The Shire of Bridgetown-Greenbushes proposed a 7.5 per cent rate increase for the 2024-25 financial year at last week’s meeting, with the council now looking for community feedback on the rise.
Daniel Hocking
Yornup piano player Peggy Campbell, 87, will perform her final recital at St Paul’s Anglican Church in Bridgetown on Sunday after 60 years.
Anjelica Smilovitis
Avocados Australia held its WA annual regional forum in Pemberton last week, with growers being able to hear about the latest developments with the industry.
Manji Pantry have purchased a new van for food collection after securing a State Government grant funding, which they say will help with delivering food from Bunbury to the town.
A Manjimup school has been named a recipient of a Woolworths Junior Landcare grant, which it has used to set up a gardening project for their primary school students.
The Rabbit Hole in Bridgetown opened the exhibition for the 20x20 winter initiative at the weekend, showcasing community artworks about the season.
Liberal candidate for Forrest Ben Small believes the Shire of Donnybrook-Balingup has made a strong case to the Australian Electoral Commission to stay within the electorate he is seeking to represent.
Sean Van Der Wielen
Farmers are being urged to reach out for help during Farm Safety Week, following a devastatingly long and dry summer which put further strain on the industry in the South West.
South West author and illustrator Josh Langley presented at Telling Tales in Balingup this month on letters to his younger self.
An ex-Victorian policeman embarking on his own investigation into two missing people claims there are multiple “missed investigative” opportunities.
Tryouts for the Bridgetown Firetails’ regional and country championship teams begin at the end of the month.
Pemberton and Bridgetown supermarkets stock 2024 delicious. Harvey Norman finalists Lake Janis Farm Jersey beef.
The Boyup Brook Golf Club will be hosting the AgLime State Sand Greens Championship next month with preparations underway for the tournament.
The glamourous girlfriend of a Mongols bikie allegedly used a fake profile to lure a rival gang member to Kings Park where he was allegedly bashed with a hammer by her partner and another man.
Emily Moulton
Adam Simpson has departed West Coast less than a year after long serving CEO Trevor Nisbett, but The Snitch reveals who could be next at the multi million-dollar club.
The Snitch
In a special edition of Bush and ‘Burbs, we have taken a look at the fairytale story in every country league across Western Australia and who you should get behind to win premierships this season.
Jackson Barrett
Revelations about disturbing links between the construction union and organised crime kingpins have spotlighted a former Albanian cage fighter facing charges relating to a cold case home invasion.
Ben Harvey
A teenage driver charged with causing a catastrophic crash that killed his mate and seriously injured his other young passengers has been granted bail.
A serial violent domestic abuser — convicted of trying to murder his model girlfriend during an horrific and degrading attack — has been put behind bars by a Supreme Court judge.
A man wanted by police after a shooting in the South West on the weekend has been found.
A rare encounter with a whale has left a man with catastrophic injuries and now clinging to life after the boat he was in collided with the creature
Jessica Moroney and Lauren Price
A first-and-last chance to stop the cane toad invasion reaching the Pilbara is being seized on.
Jake Dietsch
A man accused of attempting to sell 113g of methamphetamine has denied police allegations that he is involved with underworld motorcycle gang the Mongols.
An abundance of rain has been too much of a good thing for some local growers, who have gone from “famine to feast” in the space of a month.
Former mayor of Geraldton Shane Van Styn has spontaneously tied the knot with his now wife, Jazzlyn Leonard, after the pair found out their baby is due around the same time as their planned destination wedding.
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Amala Balakrishner
Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell has expressed concern that holding interest rates too high for too long could jeopardise economic growth.
Jeff Cox
The rise of retailer Shein already has Amazon on alert, but its plans of selling proprietary supply-chain technology and services to companies around the world has attracted attention from another corner.
Lori Ann LaRocco
Higher payroll and other expenses are eating into airline profits despite strong travel demand.
Leslie Josephs
The family of Cleo Smith — the little girl who was miraculously rescued after an 18-day search in Carnarvon following her kidnapping — have released new photos of the now-seven-year-old.
The West Australian
A convicted child sex offender has pleaded guilty to entering a Duncraig primary school while intoxicated in April, with the court being told he took a seat on a bench to ‘sober up’.
Erick Lopez
Part of the controversial former Bentley360 site will be transformed into a multi-million dollar community centre by WA’s oldest Chinese organisation.
A surfer was bitten by a shark at one of Perth’s most popular beaches on Wednesday afternoon.
A music festival that boasted international artists has been cancelled just five days after tickets went on sale.
WA’s CFMEU division has stayed silent, as its interstate counterparts were tossed out of the ACTU and face an independent administrator following allegations of criminal behaviour and links to organised crime.
Dylan Caporn