The City of Busselton has taken its first step in a crackdown on holiday home issues by opening up community consultation on a new local policy and law.
Taylar Amonini
South West Slammer Leigh Rickwood-Pitt has shown the WA basketball community what he is made of this year
Catherine Massey
Margaret River offered a few bright sparks at the weekend’s WA Bodyboard Titles, with locals winning the under-18 and over-35 divisions and named as State champions.
The South West indigenous community will be highlighted at this year’s CinefestOZ with the launch of IndigifestOZ.
WA folk punk troubadour Benny Mayhem is hitting the regional roads this weekend on a mission to help koalas affected by bushfires.
Ludicrous comment that could sum up drink-driving attitude in Dunsborough: It’s cheaper to die than get a taxi
A Busselton fly-in, fly-out worker found with a shotgun under his bed and MDMA in his car has been given a spent conviction and fined.
The idea of a COVID-19 quarantine facility in the South West emerged as a central issue last week, but Federal Member for Forrest Nola Marino has remained quiet on the matter.
Taylar Amonini & Catherine Massey
Road safety experts are urging drivers to remain vigilant on South West Roads as statistics reveal the region to be the top holiday destination this winter.
After pulling off a convincing 25-point victory over Donnybrook during round nine, Harvey-Brunswick-Leschenault will find themselves with another chance to topple Busselton.
Carly Laden
One man has been released from custody and another is set to spend at least three months behind bars after the pair forced a Busselton man to withdraw $1000 from an ATM over a missing car.
Last month Helen Claire Horton had a blood alcohol level of 0.265 after mounting a roundabout and crashing into a lightpole
Magistrate Belinda Coleman told the Busselton Children’s Court the goal of the youth justice system was rehabilitation and stopping the criminal activity of minors before they turned 18.
Exclusive, Taylar Amonini
All the action in and around Busselton next week
In celebration of 25 years since the birth of the Dunsborough-Busselton Dungbeetles, teams from as far as Carnarvon will fight for the cup.
The South West wild winter weather held off at the weekend for the region’s junior soccer stars to battle it out in an open and free-flowing game.
Brett Moon
Patrick Doyle, 17, also known as Paddy Dee, has written and recorded four songs for Out Of Milk — an EP paying homage to the extraordinary situations that arise out of lockdown.
Created two years ago by Andrew Bromley, Tyron Youlden and Adam Kennedy, Barrelled Surf Podcast rakes in about 5000 streams a week.
A Busselton father accused of attacking a man outside a Busselton bar has had his bail cut short after he was jailed for driving without a licence.
Urgent upgrades to the Canal Rocks boat ramp 4km south of Yallingup were finally finished
Demand for long awaited COVID vaccines have again spiked in Busselton after another outbreak of the virus in the Eastern States, according to one of the most senior doctors in the South West.
Staff reporters
The Busselton Hike for the House has raked in $60,000 for Ronald McDonald House Charities — doubling the event’s fundraising goal.
A twice-postponed flight route from Busselton to Melbourne is expected to plough ahead at the end of this month despite a gruelling COVID-19 outbreak in Victoria.
Hospitality operators on the front line during the past year of COVID-19 say they are finally seeing some stability thanks to the Perth market, but housing and labour shortages remain a Catch-22.
Catherine Massey & Warren Hately
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