A Preston Beach resident has recalled the moment he thought a plane falling from the sky before crashing was an ‘astronaut’ or a ‘space shuttle’.
Oliver Lane and Caleb Runciman
Craig Duncan
WA’s only youth cattle handling camp came to Brunswick last week, offering young people from Exmouth to Albany the opportunity to test their skills and dip their toes into cattle handling.
Private swimming pools and spas are set for a visit from the Shire of Harvey ensuring all pools are compliant with state legislation.
Three Aboriginal artists with strong connections to the South West have been chosen to tell cultural stories in artworks at Albemarle’s Paris Grove development in Australind.
Sean Van Der Wielen
South West NRM continues its Community Resilience Network in order to help farmers cope with the expanding pressures that face our rural regions.
Residents of Wokalup are becoming increasingly frustrated by delays for a proposed telecommunications tower they need in order to call triple-0.
The proposed offshore wind farm zone off the coast of Bunbury has raised a trove of queries and concerns, so we at the South Western times took those questions and put them to an expert.
Oliver Lane
Two elderly men have survived a serious plane crash after they were forced to make an emergency landing on Tuesday afternoon.
Dementia Australia is visiting the Shire of Waroona this month to help educate and provide support for people living with dementia, their carers, family, and friends.
The Harvey Hawks opened their South West Soccer Association Men’s Division One season with a thumping 7-1 win over Bunbury Dynamos at Forrest Park on Sunday.
Josh Kempton
Waroona was packed with V8’s, certified classics and everything in between this weekend, as the All Australian Car Day drove into the South West.
The much-vaunted Rising Stars 2024 report by Canstar and Hotspotting ranks includes ten Perth suburbs in the list of 110 rising stars around the nation.
Kim Macdonald
The ATO has confirmed the 2024 superannuation thresholds will rise in line with predictions made in Your Money more than a month ago. Here’s everything you need to know and how to play the changes.
Nick Bruining
AFL expert Danielle Laidley runs the rule over every West Coast Eagle after a huge win and Fremantle Docker after another heartbreaker in round five. Here’s who starred and who struggled.
Danielle Laidley
They may not be in the same league as Leederville or Mount Lawley yet, but it’s only a matter of time before these Perth suburbs undergo the same trendy transformation. SEE THE SURPRISING LIST.
Raquel de Brito
Police claim the 37-year-old drove at police cars, mounted footpaths, went through bollards and hit a garden brick wall.
Lauren Price
Three men who carried out a violent home invasion, in which they bashed and robbed a grandmother while her husband was bound, are still on the run. WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGE
A high-profile defamation lawyer representing Linda Reynolds has been fined heftily for professional misconduct after airing protected health information.
A 10-year-old Indigenous boy has taken his own life while in the care of the State Government.
A traveller has been fined after he was caught with tens of thousands of dollars’ worth of undeclared currency before departing on an overseas flight from Perth.
More attention is needed to support mothers at the women’s prison unit in Kalgoorlie-Boulder, an inspection review has found.
Anneke de Boer
Busselton councillors have voted on a motion which could make certain fishing practices illegal off the Busselton Jetty.
The owner of a now-defunct cafe has been fined after he refused to pay for staff insurance and an at-work injury claim.
Holly Prentice
The Kalgoorlie CBD playground which opened a few months ago as part of a $16 million redevelopment project has been temporarily closed for “routine maintenance”.
A young teenage girl who had a stolen backyard table in her bedroom and stole a bag of lollies from an IGA store has received a good behaviour bond.
A project has begun to reduce the number of feral goldfish in the Vasse River, and the community is being encouraged to help.
Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell says the US economy, while otherwise strong, has not seen inflation come back to the central bank’s goal.
Jeff Cox
People with more money than their peers often ask you to transfer comically small amounts of money.
Aditi Shrikant
A majority of workers know the feeling of wanting to retract an email right after they’ve sent it, and the youngest professionals are the most likely to feel email regret.
Jennifer Liu
Oil prices could soar to $US100 per barrel and beyond, said market watchers, after Iran mounted an aerial attack against Israel reigniting fears of a regional war.
Lee Ying Shan
High school principals fear students could be at risk because they are under pressure to keep schools open while teachers are out on strike next week.
Bethany Hiatt
A nine-year-old boy is among four people killed after their car left the road in a horror crash overnight.
Nathan Schmidt
The West Australian can reveal how many public schools across the State will either be closed or partially closed when teachers go out on strike next week.
Missy Higgins has never been afraid to wear her heart on her sleeve — and it was on full display at the Perth Concert Hall last night.
A 28-year-old prisoner has died at Hakea Prison after being found unconscious in his cell on Thursday afternoon.
Four people — including a child — have died overnight in a crash in the Wheatbelt region.
Hannah Cross
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