A group of volunteers working to preserve the world’s only reaming tuart forest face a delicate battle.
Craig Duncan
A new men’s record was set as more than 1300 competitors took part in the Busselton 100 as part of the Busselton Festival of Triathlon at the weekend.
Josh Kempton
Augusta-Margaret River have signalled their intent to enter a women’s team in the South West Football League for the 2025 season, with the club’s president calling the venture their “number one priority”.
Sport is part of Bunbury’s fabric and important to many people in our community.
Dr Christina Gillgren has achieved a long-term goal of writing a book about migrants who settled in the South West throughout the 20th century.
Claudette Rizzi
The boss of the St John of God Bunbury Hospital has paid his respects to former doctor Jake Robinson, one of the brothers killed in Mexico.
Oliver Lane
With the number of road crashes remaining high in the South West and statewide, the messages for this year’s National Road Safety Week remain critically important.
Despite more than $1.4 million being spent nationally by the Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal on small community grants, it says a lack of WA donors means regional communities are missing out.
A respiratory hub has opened in the South West in an Australian first with the plan to help increase awareness and management of breathing issues as well as keep those who suffer from them out of hospital.
Synergy has chosen a Perth-based company to complete the installation of 640 batteries in Collie, which the State Government claims will be one of the biggest systems in the world.
Collie’s biggest shopping centre is under new management after the $10 million sale to the Brisbane-based National & General Group.
Nine South West eateries are set to compete in a Statewide steak sandwich competition, with the winners to be decided by the public’s vote.
Claudette Rizzi and Amber Lilley
After the success of Kate Chaney’s 2022 election bid in the seat of Curtin, Voices for Forrest are looking for a candidate to make the South West seat the next to flip from blue to teal.
Australia has an ultimately unsuccessful history of declaring war on various animals, and experts worry history is set to repeat itself with the war on feral cats.
Souwest Jets were unable to continue their winning momentum in the West Australian Netball League on Sunday, going down 71-55 to Hamersley Comets at Waroona Recreation Centre.
More than $177,000 has been raised as a result of the Variety WA 4WD Adventure, which saw participants explore the South West region.
Sean Van Der Wielen
The Shire of Collie has unanimously voted to request the Regional Joint Development Assessment Panel approve a green steel recycling mill proposed for the Coolangatta Industrial Estate.
Harvey-Brunswick-Leschenault will face an early test of their South West Football League premiership credentials when they welcome reigning premiers Busselton to Brunswick Oval on Saturday.
Despite suffering another dispiriting pair of losses at the weekend, South West Slammers coach Jason Chalk believes his team can now be competitive after enduring a brutal slate of early fixtures.
A Bunbury man accused of several serious domestic violence acts has been granted bail on strict conditions, despite police concerns.
Holly Prentice
The suburban football odyssey of Harley Bennell has continued, with the former AFL star cleared back to South West Football League side Harvey Bulls to make a sole appearance for the club’s reserves team.
A Bunbury man with a history of stealing vehicles has been handed a hefty fine as a “deterrent” for stealing a motorcycle from someone’s garage.
Fremantle coach Justin Longmuir has fired up over the treatment of Busselton product Jye Amiss by opposition defenders, saying the young key forward had been consistently “manhandled”.
A woman has been thrown a lifeline after punching a police officer trying to stop her partner from being ruthlessly beaten at a festival.