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mental healthAg sector under pressure, lack of mental health support

Mental health care in regional areas remains hard to access despite the marked rise in psychological distress among Australian farmers over the last 10 years

Melissa Pedelty

The University of Canberra’s Regional Wellbeing Survey showed a marked rise in psychological distress among Australian farmers.

Multi-award winners Tom and Maddie Wilde, who took out six champion titles including the coveted Champion Overall Dairy Product at the Perth Royal Food Awards.

Award winning cheeseCundinup artesian cheese takes out top award

Bob Garnant

The Port of Albany and Qube bulk chief operating officer Morne van Wyngaard, inset.

Port WorksLogistics giant edges in on WA’s monopoly grain market

Import-export logistics giant Qube has edged its way into WA’s largely monopolised grain handling market with the first stage of a new terminal in the Great Southern complete.

Georgia Campion

A camel spotted on the side of Great Central Road.

CAMEL CONCERNSFeral camel numbers on the rise

Stakeholders say feral camel numbers are on the rise and are calling for additional funding and a unified approach with other States to manage the impacts.

Danielle Marsland

WAFarmers chief executive Trevor Whittington.

tax reliefWhat Albanese and Chalmers’ tax backdown means for farmers

Australian farmers are breathing a sigh of relief following the Federal Government’s decision to expand access to a key capital gains concession.

Melissa Pedelty

In video supplied to The West Australian, footage shows what appears to be a CBH train derailed just past Cowcowing on 22nd June

Countryman NewsWATCH: Investigations underway after CBH grain train derails

Footage shows a locomotive and at least five grain carriages lying on their side with grain spilled out on to grass.

Georgia Campion

RFDS fundraising co-ordinator Kelly Haddrick and planned giving lead Gill Murray alongside AWN WA manager Greg Tilbrook.

RFDS fundraisingAWN and Dyson Jones’ support RFDS

Three bales of superfine Merino wool sold through the WA wool auction system have raised a combined total of $8639 for the Royal Flying Doctor Service WA.

Melissa Pedelty

SeaStock founder Tom Puddy with some of the product.

carbon cuttingFremantle algae company takes on livestock methane emissions

A Fremantle algae company is part of the rapidly expanding industry using native red seaweed to slash livestock methane emissions.

Melissa Pedelty and Ryan Johnson

Albany police are appealing to the public for information after an incident in Spencer Park left a man seriously injured.

FoundDarkan woman found after being missing for five days

A 46-year-old Darkan woman has been found safe and well in the Upper Murray area, five days after she was reported missing.

Award winning cheeseCundinup artesian cheese takes out top award

Cundinup-based Cambray master cheesemaker Tom Wilde and his wife Maddie backed up their 2025 champion overall dairy product title with a Washed Rind Brie entry at this year’s Perth Royal Food Awards.

mental healthAg sector under pressure, lack of mental health support

Mental health care in regional areas remains hard to access despite the marked rise in psychological distress among Australian farmers over the last 10 years

DPIRD veterinarian taking samples to test for the virus.

Public HealthFourth suspected case of bird flu found in WA

Another suspected positive case of the deadly H5 bird flu has been detected in WA’s south, bringing the number of confirmed or suspected cases to four.

Oliver Lane

Eileen and Bob Iffla in a crop of oats at their Lake King farm in 2016.

WA newsWA ag industry mourns passing of farming legend Bob Iffla

Newdegate-Lake Grace farming legend and influential agri-politics player Bob Iffla has passed away after a lifetime of tenacity and hard work.

Georgia Campion

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The scorched ground where the motorhome was engulfed in flames.

Courts and CrimeTeen accused of murder over fatal crash identified in court

The 19-year-old has been charged with one count of murder and two counts of attempted murder over Tuesday’s night’s fatal crash.

Imogen Wilson

Simon Peter Carman, 45, was arrested by Thai immigration officers at Suvarnabhumi Airport late Friday, reportedly minutes before he was due to leave Thailand on a Jetstar flight bound to arrive in Perth.

CRIMEThai girl’s accused murderer worked as mechanic in WA

Simon Peter Carman was arrested by Thai immigration officers at the airport late Friday, reportedly minutes before he was due to leave Thailand on a flight bound for Perth. WARNING: DISTRESSING DETAILS.

Caleb Runciman

Member for Fremantle Josh Wilson has been hit with a five-match ban after an incident at a weekend soccer game.

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Josh Wilson hit with five-match ban after soccer punch

A member of Anthony Albanese’s outer ministry has been suspended from playing amateur soccer for more than a month after punching a football opponent in the face.

Joe Spagnolo and Katina Curtis

Centurion chief executive Justin Cardaci (left) with Express Group founders Andrea and Mark Mazza.

CEOsCEO’s shock exit from family transport empire

The chief executive of a family-owned transport group is unexpectedly stepping down after nearly 12 years, triggering a search for a new boss.

Sean Smith

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One man has died and another is in hospital following a horror crash today.

Kirsty Lichtenstein

Bureau of Meteorology forecaster Jonathan How discusses the cold front about to hit WA.

WeatherThunder, lightning, damaging winds make for weekend washout

Perth and large parts of WA are bracing for a wild weekend of rain, thunderstorms and dangerous coastal conditions as a powerful cold front barrels across the State.

Troy de Ruyter

Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting has unveiled a new accommodation for homeless veterans, war heroes.

BusinessRinehart opens new homeless veteran accommodation

Hancock Prospecting has unveiled its newly refurbished accommodation to house homeless veterans and war heroes — with the residential complex named in honour of Ben Roberts-Smith.

Countryman NewsWATCH: Investigations underway after CBH grain train derails

Footage shows a locomotive and at least five grain carriages lying on their side with grain spilled out on to grass.

PoliceMan dead and woman critical after motorcycle convoy crash

A man is dead and his motorcycle passenger is fighting for her life after a bike travelling in a convoy left the road and crashed near Rockingham.

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Warsh’s taskforces are the key to understanding the new Fed

Fed chair Kevin Warsh stuck to his long-stated belief in his first press conference on Wednesday that ‘inflation is a choice.’

Matt Peterson

Ships anchored on May 16, 2026 in the Strait of Hormuz near Larak Island, Iran.

EnergyCrude oil tumbles after Trump says Strait of Hormuz to open

Tanker traffic plunged in early March due to Iranian attacks, causing the biggest oil supply disruption in history.

Spencer Kimball

Cathie Wood, chief executive officer of Ark Investment Management LLC.

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For nearly two decades, some of the world’s most prominent investors quietly accumulated stakes in SpaceX while the rocket maker remained largely off-limits to the public markets.

Yun Li

People along the coast of the Persian Gulf, while Iranian and foreign cargo vessels wait in the background for clearance to pass through the Strait of Hormuz.

CNBC newsHow Strait of Hormuz standoff flipped energy security debate

Iran’s influence over the Strait of Hormuz has inadvertently transformed the energy security debate, effectively casting fossil fuels rather than renewables as the primary source of vulnerability.

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