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FARMERS FUEL CRISISPemberton grower making four trips a day for fuel

Pemberton grower Stephen Bendotti is making four trips a day for fuel, vegetablesWA chief says growers are “pulling up stumps” and food strife is imminent if the WA Government doesn’t prioritise agriculture.

Danielle Marsland

Southern Forests. Steve Bendotti at WA Chip, Manjimup. Iain Gillespie The West Australian

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

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

Georgia Campion

Ramulam Prickles the kelpie has been crowned Australia’s top sheepdog at the national championships, held in the ACT last week.

Top DogPrickles the kelpie is Australia’s top sheepdog

Arthur River’s Ramulam Prickles nabbed the title of Australia’s top sheepdog at the National Sheepdog Trial Championships in the ACT last week.

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CSBP sales strategy and reliability manager Ben Sudlow.

Middle East ConflictAustralia’s heavy reliance on fertiliser imports threatened

Australia’s heavy reliance on imported fertiliser — coupled with a limited capacity for onshore manufacturing — is “severely” exposed to the conflict in the Middle East.

Georgia Campion

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

PoliticsDarren Chester vows to back WA ag as new shadow minister

Australia has ushered Victoria’s Darren Chester in as the new Federal shadow agriculture minister following David Littleproud’s shock resignation as leader of the Nationals Party and a portfolio shuffle

Georgia Campion

Now is the time to tell Australian Wool Innovation about the resources you need.

AWI RESOURCE REVIEW AWI and EnviroDynamics launch resources review

If you’re a wool producer who feels you need more access to resources on sustainability, productivity and profitability, now is your chance to tell Australian Wool Innovation.

Danielle Marsland

Kimberley Pilbara Cattlemen’s Association chief executive Bron Christensen.

Government ExclusionKPCA excluded from WA fuel supply consultation

The State Government has left northern WA pastoralists in the cold after excluding their peak advocacy body from a fuel supply working group, with confidence in the supply chain rapidly plummeting.

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Fuel prices have reached above $3 in Manjimup as of Tuesday.

FUEL Diesel hits $3 a litre in Manjimup on “Cheap Tuesday”

Motorists in the Southern Forests are still feeling the pinch at the pump with diesel prices climbing above $3 per litre on what used to be known as ‘cheap Tuesday’.

Serian Lockwood-Jones

The Gandy family — Lola, Kim, Lex and Romy Gandy.

BULLSManjimup-bred Angus bull tops national trial

A Manjimup-bred Angus bull has delivered a standout performance on the national stage, with local stud Gandy Angus achieving top results in one of the beef industry’s most rigorous independent trials.

Tall Timbers Brewing Co publican Ed Fallens chats with The West Australian chief reporter Ben Harvey at the business' new brew pub in Manjimup.

SEASONAL WORKCalls grow to include Manjimup in 88-day visa program

Hospitality operators across the Southern Forests region are renewing calls for urgent changes to the Working Holiday Maker Visa program.

Lack of fuel supplies may impact council services.

Fuel fearsFears for remote shire operations as shortages hit diesel

Regional shires across the Mid West and Gascoyne fear their operations could be impacted if fuel prices continue to rise and they’re not able to get sufficient diesel supply.

Police have arrested a 32-year-old man in response to the alleged thefts.

crimePolice find machinery stolen from Arthur River grain site

A 32-year-old man has been arrested after police discovered allegedly stolen machinery on a Nambeelup property worth $60,000 belonging to a Wheatbelt grain site.

Hannah Whitehead

WeatherPerth on alert as forecast shows cyclone set to impact city

Perth is now on alert as a tropical system tracks towards WA’s north, with forecasters warning it will likely re-intensify into a severe cyclone later this week.

Brooke Rolfe

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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.

HealthParamedic relives ‘traumatic’ moment man headbutts ambulance

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.

Claire Sadler

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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Former NBL1 West basketball player Roosevelt Aaron Williams Jnr has been jailed for sexual assault.

Court‘Sexual piece of meat’: WA basketballer admits raping friend

Vile text messages a NBL1 basketballer sent to his mates after raping a female friend have been aired in court as he’s jailed for the horrific crime. WARNING: DISTRESSING DETAILS

Hannah Cross

Dramatic images captured the bloodied aftermath of a light plane crash in Broome, showing a person being airlifted from the wreckage by a rescue helicopter and blood smeared across a wing.

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Bloodied photos taken moments after Broome plane crash

A man who escaped the wreckage managed to pose for a photo on the wing as blood was dripping from his head.

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More children are surviving cancer now but the toxic treatment they endure leaves most of them facing a lifetime of health problems, and even an early death.

Standing on the rooftop of Yagan Square, Nokturnl co-founders Ross Drennan and Drew Flanagan have quite the view of Perth’s city centre.

RetailPerth’s ‘dark corridor’ campus boost lights up as hotspot

Nokturnl co-founders Ross Drennan and Drew Flanagan harness power of new ECU campus to breathe life into once-faltering Yagan precinct.

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Capital gains tax kite continues to fly

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has had a kite in the air for some time now as he prepares his next Budget

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FUEL Diesel hits $3 a litre in Manjimup on “Cheap Tuesday”

Serian Lockwood-Jones

SEASONAL WORKCalls grow to include Manjimup in 88-day visa program

Serian Lockwood-Jones

Fuel fearsFears for remote shire operations as shortages hit diesel

Sally Q Davies, Imogen Wilson

crimePolice find machinery stolen from Arthur River grain site

Hannah Whitehead

CNBC newsBillion dollar ‘bet’ minutes before Trump’s post pays off

‘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.’

Yun Li

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

Energy$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.

Alex Harring

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)

CNBC newsLabubu movie on the way as Pop Mart expands toy franchise

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

Justin Solomon

A cargo ship sails in the Arabian Gulf towards Strait of Hormuz in United Arab Emirates.

CNBC newsWho’s moving through Hormuz and who’s still stranded?

Iran’s de facto blockade of the Strait of Hormuz has stoked fears of the gravest disruption to global oil supply in history, as the Middle East conflict stretches into its third week.

Anniek Bao