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Dress for Success WA volunteer Genevieve Hunter.

Dress for SuccessPremiumFree styling sessions for Bunbury and Busselton women

New clothes and new found confidence was on the menu for South West women as Dress for Success WA brought its outreach styling services back to Bunbury and Busselton

Sofia Fimognari

Clay Hall is mobbed by teammates after kicking his first AFL goal.

FootballPremiumAFL Watch: Hall stars after cross-country dash

Binningup product Clay Hall starred in his first AFL game for the 2025 season on Sunday after making a dash across the country only a day earlier.

Josh Kempton

Souwest Jets' Meretini Fuimaono on the move.

NetballJets’ open side claim first victory of 2025 season

Souwest Jets’ open side claimed their first victory of the 2025 West Australian Netball League season on Wednesday, defeating Rangers by six goals at Gold Netball Centre.

Josh Kempton

Bunbury Bowling Club president Vern Merchant, South West League match committee chair Betty Decke and Bunbury Bowling Club ladies captain Lyn Rodda

BowlsPremiumHundreds descend on Bunbury Bowling Club for Championships

Hundreds of bowlers from around the South West descended on Bunbury Bowling Club last week for the South West Bowling League Ladies Championships.

Josh Kempton and Ezra Kaye

South West Slammers' Rhys Barrett attacks the basket.

BasketballPremiumSlammers defeat Redbacks in Harvey

South West Slammers men’s side staged a pre-season game against Perth Redbacks at Harvey Recreation and Cultural Centre on Sunday.

Josh Kempton

Zoe Roberts, Kurtis Grout, Ned Gualter and Cruz McCagh.

FootballPremiumHBL to enter new era under lights at Brunswick Oval

Harvey-Brunswick-Leschenault will enter a new era in 2025 under new lights at Brunswick Oval, which will allow the club to stage night football for the first time in several years.

Josh Kempton

2024-25 BDCA men's first-grade premiers Dalyellup.

CricketBDCA: Dalyellup win grand final over Colts in final over

Dalyellup claimed the Bunbury and Districts Cricket Association men’s first-grade premiership after one of the most dramatic season deciders in the competition’s history, overcoming Colts in the final over.

Josh Kempton

Police have charged a man after allegedly lighting multiple scrub fires in WA’s South West.

Courts & JusticePremiumPerth man charged with Augusta scrub fires

Police have charged a man after allegedly lighting multiple scrub fires in WA’s South West.

Lisa Thomas

SJK Landscaping Pty pleaded guilty.

COURTPremiumWorker paralysed after roof fall was not trained

A South West landscaping company has been fined after a worker fell through a roof while cleaning gutters and suffered a skull fracture and multiple spinal fractures leaving him paraplegic from the waist down.

Amber Lilley

Chardonnay harvesting under way at Howard Park Wines.

snappy season‘Fast and furious’ season for Margaret River vintage

Howard Park maestro Jeff Burch says this year’s vintage was “fast and furious” and looking great, especially for white wines.

Warren Hately

Entries are open for the Ludlow Art Prize.

Ludlow Art PrizeEntries open for show celebrating Australian landscape

Entries are open for the prestigious Ludlow Art Prize, which celebrates the Australian landscape though painting and sculpture.

Craig Duncan

State Decarbonisation Minister Amber-Jade Sanderson, Federal Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen and Premier Roger Cook.

Federal politicsCommentsPremiumCook blows cold on Bowen’s hot air over Bunbury wind farm

A controversial plan for an offshore wind farm off the coast of Bunbury is being revved up by Federal Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen, despite Premier Roger Cook suggesting other options would be quicker.

Jessica Page

Serena Leotta with her children Freyja, 9, and Will, 17.

rental crisisPremiumCrisis underscored by doubled rents since pandemic

South West Families are feeling the strain, with new figures revealing the region’s median rents have almost doubled since the pandemic.

Warren Hately

The City of Bunbury rescinded the motion to move Foodbank to the Withers Library at Tuesday's council meeting.

Withers LibraryPremiumWithers Library proposal rescinded by Bunbury council

The City of Bunbury have rescinded the motion to move Foodbank WA’s Bunbury headquarters to the Withers Community Library, officially ending the saga which lasted for more than four months.

Ezra Kaye

Football Margaret River will face Dalyellup Park Rangers in the 2025 Charity Shield

soccerPremiumSouth West soccer season kicks off with Charity Shield

The 2025 SWSA Premier League will kick off on the weekend, with a double header clash between league champions Football Margaret River and runners up Dalyellup Park Rangers in the Charity Shield

Ezra Kaye

Premier Roger Cook addresses the newly elected WA Labor Caucus at Parliament House on Tuesday.

State GovernmentPremiumBunbury MLA to take on newly minted ministerial role

Re-elected Bunbury MLA Don Punch has lost the coveted regional development portfolio in the WA Labor Government’s Cabinet reshuffle but will now serve as the newly created Minister for the South West.

Ezra Kaye

Shirley McCarthy received a letter from the King for her 100th birthday.

100 years oldPremiumBusselton stalwart celebrates 100th birthday with bingo

The Busselton Senior Citizens celebrated one of their cherished member’s 100th birthday last week with bingo, lunch, cake and letters from King Charles and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

Ezra Kaye

Clive Weeden in action for the Slammers last season.

BasketballSlammers veteran says call to go around again “very easy”

South West Slammers veteran Clive Weeden says his decision to go around again for the 2025 NBL1 West season was “very easy”.

Josh Kempton

WA Police acting road policing Commander Mike Peters said speed, alcohol, a lack of seatbelts, fatigue or distractions — such as mobile phone use — were “very likely” to have been contributing factors in all four fatal crashes.

CLIMBING ROAD TOLL WA’s road deaths hits 40 after Ferguson crash

A 37-year-old man has been added to the State’s rising road toll after a fatal crash in Ferguson in the early hours of Tuesday morning. 

Craig Duncan

Sam Whiteman leaves the field after being dismissed in the second innings.

CricketLoss sees Whiteman and Goodwin miss Shield final

A WA side featuring Bunbury products Sam Whiteman and Jayden Goodwin will not have a chance to go for an unprecedented fourth consecutive Sheffield Shield title after losing their final game of the season.

Josh Kempton

Colts will be looking to defend their second-grade premiership.

CricketBDCA: Colts and Dalyellup to compete across grand finals

Colts and Dalyellup will both have chances to bring four Bunbury and Districts Cricket Association premierships home over the course of the weekend.

Josh Kempton

Dalyellup's Bradman May has dominated the BDCA men’s first-grade competition this season.

CricketBDCA: Dalyellup star values team success the most

In the midst of one of the most dominant BDCA men’s first-grade seasons in history, Dalyellup star Bradman May says he would trade in all his individual accomplishments for a win in this weekend’s grand final.

Josh Kempton

Beth Beckett, right, has been appointed as Busselton’s new women’s coach.

FootballSWFL: Busselton star appointed coach of club’s women’s side

Busselton star Beth Beckett has been appointed as the new coach of the club’s women’s side.

Josh Kempton

An emu chick captured on remote cameras in Wellington National Park.

Invasive animalsRemote cameras capture stunning scenes and worrying sights

An emu chick, a possum riding on it’s mothers back and a feral cat prowling in the bushes have all been captured by camera traps set up around Wellington National Park.  

Craig Duncan

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