aside from an executive role of a WAFL club, just 72 hours after he was appointed.

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Convicted DV offender stands aside as WAFL club patron

A convicted domestic violence offender has sensationally stood aside from a prestigious role at a WAFL club, just 72 hours after he was appointed. 

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The harrowing incident happened as he walked unattended across Princess Road in Balga on Thursday morning. 

POLICEVideoPremiumToddler hit by car in Perth after wandering from family home

A distressing video shows the moment an 18-month-old boy was hit by a car on Thursday morning, with the impact sending the child rolling about 10 metres.

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Brothers Otis, 14, and Leon, 16, were found dead alongside their parents Jarrod Clune and Maiweena Goasdoue inside their Mott Close home on January 30.

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Nearly two months on from the horror Mosman Park tragedy in which two teenage boys were killed by their parents, some of the most important questions remain unanswered. 

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St John WA patient transport officer Bec Thompson was on the other side of the windshield when a naked man smashed his head through the front of the ambulance she was driving.

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A St John WA worker has told of how she feared for her life when a naked man allegedly smashed his head through the windshield of an ambulance, as new figures reveal a spike in violence towards paramedics. 

Convicted domestic violence offender Rory Vassallo has sensationally stood aside from an executive role of a WAFL club, just 72 hours after he was appointed.

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Damage to Doriana Magili’s Carnarvon banana crop in the aftermath of Cyclone Mitchell last month. It wiped out about 50 per cent of the areas banana crop.

Countryman HorticultureVideoPremiumBanana crop expected to be completely wiped out by cyclone

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Category 4 severe tropical cyclone Narelle is dangerously close to Exmouth and has started to pass close to the North West Cape as its threat to lives and homes along the coastline ramps up, with residents to expect destructive winds of more than 120km/h. 

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‘It’s horrific’: Locals’ terror as Narelle impacts WA coast

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St John WA sent four crews to the scene on South Coast Highway.

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Four people taken to hospital as school bus and truck crash

Melissa Sheil

Tropical Cyclone Narelle is expected to lash a large segment of the Western Australian coast as it moves south. The Bureau of Meteorology

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Oil prices have been gripped by volatility since the US-Iran war began nearly four weeks ago.

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Analysts say the market has now entered a state of “backwardation” that suggests a risk premium has been baked into energy prices, despite traders anticipating a swift resolution to the conflict.

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An unusual burst of activity early Monday, minutes before a market-moving social media post from President Donald Trump has raised eyebrows.

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‘Someone with access to privileged information appears to have made hundreds of millions in profit by trading on a political secret before it became public.’

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Rising oil prices are lighting a price fire under local petrol prices.

EnergyCommentsPremium$US166 a barrel? Middle East clue on where oil is heading

Traders are looking at Dubai’s price as potential harbinger of what could be ahead for other crude benchmarks if the situation doesn’t improve.

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People look at collectable designer art toy Labubu at a Pop Mart pop-up store in Siam Center shopping mall in Bangkok on May 6, 2025. (Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP)

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Collectible toy maker and IP powerhouse Pop Mart is teaming up with Sony Pictures to bring its wildly popular Labubu doll to movie theatres. 

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Grain

Grain Producers chair Barry Large at his farm in Miling. Simon Santi

Cropping DecisionsPremiumGrowers keeping an eye on global conflict for cropping plans

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Last year’s harvest bonanza did not automatically translate to a higher level of confidence for grain growers.

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CSBP sales strategy and reliability manager Ben Sudlow.

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Urea fertiliser.

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Livestock

Well-bred Santa Gertrudis bulls ready to work in WA's beef producing enterprises across the State.

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Bob Garnant

Celebrating last year's Bos Indicus Week on day one at the 4th Annual Munda Reds Droughtmaster Bull Sale are Rockhampton-based Nutrien Livestock auctioneer Dane Pearce, Munda Reds Droughtmaster stud co-managers Olivia and Ben Wright, of Gingin, top-price buyer Paul Laycock of High Country Droughtmaster stud in Eskdale, Queensland, and Nutiren Livestock auctioneer Trent McKinlay, of Rockhampton.

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Bob Garnant

The Hasleby family secured a half share in Gyranda Viagra V266 (PP) with sons to be offered in 2028.

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Bob Garnant

Coyrecup-based Moojepin Merinos co-principal Hamish Thompson at his family's confinement feeding pen.

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Wool

Fremantle Dockers forward Josh Treacy is kicking goals for the Merino industry. Here he is with a football made from wool mesh bag material.

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Bob Garnant

Boyup Brook top gun shearer Luke Harding won the Wagin Woolorama open shearing competition, sharing the prestigious trophy with his wife Jess Harding.

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Wagin Woolorama models Simone Stephens, Kayla Staggard and Emma Van-de-Velde, all wearing woollen fashion designs, with Andrew Rintoul, of Tilba Tilba stud in Williams.

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Australian Wool Innovation head of operations Scott Carmody.

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Politics

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese MP and the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, sign a trade agreement between Australia and the European Union.

Federal PoliticsVideoCommentsAustralia inks EU trade deal set to deliver $10b windfall

Latika M Bourke

Victoria's Darren Chester has taken over the Federal shadow agriculture portfolio following a shadow cabinet reshuffle.

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Kimberley Pilbara Cattlemen’s Association chief executive Bron Christensen.

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The Nationals’ Julie Freeman addresses fuel shortages in a press conference outside Parliament.

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Machinery

Leon Archibald represented WA in Caterpillar’s inaugural Global Dealer Technician Challenge Finals in Chicago.

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The next generation of See & Spray technology expands targeted application across more crops and under more operating conditions.

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MY27 planters offer optional dual-product fertiliser, applying in-furrow and/or side-band nutrients at optimal growth timing.

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Farmers are increasingly turning to technology in a bid to ramp up production. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

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Field Days

RASWA Rural Ambassador for 2022 Reece Jerrett and runner-up Holly Snell with 2021 National Rural Ambassador Karl Milde in the poultry section, where Mr Jerrett had more than 50 birds at the Perth Royal Show.

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Author and community historian Liz Harfull.

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Wagin Woolorama staff and committee members Paula Carroll, Darcey Ward, Brittany Were, Fiona Dawson, Sue Dowson, Lyn Hatherly, Shelly Benck, and Brittany Bolt.

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Wagin Woolorama president Fiona Dawson.

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Horticulture

Damage to Doriana Magili’s Carnarvon banana crop in the aftermath of Cyclone Mitchell last month. It wiped out about 50 per cent of the areas banana crop.

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Service stations have been warned not to profit off Australians amid the war in the Middle East.

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Banana farmers will know the full extend of damage soon.

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Banana plantations were the hardest hit in last week’s cyclone.

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Finance & Markets

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Opinion

Grain Producers Australia will continue to advocate for support and appropriate resourcing to strengthen independent and scientific evidence-based regulatory systems operated by the APVMA. 

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CBH Group's new wagons in action.

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Mark Harvey-Sutton (left) and the Keep the Sheep Rally in Perth in March 2025.

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Harvest at CBH Group's Brookton site.

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Country Communities

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Ian Hall, Nola and Glen Towers, Ken, Coral and Murray Hall, and Kris Dewson-Hall enjoy Ken’s birthday cake.

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Firefighters on the ground in the Fitzgerald River National Park in January.

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An uncontrolled bushfire threatened communities near Boddington on January 22.

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