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WebLocal surfer identified after Geraldton shark attack
12+ hour, 12+ min ago (468+ words) September 14, 2026 — 10:53am A surfer who was attacked by a shark at a Geraldton beach on Monday morning has been identified as local man Mel Ismail. The Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development reported the “possible shark incident” occurred at 9.45am at…...
Child protection minister flies to WA’s north after vulnerable kids left alone in public housing
11+ hour, 26+ min ago (454+ words) September 14, 2026 — 11:39am Child Protection Minister Jess Stojkovski has flown to Port Hedland as a scandal engulfs the state government following reports vulnerable Aboriginal children are often left alone for up to a week at a time in a Department of Communities…...
Australian man, children found dead in Bali in suspected double-murder suicide
13+ hour, 14+ min ago (266+ words) September 14, 2026 — 9:51am An Australian man and his two young children have been found dead inside a Bali home in what authorities suspect was a double murder suicide. The bodies of Perth man Damien John Shaw, 56, and his two children, aged 4 and…...
WA news LIVE: Children’s hospice in Swanbourne now complete
15+ hour, 26+ min ago (420+ words) After a long and arduous process the children’s hospice in Swanbourne has reached practical completion. Premier Roger Cook, Health Minister Meredith Hammat and Health Infrastructure Minister John Carey attended the impressive $38.6 million facility called Sandcastles (Boodja Mia) this morning to…...
‘Infuriated’: Australian Olympians slam Sydney Sweeney’s provocative new sports ad
13+ hour, 46+ min ago (593+ words) September 14, 2026 — 9:19am A provocative advertisement featuring US actress Sydney Sweeney half-naked and strategically covered by sporting equipment has sparked a major backlash from Australian Olympians, with swimming great Ariarne Titmus declaring she was “infuriated” by the campaign. A year after Sweeney…...
‘In Sydney this is a rarity’: The hidden music haven caught in a bitter council spat
14+ hour, 6+ min ago (875+ words) September 14, 2026 — 9:00am From the outside the Red House is an unassuming, orange-bricked former Korean Christian church. But take one step inside the structure in Sydney’s south-west suburb of Earlwood and you’ll be immersed in an art space fitted with soft Persian…...
Australia exposed to growing risk from deepening China-Russia-North Korea alliance
16+ hour, 36+ min ago (1209+ words) September 14, 2026 — 6:30am Kyiv, Ukraine: Australia is exposed to a deepening military alliance between Russia, China and North Korea as the three partners work together in the war on Ukraine, prompting experts to warn of the risks to security in Asia. Former…...
Reality check in the mail for Wallabies with scary Springboks up next
19+ hour, 44+ min ago (817+ words) September 14, 2026 — 3:22am The Wallabies will be quietly hoping the brutal four-Test series between the Springboks and All Blacks has left both sides battered and bruised. Australia play South Africa in Perth, on September 27, and based on what we witnessed in the…...
Sam wanted a baby. This diagnosis cost him $90,000 and his relationship
20+ hour, 6+ min ago (1466+ words) As a healthy 26-year-old, Samuel Goodwin-Dorning never had reason to doubt his fertility. Wanting to start their family young, he and his wife began trying to conceive. After eight months passed with no luck, they went to get checked out....
WA teacher sentenced over trespass, threats to kill neighbour’s dogs
21+ hour, 31+ min ago (571+ words) September 14, 2026 — 1:35am A man in his 60s, currently working as a teacher at a northern suburbs high school in Perth, has been found guilty of threatening to kill his neighbour’s dogs, in addition to trespassing on and damaging their property, following a…...