Wheatbelt
Man arrested over alleged ‘white supremacist ideology’ terrorist plot
Guns and knives were seized and a 20-year-old West Australian man is facing a string of serious charges including preparing a terrorist act targeting Muslim places of worship and the State Parliament building in Perth.
- Holly Thompson and Michael Philipps
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Inquest reveals WA prospector turned down life-saving treatment before disappearance
Barry Podmore was prospecting in the Wheatbelt region when he went missing in December 2024. An inquest into his suspected death has revealed he had cancer, and had turned down treatment on multiple occasions.
- Rebecca Peppiatt
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- Missing person
WA Police launch fresh search for gold prospector missing in same region as German backpacker
There are new plans for a search for Barry Podmore, who was prospecting near Karroun Hill in December. The search was derailed in July as police diverted resources to find Carolina Wilga.
- Hannah Murphy
When police got word a backpacker was missing in remote WA, they were already out there looking for someone else
Carolina Wilga is not the first person to go missing at the edge of Western Australia’s Wheatbelt.
- Hannah Murphy
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- Emergency services
Backpacker needs to ‘gain 12kg back’ after ordeal in WA outback
Wilga has been inundated with a sorely needed pile of food arriving to her hospital bed in Perth after spending 11 nights lost in the Australian bush.
- Holly Thompson
‘It was meant to be’: Backpacker’s rescuer describes miracle moment on remote WA road
Tania Henley was returning from a trip to Beacon in WA’s Wheatbelt when the waifish figure of a missing backpacker appeared on the side of the remote road.
- Cameron Myles
‘Sheer luck’: How German backpacker Carolina Wilga survived in the WA outback
Carolina Wilga spent nearly two weeks exposed to the elements with minimal food and water, seeking shelter where possible including in a cave.
- Holly Thompson
Carnaby’s carnage laid bare in ongoing fallout from WA’s horror summer
Those on the frontlines of the battle to save WA’s best-loved bird have revealed new details – and new ideas.
- Emma Young
People ‘just picking up’ starving WA cockatoos as burglars target nests
At what point does a pet become a pest? Meanwhile, here’s why one of Perth’s foremost black cockatoo rehab figures is saying he’s ‘never seen anything like it’.
- Emma Young
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- Small business
The Perth suburbs where small businesses are struggling (and where they thrive in WA)
Small businesses in regional WA suburbs are thriving, whilst those closer to Perth are struggling to operate longer than a year. Here’s why.
- Holly Thompson