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  1. Latest updateCommentsBunbury outbreak grows to 17 amid 24 new infections

  2. ‘Genuine fear’CommentsPremium‘Disgrace’: Union slams handling of COVID-19 plant outbreak

  3. ‘Get tested’ CommentsBunbury COVID cluster grows to seven, six in one family

  4. SEE THE LISTNEW EXPOSURE SITES: Perth pool listed as area of concern

  5. Latest updateCommentsFirst community spread in regional WA among 13 new cases

Covid-19Mystery Covid case rocks tourist hotspot

A mystery case of Covid-19 in a popular tourist area remains ‘under investigation’ by health authorities.

Angie Raphael

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Tragedy as man dies at popular South West beach

A man, aged in his 50s, has died after he was pulled from the water at a popular South West beach on Saturday afternoon. 

Caitlyn Rintoul

Football Premium Jetta set for Perth Football League

Hopes of one of Bunbury’s greatest footballers returning to the South West to play in 2022 have been quashed with the news Lewis Jetta will play in the Perth Football League this year. 

Samantha Rogers and Jackson Barrett

arson hunt Fears fires deliberately lit in South West

Bridgetown police have put out a call for public information after a number of suspicious fires were lit in the South West early Sunday morning.

Sarah Steger

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FIRST LOOK: Plans for $200m Smiths Beach village revealed

It’s one of the biggest commercial projects the South West has seen in a decade - including 61 holiday homes, a 65-room hotel, 36 camping spots and a retail centre on pristine beachside land.

Taylar Amonini

cluster stuckCommentsPremiumKemerton COVID cases in quarantine at WA resort

It’s been revealed Kemerton lithium plant workers who tested positive for COVID earlier this week are now quarantining at a Peel resort.

Luke McPherson

New exposure sitesMore exposure sites added in Bunbury, Australind

A host of new exposure sites have been listed around the South West, including two more in the heart of Bunbury and three in Australind as the city’s COVID cluster grows. 

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Bunbury Basketball Association women’s league leaders Aces Sky extended their lead at the top of the table to six points.

Cluster growsAll you need to know about Bunbury’s COVID cluster

Bunbury has recorded nine new COVID cases stemming from a cluster at a lithium plant in Kemerton, while a popular pub has been added to a growing list of South West exposure sites.

Award an ‘honour’PremiumMargaret Duce awarded Bunbury’s Citizen of the Year

An inspirational woman who brings the power of music to people who might otherwise miss out has been recognised as Bunbury’s top citizen this year. 

Jackson Barrett

Bunbury backs delayBunbury leaders support delayed border opening

Bunbury’s leaders have thrown their support behind Premier Mark McGowan’s decision to delay the State’s borders reopening, saying it would have been a tough decision to make.

Jacinta Cantatore

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How WA’s most vulnerable children are being badly let down

Leaked documents have exposed how the WA Department of Communities is failing to meet crucial targets including those relating to child safety investigations.

Annabel Hennessy

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Lloyd Rayney caught up in Fringe show ‘joke’ saga

Comedian and actor Peter Rowsthorn has defended his teenage daughter Frankie, after she was castigated online for telling a joke involving former lawyer Lloyd Rayney — while he was in the audience.

Tim Clarke

DIVISIVE TOPICPremiumFour West Aussies reveal what Australia Day means to them

As January 26 approaches, influencer Fallon Gregory acknowledges it is a divisive date and is overwhelmed with mixed feelings

Rhianna Mitchell

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‘Genuine fear’CommentsPremium‘Disgrace’: Union slams handling of COVID-19 plant outbreak

AMWU WA state secretary Steve McCartney has lashed the handling of a COVID-19 outbreak at a South West lithium hydroxide plant, saying hundreds of potentially infected workers were ‘completely in the dark’.

Josh Zimmerman

National honoursPremiumWarmun artist appointed Officer of the Order of Australia

Warmun’s Lena Nyadbi has been appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia for her distinguished service to the visual arts.

Stephanie Sinclair

car crash warningPremiumSouth West road fatality sparks police safety warning

Serious crashes spark police plea for drivers to take more care

Taylar Amonini

Behind the wheelVideoPremiumPremiumWA boy charged over ugly ‘burnout hit and run’ in Caraban

A 15-year-old has been charged by police after allegedly ploughing into a man in his 60s when doing burnouts on a rural property north of Perth, with the victim recording the moment he was struck.

AthleticsPremiumPremiumElla Batten qualifies to represent WA in heptathlon

Just one sport was never going to be enough for Geraldton’s Ella Batten, so she’s chosen all of them — the 15-year-old has taken a State silver in heptathlon and is in line to represent WA.

Crime crisisPremiumPremiumWorkers shun Hedland over youth crime ‘s...hole’ reputation

Concerned business owners in Hedland came together on Thursday evening to discuss the town’s increase in youth crime with police officers and the Town of Port Hedland.

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‘Jobs at risk’: WA builders blast McGowan over border delay

The peak body for WA’s building and construction industry has blasted Mark McGowan’s decision to delay the border reopening, warning that ‘livelihoods are at stake’.

Peter Law

Arrested in prison PremiumHakea visitor tries ‘slipping guards with fake vax papers’

A Westminster man has allegedly used a fake vaccination certificate to sneak into a Perth prison.

Briana Fiore

Cycle crunchVideoCommentsCommentsPrice hike: Record petrol pain a ‘sign of things to come’

First we broke the record for the longest stretch of days over 40 degrees, now Perth is set to smash a record for highest average fuel price in the metropolitan area ever - and it’s a ‘sign of things to come’.

Ram raid‘Nerve-wracking’: Serious angst after latest jewellery heist

A store manager at Baldivis Shopping Centre says she fears for the safety of workers after the popular precinct was again targeted by brazen thieves.

EXPLAINEDCommentsCommentsWho can and can’t enter WA under new COVID rules revealed

The new exemptions are headlined by a big expansion of travel on compassionate grounds.

Get testedColes, Woolies among 26 new COVID exposure sites

After eight new COVID exposure sites were identified this morning, a further 18 were added on Wednesday afternoon - including supermarkets, two Officeworks, a Bunnings and a Vinnies store.