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    Drunk, speeding driver jailed after killing friend in crash

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The Busselton Jetty train.

Choo chooPremiumBusselton Jetty’s famous train gets a new name

The famous Busselton Jetty train will be renamed as a part of a three-year partnership between Busselton Jetty and Rio Tinto, which was announced on Thursday afternoon.

Daniel Hocking

Nationals federal candidate for the senate Paul Brown, Shire of Capel deputy president Sebastian Schiano, WA Nationals leader Shane Love with Collie-Preston candidate Cam Parsons, Murray-Welling candidate Paul Gillett and Capel president Doug Kitchen at the Boyanup Saleyard.

WA ELECTION 2025PremiumBoyanup saleyards replacement gets $6m Nationals WA pledge

The Boyanup saleyards could be on the move if the Nationals WA form government next month with a $6 million package to create an agribusiness precinct in the South West. 

Amber Lilley

Harry Wiggers, Collie Bowling Club president Val Brojanowski, Premier Roger Cook MLA and Collie-Preston MLA Jodie Hanns.

Election promisesPremiumLabor candidates make promises for Collie, Kirup and Bunbury

WA Labor candidates in the South West have ramped up community election commitments with projects in Collie, Kirup and Bunbury.

Ezra Kaye

Members of the Busselton Masters Swimming Club completed the Virtual South32 Rottnest Channel Swim last Saturday.

swimming PremiumBusselton swimming club completes virtual Rottnest swim

Busselton Masters Swimming Club members dived in for a 19.7km virtual Rottnest Channel swim on Saturday.

Daniel Hocking

Shelter Brewing co-founder and head brewer Jason Credaro enjoys a middy of the brewery's new Bohemian pilsner.

Bohemian beerPremiumShelter Brewing launches new Bohemian pilsner

Busselton beer drinkers have a new limited release drop to try at Shelter Brewing. 

Daniel Hocking

Renee Cassidy says creating a safe space can help neurodivergent women.

NeurodiversityPremiumMental health worker in SW supporting neurodivergent women

A Busselton mental health practioner is providing information, strategies and a safe space to share for neurodivergent women of all ages in the South West

Ezra Kaye

Colin from Black Dog Ride, Jesse Malseed from Lamp, Kathy and John, both from Black Dog Ride.

Ride for reasonPremiumPremiumBlack Dog Ride returns to Busselton this weekend

The Black Dog Ride will return to Busselton at the weekend aiming to spark meaningful conversations about mental health. 

Lamp Inc Day 2 Day program facilitator Bill Bewsher.

Mental healthPremiumPremiumSW group supports community for mental illnesses

In a bid to better support people with mental illnesses, a South West organisation is aiming to provide a safe, community driven space which helps provide day to day living skills. 

The City of Busselton welcomed 10 student doctors from the RCSWA who will be undertaking placements in the South West this year.

MedicinePremiumPremiumMedical students completing placement in the SW

The City of Busselton welcomed 10 student doctors from the Rural Clinical School of WA who will undertake clinical training in the South West this year

A lime pit decision off Caves Road will feature in an upcoming State Administrative Tribunal challenge.

Tribunal call-upPremiumTribunal appeal for restricted Caves Road lime pit

The Shire will be hauled before WA’s State Administrative Tribunal to defend a deeply unpopular decision made in January affecting one of the region’s most crucial lime and sand pits

Warren Hately

Concerns are mounting about damage to key beaches such as Kilcarnup and Joeys Nose.

coastal concernsStakeholders share message to protect vulnerable coast

Some of Margaret River’s key custodians have ramped up their concerns about off-road vehicles destroying the iconic beaches of the Cape to Cape region

Warren Hately

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Professor Peter Richmond with baby Eric and Cameron and Aisling Yap.

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The WA baby making global medical history

He may be only four months old, but little Eric Yap has already made history.

Rhianna Mitchell

Teachers said structured lessons were not suitable for children unable to sit on a mat.

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Teacher’s shock insight into ‘out of control’ kindy kids

‘Screaming, yelling, ignoring any adult instruction and the swearing! Calling each other motherf---er, dickheads etc.’

Bethany Hiatt

Photos have emerged of students boxing each other at Halls Head College.

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SHOCK FOOTAGE: School students operate brutal ‘fight club’

It’s where boys go in secret to let off steam and prove their worth - and risk getting broken jaws, swollen cheeks and black eyes while being beaten to a pulp. And it happens in a classroom in school time.

Troy de Ruyter

Braeside Primary School principal Geoffrey Noel MacNicol has had his teaching registration cancelled.

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WA primary school principal charged with child sex offences

The alleged offences occurred during the January school holidays and in the metropolitan area.

Jake Dietsch

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Respected doctors John Love, Fiona Langdon and Seonaid Mulroy will stop delivering babies and caring for pregnant women at Subiaco within months.

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St John of God Subiaco loses experienced obstetricians

St John of God Subiaco is losing three highly skilled obstetricians amid growing concerns Australia’s private maternity hospitals are in crisis and may soon face collapse.

Katie Hampson

Natasha Marshall Donnelly and Andrew Donnelly.

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Mystery around Andrew Donnelly’s troubled businesses deepens

A liquidator is investigating whether the former West Coast Eagle and his wife engaged in illegal phoenixing over the sale of a business mired in consumer complaints.

John Flint

Exterior shots of the Subiaco apartment complex which is nearing completion.

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CommentsPremium‘Slap in the face’ after five year wait for Subiaco units

Long suffering buyers at a ‘boutique apartment complex’ in Subiaco - some of whom paid deposits five years ago - are being asked to stump up tens of thousands of extra dollars to see them completed.

Shortly before 11am, a motorcyclist in his 40s, ran into a tree near the Pinjarra-Williams Road and Watts Road intersection, in Dwellingup. 

Disaster and EmergencyPremiumPremiumMotorcyclist flown to RPH after hitting tree

A man has been flown to Royal Perth Hospital after his motorcycle crashed into a tree in WA’s south-east on Sunday. 

Multiple crews are attending a fire on Airfield road please stay away from the area so the crews can do their jobs

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ACT TO SURVIVE: Northern blaze sparks up to emergency level

A bushfire emergency warning has been issued for Gingin after a blaze escaped containment lines. 

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The bushfire burning near the Ledge Point townsite.

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Lives, homes under threat as bushfire closes in on WA town

An emergency bushfire warning has been issued for the coastal community about 100km north of Perth.

Claire Sadler

Uber Eats is now live in four new regional WA locations, including Broome.

FoodCommentsPremiumDelivery giant Uber Eats expands into new regional WA towns

Popular online food ordering and delivery platform Uber Eats has announced its expansion into four new locations in regional WA.

Cheyanne Enciso

The Royal Flying Doctor Service will operate a medical centre with two permanent practitioners at 158-160 Egan Street, Kalgoorlie.

New practicePremiumRFDS to operate medical centre in Kalgoorlie CBD

The Royal Flying Doctor Service is planning to operate a $1.1 million medical centre with two permanent practitioners in Kalgoorlie’s central business district.

Neil Watkinson

Felicien Rebours, Sam Burnt, Alex Moore, TJ Titchener, and Corey Gerrard during the 2025 Goldfields Children Charity ball.

CHARITY BALLPremiumPremiumCharity Reaches For The Stars to mark 25th anniversary

The Goldfields Children Charity ball has again showcased the region’s generosity, with $340,000 raised during a live auction on Saturday night.

Geraldton police are investigating after a male suspect exposed himself when a woman opened her front door on Sunday morning.

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Geraldton police are investigating after a male suspect exposed himself when a woman opened her front door on Sunday morning

Kate Miller-Heidke on stage at Geraldton's Queens Park Theatre.

Concert reviewPremiumPremiumMiller-Heidke defies vocal gravity

Kate Miller-Heidke was a breath of fresh air for Geraldton music lovers

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Recession fear has rocked Wall Street (AP PHOTO)

BusinessCommentsRecession fear erupts: Dow tumbles, Nasdaq’s falls

A three-week market sell-off has intensified, with investors worried tariff policy uncertainty would tip the economy into a recession, something President Donald Trump has not rule out.

Lisa Kailai Han, Jesse Pound

Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell.

CNBC newsCommentsPremiumFed’s next cut awaits ‘greater clarity’ on Trump policies

Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell says the central bank can wait to see how President Donald Trump’s aggressive policy actions play out before it moves again on interest rates.

Jeff Cox

The LCBO removes US products off the shelves on the first day of the trade war instigated by Donald Trump’s Administration in Toronto, Ontario.

CNBC newsCommentsSo long, Jack: Canadians ditch US booze amid trade wars

Several Canadian provinces have taken US liquor off store shelves as part of retaliatory measures against President Donald Trump’s tariffs.

The new improved Amazon Alexa will carry a monthly fee.

TechnologyCommentsHugely popular home AI system to carry new monthly fee

The popular system used in millions of homes will be able to buy concert tickets, order groceries and run through recipes ... but it will come at a cost.

Annie Palmer

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Captain Neil Steinhagen aboard the US Minnesota.

DefenceCommentsPremiumWorld’s most advanced submarines that we’ll be relying on

A new look inside the world’s most advanced fast-attack submarine reveals what Australia’s defence capabilities at sea could look like in the next decade.

Nick Overall

Three people have been killed in a horror crash south of Perth.

Disaster & emergencyPremiumThree killed in horror crash south of Perth

Two men and a woman, all aged in their 20s, died at the scene.

Shannon Hampton

The bushfire burning near the Ledge Point townsite.

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Lives, homes under threat as bushfire closes in on WA town

An emergency bushfire warning has been issued for the coastal community about 100km north of Perth.

Riley Hughes, who died from whooping cough in 2015

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CommentsPremiumRiley’s short life had a profound impact

A decade on, what hurts the most is the simplicity of how Riley’s life could have been saved and how many Australians are blind to the benefits of vaccines. 

Genius Childcare Centre in Hamilton Hill.

Workplace mattersCommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumStaff say WA childcares won’t reopen after mass resignation

Dozens of staff at WA’s Genius Childcare Centres have resigned after months of issues around pay, superannuation and penalties. 

Adam Bandt has talked up the Greens’ chances of a minority government with Labor, saying the minor party was “open minded” to a 2010-style formal agreement.

Politics CommentsPremiumGreens eye ALP partnership while Bandt makes DJ debut

Adam Bandt has talked up the Greens’ chances of a minority government with Labor, saying the minor party was ‘open minded’ to a 2010-style formal agreement. 

Dylan Caporn