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State PoliticsSenior minister in hot water for calling MP an ‘arsehole’

A senior Cook Government minister called an Opposition MP an ‘arsehole’ in Parliament while responding to what she thought was a racist sledge to her colleague.

Jessica Page and Oliver Lane

Nationals MLA Lachlan Hunter and Education Minister Sabine Wintonare at loggerheads.

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

Mitchell’s impactGrowers yet to unpeel full extent of cyclone damage

Rebecca Ruthven & Sally Q. Davies

Southern Cross grain grower Callum Wesley.

Grain AwardSouthern Cross grower named emerging leader at GRDC Updates

A Southern Cross grower and Nuffield Scholar has been recognised as an emerging leader at WA’s premier grains industry and research conference.

Georgia Campion

Great Southern traffic police are probing a crash in Narrikup on Tuesday morning, asking the public for any information.

Crash probe Lucky escape in Narrikup rollover involving car and truck

Great Southern traffic police are appealing for information after a truck and car collided on Albany Highway, near the intersection of Red Hill Road in Narrikup on Tuesday morning.

Jacki Elezovich

WA news EOIs are open for Arubiddy Station, on the Nullarbor Plain

The listing of one of WA’s largest sheep stations has prompted speculation that it could end up in the hands of a firm majority owned by an international billionaire.

Danielle Marsland

Smart DamsFarmer installs plastic dam lining at Stirling Ranges farm

Stirling Ranges Beef farmer Paul O’Meehan has taken a page out of the mining industry’s book and given it an agricultural twist, installing plastic dam lining to save precious water and thousands of dollars.

Danielle Marsland

OPINION How WA Governments lost control of Westrail

WA has a long and bipartisan talent for pretending it is in charge when it plainly is not.

Trevor Whittington

Mark Mudie was killed in a bushfire on his West River farm in December.

Extraordinary electionTwo council seats to fill

The Shire of Ravensthorpe will hold an election to fill two vacant council spots left by late deputy president Mark Mudie, and Max Szulc, who resigned from council just days after being elected.

Jessica Antoniou

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

heartfelt thanksRavensthorpe shire president sends thanks to fire crews

Shire of Ravensthorpe president Rachel Gibson issued a heartfelt thank you message to emergency services, volunteers and the community for their work during devastating bushfires over the summer.

Beyond the SaleyardsBeyond the Saleyards: Tight sheep and lamb supplies

Recent analysis of Western Australia’s livestock processing data highlights two connected stories across sheep and cattle, both contributing to a firmer pricing environment.

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.

CHEMICAL REGULATION Chemical regulation needs broader lens to be effective

Environmental consequences and financial implications need to be a part of what is considered when Australia’s chemical regulator reviews chemistries.

State PoliticsSenior minister in hot water for calling MP an ‘arsehole’

A senior Cook Government minister called an Opposition MP an ‘arsehole’ in Parliament while responding to what she thought was a racist sledge to her colleague.

Jessica Page and Oliver Lane

John Higham protests against the demersal fishing ban.

Demersal banFisher’s rooftop protest to end in court date

Geraldton shark fisher John Higham has been charged with trespass after his rooftop protest at the local fisheries office on Monday against the State Government’s demersal fishing ban

Sally Q Davies

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RACING‘Deeply confronting’: Top trainers open up on horror month

WA’s No.1 trainer Grant Williams has opened up on the ‘deeply confronting’ uncertainty over his and wife Alana’s suspension from racing, as the pair won an appeal and further declared their innocence.

Hayden King

Mandurah mum identified as Kwinana Freeway crash victim

Traffic‘Loving mum’ identified as Kwinana Freeway crash victim

The horrific crash closed the freeway for more than 10 hours.

Rachel Fenner

Underground workers employed by Barminco.

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FIFO workers with no degree making more than $20k a week

Specialised blue-collar workers on Western Australian mine sites are raking in more than experienced surgeons, thanks to a gold mining boom.

Adrian Rauso

Junbo Shim, 22, had only recently moved to WA to work in mining.

Courts & JusticeBig jail term for ‘callous’ drug-crazed fatal crash driver

A driver who was fleeing police for the second night straight and had been awake for three days when he killed a young South Korean man in a crash in Forrestfield has learned his fate.

Rebecca Le May

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A creeping deluge of human waste has seeped into Perth’s Swan River.

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Perth water pipes hit crisis mode after years of neglect

Water Corporation is struggling to provide a basic level of service to customers amid a maintenance backlog of at least five years and urgent repairs including decaying sewerage and lead leaking into pipes.

Charlton Hart

Traffic‘Loving mum’ identified as Kwinana Freeway crash victim

The horrific crash closed the freeway for more than 10 hours.

Rachel Fenner

A young man died on Valentine’s Day after the car he was driving slammed into a tree in Pingelly.

Disaster and EmergencyValentine’s Day tragedy as man dies in Wheatbelt crash

A young driver has been killed after his car hit a tree in Pingelly.

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FIFO workers with no degree making more than $20k a week

Specialised blue-collar workers on Western Australian mine sites are raking in more than experienced surgeons, thanks to a gold mining boom.

FBR got something of a shoutout from the Reserve Bank this week.

Herd on the TerraceKemerton plan is Carey and maintenance

John Carey may have been a tad ambitious about the future of Albemarle’s lithium hydroxide refinery following Thursday’s news the plant will be closed. Plus: A Perth tech company wins an RBA shoutout.

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Extraordinary electionTwo council seats to fill

Jessica Antoniou

Demersal banFisher’s rooftop protest to end in court date

Sally Q Davies

Crash probe Lucky escape in Narrikup rollover involving car and truck

Jacki Elezovich

Bayer says mounting legal costs are threatening its ability to continue selling weedkiller Roundup. (AP PHOTO)

BusinessBayer offers $10b to settle Roundup cancer US lawsuits

David A Lieb

CNBC newsThere’s a coffee war brewing in China (and now in the US)

As Starbucks sells off most of its China business, local rival Luckin Coffee is expanding into higher-priced cold brews and other drinks. It’s also expanding its footprint in the US.

Evelyn Cheng

China’s property market, once accounting for more than a quarter of the economy, has seen its annual sales volume halve in just four years.

CNBC newsS&P bets China property slump will be worse than expected

S&P Global Ratings has lowered its forecast for China property sales this year, barely two months into 2026.

Evelyn Cheng

CNBC newsSpaceX primed to make Elon Musk the first trillionaire

Elon Musk’s net worth soared past $US800b last week after he merged SpaceX with xAI in a deal that valued the combined entity at $US1.25 trillion.

Robert Frank and Lora Kolodny

The plans were discussed at a “Critical Minerals Ministerial” in Washington this week

CNBC newsUS proposes minerals trade bloc aimed at countering China

The US on Wednesday unveiled new initiatives to mobilise allies into a preferential trade bloc for critical minerals, including coordinated price floors.

Dylan Butts