Geraldton

Nerves were on display as candidates lobbied for final votes and turnouts to polling booths were noticeably down in Geraldton — with some resembling ghost towns — attributed to the pre-polling effect.

The Greens have been caught out in an embarrassing error, which forced the WA Electoral Commission to issue a ban on the party from handing out incorrect how-to-vote cards.

Geraldton MLA Lara Dalton has conceded she has lost the election, telling her supporters she “just couldn’t quite get there”. But who exactly has won remains up in the air.

Nationals leader Shane Love says the result in Geraldton shows a shift in mindset for the community, but the local candidate says she’s holding off on declaring victory despite a current 25 per cent swing.

Just months after Yamatji woman JC was killed by a Geraldton police officer, another was under the microscope for the unlawful arrest of an Indigenous woman in the same region known as Ms G.

A young team of coding talent from Geraldton have been crowned State champions at the First Lego League WA Finals in Perth last weekend.

Geraldton is not likely to reach its average of 30 degrees for the next few days, a similar story in Perth, aside from a slightly warmer Wednesday, the next few days wil

Peter Bol says he’s trying to take the new found fame in his stride and stay true to the values that saw him break the national 800m record in Tokyo.

Peter Wilkinson OAM was six years old when his father was killed during the Second World War. “I was out the front and the telegram boy arrived,” Peter said. “That meant nothing to me, but the howls of anguish did. And my mother spent the next three or four days …

Police say they have no suspects in relation to the shock destruction of one of the city’s most popular landmarks.