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Jerome Forrest at Trigg.

surfingPremiumBoardriders come out on top in tight tussle

Margaret River Boardriders Club claimed a long-awaited victory at Trigg Beach at the weekend in the opening round of the Australian Boardriders Battle.

Warren Hately

Lower South West Football League premiers Deanmill.

FootballPremiumLSWFL: Hawks beat Southerners to win first flag since 2015

Deanmill have won their first Lower South West Football League premiership in a decade, overcoming Southerners to claim a 38-point grand final victory in wet conditions at Manjimup Recreation Ground.

Josh Kempton

Lower South West Football League reserves premiers Deanmill.

FootballPremiumLSWFL: Bulldogs too good for Hawks in reserves grand final

Deanmill proved too good for Bridgetown in the Lower South West Football League reserves grand final, securing back-to-back premierships by notching a 40-point victory over the Bulldogs.

Josh Kempton

Lower South West Football League colts premiers Southerners.

FootballPremiumLSWFL: Southerners cap off dominant colts season

Southerners’ colts side applied the final touch to a dominant Lower South West Football League season with a 20-point grand final victory over Deanmill.

Josh Kempton

Jacquie Happ, Cindy Nasato, Jim Davies, Mel Jarman and Susan Montinari at Margaret River Region Open Studios launch event.

GalleryPremiumMargaret River Region Open Studios starts with art party

Margaret River Region Open Studios has officially kicked off launching the event with a sell out art party at Clairault Streicker Wines. 

Craig Duncan

SWNFL 2025 league champions MLC Eagles.

NETBALLPremiumMLC Eagles are the 2025 SWNFL league champions

MLC Eagles overcame a slow start in Saturday’s South West Netball Football League grand final to claim the premiership with an 18-goal win over South Bunbury.

Rose Patane

SWHL Women 2025 premiers, Boyanup Hockey Club.

HockeyPremiumSWHL: Boyanup power to men’s and women’s premierships

The South West Hockey League’s powerhouse club emerged from Saturday’s grand finals at Bunbury Hockey Stadium with another pair of first-grade premierships.

Josh Kempton

Harvey-Brunswick-Leschenault’s James Strano.

FootballPremiumSWFL: Lions star wins third consecutive Times Medal

Harvey-Brunswick-Leschenault’s James Strano has created SWFL history, becoming the first player in the competition’s history to win the Times Medal in three consecutive seasons.

Josh Kempton

Donnybrook's Ella Smith breaks loose.

FootballPremiumSWFL: Dons in women’s grand final for first time

Donnybrook will feature in the South West Football League women’s grand final for the first time after emerging from a thrilling preliminary final against Busselton on Sunday as five-point winners.

Josh Kempton

Busselton's Liam Creighton celebrates a goal.

FootballPremiumSWFL: Magpies outlast Bulldogs in testing preliminary final

A dogged Busselton secured their passage to the South West Football League grand final by outlasting Bunbury to win Sunday’s preliminary final at Hands Oval by 16 points.

Josh Kempton

Harvey-Brunswick-Leschenault's Ty Anderson won his second consecutive Hayward Medal.

FootballPremiumSWFL: Tie in Hayward Medal count for first time in 20 years

The South West Football League’s highest individual honour has been shared between two players for the first time in two decades.

Josh Kempton

Nola Marino Medal winners Ella Smith and Kloe Bassett with Nola Marino.

FootballPremiumSWFL: Smith, Bassett share Nola Marino Medal

For the second time in the nine-year history of the South West Football League women’s competition, two players have tied in the count for the Nola Marino Medal.

Josh Kempton

DPIRD says aerial culling of deer is humane, despite claims to the contrary by the Australian Deer Association.

Shooting debatePremiumInvasive Species Council calls out aerial culling criticism

Australia’s leading invasive species experts have called out criticism which called the State Government’s aerial culling practice inhumane. 

Craig Duncan

Mia, 7, Skyla-Lee, 12, and Sophia Wigmore, 9 are working together to help raise money for Telethon.

TELETHONPremiumAustralind sisters working together for Telethon

Sisters from the South West are raising money for Telethon, selling a range of homemade and customised gifts

Rose Patane

Eaton Community College students Wynta Atheron and Marcelline Whickham with Shire of Dardanup co-ordinator of environment and waste Eliza-Jane Jacques.

NAIDOC weekPremiumEaton students help preserve nature

In a bid to learn while doing, Year 7 and 8 students at Eaton Community College rolled up their sleeves to plant native trees to restore valuable wetlands on school grounds.

Yousuf Shameel

Ella Roberts has started the AFLW season in blistering fashion.

FootballPremiumRoberts looking to continue red-hot start in western derby

After a red-hot start to the 2025 AFLW season, Margaret River’s Ella Roberts will lead West Coast into one of the most important games of their history on Sunday.

Josh Kempton

A big field will contest for five seats on the City of Busselton council at next month’s election.

Local ElectionPremiumNineteen in the running for five Busselton council seats

There are 19 candidates are in the running for only five seats on the City of Busselton’s council, with four full terms and one half term up for grabs. 

Craig Duncan

Jye Amiss celebrates his goal in Fremantle’s elimination final loss to Gold Coast.

FootballPremiumAmiss endures difficult night as Dockers eliminated

Busselton’s Jye Amiss endured a difficult night as Fremantle’s season ended with a shock one-point elimination final loss to Gold Coast on Saturday night

Josh Kempton

Rainbow lorikeets topped the list for Australia’s most common bird last year.

citizen sciencePremiumBirdlife’s annual national bird count soon to take flight

Australia’s biggest national bird count is set to take flight for its 12th year next month, with registrations open for any prospective citizen scientists. 

Craig Duncan

Keaton Staszewski-Hose stars in South West Opera Company's Carmen.

SHOWING SOON PremiumFrom the State’s biggest theatres to home again

A little encouragement from teachers at Harvey Primary School lead Keaton Staszewski-Hose to a life on the stage. 

Amber Lilley

New owners of the Bunbury Roller Rink Codey Thomson and Ebony Cassady.

FRESH LOOK PremiumSix-year-old who fell in love with skates now owns a rink

As a teenage girl working at the Bunbury Roller Rink, Ebony Cassady always dreamt of one day opening her own skating rink. 

Yousuf Shameel

Stephen Wells was among members of the National Socialist Network during a counter-protest in Adelaide on Australia Day.

Local Elections PremiumCharged neo-nazi in the running for Busselton council

After standing shoulder to shoulder with fellow neo-nazis at an Adelaide rally, Busselton’s Stephen Wells is attempting to bring his extremist views to local government for a second time.

Craig Duncan

Kane Mitchell and Tony Notte.

FootballPremiumSWFL: WA football legends to clash in preliminary final

WA football stalwarts Tony Notte and Kane Mitchell have enjoyed countless battles at WAFL level — but the latest clash between the pair will come in Sunday’s South West Football League preliminary final.

Josh Kempton

Natural ceramics craftsman Harry Wykman.

Margaret River Open StudiosPremiumMargaret River Open Studios: Harry Wykman

Sitting by the fire in an old shearing shed, ceramics craftsman Harry Wykman turns mud from a nearby dam into impressive works of art. 

Craig Duncan