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  1. STATE POLITICS PremiumOpposition leaders ready to take over Bunbury’s red seat

  2. Remembrance DayPremiumWhere to be on Remembrance Day in the South West

  3. COURT PremiumSouth West man pleads guilty to child sexual offending

  4. MONEY LAUNDERINGPremiumCrime Stoppers deliver new campaign against money laundering

  5. COMMUNITYPremiumRevamped volunteer fire station one step closer

State Opposition Leader Basil Zempilas and Michelle Boylan MLC visited the former Nuytsia Avenue depot in Carey Park on Monday.

HOUSING PremiumOpposition calls on State Government to unlock “vital” block

The Opposition is calling on the State Government to “get things moving” to help unlock a “vital parcel of land” in Bunbury. 

Rose Patane

Comedian Urzila Carlson is bringing her brand new show to Bunbury next year.

COMEDY PremiumUrzila Carlson is heading to the South West

In less than two weeks after it was announced, a multi award-winning international comedian has sold out her first South West visit as part of a national tour. 

Rose Patane

A boarded-up Busselton social housing property that has since been demolished.

HOUSING CRISIS PremiumBusselton social homes sit vacant during housing crisis

Calls for greater State Government investment in social housing have intensified in Busselton, with 427 applicants waiting for public housing while 21 properties across the city remain vacant. 

Madelin Hayes

Bunbury Senior High School is among the 26 schools selected for the ECU program.

SPACEPremiumSouth West students join NASA mission to fight bushfires

Students from Bunbury Senior High School and Australind Senior High School are among 148 WA teenagers helping NASA develop technology to detect lightning strikes and prevent dangerous bushfires.

Seth Carter

Jamie Thomas and Bunbury RSL president Shaun Thomas.

REMEMBRANCE DAYPremiumBunbury to honour those who served this Remembrance Day

Bunbury residents will have the opportunity to pay their respects to fallen Australian service personnel on November 11, with commemorations marking 108 years since the end of World War I.

Seth Carter and Madelin Hayes

Singer-songwriter Tom Curtain with his horse and singing dog Dotty.

Tom CurtainPremiumSinging dog set to steal the show in Collie

A working dog who recently discovered her singing voice is preparing to lead an unlikely canine choir when Golden Guitar winner Tom Curtain brings his outback show to Collie later this month.  

Serian Lockwood-Jones

A 61-year-old man who was pulled from the water unconscious at Koombana Beach in Bunbury has died in hospital.

WA NEWSPremiumPremiumMan pulled from water in Koombana Bay dies in hospital

A 61-year-old man who was pulled from the water unconscious at Bunbury’s Koombana Beach has died in hospital. 

A Bunbury man has been charged after allegedly setting a woman on fire. 

POLICE PremiumPremiumBunbury man charged after allegedly setting a woman on fire

A Bunbury man has been charged after allegedly setting a woman on fire in the South West. 

Federal Member for Forrest Ben Small, Professor Cobie Rudd, Minister of the South West Don Punch, Professor Colm Harmon and Shadow Minister for Energy Dr Steve Thomas attended the celebrations on Wednesday.

EDUCATIONPremiumPremiumECU Bunbury campus celebrates 40 years of regional education

ECU’s Bunbury campus has marked 40 years of providing regional students with access to higher education, helping generations of South West residents pursue careers closer to home.

The Shire of Harvey has confirmed community meetings have not been scheduled for this year but has said they will continue. 

SHIRE PremiumHarvey Shire confirms future of community meetings

The Shire of Harvey has confirmed community meetings have not been scheduled for this year but has said they will continue. 

Rose Patane

Nominations for the AJ (Tood) Buswell South Western Times sports star of the year award are now open.

Sports starPremiumNominees for Sports Star of the Year Award revealed

After athletes from around the South West put together standout performances across 2025, the five nominees for the South Western Times AJ ‘Tood’ Buswell Sports Star of the Year award have been revealed.

Jack Penniment

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The chain has 17 of its 38 stores within Westfield shopping centres, including Carousel.

RetailPremium‘Distressing’: David Jones workers brace for job losses

The union representing hundreds of WA David Jones employees says it stands ready to protect workers amid fears of mass job losses after the iconic retailer went bankrupt.

Cheyanne Enciso

Dustin Gary Higgs was jailed in District Court.

courtsPremiumPerth speedway driver jailed for sexually penetrating child

A prominent WA speedway driver has been put behind bars after being found guilty of grooming and starting a ‘pre-meditated’ sexual relationship with a girl while she was underage. 

Melissa Sheil

A family have been left heartbroken after a house fire in Collie claimed the life of one-year-old boy

WA NEWSPremium‘Cot was in flames’: Toddler dies in tragic WA house fire

A devastating house fire in Collie has claimed the life of a one-year-old boy.

Hayley Primmer

Rayle Williams and Ashleigh Turner.

CrimePremium‘My mates are dead’: First responders reveal crash carnage

A catastrophic scene akin to an explosion of ‘metal and blood’ confronted those first on the scene of a fatal crash that killed two teenage boys and hospitalised two others.

Brooke Rolfe and Sophie Gannon

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It looks like a dolls house but this home in Applecross is deceptively big, with nearly 800sqm of space Unknown

House That!PremiumThe Applecross home with room for almost everything

Don’t be fooled by its dollhouse looks — this recently listed Applecross home is packing a whole lot of house, with an impressive 780sqm under the roof. 

Kim Macdonald

Dustin Gary Higgs was jailed in District Court.

courtsPremiumPerth speedway driver jailed for sexually penetrating child

A prominent WA speedway driver has been put behind bars after being found guilty of grooming and starting a ‘pre-meditated’ sexual relationship with a girl while she was underage. 

Melissa Sheil

Yoga studio owner Laurel Green said she’d been excited to discover an osteopathy program was starting up in Perth.

EducationPremiumPremiumREVEALED: Year 12s get new uni options, including a WA first

Year 12s thinking about what to study at university next year have had a few extra choices added to their options.

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PremiumAboriginal body silent on luxe Perth home that CEO lives in

A large not-for-profit Aboriginal corporation operating in WA’s north will not reveal why it bought a luxurious house in Perth that its chief executive now lives in.

A grandstand collapsed during the Red Hot Summer Tour at Coolangatta Beach on Sunday.

AustraliaThree injured in grandstand collapse at popular Aussie music festival

The temporary seating came down in the early stages of Sunday’s sold-out festivities.

Regional News

A simple text reminder from his partner turned into a $6.66 million windfall for a Mid West couple who are preparing to welcome their first child.

LottoHuge $6.66m windfall after partner’s timely Lotto reminder

A simple text reminder from his partner turned into a $6.66 million windfall for a Mid West couple who are preparing to welcome their first child.

Troy de Ruyter

There could be more limits put on recreational demersal fishing, it has been revealed.

FisheriesPremiumRecreational demersal fishing could be limited to winter

The fisheries inquiry taking place in WA Parliament this week heard that recreational fishers could be kept out of the water in summer months after submissions from government departments and fishing groups.

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ANZ chief executive Nuno Matos.

BankingPremiumBig bank promises no regional branch closures until 2030

Big four bank pledges to keep a presence in every community in which it currently operates a branch until at least December 2030.

Adrian Lowe

Tash Faithfull won race seven on Bonnie Stokes' In Situ.

RacingPremiumPremiumFaithfull all class on Cup day to notch up treble

While Point of Law was the talk of the nation, Tash Faithfull was the talk of the town after a superb display at the Geraldton Turf Club’s own Melbourne Cup day race meet, with three wins on Tuesday.

Cue shire offices.

HousingPremiumPremiumNew housing plans in Shire of Cue from vacant Catholic land

New housing could be coming to the Shire of Cue, as they have moved to buy vacant land from the Diocese of Geraldton

John Paul College students Finbar Evans, 17, Sydney Fishburn, 18, and Eva Reed, 16, placed within the top four for the YOH fest monologue and duologue category.

Student artistsPremiumPremiumLocal students win first place in WA youth arts festival

Kalgoorlie-Boulder students have scored big in the music and drama divisions at this year’s YOH festival.

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The environment has gone from bad to worse for companies intimately tied to AI infrastructure.

CNBC newsPremiumAI meltdown drives Nasdaq to worst day since April 2025

Nvidia pushed the world’s big tech index to its worst day in 19 months, after US midterm election results raised Wall Street concerns the artificial intelligence buildout is poised to slow down.

Kif Leswing and Caleigh Keating

Attendees try out the new touchscreen MacBook Pro during the Apple Experience LA in Los Angeles, Oct. 28, 2026.

CNBC newsAt last, Apple brings out touchscreen MacBook

Apple announced its first laptop with a touchscreen will go on sale next week. The launch signifies the growing strategic importance of the Mac to Apple, despite it generating less revenue than the iPhone.

Kif Leswing

Since 1990, only nine days have had a larger jump in the VIX on a smaller drop in the S&P500 than last Friday, according to SpotGamma.

CNBC newsWhy the market’s fragile calm faces a major test

Markets paused their slide this week as the tech sector found its footing following an AI sell-off sparked by high borrowing costs and doubts over data centre returns.

Justin Zacks

By the 1950s, another technological innovation would come along and have a profound effect on women: the washing machine.

CNBC newsPremiumWomen may be at greater risk of AI job losses

The history of technological progress suggests that, as AI spreads, the employment impact will hit women more than men.

Steve Liesman

WA News

An early morning crash at the Roe St/Mitchell Fwy exit into Northbridge/West Perth.

WA NewsPremiumHorror WA road toll record looms after tragic weekend

With still more than seven weeks until the end of the year, WA is expected to far exceed 2025’s horror road toll of 184. 

Jessica Evensen

Just weeks after she tore the roof off of RAC Arena with an incredible Telethon performance, Kate Miller-Heidke has announced she will be returning to WA in her biggest tour ever. 

MusicAustralian icon brings tour to WA after Telethon magic

Just weeks after she tore the roof off of RAC Arena with an incredible Telethon performance, Kate Miller-Heidke has announced she will be returning to WA for her biggest tour ever. 

Tegwen Bescoby

Aboriginal Affairs Minister Don Punch is set to finally fly up to Port Hedland months after a child protection crisis engulfed the area amid mounting calls for the embattled Minister to resign.

State PoliticsPremiumPremiumPunch to finally travel to Pilbara after months of delays

Aboriginal Affairs Minister Don Punch is set to finally fly up to Port Hedland months after a child protection crisis engulfed the area amid mounting calls for the embattled Minister to resign.

Four people, including two teenagers, have been rushed to hospital following two separate late night crashes across Perth.

Disaster and EmergencyPremiumPremiumTeens among four injured in overnight Perth crashes

Four people, including two teenagers, have been rushed to hospital following two separate late night crashes across Perth.

Police are appealing to the public for information.

PolicePremiumPremiumMan killed in horror motorcycle crash in Perth’s north

A 59-year-old motorcyclist has died after losing control of his bike and striking a ditch in Perth’s northern suburbs.   

Parenting expert Maggie Dent appearls in Role of a Lifetime. Supplied

WA NewsMaggie Dent on modern fatherhood and her message for WA dads

The prolific parenting educator is heading back to WA with an important message to dads: kids don’t need perfection, they need presence.

Rhianna Mitchell