What made the news in Cockburn – 20-27 February 2026

Thursday 26 February:
The City of Cockburn council has closed beaches on work days to address environmental damage C.Y. O’Connor Beach and the Rollinson Road park area.
See the City’s full media response on our website.

An upcoming exhibition will show off a combination of portrait and underwater photography.
Coolbellup artist Jasmine Skye will be among artists showing their work at the 2026 Show Off art exhibition from March 21-29 at the Memorial Hall in Hamilton Hill.
Jasmine picked up a camera for the first time when her now 15-year-old son was an infant. She immediately “fell down a rabbit hole” becoming obsessed with perfecting the artform.

Trains have been cancelled this morning causing peak hour havoc for commuters in Perth’s south. Trains on the Mandurah Line have been cancelled between Elizabeth Quay in the Perth CBD and Aubin Grove, including the Canning Bridge, Bull Creek, Murdoch and Cockburn Central stations.

Perth has woken to thunder, lightning and significant rain for the first time in 2026. Hamilton Hill, Innaloo, Parmelia and Palmyra are also experiencing unplanned power outages.

Wednesday 25 February:
Three Cockburn primary schools are among 51 across WA to receive funding towards a range of initiatives to support active travel including bike and scooter parking infrastructure, bike skills, and pedestrian road safety education workshops.
More than $325,000 has been allocated through the latest round of the Your Move program's Connecting Schools Grant.

Fremantle Dockers great Nat Fyfe has mixed feelings about umpires being given access to stats before casting their Brownlow votes, with the two-time winner warning of the loss of a “humanness” element to the award.

Monday 23 February:
The Fremantle Dockers may have missed out on a run at the AFL flag last year but they’re kicking plenty of goals off the field, reporting the highest turnover in the club’s history.

Work will soon start on a new purpose-built headquarters that will boost Western Australia's aviation response to emergencies. The State Government has committed $12.5 million to establish and fit out the facility at Jandakot Airport.

Sunday 22 February:
The search for funding for an Aboriginal cultural and visitors centre in the City of Cockburn is continuing after efforts so far have received a lukewarm response.
The council has spent $250,000 on a detailed design and at its February 10 meeting endorsed a $20,000 budget for its Aboriginal reference group to work on design and cost options for using existing spaces.
The City has also launched a community campaign to drum up support, which describes the centre as “more than a building”.

Saturday 21 February:
Traffic lights have been backed as the solution to a notorious Spearwood intersection. The intersection of Beeliar Drive and Spearwood Avenue has experienced increasing congestion and accidents in recent years.