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  1. FUELPremiumRoad trains to carry heavier fuel loads to regional WA

  2. CAMPDRAFTPremiumSouthern Forest Campdraft celebrates 10 years of competition

  3. BasketballPremiumTough contests and momentum swings in first week of finals

  4. HISTORYPremiumZinnecker Garage site hosts Bridgetown’s new EV charger

  5. DFESPremiumPemberton instructor honoured at State cadet awards

Holly Bamess wrestling the ball from the Dribblers.

BasketballPremiumComets are on doorstep of historic season

Comets continued their dominance over the Manjimup Basketball Association senior women A grade in last weeks qualifying final while Titans cause an upset in the elimination final.

Jack Penniment

Chris Dawson with Walpole resident Mike Filby, who keeps the South Western Highway beautiful.

Special Honour PremiumGovernor of Western Australia visits the Shire of Manjimup

Walpole celebrity Mike Filby was presented with a special commemorative Governor’s medallion during the Governor of Western Australia’s visit to the region last week

Serian Lockwood-Jones

The Bridgetown Repertory Club has put on a number of stellar performances.

DRAMAPremiumOne Act Plays return to Bridgetown stage

The Bridgetown Repertory Club will open its latest production this Friday night, inviting the community to enjoy an evening of short theatre.

Serian Lockwood-Jones

Community health professional of the year Dr Sarah Youngson.

HEALTHCAREPremiumBridgetown doctor recognised at WA Rural Health Awards

Bridgetown’s long-serving doctor Sarah Youngson has been recognised for her outstanding contribution to rural healthcare, receiving the community health professional of the year award.

Serian Lockwood-Jones

Bridgetown Wildlife Rescue director Shane Williams with eight month old western grey joey Lana.

WILDLIFEPremium$27,000 boost for Bridgetown Wildlife Rescue

A Bridgetown wildlife group has received a mega funding boost to help care for injured kangaroos.

Serian Lockwood-Jones

Pemberton’s iconic Gloucester Tree has been closed since late 2023.

GLOUCESTER TREEPremiumGloucester Tree reopening pushed back to June

The reopening of Pemberton’s iconic Gloucester Tree has been further delayed, with authorities now targeting a mid-year completion. 

Serian Lockwood-Jones

Painters working on the Asphalt Art project in early March.

ROAD SAFETYPremiumPremiumDonnybrook’s Asphalt Art project has been completed

A South West town team has finally completed a project more than two years in the making, aiming to encourage drivers to stay aware and be vigilant on the road.

Five organisations in the Lower South West have secured a grant to help boost road safety awareness at local events. 

DRIVE SAFEPremiumPremiumFive Lower South West groups secure road safety grants

Five organisations in the Lower South West have secured road safety grants to help boost road safety awareness at local events. 

Ballet dancer Floeur Alder.

ARTPremiumPremiumBlackwood River Film Festival begins this weekend

The Blackwood River Film Festival begins this weekend, with a selection of short films showing in Nannup, Bridgetown, Balingup, Boyup Brook, and at Ampersand Estates.

MP Rick Wilson and the Manjimup headspace team at the building site.

HEADSPACEPremiumConstruction begins on Manjimup’s Headspace

Construction has begun on headspace Manjimup, bringing the long-awaited youth mental health service to the Warren-Blackwood region

Serian Lockwood-Jones

Deanmill's Jaxon East takes a kick from centre field.

FootballPremiumDeanmill product Jaxon East made his VFL debut

Deanmill product Jaxon East made his Victorian Football League debut on Saturday for Greater Western Sydney Giants.

Jack Penniment

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The harrowing incident happened as he walked unattended across Princess Road in Balga on Thursday morning. 

POLICEVideoPremiumToddler hit by car in Perth after wandering from family home

A distressing video shows the moment an 18-month-old boy was hit by a car on Thursday morning, with the impact sending the child rolling about 10 metres.

Caleb Runciman

Brothers Otis, 14, and Leon, 16, were found dead alongside their parents Jarrod Clune and Maiweena Goasdoue inside their Mott Close home on January 30.

CrimeVideoPremiumMosman Park tragedy: What we still don’t know months later

Nearly two months on from the horror Mosman Park tragedy in which two teenage boys were killed by their parents, some of the most important questions remain unanswered. 

Jessica Evensen

St John WA patient transport officer Bec Thompson was on the other side of the windshield when a naked man smashed his head through the front of the ambulance she was driving.

HealthVideoPremiumParamedic relives ‘traumatic’ moment man headbutts ambulance

A St John WA worker has told of how she feared for her life when a naked man allegedly smashed his head through the windshield of an ambulance, as new figures reveal a spike in violence towards paramedics. 

Claire Sadler

Convicted domestic violence offender Rory Vassallo has sensationally stood aside from an executive role of a WAFL club, just 72 hours after he was appointed.

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Convicted DV offender stands aside as WAFL club patron

A convicted domestic violence offender has sensationally stood aside from a prestigious role at a WAFL club, just 72 hours after he was appointed. 

Jessica Evensen

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The harrowing incident happened as he walked unattended across Princess Road in Balga on Thursday morning. 

POLICEVideoPremiumToddler hit by car in Perth after wandering from family home

A distressing video shows the moment an 18-month-old boy was hit by a car on Thursday morning, with the impact sending the child rolling about 10 metres.

Caleb Runciman

Brothers Otis, 14, and Leon, 16, were found dead alongside their parents Jarrod Clune and Maiweena Goasdoue inside their Mott Close home on January 30.

CrimeVideoPremiumMosman Park tragedy: What we still don’t know months later

Nearly two months on from the horror Mosman Park tragedy in which two teenage boys were killed by their parents, some of the most important questions remain unanswered. 

Jessica Evensen

St John WA patient transport officer Bec Thompson was on the other side of the windshield when a naked man smashed his head through the front of the ambulance she was driving.

HealthVideoPremiumPremiumParamedic relives ‘traumatic’ moment man headbutts ambulance

A St John WA worker has told of how she feared for her life when a naked man allegedly smashed his head through the windshield of an ambulance, as new figures reveal a spike in violence towards paramedics. 

Convicted domestic violence offender Rory Vassallo has sensationally stood aside from an executive role of a WAFL club, just 72 hours after he was appointed.

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PremiumConvicted DV offender stands aside as WAFL club patron

A convicted domestic violence offender has sensationally stood aside from a prestigious role at a WAFL club, just 72 hours after he was appointed. 

More children are surviving cancer now but the toxic treatment they endure leaves most of them facing a lifetime of health problems, and even an early death.

Health+MedicineCommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumInside the devastating reality of surviving childhood cancer

More children are surviving cancer now but the toxic treatment they endure leaves most of them facing a lifetime of health problems, and even an early death.

Regional News

Several sporting events have been postponed in Geraldton due to cyclone Narelle.

Cyclone NarellePremiumNarelle forces rare weekend without sport in Geraldton

It’s not often the sports-mad town of Geraldton has a weekend without any sport on, but the local scene is beginning to feel the effects of cyclone Narelle before the system even reaches the Mid West.

Rebecca Ruthven

Photos by Wallcliffe Volunteer Fire and Emergency Service

FIRE BANPremiumAutumn burning period to come into effect on March 29

The Shire of Augusta Margaret River will transition into the Autumn Restricted Burning Period on Sunday March 29.. 

Will Corbett

Blue was one of the suggested background colours.

Showing the flagPremiumRavensthorpe to have official flag

The Shire of Ravensthorpe will soon have its own official flag, displaying the shire logo on a plain background of either blue, green or white.

Isabella Davis

George Giudice at the Back Beach emergency access point.

Emergency servicesSurf club wants Back Beach emergency access upkeep

The City of Greater Geraldton council is working on a solution with the Geraldton Surf Life Saving Club to keep the emergency access clear at Back Beach. 

Attorney General Tony Buti

Youth crimePremiumPremiumBoxing, mentoring at heart of new youth crime program

WA’s Attorney-General Tony Buti pulled no punches in Geraldton on Thursday when highlighting a new initiative combining boxing and mentoring in a bid to stop kids on bail from reoffending.

Norseman Volunteer Fire and Rescue Service’s Pania Turner, Kalgoorlie MLA Ali Kent, NVFR’s Victoria Watson and Department of Fire and Emergency Services’ Kelsi Wells.

New tankerPremiumPremiumNorseman fire and rescue service gets new tanker vehicle

The Norseman Volunteer Fire and Rescue Service’s worn-out light tanker vehicle has been replaced as part of the State Government’s emergency services levy funding program.

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Oil prices have been gripped by volatility since the US-Iran war began nearly four weeks ago.

CNBC newsPremiumWhat ‘backwardation’ in oil market means for energy prices

Analysts say the market has now entered a state of “backwardation” that suggests a risk premium has been baked into energy prices, despite traders anticipating a swift resolution to the conflict.

Chloe Taylor

An unusual burst of activity early Monday, minutes before a market-moving social media post from President Donald Trump has raised eyebrows.

CNBC newsCommentsPremiumBillion dollar ‘bet’ minutes before Trump’s post pays off

‘Someone with access to privileged information appears to have made hundreds of millions in profit by trading on a political secret before it became public.’

Yun Li

Rising oil prices are lighting a price fire under local petrol prices.

EnergyCommentsPremium$US166 a barrel? Middle East clue on where oil is heading

Traders are looking at Dubai’s price as potential harbinger of what could be ahead for other crude benchmarks if the situation doesn’t improve.

Alex Harring

People look at collectable designer art toy Labubu at a Pop Mart pop-up store in Siam Center shopping mall in Bangkok on May 6, 2025. (Photo by Lillian SUWANRUMPHA / AFP)

CNBC newsPremiumLabubu movie on the way as Pop Mart expands toy franchise

Collectible toy maker and IP powerhouse Pop Mart is teaming up with Sony Pictures to bring its wildly popular Labubu doll to movie theatres. 

Justin Solomon

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Jalen Smith is taking part in the Corporate Rumble charity boxing event on Saturday.

WA NewsTragic reason tradie is gloving up for boxing blockbuster

Motivated by crippling loss and will to change, Jalen Smith is one of 30 fighters who tonight, will put it all on the line. 

Brooke Rolfe

York farmers Erin and Adrian Emin on their farm just out of York. They are among the thousands of growers concerned about fuel and fertiliser shortages.

WA NewsCommentsPremiumFuel, fertiliser shortage threatens WA’s $7 billion harvest

WA grain growers are facing a ‘Wheatbelt recession’ which will flow through the entire State as fuel and fertiliser shortages threaten to derail what was shaping as the perfect start to the season.

Rhianna Mitchell

Left to right: The front of Amanda Sander's house after the cyclone, pre-cyclone.

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CommentsWA local buys $1200 flight to assess cyclone damage to house

One West Aussie has been left scrambling to get to Exmouth to assess the damage to their property after cyclone Narelle battered the town.

The code of conduct will be imposed despite the council not voting to approve it.

‘eat my shorts’PremiumPremiumAlbany council bins code of conduct over nuances of ‘facts’

Albany council have dismissed a policy governing councillors’ code of conduct after some expressed concerns that a clause asking members to share factual information was a “mechanism for silencing dissent”.

DFES commissioner Darren Klemm speaks while Emergency Services Minister Paul Papalia watches in the background..

State PoliticsCommentsCommentsRED ALERT: Stay inside as monster cyclone maintains power

Exmouth has been ‘severely impacted’ and authorities are warning the danger is not over as monster cyclone Narelle tracks south.

Petrol stations out of fuel - Ampol Foodary Broome

WA NewsVideoCommentsREVEALED: Full list of WA service stations without fuel

More WA service stations are without fuel on Friday as the State continues to grapple with shortages.

Taylor Renouf