The City of Busselton is inviting community feedback on proposed differential rates for the 2026-27 financial year, with the proposed budget including an average rates increase of 7 per cent.
Madelin Hayes
Jessica Page
Two men were rescued from a stranded yacht off Quindalup on Saturday afternoon after rough weather left them trapped at sea as storm conditions intensified.
The second AFL fixture at Bunbury’s Hands Memorial Oval will take place between North Melbourne and Fremantle with the region set to hit the limelight once again.
Jack Penniment
Trailblazing environmentalist Bob Brown has thrown his support behind a growing community campaign opposing a proposed sand mine in Yallingup.
Bunbury mayor Jaysen Miguel used his casting voting during Tuesday night’s council meeting to scrap the 2026-27 budget’s proposed rate rise.
Rose Patane
The State Government’s plan to manufacturer military missiles in the South West town Collie as part of a push to establish an advanced weapons manufacturing hub in the State has sparked outrage.
Jessica Page, Andrew Greene and Craig Duncan
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
A community fundraiser for a Busselton identity has smashed its target, securing more than $40,000 for MND WA, disabled surfers and Embrace Inclusion
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
The chief executive of a family-owned transport group is unexpectedly stepping down after nearly 12 years, triggering a search for a new boss.
Sean Smith
Footage shows a locomotive and at least five grain carriages lying on their side with grain spilled out on to grass.
Georgia Campion
The signature which could cost Fremantle $2 million a season and the forward West Coast could turn to as they try to solve their defensive woes. Mitchell Woodcock takes a look at a big week in footy.
Mitchell Woodcock
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.
Cheyanne Enciso
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.
The City of Stirling is investigating a backyard development after concerns a single granny flat approval has led to what neighbours describe as an ‘accommodation village’ in a residential street.
The decision has been made midway through an Australian tour.
The pilot killed when his amateur-built light plane crashed in the Wheatbelt yesterday has been identified.
Brooke Rolfe
Seismic blasting off the coast of Dongara will form part of a parliamentary inquiry into the management of fisheries in WA.
Sally Q Davies
The future operating model of the Bridgetown Leisure Centre will be put under the microscope this week as the Shire of Bridgetown-Greenbushes considers reforms.
Serian Lockwood-Jones
An illegal haul of sea urchins has left two men in a prickly position after they were slapped with hefty fines in the Geraldton Magistrates Court last week.
Community fears in Port Denison about erosion, which is washing away beaches and putting community infrastructure and even one of the town’s main streets at risk, has only intensified after recent storms.
The rights to develop Geraldton’s acclaimed author Holden Sheppard’s sequel to Invisible Boys into a international TV drama have already been secured, just two months after the book was published.
Fed chair Kevin Warsh stuck to his long-stated belief in his first press conference on Wednesday that ‘inflation is a choice.’
Matt Peterson
Tanker traffic plunged in early March due to Iranian attacks, causing the biggest oil supply disruption in history.
Spencer Kimball
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
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
Another six birds will be tested for the H5 avian influenza virus in WA as formal testing continues on a seabird that will potentially become the State’s third confirmed case of the deadly strain.
Caitlin Vinci
An occult podcaster stabbed his fiancee to death in a rage about a rent inspection while he was coming down from a drug-fuelled trip to Sydney.
Emma Kirk
Thousands of women could be eligible to join a new Fortescue class action into sexual harassment and sexism in the resources sector following a similar legal battle against giants BHP and Rio Tinto.
Perth could get up to 30mm of rain tomorrow night — and more is expected over the weekend.
Police have located an 81-year-old woman who had not been seen since the early hours of Thursday.
Claire Sadler
