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- Fremantle's recovery from inexplicable collapse begins by sitting in grief Fremantle's damaged players had not even left the field of play at the Melbourne Cricket Ground and the recovery from what is one of the most heartbreaking grand final losses.
- Kwinana power station: Gas-fired proposal powering on as Environmental Protection Authority assesses project Plans for a new $700 million WA gas-fired power station have taken a step forward with the State Government to seek environmental assessment of the proposal.
- Perth Royal Show: volunteer David Ashfold crowned 2026 Legend of the Show The Perth grandfather has made his legend status official after being crowned 2026 Legend of the Show.
- Charlie Albone: Small Perth gardens don’t need a big system for compost Once you start turning kitchen scraps into something useful for your plants, throwing them in the bin feels like a waste.
- West Australian opener Sam Fanning looking to evolve into three-format unicorn As T20 continues to take over cricket, three-format players are becoming rarer, but up-and-coming West Australian opener Sam Fanning has his eyes set on evolving into a cricket unicorn.
- Judith Lucy: In her new book Well Well Well... The comedian charts her journey to get... Well The comedian delves into her quest for health and wellness that took her from the Amazon rainforest back home to Perth.
- Perth Glory chief executive Ben Leaver confident in men’s, women’s squads but no written expectation of finals New Perth Glory chief executive Ben Leaver says he has not issued a written edict to men coach Adam Griffiths and women’s counterpart Stephen Peters about ending the club’s lengthy.
- Life after AFL: Tayla and Nathan Broad head home for their next chapter Tayla Broad says WA was never a question of if, but when.
- Perth enjoy double NBL success with win over Breakers The Perth Wildcats have made it two wins in the space of 48 hours, overcoming an injury to their starting centre to defeat the New Zealand Breakers 97-93.
- Fremantle fans watching from Freo streets struggle to comprehend Grand Final loss There was a mass exodus from Fremantle following the heart-wrenching loss, with many in disbelief that their beloved team’s luck had turned.
- Justin Longmuir's message to 'devastated' Dockers Fremantle coach Justin Longmuir couldn't hide his devastation after a grand final defeat, but urged his players not to be too hard on themselves.
- This Lion pulled off the tackle of the grand final, but he barely remembers it With less than seven minutes to go in the final quarter, Fremantle’s Josh Treacy sprinted towards goal and looked certain to extend the Dockers’ lead.
- Tears flow in Fremantle Dockers’ rooms after premiership dream ripped away by Brisbane Lions Devastated Fremantle players and staff were in tears in the bowels of the MCG as they tried to come to terms with how they lost an AFL grand final despite.
- 2026 AFL grand final: Fremantle’s Josh Treacy admits his side and himself still need to improve to win flag Fremantle star Josh Treacy says their grand final heartbreak proves both he and his team need to improve as they look to end the club’s premiership drought once.
- The note that helped Patrick Voss after grand final heartbreak Patrick Voss, almost more than any other Fremantle player on the day, typified the large contrast between winning and losing.
- West Coast Eagles star Harley Reid claps back at Fremantle Dockers fans for chants after grand final loss Harley Reid has responded at Fremantle fans after the Dockers’ heartbreaking grand final loss to Brisbane.
- Editorial: Fremantle Dockers will be back after gut-wrenching loss They got so, so, close, but in the end grand final glory eluded the Fremantle Dockers.
- Fremantle fans show up in numbers to make MCG a Dockers oasis in a purple heartbreaker Fremantle fans will head home heartbroken but knowing they earned the nation’s respect.
- West Coast Eagles fans seek refuge from AFL Grand Final at Perth Royal Show but can’t escape purple fever West Coast Eagles fans dodged Fremantle’s AFL Grand Final activity sought refuge at the Perth Royal Show’s opening day.
- ‘Wharfied too close to the sun’: Agony in Fremantle as Dockers fall at the final hurdle From electric hope to total silence: tens of thousands of Fremantle fans left crushed after a late collapse against the Lions.
- Talking points, teams and times for today's AFL grand final The Brisbane Lions are facing off with the Fremantle Dockers. No. The grand final vision is exclusive to Channel 7 and won't be shown on Kayo or Fox Sports.
- The Lion who scored a 10 – and the Docker who scored just one: AFL grand final player ratings With minutes to go, Fremantle looked to have secured their first-ever AFL premiership.
- WA housing shortage: Kate Miller ‘scared’ as home ownership dream slips further out of reach amid rising prices WA housing shortage: Kate Miller ‘scared’ as home ownership dream slips further out of reach amid rising prices.
- WA housing shortage: Renters left out in the cold as transition to home ownership never been harder The plight of WA renters has been laid bare, with new figures showing the option of buying a home is now near impossible for Perth battlers.
- Surprised Docker wins Norm Smith Medal in losing grand final team Shai Bolton has won the Norm Smith Medal, despite the Dockers losing the grand final to the Lions.
- AFL grand final: How Lachie Neale overcame the week to lift third premiership cup Lachie Neale spent most of his grand final week listening to lawyers instead of training, but despite a slow start, he still had the last laugh over Fremantle.
- Fremantle vice-captain Caleb Serong opens up on emotions after grand final loss Fremantle’s vice-captain Caleb Serong has opened up on his team’s emotions in the wake of their shattering grand final loss to Brisbane.
- Glen Quartermain: Fremantle Dockers can hold their heads high despite grand final defeat When an unstoppable force meets an immovable object, the result is terrifying.
- Pingelly crash: Man killed and two injured as car crashes into tree while WA Police hunt driver A 34-year-old man has died after an SUV slammed into a tree near Pingelly, with Major Crash detectives still trying to determine which of the two surviving people inside.
- Leeuwin sales off on first Fremantle voyage since collision took ship out of water in 2024 WA’s STS Leeuwin II has officially set sail for its first voyage since an accident left the vessel out of service.
- Car veers off road and slams into tree, killing one and hospitalising two others in WA’s Wheatbelt A 34-year-old man has died after a car crashed into a tree in Western Australia’s Wheatbelt region early on Saturday morning.
- Dockers captain goes down with horror Achilles injury Heart breaking scenes in the grand final for the Fremantle Dockers as captain Alex Pearce goes down hard in the third quarter with an Achilles injury.
- How menopause could be driving women’s Alzheimer’s disease crisis Twice as many women are living with Alzheimer’s disease in Australia than men, and a new WA study plans to find out how women can protect their brains.
- Scuffle ensues after Cox bumps Lions star Lachie Neale misses a goal after Fremantle's Mason Cox bumps the Lions star and starts a scuffle.
- Streets of Fremantle heaving with purple as Grand Final fever takes over The streets of Fremantle are pulsing with purple passion today as thousands of diehard fans and local lovers descend on the port city to cheer on the boys from home.
- Jules Neale poses in Dockers scarf in not-so-subtle dig at Lachie Neale as Fremantle take on Lions at MCG Jules Neale has made her grand final loyalties clear, delivering a not-so-subtle jab at her former partner Lachie Neale as the Dockers take on the Lions.
- Perth now only capital without writers' festival In 2024, the long-running Perth writers' festival announced it would be taking a break in 2025, coming back with a refreshed event in early 2026.
- Canham injury forces Wallabies into late reshuffle for Springboks clash A hamstring injury has ruled second-rower Josh Canham out of Sunday’s Test against South Africa in Perth, with Lukhan Salakaia-Loto promoted in his place to counter the Springboks’ powerful pack.
- When a shark strikes, governments face pressure to act. But do catch-and-kill orders make the water safer? Within hours of a 63-year-old man being killed by a shark off Perth’s Sorrento Beach, an operation was launched to find the 6m great white believed to be responsible.
- Fake TV police station fuels outback town's plea for real thing The new thriller Two Birds has been filming in Western Australia's Goldfields, with a fake police station set up in Boulder.