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  1. Gandy Angus SalePremiumGandy Angus kicks off the bull season with $15,000 top

  2. SocialsPremiumSocials from Bridgetown show

  3. HeritagePremiumHeritage grants given out to South West sites

  4. WBCAWBCA: Pemberton vs. Boyup Brook

  5. ‘Multiple reasons’CommentsPremiumDoctors in plea for SW hospital to close birthing suites

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Stephen Scourfield & Warren Hately on Ngilgi’s big project

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Boyup BrookPremiumBoyup Brook music festival gets Lotterywest sponsorship

Lotterywest will being providing funding support for the 37th Boyup Brook Country Music Festival and Street Carnival next year, which will be taking place on the weekend of February 16 to 18.

Daniel Hocking

New business in townPremiumNew business brings a slice of Quebec to Manjimup

French-Canadian cuisine has made its way to Manjimup with crepes, galettes, gateaus and pastries being the main servings on the menu.

Daniel Hocking

OPINION It is time for the WA Government to let go of pine

Why have most States decided to relinquish these massive estates…and realised significant financial windfalls through privatisation?

Gavin Butcher

Selfie ops boostedCommentsPremiumCharity to boost quokka population on mainland

A population of quokkas located in the South West is the priority of an environmental charity, which aims to increase the number of quokkas in 2024.

Daniel Hocking

PRIME FARMLANDCommentsPremiumRinehart’s $20m land grab in South West expansion

WA mining magnate Gina Rinehart is buying up big in the South West, splashing more than $20 million to buy 2000ha of prime cattle, hay and horticultural farmland during the past 18 months. 

Cally Dupe and Adrian Lowe

Serious crashPremiumPremiumThree rushed to hospital after car crashes into tree in SW

Three people have been rushed to hospital after their car crashed into a tree in the South West on Wednesday afternoon. 

SocialsPremiumPremiumSocials from Bridgetown show

The Bridgetown Agricultural Society hosted the 134th iteration of the beloved Bridgetown Show on a very hot and sunny Saturday, at the Bridgetown Showgrounds.

BasketballPremiumPremiumSlam Drunks slam Sapphires in smashing Wednesday match

The Slam Drunks had a successful showing on Wednesday night when they beat the Sapphires in the seventh round of the Manjimup basketball season.

WBCAWBCA: Pemberton vs. Boyup Brook

On Saturday, Pemberton took on Boyup Brook, with Boyup Brook winning by 195 runs during their Warren Blackwood Cricket Association clash at the Pemberton Oval.

Riley Liddelow

HeritagePremiumHeritage grants given out to South West sites

The Donnelly River Mill and Townsite Precinct and the Freemasons Hotel in Bridgetown have been named as two heritage funding recipients in the 2023-2024 Heritage Grants Program.

Daniel Hocking

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Teacher arrested at school, charged with child exploitation

A Mirrabooka high school teacher will remain behind bars for at least a month after he was arrested on school grounds and accused of trying to “procure a person believed to be under 13 for sexual activity”.

Lauren Price

EAGLE EYECommentsPremiumPyke watches over as young Eagles put on show at training

West Coast’s new recruits - including No.1 pick Harley Reid - faced added pressure at training on Friday, with incoming chief executive Don Pyke and their families watching on from the sidelines.

Samantha Rogers

‘no clue’PremiumLiontown chair tells shareholders to ‘tough it out’

Tim Goyder has urged shareholders to “tough it out”, while the company’s CEO says he is unsure about Gina Rinehart’s endgame and is not keen to entertain mega takeover bids, despite a nosediving share price.

Adrian Rauso

Shock resignationPremiumShock as teacher suddenly departs prestigious girls’ school

A prestigious girls’ school in Perth’s south has revealed the shock resignation of one of its highest-ranking staff members.

Bethany Hiatt

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Monkey businessCommentsPremiumCheeky Monkey to land in Perth metro area after pub takeover

Long-running South West craft brewer Cheeky Monkey Brewing Co. will finally be operating in the metropolitan area after buying a financially trouble gastropub in Perth’s south.

Simon Collins

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Post Malone puts on flamin’ hot performance at Spilt Milk

Spilt Milk quite literally went out with a bang as fireworks and flames were aplenty during Post Malone’s closing set of the festival.

Kellie Balaam

‘Manage responsibly’CommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumAustralians with autism could be removed from NDIS

Australians with autism could be removed from having access to the National Disability Insurance Scheme with resources to go to ‘those who most need support’, says Labor frontbencher Murray Watt. 

‘Honoured’PremiumPremiumRinehart’s fashionable buy: Drizabone joins Gina’s stable

Billionaire WA mining magnate Gina Rinehart is making a foray into fashion retail, with a purchase of the beloved Australian brand Driza-Bone.

Heartaching griefPremiumPremiumCleveland Dodd laid to rest as first juvenile prison death

‘We love you Cleveland’, mourners wailed as Cleveland Dodd’s casket was lowered into his grave, the first juvenile to die in custody in WA.

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Conversation StarterPremiumOrange bench to spark dialogue about DV for 16 Days in WA

An orange bench built and donated by the Albany MenShed is helping start conversations about family violence during this year’s 16 Days in WA campaign.

Stuart McGuckin and Georgia Campion

Electoral boundariesPremiumFour new shires join Roe electorate for 2025 election

The electorate of Roe has gained four new shires after the new electoral boundaries for the 2025 State election were announced on Friday.

Harry Grigson

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Alleged kidnappers’ dramatic arrests in Albany’s main street

A pregnant woman and a man on the run from police were nabbed in a dramatic arrest in Albany’s main street on Thursday afternoon after their alleged plans to steal a child were thwarted.

Georgia Campion and Cameron Newbold

‘role to play’PremiumPremiumPremier backs tough liquor restrictions in crime-hit Broome

Roger Cook says the success of tough booze limits slapped on Carnarvon shows they should be replicated elsewhere including Broome, where a youth crime wave has prompted some business owners to arm themselves.

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PremiumBroome businesses in crisis as armed kids run riot

Broome business owners grappling with a surge in youth crime are arming themselves with pepper spray as one shop owner said the once idyllic holiday getaway now ‘feels like Beirut’. 

decision overturnedWAPC overrules council bid to scale back Karridale project

The WA Planning Commission has overturned changes made by councillors late last year to a new subdivision in Karridale.

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CNBCCommentsAustralia still walking a tight rope on trade with China

Australia’s relationship with China remains fractious even as the country seeks to mend ties with its largest trading partner.

Clement Tan

CNBCCommentsThe life-changing advice Munger gave Buffett

Berkshire Hathaway vice-chairman Charlie Munger, who died Tuesday at the age of 99, once offered what turned out to be sage advice to his buddy and investment legend Warren Buffett.

Scott Schnipper

CNBCCommentsPack your guernseys! The era of ‘sports tourism’ is here

Start your engines. From Formula One races to the Summer Olympic Games, travelling to attend major sporting events is on the rise.

Randy Mulyanto

CNBCCommentsPremiumShein’s IPO as fast-fashion giant looks to expand reach

Shein has confidentially filed to go public in the U. as the Chinese-founded fast fashion juggernaut looks to expand its global reach with a long-rumored IPO.

Gabrielle Fonrouge

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Up LateVideoCommentsPremiumWhy Johnson is right Warner should be denied hero send-off

In tonight’s show, Ben Harvey explains why Mitchell Johnson was right to say David Warner should be denied a hero’s send-off when he retires.

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Ongoing investigationPolice search for man as part of probe into serious assault

WA Police are on the hunt for a 33-year-old man as part of an investigation into a serious assault. 

Caleb Runciman

NEWSPremiumPremiumWild scenes after dramatic city crash

The vehicles collided on a busy CBD street causing traffic chaos as crews worked to clear the wreck.

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CommentsPremiumBeazley in box seat to replace retiring Energy Minister

Hannah Beazley is poised to write another chapter for her famous political family after winning the support of her union colleagues to enter Cabinet in place of retiring Energy Minister Bill Johnston. 

‘high risk appetite’PremiumPremiumChopper crash victim suing over ‘unreported’ horror

A woman injured in a serious chopper crash with the pilot that was killed along with little Amber Millar in a horror incident in Broome three years ago has launched legal action against his aviation company. 

‘Gravely concerning’ PremiumWA’s ‘boogie man’ cyber stalker jailed for terrorising women

A serial cyber stalker — who changed his name after being caught terrorising nearly twenty women online — has finally received an immediate jail term.

Tim Clarke