Liberal incumbent Rick Wilson looks set to secure a fifth term in O’Connor with the projected two-party preferred vote putting him ahead of the competition by 29.92 per cent on Saturday night.
Jacki Elezovich
Voters in the heartland of WA’s sheep industry have said they are “the forgotten people” in politics and are afraid the 2025 Federal election outcome could kill regional towns.
Hannah Whitehead
Voters from around Albany and Mt Barker flocked to their nearest voting booths on Saturday, braving intermittent rain and winds, to cast their ballot in the 2025 Federal election.
Georgia Campion
A new safe and dedicated space for those with a disability to connect with each other and the community has opened in the Wheatbelt.
Jerramungup’s flag ambitions in the Ongerup Football Association receive a big boost, WAFL State player joins an already stacked Boddington team in their title defence and a special moment for the Ballards.
Cameron Newbold
Last season’s wooden spooners Katanning Wanderers have gone close to upsetting Brookton-Pingelly in the opening round of the new Upper Great Southern Football League season.
In the final installment of our series on the Federal election candidates for O’Connor, the Albany Advertiser sits down for a chat with Australian Christians candidate Deonne Kingsford.
Wagin’s iconic war memorial celebrated its century anniversary with a dawn service the Wagin RSL president believes to be its best attended yet.
Melissa Sheil
The launch of the collaborative war memorial book Dumbleyung And Districts Those who Served played a fitting role in the town’s Anzac Day remembrances on Friday.
Claire Middleton
The Katanning community gathered before the sun rose on Friday, adorned in the medals of their relatives and winter wear to fight the cold, for the town’s largest Anzac Day service in years.
Veterans, family members, shires, emergency services, schools and community groups across the Great Southern united on Friday to commemorate Anzac Day.
The Narrogin 2025 troop march and Anzac Day service drew a crowd of about 300 to Memorial Park on Friday morning to commemorate the sacrifice of those who’ve served.
Greens candidate Giz Watson is returning to contest the seat of O’Connor for a third time at the May 3 Federal election with a focus on the “bigger picture”.
A former AFL and WAFL star back in red and white for new GSFL season, a big recruit for the Narrogin Hawks and a dual WAFL premiership gun switches country teams. Here is our first Around The Leagues for 2025.
Crowds gathered at Memorial Park in Narrogin to remember the sacrifice made by their ancestors at the town’s Anzac Day dawn service on Friday.
The daughter of a World War II telegraphist, Carmel Breman, officially opened the Darkan Women at War exhibition on Thursday morning.
A newly resurfaced Quartermaine Oval will be the venue for the 2025 Upper Great Southern Football League grand final, as excitement builds ahead of the new season starting on Saturday.
An Albany rescue charity that has taken in 150 cats since its launch in December says the Great Southern is in desperate need of cat pounds in the face of a booming feral cat population
In the fifth of our series on the Federal election candidates for O’Connor, the Albany Advertiser sits down for a chat with the Legalise Cannabis candidate on health, the economy, and his passion for cannabis.
BlazeAid volunteers have rebuilt kilometres of fencing ravaged by the January bushfire for Wagin and West Arthur farmers, providing crucial support and mental health aid.
Anzac Day events to remember all those who served Australia and New Zealand will take place across Narrogin and the Upper Great Southern on Friday.
Five Dumbleyung women will release their collaborative war memorial book as part of the community’s Anzac celebration in honour of those from the district who served.
In the fourth of our series on the Federal election candidates for O’Connor, the Albany Advertiser sits down with the Labor contender to talk about onshore processing, marriage equality, and nuclear power.
The 78-year-old man was treated by St John WA at the scene.
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