5+ min ago (29+ words) Should he retain his own titles, Jai Opetaia will fly to Los Angeles and confront the new WBC champion in an attempt to finally lock in a unification bout....

6+ min ago (58+ words) Bob Garnant has worked as a journalist with the Countryman since 2008. He previously held a stud stock advertising and advertorial position with the agricultural paper since 1998, in photography and report writing of stud promotions and sales. Since he was given an editorial role, his work maintains stud sales reporting intertwined with livestock and wool industry news....

9+ min ago (253+ words) China's Shenzhou-22 mission has blasted off as the nation looks to plug safety risks to its crewed spaceflight program and space station after a vessel was damaged in orbit. The Shenzhou-22 spacecraft took off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Centre in northwest China at 12.11pm local time (3.11pm AEDT) on Monday, according to a livestream on state-owned broadcaster CCTV. The spacecraft will travel to China's permanently inhabited Tiangong space station, where three astronauts currently reside with no flightworthy vessel that could return them to earth in the event of an emergency. On November 5, the Shenzhou-20 spacecraft was meant to return a trio of Chinese astronauts back to earth but was deemed unfit to fly after sustaining suspected debris damage while docked at Tiangong. This forced China's space authorities to deploy the only remaining flightworthy vessel, the Shenzhou-21, which had just arrived at…...

10+ min ago (417+ words) Little Creatures officially opened its doors at Elizabeth Quay on Tuesday morning, bringing one of WA's most iconic brewing names to the Perth CBD. Three years in the making, the venue at Nine The Esplanade precinct promises world-class design while incorporating a uniquely WA character. The Three Pound Group, which has venues throughout Perth including The Elford, The Reveley, Good Company and The Camfield, has joined with Australasian group Lion to bring the project to life. Three Pound Group general manager Tim McLernon said the venue had its own character, with a fresh CBD-friendly take designed to suit a corporate crowd but without losing Little Creatures' soul. "We didn't want to recreate Fremantle," he said. "That venue has its own character. We've created something with the Little Creatures DNA, but definitely a more corporate, CBD version." Mr McLernon said the…...

11+ min ago (555+ words) True North Copper has put another serious run on the board at its exciting new Aquila copper-cobalt discovery within its Mount Oxide project in Queensland, stretching the mineralised strike to more than 900m and confirming what management says is the emergence of a multi-deposit copper district. True North says the new intercepts have strengthened the outlines of two steep, high-grade plunging shoots, one stretching 250m, the other 150m, both of which remain open at depth. The latest assays come from the southern shoot, where the company concedes suboptimal collaring did little to diminish the scale of the system, instead helping refine targeting for the next phase. Management is still awaiting results from the final four holes drilled into Aquila, with the full set of nearby Apollo and Acanthis prospect assays due between December and January. But already the picture is clear: Aquila is…...

11+ min ago (362+ words) Simone Grogan has been writing business stories since 2020. Hailing originally from the North West of England, she got her first dose of the Australian corporate world working as an assistant in stockbroking. Simone was a reporter at The Market Herald and later Business News " where she covered resources, companies and corporate finance " prior to joining The West Australian in 2023. A $650 million contract haul lifted shares in Subiaco-based contractor SRG Global on Tuesday, bolstering a run that's seen the company double its stock price in the past 12 months The raft of new work adds to a broadening pipeline of projects across Australia and New Zealand for the listed business and follows a string of acquisitions, including its recent $115m purchase of WA marine infrastructure group Total AMS Among the contracts posted to the market include the design and construction of concrete tanks…...

13+ min ago (26+ words) Mia King shapes as the burning selection question as North Melbourne hunt an AFLW flag, with Emma Kearney noting "heartbreak" is inevitable in grand final week....

13+ min ago (202+ words) Bevan Shields, the editor of the Sydney Morning Herald, has announced he is stepping down after four years in the role, with his replacement already named. The announcement came amid speculation over his future in the role. In a message to staff, he wrote, "This job has been the honour of my life, and I am extremely proud of everything we have achieved together. The time has come for me to focus on my health and wellbeing, and to think about the next chapter in my career." "I would like to thank you all for the privilege of being your editor. I am now going to embark on a break from the newsroom over summer and return to the Herald in a senior writing role." In a separate email to staff, executive editor of the SMH, Luke McIlveen, revealed Jordan…...

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 (58+ words) Georgia Campion is a reporter for Countryman. Originally from Melbourne, Georgia has called WA home since 2011. She began her journalism career in 2023 at the Albany Advertiser before making the move to Countryman in May 2025. Georgia now writes about politics, news, livestock, grain, and court. She loves to travel, photography, and knows too much useless trivia....