Manjimup Bridgetown Times

FootballPickett has a new role for the Tigers

Former Manjimup Tiger and dual Richmond premiership player Marlion Pickett has been adjusting to a new role in the first three rounds of the 2021 AFL season.

Josh Sunderland

Marlion Pickett of the Tigers leaps in a marking contest during the round 3 AFL match between the Richmond Tigers and the Sydney Swans.

MotocrossSpruced-up track gets thumbs up

Josh Sunderland

Repair CafeRepairs done over a cuppa

A community project aimed at bringing together older people and people living with dementia has saved more than 180kg of broken household items from going to landfill.

Josh Sunderland

‘Extremely serious offences’‘Teacher’ who faked qualifications avoids jail

A WA man has narrowly avoided jail after he forged multiple fake documents, including a statement from a Perth university academic chair, to land a job at a regional high school.

Josh Sunderland

Community ServiceCommunity service for South West man

A South West man has been handed 80 hours of community service work over the next nine months for a long list of offences which stemmed from alcohol abuse.

Josh Sunderland

Scheme ReviewIndependent review of irrigation scheme welcomed

An independent review into an $80 million irrigation scheme causing controversy in the State’s south has been welcomed by those on both sides of the fence.

Shannon Verhagen

NetballRavens swoop down on Lions

The Blackwood Ravens kicked off the South West Netball Football League 2021 season with a tough round one win over HBL.

Josh Sunderland

Bike RidePedalling health message

Manjimup school students hopped on their bikes to help raise money for youth mental health this month.

COVID JabClinics start vaccine jabs in Lower South West

The Manjimup Medical Centre received 100 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine last week, with doctors and staff receiving their jabs on Monday ahead of their first clinic for eligible residents yesterday.

WAM AwardNannup nurture is a winner

Nannup Music Festival was named the most popular live music event at the 2020 WAM Awards.

COVID VaccineClinic offers the COVID jab in lower South West

A Bridgetown GP has become the first health clinic in the lower South West to begin rolling out the COVID-19 vaccine.

Local dropHere’s cheers to WA’s truffle beer

Here’s a sneak preview of the intriguing new truffle beer as the first cans rolled off the production line in the South West.

Rick Ardon

FootballGame on at last

Warren-Blackwood got a taste of footy returning at the weekend as round one of the 2021 Lower South West Junior Football League season kicked off on Saturday.

Josh Sunderland

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Suburbia to Silicon ValleyHow a driven schoolgirl became WA’s third richest woman

In 2008, Melanie Perkins started a small business from a Duncraig lounge room. Thirteen years later, she’s WA’s third-richest woman. How did the determined schoolgirl become a billionaire tech tycoon?

Charlotte Elton

On demandOn demand: Rewatch every 2021 WAFL broadcast

The West Australian has you covered this footy season with every top-tier Aussie rules competition in WA broadcast live including WAFLW, WAFL colts, SWFL and WAFL league.

‘Brought joy and light’Young cyclist killed in Eyre Hwy tragedy 'bright boy'

The heartbroken family of a 21-year-old man killed on Eyre Highway while cycling across Australia to raise awareness about climate change has described him as a ‘passionate’ and ‘bright’ boy.

Amber Lilley

Regional News

Late son’s missionLate cyclist inspired many in short life says mother

The Adelaide Hills family of a young cyclist killed on Eyre Highway last week continue to share the life and mission of their beloved son, grandson, brother and friend.

Amber Lilley

SEE THE PHOTOSAftermath of Cyclone Seroja shows carnage in Kalbarri

Kalbarri — one of WA’s most popular holiday spots — resembles a war zone after Tropical Cyclone Seroja left a trail of carnage through WA’s Mid West.

Peter Law, Phoebe Pin and Daryna Zadvirna

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‘The devastation is quite extraordinary’: McGowan

Kalbarri looks more like a ‘war zone’ after being hit by Tropical Cyclone Seroja, Premier Mark McGowan says. FOLLOW THE LIVE BLOG.

heartless actsThieves and vandals target Bunbury street libraries

Two women who dedicate their free time to encouraging reading within the community have had their street libraries damaged or stolen in heartless acts of vandalism.

Centuries of cyclones‘Cyclone coast’: A timeline of devastating storms

The north-west coast of WA has been nicknamed the ‘Cyclone coast’ because of the number of such storms that have hit the area, as far back as 1856. See the timeline.

Robber finedHedland burglar’s ‘checking the mail’ excuse fails

Magistrate Gavin MacLean said the man had previously spent five years in jail for a burglary and that the accused had already had a “taste” of the consequences of such charges.

WA News

Clotting concernsAlbanese hits out at Morrison over vaccine rollout

Federal opposition leader Anthony Albanese has slammed Scott Morrison for abandoning the timeline for Australia’s vaccine roll-out and for ‘putting all their eggs’ in the AstraZeneca basket.

Briana Fiore

Cyclone aftermathWhy Perth’s housing boom is bad news for Seroja rebuild

The Mid West holiday town of Kalbarri is in ruins with 70 per cent of the town damaged and locals describing it as a ‘war zone’.

Ben O'Shea

‘Justice has been done’Grieving mum says Hayley’s killer had ‘heart of stone’

Margaret Dodd believes justice has been done after the sexual predator who killed her daughter more than two decades ago was handed an unprecedented 18-year sentence for manslaughter.

Cyclone SerojaTrucks and caravans stranded as roads remain closed

Hundreds of ‘frustrated’ travellers are pleading for information after being stranded on the side of Great Northern Highway in WA’s Mid West region after Cyclone Seroja forced roads to close.

Justice servedWark gets record sentence for Hayley’s manslaughter

The convicted rapist who robbed teenager Hayley Dodd of her life more than two decades ago has been handed the longest sentence ever handed out for manslaughter by a WA judge.

Nature’s furyGALLERY: Seroja’s destruction in Kalbarri, Northampton

The clean-up at Kalbarri and Northampton has begun but as these exclusive pictures show, it will be a massive job.

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