WA’s agricultural industry was a key topic at a State roundtable to discuss surging panic around fuel supplies, skyrocketing prices, and stockpiling concerns as the conflict in the Middle East rages on.
Georgia Campion
A Newdegate grower said farmers are being left unable to plan for the seeding season and other cropping operations as diesel supplies dry up across parts of regional WA.
Amy Towers
Wandering are the first team into the Upper Great Southern Cricket Association A-grade grand final, after edging out Cuballing in a thrilling qualifier on Saturday.
Cameron Newbold
A $200 million program to upgrade freight rail at two CBH Group receival sites and speed up the grain supply chain and market has been completed four years after it was first announced.
A call to unite regional women’s voices has been put out in the Wheatbelt’s south with the launch of a new music singing group project that will feature original songs by regional members.
Hannah Whitehead
The Richardson family of Gnowangerup-based Mianelup Merino and Poll Merino stud celebrated their 118th year of registered breeding by taking out their first Supreme Champion sash at this year’s Wagin Woolorama
Bob Garnant
The roar of motorcycles will echo through the Great Southern this weekend as riders gather in Denmark for the region’s annual Black Dog Ride, raising awareness of mental health and suicide.
Reigning premiers Williams live to fight again after a 45-run win at Lake Grace earned them a spot in Saturday’s Upper Great Southern Cricket Association A-grade preliminary final.
Claire Middleton and Hannah Whitehead
Tambellup will play Broomehill in the Great Southern Cricket Association’s Bendigo Bank Shield grand final after a rollicking victory at Kendenup on Sunday earned them a slot in the showpiece contest.
Claire Middleton
It’s quite a tale and it spans six generations, two World Wars and two continents.
Motorists travelling south in the Stirling Range National Park have been diverted after a triple road train rollover on Wednesday morning, the trailer blocking both lanes and spilling its contents.
A trial to uncover underground water resources and improve security amid WA’s drying climate is underway across grain regions, with the State Government offering up to $20k for the “shared risk” project.
Venturon Livestock’s 10 month-old Charolais heifer won the Supreme Exhibit sash in the led cattle competition at the 2026 Wagin Woolorama.
Danielle Marsland
A Great Southern trailblazer whose tireless advocacy helped open doors for women to work in non-traditional roles has been handed one of the State’s highest honours.
Brooke Rolfe and Melissa Sheil
Broomehill’s dreams of a Great Southern Cricket Association five-peat remain alive and kicking after they overwhelmed Kendenup on Saturday to reach Saturday’s grand final.
Several Wheatbelt and Great Southern shires and service station operators have been forced to restrict fuel as the Middle East conflict continues and fuel distributors struggle to keep up with demand.
Jacki Elezovich
Dual West Coast premiership winger Peter Matera and East Fremantle centreman Ray Sorrell have been elevated to Legend status in the West Australian Football Hall of Fame.
Glen Quartermain
Dreamtime met drone time over the weekend as creation stories of the Great Southern’s most famous landmarks were told via the night skies in the three-night run of the First Lights Kinjarling show.
A WA town rattled by more than 100 earthquakes since the start of 2026 is likely to keep experiencing the rumbles for several months, according to a seismologist who couldn’t rule out a damaging main shock.
Melissa Sheil
Thirteen people drowned off WA’s coast last summer. The family of one of them, much-loved Mandurah dad Ricky Harris, share their remarkable story of bravery, loss and life-changing legacy.
Rhianna Mitchell
From creating educational pathways to building local communities, these outstanding women have had a profound and lasting impact on WA’s social, economic and cultural landscape.
Brooke Rolfe
Broomehill Bandicoots, who topped the Great Southern Cricket Association’s Bendigo Bank Shield ladder, should start as favourites when they host their qualifying final against Kendenup on Saturday.
An increase in bushfires in WA’s freshly wrapped-up harvest season has triggered a series of workshops across key grain growing regions to gain real-time knowledge from farmers.
A Main Roads report has revealed driver fault as the primary cause behind a notoriously dangerous intersection in a Wheatbelt town that has been the site of hundreds of near misses and accidents.
