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Year of the SnakePremiumChinese Lantern Festival welcomes Year of the Snake

Chinese culture and heritage were celebrated in Bunbury over the weekend, with many in attendance to welcome the Year of the Snake. 

Sofia Fimognari

‘Save our library’PremiumResidents fight for library after council ‘transition’ vote

Bunbury residents came out in force to oppose the closing of the Withers Community Library on Thursday night. 

Sofia Fimognari

RALLYING TOGETHER PremiumBunbury fundraiser as girl fights cancer diagnosis

The Bunbury soccer community is rallying behind a four-year-old girl recently diagnosed with a high-risk cancer. 

Amber Lilley

Community expoPremiumHave a Go Expo to connect community

The Hudson Road Family Centre is set to host their second free Have a Go Expo on February 21 to bring the community together and develop social connections

Sofia Fimognari and Ezra Kaye

Performing arts PremiumBunbury singer lands fresh training with Opera Australia

Bunbury singer Chelsea Burns lends her voice to opera for “the characters and their emotional stories”.

Sofia Fimognari

CricketPremiumBDCA women’s: Top two sides get back on track with wins

The Bunbury and Districts Cricket Association women’s first-grade pacesetters Leschenault and Colts got back on track with wins on Saturday.

Josh Kempton

CricketHarvey-Benger women’s team seal top spot

Harvey-Benger Cricket Club’s women’s team locked away top spot with a six-wicket win over Hay Park on Saturday in Harvey. 

Haydn Jones

Hands OvalPremiumHands Oval stages open day to mark redevelopment completion

The newly-redeveloped Hands Oval held an open day on Saturday, giving the South West public a chance to see the venue in all its glory.

Josh Kempton

CricketPremiumSenior country week: Bunbury sides start with mixed results

Bunbury’s lower-grade sides had a mixed start to their country week carnivals, with the B and C-section sides starting with wins as the D and E-section outfits suffered losses.

Josh Kempton

BasketballBSBL men’s: Ladder-leaders Bulls Gold win big

Bulls Gold sent a message to the rest of the Bunbury Senior Basketball League men’s A-grade competition on Friday night, smashing Tornadoes Black by 56 points at South West Sports Centre.

Josh Kempton

BasketballBSBL women’s: Tornadoes Red outlast Aces Sky in thriller

Tornadoes Red maintained their place at the top of the Bunbury Senior Basketball League women’s A-grade at South West Sports Centre on Friday night, outlasting Aces Sky to win a thriller by three points.

Josh Kempton

CricketPremiumSenior country week: Bunbury beat defending champions

Bunbury’s mission to win back the Boan Cup started in fine style on Sunday, with the Blue Swans beating defending A-section champions Albany in the first pool stage game of senior country week.

Josh Kempton

Crime PremiumMan to face Bunbury Magistrates Court over alleged car theft

A Busselton man has been charged with evading police officers last week in an allegedly stolen car. 

Sofia Fimognari

Bunbury PortPremiumNew silica sand exporter at Port of Bunbury

The Port of Bunbury has attracted a new silica sand exporter—Heidelberg Materials —to its docks in a new partnership.

Ezra Kaye

MIGHTY CALL PremiumWomen’s vigil against DV ends in Bunbury after 200 weeks

Every Friday morning a group of people have gathered in the Bunbury CBD to raise awareness and honour lives lost to domestic violence. 

Sofia Fimognari

Housing market PremiumSouth West towns suffer rising cost of homeownership

Annual price increases for houses have slowed to their lowest yearly growth since the third quarter of 2022, despite an overall rise in combined capital house and unit prices. 

Sofia Fimognari

Tornado recoveryPremiumEight months on from the tornado: How Bunbury is recovering

It’s been eight months since the freak tornado on May 10 tore through Bunbury’s southern suburbs of South Bunbury, Withers, Carey Park and College Grove damaging 212 properties.

Ezra Kaye

Staff parkingPremiumHospital staff to catch shuttle bus to work amid development

Staff at the Bunbury Regional Hospital will be required to park at an offsite location and catch a shuttle bus to work as construction begins on the $451 million hospital redevelopment.

Ezra Kaye

Foodbank WAPremiumBunbury community meeting being held for Withers library

The City of Bunbury is holding an information session for the community about the possible repurposing of the Withers library into a Foodbank WA premises. 

Sofia Fimognari

housing problemsCommentsPremiumEmergency homelessness shelter idea shot down by minister

Housing Minister John Carey has declared he does not believe an emergency homelessness shelter is the right call for Bunbury, opting for more services to get rough sleepers into more structured housing.

Oliver Lane

COURTS & JUSTICE PremiumMan stole alcohol during ‘grief spree’ after death of uncle

A Bunbury man who had been barred from entering licensed venues stole more than $1000 worth of alcohol from South West bottle shops during a ‘spree’ while grieving the death of his uncle. 

Amber Lilley and Sofia Fimognari

epa decisionPremiumWhitby gives final tick to Kemerton gas plant expansion bid

A gas power station in the Kemerton industrial area will be allowed to increase its output by a nearly seven times following approval from Environment Minister Reece Whitby.

Oliver Lane

The Court JesterPremiumBunbury artist’s social media personas revealed in new book

Bunbury performer and artist Joel Smoker is set for a busy start to the new year, launching a new book before playing a show with his Red Dirt Band at the Bunbury Regional Entertainment Centre. 

Ezra Kaye

South West YouthPremium Youth board games night and mental health forum in Bunbury

Blue Leaf Initiative is hosting board game nights as well as a youth mental health forum to support the South West’s young community and give them opportunities to connect.

Ezra Kaye