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  1. praise for youthPremiumKen Wyatt lauds Bunbury role models

  2. should it stay or should it go?PremiumDalyellup basketball hoop fate hangs in balance

  3. Celebrate WASouth West leaders on what WA means to them

  4. Captain of legendsPremiumBusselton legend the captain of greats

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    Albany defends $10k ‘COVID’ payment for councillors

Tick the boxesVideoCommentsPremiumBusso Mayor backs SW quarantine — on one condition

Busselton Mayor Grant Henley says Rottnest Island should be taken off the table as a quarantine zone, throwing his “in-principle” support behind a purpose-built facility near the South West city.

Josh Zimmerman and Charlotte Elton

School’s donationPremiumWindmill project has spin-off for kids

A Year 10 engineering project for students at Bunbury Cathedral Grammar School has turned into a nice way to help families in need.

Jackson Barrett

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Bunbury derby: Where the game can be won

The old cliche is that anything can happen in a derby — but in Bunbury, the Bulldogs have won the last six on the trot.

Jackson Barrett

volunteers wantedPremiumTuart forest in need of helpers

“We want people to feel a sense of ownership of the forest and hope to instil in children an understanding of the importance of forests managed for all values into the future.”

Ailish Delaney

Hesh DawgPremiumBunbury rapper bringing back classic sounds

Inspired by the Australian hip-hop movement headlined by Hilltop Hoods and Bliss n Eso in the early part of the century, young artists in Bunbury are putting their own twist to the genre.

Jackson Barrettt

AFLPremiumSouth West stars on the big stage

At the midway point of the AFL season, journalist Jackson Barrett has run his eye over the six South West products playing at the top level this season.

Jackson Barrett

reviewPremiumPremiumComic note was off key

Serge Le Goueff is a talented musician, a jazz enthusiast and a gifted performer — what he is not, is a comedian.

FootballPremiumPremiumBusselton hang in top five as Collie clash looms

After managing to stay in the top five after a 25-point victory over Carey Park, Busselton are looking to build on their winning streak when they take on Collie on Sunday.

NetballPremiumPremiumBoomers extend hot form

The Eaton Boomers have continued building momentum with a fourth consecutive victory after holding off a determined South Bunbury side by 17 points.

honour for authorBunbury daze fires writer’s imagination

Brunswick-raised Philip Salom’s talent for daydreaming has not gone to waste, with the author one of 12 finalists for the prestigious Miles Franklin Literary Award.

Ailish Delaney

Trial avoidedPremiumGuilty plea entered over Withers blast

A Bunbury man has avoided a trial in the Bunbury District Court over an explosion at his Withers home after negotiations produced a resolution.

Carly Laden

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PART ONEVideoPremiumEric Edgar Cooke: WA’s worst killer, in his own words

The West has been given permission by WA’s Supreme Court to broadcast — for a limited time — the most extensive excerpts of the recording of Eric Edgar Cooke’s trial ever heard in public. LISTEN NOW.

Tim Clarke

Eric Edgar Cooke audio filesVideoPremiumCooke recalls details only a guilty man could know

In part two, WA’s worst killer confesses to shooting lovers Rowena Reeves and Nicholas August in 1963. Rowena revealed she bore the scar of the bullet wound until her death.

Tim Clarke and Joseph Catanzaro

Eric Edgar Cooke audio filesVideoPremium‘I stepped back, aimed the rifle and shot him, sir’

In part three, Cooke reveals how he shot Swanbourne rower Brian Weir. He survived, but Brian’s brother says he was never the same — ‘it was murder’.

Tim Clarke

Regional News

Drug drivingPremium‘Selfish act’ that killed a local hero

An unlicensed driver who killed a Mt Barker legend shortly after snorting methamphetamine at a petrol station has faced the fury of a judge.

Shannon Hampton

Line drawnPremiumWomen jailed for ‘family feud’ attack

Feuding families have been put on notice by an Albany magistrate after two women were sent to prison for a drunken group assault sparked by family tensions.

Kellie Balaam

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Albany defends $10k ‘COVID’ payment for councillors

Local councillors at a major regional centre are under fire for handing themselves a combined $10,000 payment after sacrificing part of their allowances last year.

Michael Traill

Not guiltyPremiumPremiumEx-student not guilty of East Kimberley College fire

A former East Kimberley College student has described his relief after being cleared of criminal involvement in a fire that burnt down a Kununurra school building two years ago.

Eye in the skyCommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumNew police drones to hit the North West skies

Four officers from both the Pilbara and Kimberley districts completed their training this week with each district allocated two drones to deploy locally when they are required.

Outback educationCommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumIndigenous educators gather for remote Kimberley forum

Staff from town and remote community schools made the trip to the Kimberley’s first Aboriginal educators’ conference at the Dampier Peninsula community over four days from May 17

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2021 honour rollCommentsTelethon chair Richard Goyder named top West Aussie

Richard Goyder is 2021’s West Australian of the Year for his commitment to philanthropy. Now he has called on West Australians to embrace passion and tolerance — and move towards reconciliation.

Kate Emery and Brianna Dugan

Have your sayCommentsTell us how you would sell Perth to the world

Got a great idea for Perth? Think you know how to sell it to the world? Tell us what it is and we’ll make sure it gets heard by the movers and shakers ahead of the crucial ‘Brand Perth’ summit.

Charlotte Elton

Skills shortagePremiumPremiumBusinesses boost apprentice programs to fill skill gaps

A growing number of WA businesses are ramping up their apprenticeship programs to combat skill shortages, with about a third of those surveyed intending to take on more trainees.

CBH electionsPremiumPremiumWally Newman fails in attempt to return to CBH board

Former CBH chairman Wally Newman has been unsuccessful in his bid to return to the board he walked away from 14 months ago amid controversy.

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CommentsPremiumAged care vaccine refusal hinders WA roll-out

Nearly one-fifth of WA aged care residents have either refused to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or missed out on jabs administered by the Federal Government’s in-reach clinics, The West can reveal.

Most wantedVideoCops reveal incredible vision of Perth foot chase

A State-wide manhunt is under way for a man who police allege smashed his way through a glass window and several homes in Como, attacking officers and two elderly women in his violent escape.

Sarah Steger