A Narrogin parts technician has taken out top honours at the national John Deere Technician of the Year awards, with the title marking her second win in the competition in three years.
Melissa Sheil
Australia’s biggest sheep station has finally been sold, with a UK-owned agribusiness giant snapping up Rawlinna Station for an undisclosed amount after months of delays.
Georgia Campion
Labor’s contentious firearms reforms have left WA veterinarians scratching their heads over conflicting licensing rules and advice for euthanising animals across multiple property types and the roadside.
The environment minister has trumpeted reforms to a "broken" oversight system as frustrated land managers slam subsidies for activities damaging the landscape.
Jack Gramenz
Kimberley ‘Cob’ De Pledge is calling for the right to appeal firearm licence decisions after revealing at the Parliamentary inquiry into the Firearms Act there are no guns on Yanrey Station.
The King family of Rangeview Merino and Poll Merino stud in Darkan have been awarded the prestigious supreme sash at this year’s Perth Royal Show fleece judging competition.
Bob Garnant
Mia Davies has taken up the fight for WA’s domestic gas lobby and put the heat on Premier Roger Cook to ensure the State’s reservation policy is enforced.
Jessica Page
A wage war between CBH Group and wharfies at the Kwinana Grain Terminal will continue to behind closed doors this week with the Fair Work Commissioner stepping in to mediate negotiations.
Live sheep exports from WA to the Middle East have stalled following the three-month summer trading moratorium in an ‘unprecedented situation’ amid declining industry confidence.
The State’s top cop has revealed hundreds of firearms are being stolen every year as he defended the implementation of tough new gun laws.
A man is in custody after allegedly sparking a lengthy police chase along Albany Highway that ended when he crashed into another car before trying to carjack others near Cranbrook on Sunday afternoon.
An administrative stuff-up has led to WA Police Minister Reece Whitby being listed to speak at an inquiry into Labor’s gun laws before being removed from the line-up a few days before he was due to present.
Thieves have gone to extraordinary lengths to remove, dismantle, and steal two large sheds from a South West property owned by an American mining firm.
Australia’s telecommunications regulator says it is ‘deeply concerned’ following the latest Optus triple-0 outage — which left three people dead — while outlining the scope of its investigation into the telco.
Aaron Patrick and Caitlyn Rintoul
The biennial Landcare conference is billed as Australia's largest knowledge-sharing climate adaptation, biodiversity, sustainability and nature repair event.
Farmers and the community need to trust one another and work together to tackle challenges facing the land - and outdated laws need to catch up, an expert says.
It took 12 pairs of shoes, 14,000km and 200 days for Brooke McIntosh to become the youngest and fastest woman to run around Australia.
Abby Green
The Coalition MP leading a backbench rebellion to abandon net zero has made a wild comparison.
Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer
Stephen Scourfield on a meaningful newcomer
Stephen Scourfield
Artificial intelligence technology will be deployed in more Australian forests in an investment inspired by the devastating Black Summer bushfires.
Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson
Australia has no chance of meeting its new 2035 emissions reduction target unless environmental approval laws are overhauled and quickly, the resources and renewable energy sectors have warned.
Katina Curtis
A little poultry pro is hatching big plans to rule the roost in the Poultry Pavilion at this year’s Perth Royal Show, as he makes his third return to show off his beloved pet chooks.
Caitlin Vinci
A sweet potato farmer has copped a big fine for exploiting vulnerable farm workers, deducting thousands of dollars from dozens of employees.
Duncan Evans
Drunk bats, fingernail growth and whether painting stripes on cows keeps the flies away are among the winners of the 2025 Ig Nobels.
Michael Casey
