The Albanese government is clamping down on dads dodging child support with major reforms.
Joseph Olbrycht-Palmer
Beloved and longstanding Albany community radio station Gold MX 1611AM has been forced to hang up the microphones after 29 years on air, with director Samele Haell calling time at the end of the month.
Jacki Elezovich
A country hockey coach has been handed a massive 10-match ban after abusing an umpire during a Lower Great Southern Hockey Association women’s A-grade match last month.
Amy Towers
Kangas’ mid-court dynamo Hayley Hulm has claimed her first Michelle Parsons Memorial trophy as fairest and best in the Albany Netball Association A1 competition.
Bunbury and Harvey-Brunswick-Leschenault will meet in Saturday’s South West Football League reserves grand final, with both teams coming off disappointing ends to the 2025 season.
Jack Penniment
Dolled-up representatives from all seven of Albany Netball Association’s A1 teams turned out dressed in their best to the Michelle Parsons Awards to celebrate the best of the 2026 season on Saturday night.
History is upon Harvey-Brunswick-Leschenault this Saturday, with the club reaching maiden South West Football League women’s grand final against Busselton.
After two decades of sitting empty at the centre of Albany’s main throughfare, the former Commonwealth Bank building is ready to start a new chapter.
Melissa Sheil
For generations, Corrigin’s dogs have been more than beloved pets, they have been part of the town’s story with their final resting place now inspiring a new book.
A Perth man who drove carelessly through a Woodanilling intersection, causing a crash that tragically killed his 12-year-old daughter, has been sentenced.
Denmark’s McLean Park was packed full of Great Southern Football League fans from all clubs last Saturday, as players and supporters cheered their favourites in a line-up of thrilling grand final clashes.
Australia’s sharemarket has bounced back from an 11-week low, with energy and mining stocks surging.
Cameron Micallef
One of Australia’s biggest proposed data centre projects has signed a deal with one of the world’s largest AI companies, marking a major step forward for the development.
Andrew Hedgman
Busselton were on the wrong side of last years South West Football League grand final result, having gone down in one of the all time greatest deciders against South Bunbury by a solitary point.
A man who was caught on camera allegedly intimidating a schoolgirl has blown up during a bail hearing in court.
Jack Nivison
Bunbury are looking to break a six year drought at the top of the South West Football League with a long journey taken to set the team up for this Saturday’s grand final against Busselton.
The Environmental Protection Authority is determining whether or not to assess a sand mine proposal in Yallingup after it received nearly 400 public comments.
Madelin Hayes
Busselton will enter the 2026 South West Football League women’s grand final as favourites but the side is not underestimating their opponents in Harvey-Brunswick-Leschenault.
A Busselton apprentice has shown she is above the rest, winning a State wide award ceremony.
Hayley Primmer
A stunning shot of a surfer skimming a towering mass of water off the coast between Denmark and Walpole has been named a semifinalist in the world’s premier sporting and action photography awards.
South West has to wait until 2027 to benefit from a new service being rolled out north of Perth this week, which will see two more health care professionals onboard the State’s emergency rescue helicopters.
A senior Liberal MP locked in a war of words with Pauline Hanson has issued a warning about the direction of Australian politics.
Mitch Tenardi ended his run of being the bridesmaid after securing his first Hayward Medal at the South West Football League awards night on Friday.
Mining billionaire Andrew Forrest is wading back into a long-running legal feud with Traditional Owners over a patch of Fortescue’s vast iron ore empire in the Pilbara.
Daniel Newell
