NGAARDA STATEWIDE NEWS: MONDAY 17TH AUGUST 2026
Elderly patients in regional Western Australia are reportedly spending up to six weeks in hospital while waiting for guardianship orders allowing them to move into aged care facilities.
Two officers who rushed into burning bushland to rescue a man following a rollover near Mount Anketell were among those honoured at the 2026 Western Australia Police Force Bravery Awards.
The WA Opposition is calling for a firm guarantee that the state’s 75-cent GST floor will remain after a Productivity Commission interim report described the current arrangements as costly and inequitable.
Geraldton detectives are investigating after a bullet struck a camper trailer occupied by two people, including a woman who is 19 weeks pregnant, at a campground near Mullewa.
Bidjara and Māori actor Deborah Mailman has become the first Indigenous person inducted into the TV Week Logies Hall of Fame.