A Preston Beach resident has recalled the moment he thought a plane falling from the sky before crashing was an ‘astronaut’ or a ‘space shuttle’.
Oliver Lane and Caleb Runciman
Daniel Hocking
Amid water concerns for struggling farmers, the Boyup Brook shire council has unanimously agreed to install a short-term standpipe off the Water Corporation’s Reservoir Dam.
Detectives are investigating a horrific sex attack in the South West after a teenage girl was attacked while walking down a street.
Caleb Runciman
WA’s only youth cattle handling camp came to Brunswick last week, offering young people from Exmouth to Albany the opportunity to test their skills and dip their toes into cattle handling.
Craig Duncan
The Pierce Brothers will return to the South West as part of a national tour following the release of their new album Everything Is Bigger Than Me.
Sean Van Der Wielen
A prostate cancer survivor is gearing up to take on a run of the the South West’s Cape to Cape track.
Josh Kempton
Over 10 million native animals meeting their end on our roads each year. Squashed, splattered and smacked by the unending barrage of vehicles.
It was a lively Wednesday morning in Yornup, when more than 250 people turned up to Yornup Hall for a farmers’ meeting hosted by WAFarmers.
Despite looking destined to go to an Australian Human Rights Commission mediation session, a last minute breakthrough has given hope the Bunbury Speedway could become accessible in the future.
The Regional Joint Development Assessment Panel has narrowly voted to approve a proposed sand mine on Skippings Road in Boyanup, despite concerns from nearby landowners.
New research released by the CSIRO has found the vast majority of Australians wouldn’t reject wind farm proposals but those near proposed zones are more likely to object.
Oliver Lane
The proposed offshore wind farm zone off the coast of Bunbury has raised a trove of queries and concerns, so we at the South Western times took those questions and put them to an expert.
The much-vaunted Rising Stars 2024 report by Canstar and Hotspotting ranks includes ten Perth suburbs in the list of 110 rising stars around the nation.
Kim Macdonald
The ATO has confirmed the 2024 superannuation thresholds will rise in line with predictions made in Your Money more than a month ago. Here’s everything you need to know and how to play the changes.
Nick Bruining
AFL expert Danielle Laidley runs the rule over every West Coast Eagle after a huge win and Fremantle Docker after another heartbreaker in round five. Here’s who starred and who struggled.
Danielle Laidley
They may not be in the same league as Leederville or Mount Lawley yet, but it’s only a matter of time before these Perth suburbs undergo the same trendy transformation. SEE THE SURPRISING LIST.
Raquel de Brito
Three men who carried out a violent home invasion, in which they bashed and robbed a grandmother while her husband was bound, are still on the run. WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGE
Lauren Price
A high-profile defamation lawyer representing Linda Reynolds has been fined heftily for professional misconduct after airing protected health information.
Claire Sadler
A 10-year-old Indigenous boy has taken his own life while in the care of the State Government.
A traveller has been fined after he was caught with tens of thousands of dollars’ worth of undeclared currency before departing on an overseas flight from Perth.
WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGE. Sickening details have emerged after a suburban home invasion in which a couple was viciously assaulted by a trio posing as police officers.
Historical child sexual abuse allegations at Esperance Primary School from the late 1960s to late 1970s are being pursued by a legal firm which is appealing for potential witnesses to get in touch.
Tegan Guthrie
The final details of next month’s consultation on Albany’s trading hours are almost locked in with a community survey set to assess the city’s appetite for permanently extending them.
Stuart McGuckin
The Community Infant, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service hub at the Homemakers Centre in Bunbury officially opened last week to service the South West’s youngest community members.
Former long-standing Shire of Dardanup councillor Carmel Boyce has raised concerns over the current council’s decision to increase their pay by double-digit figures in 2024/25.
Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell says the US economy, while otherwise strong, has not seen inflation come back to the central bank’s goal.
Jeff Cox
People with more money than their peers often ask you to transfer comically small amounts of money.
Aditi Shrikant
A majority of workers know the feeling of wanting to retract an email right after they’ve sent it, and the youngest professionals are the most likely to feel email regret.
Jennifer Liu
Oil prices could soar to $US100 per barrel and beyond, said market watchers, after Iran mounted an aerial attack against Israel reigniting fears of a regional war.
Lee Ying Shan
The Department of Child Protection would be removed from the ‘tangled web’ of the Department of Communities and re-established as a standalone agency under a Liberal Government.
Josh Zimmerman
The daughter of the victims of a sickening home invasion in which her mother was viciously assaulted has spoken out about their ongoing horror. WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT.
Rachel Tassicker
Health authorities are on alert after three Aussies were struck down with a deadly disease, killing one.
Perth radio’s Survey 2 results are in, and it’s Mix 94.5 maintaining its status as top dog while Nova narrowly closed the gap to the front in second.
The national peak body for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children says the WA Government is yet to formally respond to a report that flagged a child protection system facing significant pressures.
The daughter of a Port Kennedy hit-and-run victim has made a desperate plea to the two thugs who ran over her dad, as the shocking extent of his injuries is revealed.
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