Bunbury Herald

FootballEagles set pace for forwards

Should the South West Football League go ahead this season, the Collie Eagles will have a forward line to be feared.

Mitchell Woodcock

Goalkicking machine Joel Houghton will be back in Collie Eagles colours when the South West Football League season eventually gets under way.

COVID-19 major concernsConcerns rise over SW’s ability to cope

Warren Hately and Shannon Verhagen

working it outGym turning to online workouts

As the world prepares for social isolation, gyms and fitness studios around the country joined the list of “non-essential” services to close their doors until further notice yesterday.

Nicolette Barbas

FootballBulls boss has plans to get through

Events are cancelled, competitions are collapsing and country footy has been postponed.

Briana Fiore

FOOD VANSFood vans fear wipeout

Events around the South West have been dropping like flies — cancelled in an attempt to curb the cruel coronavirus pandemic sweeping across the globe.

Briana Fiore

Beat boredomLibrarians become boredom busters

The program is aimed at finding creative ways to fill the time for families forced to self-isolate.

Jacinta Cantatore

Tales go digitalLittle ones’ story time goes online

A closed library doesn’t mean a closed book.

Jacinta Cantatore

New Aussies welcomedHarvey citizenship a reason to celebrate

The Shire of Harvey welcomed 18 new Australian citizens at a small ceremony in Australind on Tuesday.

Jacinta Cantatore

Bunbury charities in need of help

Bunbury charities are feeling the impact of COVID-19 and have turned to the community for more support.

New Bunbury e-scooters proving popular

Beam Mobility officially launched its e-scooter service in Bunbury on Thursday and addressed concerns over the safety of using the scooters.

Bullish on improving

The Harvey Bulls endured a turbulent 2019 season for a variety of reasons.

CricketBig scores the casualty of excellent ball work

It was an interesting summer across the Bunbury and Districts Cricket Association, with sides having difficulty scoring big totals due to excellent bowling.

More cancellationsSuspension of City of Bunbury programs and acitivites

Bunbury residents are set to face more cancellations after the City of Bunbury today announced it would be suspending a number of city-run programs and activities.

Ailish Delaney

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Duff's Top 50 Who’s better: Gov or Shuey?

Mark Duffield has his say about where the two Eagles guns rank in the AFL hierarchy as we count down spots 20-11 in Duff’s Top 50.

Mark Duffield

Special series: Part oneOur five part investigation into WA’s education

A Baltic republic once annexed by the Soviet Union with a population smaller than Perth’s is streaking ahead of Australia in terms of education. The answer? Making schooling free.

Bethany Hiatt

Regional News

Virus updatePremier flags regional travel restrictions

The Premier has told tourists to stay away and has threatened to close WA beaches.

Peter Law and Josh Zimmerman

Motorboats bannedCoronavirus hits Kalgoorlie’s skimpy barmaids

With several of Kalgoorlie-Boulder’s main skimpy bars closing due to COVID-19, only two Brief Encounter girls have stayed on to service the remaining pubs in town.

Tegan Guthrie

Coronavirus closuresRex to shut down flights to South West, Mid West WA

Regional Express Airlines (Rex), an airline that provides vital links to South West and Mid West towns in WA, will shut down from April 6 because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Geoffrey Thomas

Stop sending mixed messages about our safety

Living in unprecedented times, we are tired, scared and confused. We need crystal-clear communication, consistency and decisive action. And yet, at each step of the way we have been left behind.

Airlines need Govt support to survive COVID-19 impact

The time has come for Federal and State governments to move swiftly to secure our airlines and thus our lifeline around the country and to the regions.

Schools will support parents decisions

Nervous parents have the choice of listening to the pleas of the PM and Premier to keep their kids at school or making up their own mind and withdrawing them ahead of Government advice.

WA News

Radical planFIFOs to undergo two-week quarantine before work in WA

Interstate FIFO workers will likely soon need to spend two weeks in quarantine in WA before they are allowed to work under far-reaching new State Government plans.

Peter Law

Economic crisisWage guarantee to slow rate of COVID job losses

Scott Morrison is poised to guarantee workers stood aside by their businesses as a result of coronavirus up to $1500 a fortnight.

Lanai Scarr, Kim Macdonald and Sarah Ison

Sick cruise ship passengers to go to Joondalup hospital

The federal government made a last-minute decision this evening to send COVID-19 positive cruise ship passengers to Joondalup Health Campus in a deal that won the support of doctors and nurses.

Cousins Uncut: Watch the footage too raw for TV

EXCLUSIVE: Ben Cousins opens up on time behind bars, getting king hit as a partying teen and breaking a promise to his young son in unreleased clips from the Brownlow medallist’s Coming Clean doco.

Public servants to work from home amid hypocrisy claims

All public servants have been told they should be working from home if possible after Federal Government agencies came under fire for ‘hot-desking’ and being much slower to implement remote working.

COVID-19 chaosFirst Artania passengers depart Perth

The first group of hundreds of German, Austrian, Swiss and French nationals has stepped off the MS Artania berthed at Fremantle Port and onto Western Australian soil.

Sarah Steger and Caitlyn Rintoul