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  1. AWARD PremiumAustralind’s officer in charge recognised at State awards

  2. HOUSING PremiumNew data reveals strong growth in Bunbury housing market

  3. HEALTHPremiumMassive update on Aussie bird flu

  4. FootballPremiumSWFL initial squad announced for country championships

  5. RECONCILIATION PremiumThe Harvey shire council endorses reconciliation action plan

Andy Pitt with his family.

Community coming together PremiumFundraiser smashes target earning more than $40K for charity

A community fundraiser for a Busselton identity has smashed its target, securing more than $40,000 for MND WA, disabled surfers and Embrace Inclusion

Craig Duncan

The City of Bunbury is set to resume FOGO processing from October.

FOGO RETURNS PremiumThe City of Bunbury will resume FOGO processing

After more than a year of organic waste being thrown in landfill, the City of Bunbury has announced it will resume Food Organic and Garden Organic processing

Rose Patane

Busselton-based artist Georgia Zoric said she was exploring the theme of message-in-a-bottle for her Castaways exhibition piece.

MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE PremiumBusselton-based artist named Castaway exhibition finalist

A Busselton-based artist is set to display her latest artwork at the 18th Castaways Sculpture Awards as the finalists for the annual exhibition have been announced. 

Rose Patane

Renowned Australian chef Karl Wulf is taking over the kitchen of Bunbury’s Parade Hotel,

Fine FoodPremiumKarl Wulf taking over the kitchen of Bunbury’s Parade Hotel

Renowned Australian chef Karl Wulf is taking over the kitchen of Bunbury’s Parade Hotel, aiming to take advantage of the region’s proximity to Australia’s best produce.

Craig Duncan

South West Slammers’ Rhys Barrett rises for a lay-up.

BasketballPremiumTime running out for South West Slammers to find wins

South West Slammers’ men’s team couldn’t back up their round one win over Goldfields Giants, this time going down by 17 points in their round 13 NBL1 West clash at Eaton Recreation Centre. 

Jack Penniment

Rail heritage society secretary Philippa Rogers and president Ian Studham.

Public TransportPremiumPassengers enjoy their first trip onboard the new Australind

The cheese toasties are as good as ever on board the new Australind, and there’s plenty more to celebrate. 

Craig Duncan

The Australind Train leaving Pinjarra Station.

WA NewsCommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumBunbury’s Australind Train back on track as service returns

On Sunday the ribbon was officially cut on the first of four railcars on the Australind line. 

Australind police station officer-in-charge Senior Sergeant Scott Starkie.

AWARD PremiumPremiumAustralind’s officer in charge recognised at State awards

A South West police officer has been recognised for his leadership and service to the community as part of the Western Australia Police Force Recognition of Excellence Awards 2026. 

The Bunbury Bel Canto Singers are gearing up to take to the Kalgoorlie stage for the Kalgoorlie Desert Heart Song Festival in August.

SEA TO SAND PremiumPremiumBunbury choir is gearing up to perform in Kalgoorlie

An all-inclusive South West choir is gearing up for a special festival performance up north later this year and is calling on the community’s help to get there. 

Bunbury's Finn Howard broke 10 hours in his ironman debut.

IronmanPremiumLocal triathlete breaks 10-hour barrier in Ironman debut

Former Bunbury Senior High School student Finn Howard has announced himself as one of the region’s emerging endurance athletes after completing his first full Ironman in an impressive sub-10 hours.

Jack Penniment

Harvey councillors voted to proceed with the shire’s reconciliation action plan as deputy shire president Cr Craig Carbone doubled down on his efforts to have the plan scrapped.

RECONCILIATION PremiumThe Harvey shire council endorses reconciliation action plan

The Harvey Shire council has voted to continue moving forward with its reconciliation action plan despite a councillor doubling down past suggestions for it to be terminated.

Rose Patane

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Billionaire party boy Laurence Escalante has been spotted living it up in a Northbridge nightclub just days after pleading to have his bail conditions varied so he could visit his mother. 

WA NewsVideoCommentsPremiumBillionaire Escalante parties with women at Perth nightclub

Billionaire party boy Laurence Escalante has been spotted living it up in a Northbridge nightclub just days after pleading to have his bail conditions varied so he could visit his mother. 

Hannah Cross

The scorched ground where the motorhome was engulfed in flames.

Courts and CrimePremiumTeen accused of murder over fatal crash identified in court

The 19-year-old has been charged with one count of murder and two counts of attempted murder over Tuesday’s night’s fatal crash.

Imogen Wilson

Simon Peter Carman, 45, was arrested by Thai immigration officers at Suvarnabhumi Airport late Friday, reportedly minutes before he was due to leave Thailand on a Jetstar flight bound to arrive in Perth.

CRIMEVideoPremiumThai girl’s accused murderer worked as mechanic in WA

Simon Peter Carman was arrested by Thai immigration officers at the airport late Friday, reportedly minutes before he was due to leave Thailand on a flight bound for Perth. WARNING: DISTRESSING DETAILS.

Caleb Runciman

Member for Fremantle Josh Wilson has been hit with a five-match ban after an incident at a weekend soccer game.

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Josh Wilson hit with five-match ban after soccer punch

A member of Anthony Albanese’s outer ministry has been suspended from playing amateur soccer for more than a month after punching a football opponent in the face.

Joe Spagnolo and Katina Curtis

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Disaster and EmergencyCommentsPremiumHorror car collision in Perth’s north leaves one dead

One man has died and another is in hospital following a horror crash today.

Kirsty Lichtenstein

Bureau of Meteorology forecaster Jonathan How discusses the cold front about to hit WA.

WeatherVideoCommentsThunder, lightning, damaging winds make for weekend washout

Perth and large parts of WA are bracing for a wild weekend of rain, thunderstorms and dangerous coastal conditions as a powerful cold front barrels across the State.

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Gina Rinehart’s Hancock Prospecting has unveiled a new accommodation for homeless veterans, war heroes.

BusinessCommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumRinehart opens new homeless veteran accommodation

Hancock Prospecting has unveiled its newly refurbished accommodation to house homeless veterans and war heroes — with the residential complex named in honour of Ben Roberts-Smith.

In video supplied to The West Australian, footage shows what appears to be a CBH train derailed just past Cowcowing on 22nd June

Countryman NewsVideoPremiumPremiumWATCH: Investigations underway after CBH grain train derails

Footage shows a locomotive and at least five grain carriages lying on their side with grain spilled out on to grass.

A man is dead and his motorcycle passenger is fighting for her life after a bike travelling in a convoy left the road and crashed near Rockingham on Sunday morning.

PolicePremiumPremiumMan dead and woman critical after motorcycle convoy crash

A man is dead and his motorcycle passenger is fighting for her life after a bike travelling in a convoy left the road and crashed near Rockingham.

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A dredging contract has been awarded to Jan De Nul Australia to carry out the next steps pf the Pilbara Ports Zone 5 Bypass Channel

Shipping PremiumPort Hedland bypass channel contract awarded

A $50 million project designed to protect shipping operations at Port Hedland from major disruptions has moved a step closer, with Pilbara Ports awarding a dredging contract to Jan De Nul Australia.

Phoebe Solon

Boarded up social housing in Spalding, Geraldton

HousingMore joining public housing queue, but waiting less time

More people in Geraldton in desperate need of a home are being added to the public housing waitlist but the waiting time they face is reducing, new figures reveal

Imogen Wilson

The Gracetown beach access matting trial.

WALGA Awards PremiumMargaret River highly commended for accessibility effort

The Shire of Augusta Margaret River have been highly commended by a Statewide body, for their efforts improving beach accessibility.

Craig Duncan

The one-way and two-way designs for Maitland Park.

Project updatePremiumPremiumNew concept designs for Maitland Park to be ‘much cheaper’

The vision to transform Maitland Park has been narrowed down to two concept designs — one a two-way traffic option, the other one-way — but both will be “substantially cheaper” than the original plan.

Vasse MLA Libby Mettam railed against the expansion of WA's Containers for Change scheme.

State Politics PremiumPremiumLibby Mettam joins Containers for Change expansion criticism

Plan to expand the Containers for Change scheme to include wine and spirit bottles has been slammed in Parliament last week, with Opposition members claiming regional communities have not been “heard”. 

Rural Health West CEO Professor Catherine Elliott

GP workforcesPremiumPremiumMid West records highest level of regional GP turnover

The Mid West has recorded the highest turnover of GPs in regional WA, according to new data from Rural Health West.

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Kevin Warsh, chairman of the US Federal Reserve. Federal Reserve officials left interest rates unchanged and were split over whether they expect to raise rates this year.

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Warsh’s taskforces are the key to understanding the new Fed

Fed chair Kevin Warsh stuck to his long-stated belief in his first press conference on Wednesday that ‘inflation is a choice.’

Matt Peterson

Ships anchored on May 16, 2026 in the Strait of Hormuz near Larak Island, Iran.

EnergyCommentsPremiumCrude oil tumbles after Trump says Strait of Hormuz to open

Tanker traffic plunged in early March due to Iranian attacks, causing the biggest oil supply disruption in history.

Spencer Kimball

Cathie Wood, chief executive officer of Ark Investment Management LLC.

CNBC newsCommentsPremiumInvestors who took a chance on SpaceX now reap the rewards

For nearly two decades, some of the world’s most prominent investors quietly accumulated stakes in SpaceX while the rocket maker remained largely off-limits to the public markets.

Yun Li

People along the coast of the Persian Gulf, while Iranian and foreign cargo vessels wait in the background for clearance to pass through the Strait of Hormuz.

CNBC newsPremiumHow Strait of Hormuz standoff flipped energy security debate

Iran’s influence over the Strait of Hormuz has inadvertently transformed the energy security debate, effectively casting fossil fuels rather than renewables as the primary source of vulnerability.

Sam Meredith

WA News

Graham Cyril Lane was at the Mandurah foreshore when he confronted a woman known to him about “rumours” she had been spreading about his criminal history.

Courts & JusticeCommentsPremium‘Vicious’: Man handed jail time for assault with scissors

A 46-year-old man was at the Mandurah foreshore when he confronted a woman known to him about ‘rumours’ she had been spreading about his criminal history last year.

Ava Berryman

Maddison Robson pictured with her twins Milly (pink top) and Daisy, who were born nine weeks early. The twins are now 17 months old and still need feeding pumps 24 hours a day. Ian Munro

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WA mother fears her disabled twins will die without funding

A Gidgegannup mother fears her profoundly disabled 17-month-old twin daughters could die because of a lack of NDIS support. 

Claire Sadler

Interpol has issued a yellow alert for Western Australian man Jesse Bruzzese, 35, who is missing in Mexico.

travelInterpol alert for missing Aussie traveller

Fears are held for an Aussie traveller who has been missing in Mexico for three weeks.

Shadow Health Minister Libby Mettam said the latest revelations about Willow Horne’s death were deeply disturbing and that an inquest could independently examine what happened. NewsWire / Emma Kirk

healthCalls for inquest into baby’s death

Demands are growing for an inquest into the death of an eight-month-old baby girl who died at a regional hospital after a medical flight was delayed.

The Australian man accused of murdering a teenager in Thailand is being held in a harsh prison without visitors

CrimeVideoPremiumPremiumInside Thailand suitcase murder accused’s prison hell

The Australian man accused of murdering a teen in Thailand is being held in a harsh prison without visitors as CCTV shows him going about his normal day before he allegedly dumped her body inside a suitcase.

Four regional finalists battled it out in a live cook-off on Tuesday, with chefs given just 15 minutes to prepare and present their signature sandwiches.

FoodCommentsPopular pub crowned country WA’s best steak sandwich maker

Four regional finalists battled it out in a live cook-off on Tuesday, with chefs given just 15 minutes to prepare and present their signature sandwiches.

Kirsty Lichtenstein