Ratepayers will be expected to pay about $82 extra in rates after the Dardanup Shire council opted for a 4 per cent rate increase for the next financial year.
Carly Laden
The team at Bunbury’s first micro-brewery have been fermenting up a storm and are now ready to announce their opening date.
Jacinta Cantatore
The South West is in the midst of a mental health crisis, experts saying long waiting lists and a lack of psychologists in the regions are among the core problems.
Deployed to assist in a Queensland flood that destroyed more than 3000 homes and killed 23 people, a Bunbury Platoon Sergeant has shared his experience in the face of disaster.
Kasper Johansen
East Fremantle big man Jonathon Marsh has continued to put together a stellar season in the WAFL for 2022.
Luke McPherson
The South West’s Aran Zalewski and Jake Harvie have booked their seat to Birmingham in search of the duo’s second straight Commonwealth Games gold.
The Bunbury and Districts Hockey Association women won the 2022 division one CBH Group Women’s State Country Champs at the weekend — dominating the tournament as they went undefeated throughout.
Just seven short weeks ago, South Bunbury’s three-time premiership women’s side was on cloud nine. Less than two months later, the club has had to pull the women’s side from the competition entirely.
Luke McPherson & Justin Fris
“I have been dreaming of this since I was a kid and everything is falling into place at the moment.”
With the exit of South Bunbury, the Bulldogs are in the box seat to reclaim top spot in the SWFL women’s competition — a position they have not held in more than a month.
The Hay Park Sport Pavilion was recently completed which the City said could host cricket, football, rugby, athletics and various other community groups.
Initial testing by a Collie industrial-area newcomer is only the beginning in plans to put the region ‘ahead of the game’ in the global energy market.
The South West recorded 319 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday morning, bringing the region’s total to 1807 active cases.
The Minister for Sport in the State has written to the president of the South Bunbury Football Club to express his concerns following more than a month of controversy at the club.
South Bunbury may have reclaimed top spot in the South West Football League for the first time since round five, but the side will be expecting to be pushed to their limits this weekend against Busselton.
The Joondalup Wolves men’s team got more than they bargained for during Saturday night’s 99-84 win over the South West Slammers on Saturday night at the Eaton Recreation Centre.
Justin Fris
Carey Park emphatically recorded their first win at Payne Park since 2015 on Sunday afternoon.
You could be forgiven for wondering whether the Bunbury women’s team will lobby the SWFL in a bid to permanently kick towards the Herbert Road end of Payne Park for the remainder of 2022.
The Busselton Magpies have claimed both of the Busselton Toyota Cups for 2022 with a home win over Augusta-Margaret River.
Employment opportunities are set to be boosted in Bunbury and Collie with the introduction of a new employment services program.
Eaton Community College and Bethanie Fields Men’s Shed have teamed up to bring fun activities to the school during its upcoming Wellness Week.
Bunbury guard Cameron Gliddon is set to continue his basketball career across the ditch after signing with the NBL’s New Zealand-based franchise, the Sky Sport Breakers.
An eight-goal haul from power forward Brad Holmes has seen the Harvey Bulls storm their way to another upset victory, knocking off the Eaton Boomers by 45 points.
Harvey Bulls have continued building momentum towards the finals after the Eaton Boomers were kept scoreless for the third time this season.
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