South Western Times

vfrsVolunteers rack up donation

A recent donation from a local company will help volunteers at the Bunbury Volunteer Fire and Rescue Service get out to jobs more efficiently.

Nicolette Barbas

The Bunbury Volunteer Fire Rescue Service was recently provided a donation of more than $3500 by The Apprentice & Traineeship Company to purchase PPE/PPC racking.

training boomFee cut prompts training boom in the South West

Nicolette Barbas

share the dignityVolunteers needed for Christmas appeal

Charity group Share the Dignity, which helps women and girls to access sanitary items, has put the call out for volunteers for its upcoming Christmas appeal.

shift youth festivalBunbury youth festival to go ahead

The COVID-19 pandemic may have resulted in the cancellation of several exciting events, but the City of Bunbury’s annual youth celebration is not one of them.

containers for changeFundraising students can’t contain their excitement

Gather the cans, bottles and milk cartons because the Containers for Change refund scheme launches on October 1.

Ailish Delaney

climate strikeBunbury students strike for climate

Across the country, school students are expected to protest tomorrow to bring attention to climate change, with one event to be hosted in Bunbury.

Ailish Delaney

FootballMission is now simple

“At the end of the day, both sides have just got to win,” Baggetta told the South Western Times ahead of Sunday’s first semi-final against the Collie Eagles at Brunswick Oval.

Justin Fris

Massive game aheadBulls and Magpies revisit strong rivalry at finals time

The Harvey Bulls and Busselton women’s teams always seem to get in each other’s way around the finals.

Justin Fris

BasketballLooking ahead to 2021

It might be just a few days after the final game of the 2020 West Coast Classic, however Printsync South West Slammers men’s coach Mark Worthington already has his eyes on 2021.

CricketNew guard to lead Colts for the 2020-21 season

Josh Topliss played his first game for his beloved Colts Cricket Club when Tyler King was just three years old. Now, they will lead their club alongside each other.

Tourism BoostVouchers grabbed for ‘wanders’

Incentives for West Australians to explore the vast expanses of their own State rather than travelling overseas and interstate could be set to benefit Bunbury tourism operators.

cosy cafeCafe’s reopening marked with a cheery celebration

Dozens of seniors filled the freshly renovated Tea Cosy Cafe at the Bunbury Geographe Seniors and Community Centre on Tuesday to mark the cafe’s reopening with tea, scones nd cake.

Nicolette Barbas

Support packageTravel agents welcome relief

After months of busy days and low income, travel agents in the South West are set for some much-needed relief.

Jackson Barrett

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Claremont verdictClaremont families’ fortitude in face of pure evil

For the many people who had waited so long for justice in the case of the Claremont serial killer, this was a day of solemnity — not celebration

John Flint

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Tom Percy: The three key moments in Claremont conviction

One of WA’s best criminal lawyers, Tom Percy QC, discusses the three crucial moments in the Claremont trial that led to the conviction of Bradley Robert Edwards for two murders.

Tom Percy

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Making of a murderer: The Claremont killer’s sick past

Claremont killer Bradley Robert Edwards had just started high school when he began to act on what would become an entrenched, persistent fetish for women’s underwear that raged on until his arrest.

Shannon Hampton

Regional News

Shocking allegationsYoung Kimberley teacher’s jaw broken in alleged bashing

A teacher in a remote Aboriginal community, where the safety of educators has previously been of concern, had to be airlifted to hospital in Perth after allegedly being bashed while on a walk.

Rourke Walsh

PILBARA CORONAVIRUSSeven more ship cases spark ‘catastrophic’ COVID fears

The crisis surrounding a coronavirus-stricken cargo ship berthed off the Port Hedland coast has deepened, with a further seven crew members being diagnosed with the disease.

Joe Spagnolo

‘Rest in peace’‘Love and miss you’: Daughter’s touching message to dad

Tributes have flowed for a father of three who was found dead in the driveway of a South Hedland home early this morning, as police reveal a man is in custody and being questioned.

Sam Jones and Sarah Steger

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It’s official: Data confirms WA’s resources ‘mini-boom’

Investment in the State’s resources sector has risen for the first time since the last mining boom in 2012-13, with $129b worth of projects now in the pipeline.

Back on trackFarmers rejoice at hopes of Tier 3 revival

Farmers who have campaigned for 14 years for grain to be moved by rail say they are encouraged by the State’s announcement, and welcome the prospect of safer regional roads.

Emergency responseMan dies after being pulled from water at Wylie Bay

The ambulance-police convoy rushed the man to hospital after nearly 40-minutes treating him on the sand

WA News

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EIGHT YEAR LOW
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Perth rental ‘crisis’ as vacancies plummet

The number of properties available for rent in the Perth Metropolitan are at a near decade low sparking a warning the situation was fast becoming a ‘crisis’.

Joe Spagnolo

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Leaked files reveal weapon twist in Ciara investigation

WA Police turned to one of the world’s top forensic pathologists in a bid to find out what may have caused a wound to Ciara Glennon’s head — finally revealed in secret documents exclusively obtained.

Tim Clarke

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Sneak peak at ‘Twiggy’s’ $85m luxury Exmouth resort

In these exclusively obtained images we take a first glimpse at what the Andrew Forrest-led multimillion-dollar luxury resort in the tourist town of Exmouth could look like.

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Industrial manslaughter laws
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The crusade for change over workplace deaths in WA

These are the faces eight families don’t want you to forget. Loved ones who went to work and never returned. Now a campaign to make employers accountable for deaths like theirs has almost been won.

What nowJustice for Sarah: What’s needed to end Claremont pain?

Long considered to be the first woman killed by the Claremont serial killer, only Sarah Spiers’ murder remains unsolved. John Flint reports on the chances of bringing her justice.

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More butts, bottles and plastic on WA beaches than ever

Litterbugs are dumping their unwanted garbage on Perth’s beaches, with the amount of rubbish found on WA’s coastline soaring 45 per cent in the past year.

Kate Emery

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