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  1. HealthcarePremiumSouth West gains 21 GPs but housing pressures mount

  2. NetballPremiumManjimup win bragging rights over Bridgetown

  3. Telling TalesPremiumBalingup’s Telling Tale festival to return in July

  4. Council Preview PremiumShire to seek Talison funding for community projects

  5. Shire AwardsPremiumNational honour for Manjimup shire infrastructure director

The future of walk trails is being considered.

Regional trailsPremiumSurvey launched to shape Warren Blackwood trail network

Residents and visitors from across the Warren Blackwood region are being encouraged to have their say on the future of local trails. 

Serian Lockwood-Jones

Dairy cows at Bannister Downs.

Dairy PremiumBannister Downs Dairy celebrates Royal Food Awards success

Northcliffe’s Bannister Downs Dairy swept the competition at the 2026 Perth Royal Food Awards, taking home four gold and seven silver medals at the awards night in Claremont last Friday.

Serian Lockwood-Jones

Bridgetown Historical Society secretary Richard Allen.

HistoryPremiumAfter-dark tours unlock town’s unique history

Bridgetown’s streets will once again come alive with history, when the annual Bridgetown Ghost Walks return next month. 

Serian Lockwood-Jones

The Boyup Brook Country Music Muster has received a $30,000 funding boost.

Art fundingPremiumFunding boost for 40th Boyup Brook music muster

Boyup Brook’s milestone 40th Country Music Muster has received a $30,000 funding boost, helping organisers prepare for one of the town’s biggest annual events. 

Serian Lockwood-Jones

The antique fair will be held at the Bridgetown Town Hall on Friday and Saturday.

AntiquitiesPremiumBridgetown to host antique fair this weekend

Collectors and treasure hunters will descend on Bridgetown this weekend for the Antique and Collectors Fair. 

Serian Lockwood-Jones

Kay and John Muir celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary at the Rotary Club of Busselton Geographe Bay.

MARRIAGE MILESTONEPremiumBusselton’s oldest Rotarian shares secrets to happy marriage

If you’ve ever wanted to know the secret to a long and happy marriage, John and Kay Muir say it’s friendship. 

Madelin Hayes

Jane Wittenoon holding the 2026 Bridgetown CRC calendar competition winning entry, Golden Light by Teap McCarthy.

Community CalendarPremiumPremiumBridgetown CRC calls for entries in calendar competition

Budding photographers are being encouraged to showcase the beauty and character of Bridgetown by entering the Bridgetown Community Resource Centre’s 2027 Calendar Photo Competition. 

Just A Farmer writer, producer and star Leila McDougall.

Mental Health PremiumPremiumCommunity film in Northcliffe aims to strengthen community

Northcliffe residents are being encouraged to come together for a free screening of Just A Farmer later this week.

Manager of the Manjimup Visitors Centre Samantha Celeveland.

Truffle FestivalPremiumPremiumForage & Feast debuts celebrating Southern Forest truffles

The Southern Forests’ truffle industry will take centre stage next month when the inagural Forage & Feast: Manjimup Truffle Uncovered comes to Manjimup. 

Warren-Blackwood Nationals MP and Manjimup farmer Bevan Eatts.

Farming PremiumFarm safety in focus as ag among deadliest industries

Warren-Blackwood MP Bevan Eatts is urging farmers to make safety a priority after new figures released for National Farm Safety Week revealed agriculture remains Australia’s second deadliest industry. 

Serian Lockwood-Jones

Thousands flocked to the South West for the 2026 Nannup Music Festival.

Nannup music festivalPremiumArtists in residence program to foster creativity in Nannup

The Nannup Music Club has launched a new Artists in Residence program aimed at attracting creative talent to the region while providing new opportunities for the local community to engage with the arts.

Serian Lockwood-Jones

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The player who uttered the slur has not been named.

AFLWPremiumWA footy club deletes apology after player’s homophobic slur

A WA football club has removed a public apology after admitting one of its players used a homophobic slur during a recent women’s match. 

Rachel Fenner

A record 38 suburbs have joined the million-dollar club for the first time this year. SEE THE LIST

propertyCommentsPremiumPerth’s million-dollar club explodes with 38 new suburbs

An inner north suburb of Perth that has been the longstanding butt of toilet jokes is among the record 38 suburbs to join the million-dollar club for the first time this year. SEE THE LIST

Kim Macdonald

Officers rushed to the Mills Street property about 6.15am where they found a 35-year-old female dead..

CrimePremiumInside the ‘violent’ complex connected to Perth mum’s death

Neighbours have described a long history of disturbances at the complex connected to the suspected murder of a Perth mum, with locals claiming screaming and yelling was frequently heard.

Brooke Rolfe

Marie-Anne Keeffe is under investigation for her personal promotions of wellness products.

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WA Health probe director’s social media product endorsements

A WA Health bureaucrat has been promoting health and wellness products to her 44,000 social media followers, prompting a review by the department.

Caleb Runciman

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The player who uttered the slur has not been named.

AFLWPremiumWA footy club deletes apology after player’s homophobic slur

A WA football club has removed a public apology after admitting one of its players used a homophobic slur during a recent women’s match. 

Rachel Fenner

The homicide squad are questioning a 16-year-old boy after his 35-year-old mother was found with fatal stab wounds at a Bentley unit on Mills Street about 6.15am on Tuesday. 

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Mum found dead tried to get son help before alleged murder

A mother who was allegedly stabbed to death by her teen son tried to get help from authorities for years, according to a neighbour who knew the pair and who recently saw them ‘looking happy together.’

Caleb Runciman

HMAS Perth moves into position in front of HMAS Ballarat.

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CommentsSenior ADF officer charged over lucrative WA naval contracts

A retired senior naval figure is facing a secret military disciplinary process over unspecified allegations involving lucrative defence contracts in Western Australia. 

To other members of Snap Fitness, he was just another man on a treadmill, but this photo shows serial child sex offender Bradley Pen Dragon breaching his strict bail conditions once again.

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PremiumInside the mind of WA’s most notorious paedophile Pen Dragon

To members of Snap Fitness, he was just another man on a treadmill, but this photo shows serial child sex offender Bradley Pen Dragon breaching his strict bail conditions once again.

William Maahes Vigersune leaves Albany Magistrates Court after learning his fate.

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PremiumMan learns fate for nightclub coward punch against teenager

A man who threw the “very definition” of a coward’s punch at a teenager and knocked him unconscious outside an Albany nightclub before goading witnesses, has learned his fate for the serious attack.

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Parks and Wildlife officers in Princess Royal Harbour on Wednesday morning.

WA NewsCommentsShark alert for Albany after dead dolphins was ashore

A shark advice was issued for Albany’s Princess Royal Harbour on Wednesday morning after dolphin carcasses were spotted at Melville Point.

Claire Middleton

City of Greater Geraldton mayor Jerry Clune was ruled to have breached the local government code of conduct over a letter of support he wrote to help the owners of Quiet Life cafe obtain a liquor licence for their plans to expand on a Lester Avenue site they have leased from the council.

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Mayor breached code of conduct over letter of support

City mayor Jerry Clune has been found to have breached the code of conduct for writing a letter of support for a local business — a lessee of council-owned property — to help them gain a liquor licence.

Kate Campbell

Pantry Mama founder and Harvey resident Kate Freebairn is getting ready to release her debut cookbook Easy Sourdough on Any Schedule.

COOKBOOK LAUNCH Harvey’s Kate Freebairn to launch her debut cookbook

After building an online global sourdough community from her home in the South West, a Harvey mum is gearing up to launch her first cookbook showing bakers how to be the boss of their own sourdough. 

Rose Patane

Cameras known as POTBots are used in WRL research

ResearchScientists learning more about juvenile rock lobsters

Scientists are learning more about the growth and survival of juvenile rock lobsters through shallow water surveys along WA’s coast. 

Green sea turtle Nori was found washed up on Preston Beach earlier this month.

TURTLE REHABILITATION PremiumPremiumA stranded green sea turtle was found on Preston Beach

A juvenile green sea turtle found washed up on Preston Beach earlier this month is now recovering and being rehabilitated at Bunbury’s Dolphin Discovery Centre. 

Past and present Brunswick residents cut the cake to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the town hall.

90TH CELEBRATIONS Brunswick community celebrates hall’s 90th anniversary

Residents of Brunswick Junction past and present gathered at the weekend to commemorate a special milestone for the town. 

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Android figures at the Google headquarters in Mountain View, California, US.

TechnologyCommentsPremiumGoogle loses fight on record $6.8 billion antitrust fine

Europe’s top court has dismissed the tech giant’s appeals against the 2018 EU ruling.

Arjun Kharpal

Kevin Warsh, chairman of the US Federal Reserve. Federal Reserve officials left interest rates unchanged and were split over whether they expect to raise rates this year.

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Warsh’s taskforces are the key to understanding the new Fed

Fed chair Kevin Warsh stuck to his long-stated belief in his first press conference on Wednesday that ‘inflation is a choice.’

Matt Peterson

Ships anchored on May 16, 2026 in the Strait of Hormuz near Larak Island, Iran.

EnergyCommentsPremiumCrude oil tumbles after Trump says Strait of Hormuz to open

Tanker traffic plunged in early March due to Iranian attacks, causing the biggest oil supply disruption in history.

Spencer Kimball

Cathie Wood, chief executive officer of Ark Investment Management LLC.

CNBC newsCommentsPremiumInvestors who took a chance on SpaceX now reap the rewards

For nearly two decades, some of the world’s most prominent investors quietly accumulated stakes in SpaceX while the rocket maker remained largely off-limits to the public markets.

Yun Li

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The Australian Federal Police badge.

CrimePremiumAFP charge elderly man over ‘animated child abuse material’

An elderly man who has spent the past three weeks in prison over allegations he accessed and possessed ‘abhorrent’ child abuse material is poised to apply for bail in a Perth court. 

Caleb Runciman

Former strategist for WA Labor Tim Picton’s wife, Priya Brown and daughter Charlotte during the 50th Australian Labor Party (ALP) national convention at the Adelaide Convention Centre, in Adelaide, Thursday, July 23, 2026. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING, MICK TSIKAS

Federal PoliticsTim Picton’s widow unveils award in late husband’s name

The widow of former Labor strategist Tim Picton has honoured her late husband as a man who ‘lived his life with remarkable intensity’ in an emotional speech to unveil a new scholar in his name.

Caitlyn Rintoul

RSPCA WA is investigating suspected deliberate harming of kangaroos in Warrenup, near Albany.

Animal welfareRSPCA probes deliberate harming of kangaroos in Albany

RSPCA WA is continuing its investigations into the suspected deliberate harming and killing of kangaroos near Albany, as graphic photos of the horrific acts emerged. WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES

Emergency services on the scene in Mandurah.

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PremiumWoman found alive after fire destroyed home in Mandurah

A Mandurah resident have been found ‘safe and well’ after a fire tore through a home in south on Thursday.

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NewPremiumPremiumUpdate for exploding robot vac victim

The mother of a young man, whose robot vacuum cleaner exploded in his face resulting in burns to about 75 per cent of his body, has shared an update on her son’s condition.

West Aussies: The postcodes with the most Lotto wins has finally been revealed!

LottoCommentsThe Perth suburb crowned WA’s luckiest for Lotto wins

West Aussies: The postcodes with the most Lotto wins have finally been revealed!

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