12+ min ago (210+ words) The West Australian is a leading news source in Perth and WA. Breaking local and world news from sport and business to lifestyle and current affairs. A 27-year-old woman has been charged with multiple offences after allegedly leading police on a car chase in Broome On Wednesday, November 19 about 2pm local police allege they attempted to initiate a traffic stop after spotting a stolen vehicle on Dakas Road in Cable Beach They further allege the female driver failed to stop and then sped away from police, driving on the wrong side of the road and mounting curbs through various Broome streets at excessive speeds Police managed to stop the stolen black Suzuki Grand Vitara SUV at the intersection of Gunian Boulevard and Manggala Drive in Cable Beach and apprehended the driver The woman driver was charged by Broome detectives with stealing…...

14+ min ago (24+ words) AFLW best-and-fairest winner Ash Riddell says North Melbourne's narrow preliminary final win over Melbourne was a good reminder about the Kangaroos' strengths....

15+ min ago (26+ words) The West Australian is a leading news source in Perth and WA. Breaking local and world news from sport and business to lifestyle and current affairs....

16+ min ago (64+ words) Cally Dupe has been writing for Countryman since 2017 and was appointed editor in 2018. She has been reporting on regional and rural news since 2012, when she cut her teeth at The Kimberley Echo in Kununurra. Cally now writes about grain, livestock, politics, court, business, and local news for print and online. You will find her stories in Countryman and The West Australian....

19+ min ago (172+ words) Fire crews from a number of brigades across the Great Southern have rushed to a serious house fire in Gnowangerup following multiple triple-0 calls on Tuesday. The fire, in a single-storey house in Hughes Street, started about noon. A DFES spokesman said appliances had set off from Gnowangerup, Katanning, Albany, Dumbleyung, Borden, Kojonup and Katanning. He said the triple-0 calls had come from neighbours who had said no one was hurt, but this had to be confirmed by emergency services personnel who were on their way the scene. The Shire of Gnowangerup also issued a warning at 1pm for residents to keep windows and doors closed, adding that Western Power were investigating a power outage. The shire office was also offline and phone lines were down, according to the shire. Police confirmed they had attended the blaze. The fire sparked an…...

21+ min ago (385+ words) Tom has covered business, markets and economics for more than a decade in Australia. He previously worked at The Australian Financial Review for nearly five years as a Markets Reporter & Commentator. Prior to that worked in equities management at the Bank of New York Mellon in London. Shares in counter-drone technology business DroneShield surged 12 per cent on Tuesday after it signed a $5.2 million contract win with a European military customer The bounce followed a tough month of share market losses punctuated by disclosures that chief executive Oleg Vornik sold his entire shareholding worth $50 million while two other directors dumped $20 million in stock The Sydney-based manufacturer negotiated a a contract with a European reseller that has worked with DroneShield over the past three years and has previously sold more than $70 million worth of the company's equipment "The contract is for handheld…...

34+ min ago (246+ words) Hannah Whitehead works as the rural journalist for the Narrogin Observer and The Great Southern Herald since 2024. She is the sole journalist based in the Southern Weatbelt and surrounding country towns. Her role includes sports, criminal, political, emergency and community reporting. Narrogin detectives are investigating a suspicious house fire in Wagin earlier this month that left the home completely destroyed In a social media post on Tuesday, Narrogin detectives called for information into the suspicious fire A Department of Emergency Services spokesperson said it received a triple-0 call about 3am alerting crews to a house fire on Omdurman Street, north of the town centre, on November 16 Six volunteer fire and rescue units from Wagin, Narrogin and Dumbleyung arrived at the scene within 15 minutes of the report to find the home fully engulfed in flames The blaze was extinguished in about an…...

45+ min ago (25+ words) Testing has confirmed a deadly strain of bird flu has reached an Australian sub-Antarctic island, after scientists raised the alarm after unusual seal deaths....

50+ min ago (53+ words) The voice of the bush since 1885, Countryman provides WA's best and most comprehensive agricultural news, with dedicated sections for news, livestock, wool, opinion, machinery, real estate, and social pictures. Our weekly newspaper offers up-to-date coverage of news and events, providing a powerful voice for those living in country WA....

50+ min ago (26+ words) The West Australian is a leading news source in Perth and WA. Breaking local and world news from sport and business to lifestyle and current affairs....