“They have made a heap of commitments and we will be making sure they deliver on them.”
Jacinta Cantatore
Jackson Barrett
A proposal by the Bunbury Farmer’s Market to significantly improve road safety on a major highway by streamlining its truck loading process has caused a furore among Glen Iris residents.
South Bunbury and Harvey have both experienced highs and lows, just a fortnight into the South West Football League season.
It’s been two years since punters have been able to let their hair down for a full-scale festival, so here are some of the songs to add to your playlist to get you pumped up for Fresh Produce.
Jackson Barrett & Ailish Delaney
Desperate South West renters have found heartless scammers are taking advantage of the dire rental crisis, which real estate experts believe will take months to improve
Ailish Delaney
Earthworks have begun on Bunbury’s first microbrewery which is expected to take things in the City up a notch or two.
Nicolette Barbas
Waroona Shire was the southernmost area to be included in a three-day COVID lockdown over the long weekend.
South West residents have been left scratching their heads after the State Government failed to tell travellers they would still have to isolate if they chose to drive down for the long weekend.
The production, produced and directed by Eileen Depiazzi, is an altered version of The Wizard of Oz and includes tap dancers, singing and hand-painted backdrops as well as afternoon tea.
Colonel Sanders’ secret blend of 11 herbs and spices may soon be zinging into Collie after the council voted to sell two blocks of land to the owners of another South West KFC outlet.
Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development officers have been focusing on fishers who meddle with other people’s pots.
Bunbury’s Connor Blakely made a brief return to the Fremantle Dockers line-up in Saturday night’s victory over North Melbourne, coming on as a final quarter injury sub.
Luke Sweedman has explored nearly all of WA’s nooks and crannies during his career as a botanist. He’s so planted in the field that he even has a tree named after him. Here is his story.
Steve Butler
The family of a young Manjimup electrician who died in a workplace accident have spoken of their heartbreak at losing a ‘carefree’ soul who was ‘so, so loved’.
Ben Loughran
He’s an Aquinas College graduate who’s been photographed rubbing shoulders with former footy stars and splashing cash, so how did Chris Brown get caught up in a $120 million Federal court case?
Sarah Steger
The report found Aboriginal prisoners were “not proportionally represented” in the more desirable employment opportunities, gratuity levels, or accommodation standards.
At a time when the State’s embattled tourism industry is at a critical juncture, about 300 delegates will meet in Geraldton next week to discuss how to keep visitors coming to Western Australia.
Phoebe Pin and Liam Beatty
Esperance’s Twilight Beach carpark could soon be buzzing with food trucks after councillors decided to move away from the one-lease structure to an open trading permit system.
Amber Lilley
A man who allegedly spat in a police officer’s face before biting him and another officer on the hand as they attempted to arrest him has been released on bail.
Shock claims that prisoners were caught having sex behind bars have emerged from a Kalgoorlie prison managing male and female inmates, sparking anger from the WA Prison Officers Union.
A push for the reinstatement of a passenger train service between Perth and Albany is gathering steam after a high-level meeting between key stakeholders from local and State politics.
Australians could get more choice in locally made beer and gin, with the Morrison Government set to slash taxes on brewers and distilleries in this month’s Federal Budget.
Lanai Scarr
A Perth lawyer has accused Chris Brown of creating a fake email using high-profile law firm Bennett & Co’s letterhead to claim more than $6.7 million was heading into one of his bank accounts.
Neale Prior
More gymnasts have come forward about their mistreatment at the WA Institute of Sport, with one former athlete alleging a coach slapped her, put their hands around her neck, and shook her.
Whether the Corruption and Crime Commission acted legally in pursuit of allegedly grubby behaviour by some WA politicians was the subject of two days of lofty argument in the Supreme Court last week.
A WA judge has blasted a man who filmed himself violating his former girlfriend while she slept, saying all women have the right to be in a relationship ‘without having sexual acts forced upon them’.
Business high flyer Bret Silvey — the man accused of ripping millions from family and friends in a bogus finance scheme — finds himself at the centre his own tale of friendship, secrets and betrayal.
Tim Clarke
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