Busselton businesses are going blue this month, to raise awareness and funds for local charity partner Busselton Hospice Care Inc.
Breanna Redhead
Ratepayers will be expected to pay about $82 extra in rates after the Dardanup Shire council opted for a 4 per cent rate increase for the next financial year.
Carly Laden
Busselton is set to become a cultural hub, as the City gears up to host several free events during NAIDOC Week, linking to this year’s theme, Get Up. Stand Up. Show Up.
A Busselton young gun has been selected for the WA State Under 16s team, an experience he said is “pretty surreal”.
You’re favourite childhood stories are coming to Busselton, creating a true sense of nostalgia for a local actor who is taking to the stage one last time before leaving the South West.
A childhood cancer retreat is making its way to Dunsborough’s iconic Holy Mile.
Busselton authorities are urging the community to consider other road users’ safety when getting behind the wheel, after a young woman was caught drink-driving six times over the legal limit.
New research has revealed Busselton is the most unavailable suburb in the State for rental properties.
When one door closes, another opens; this is exactly the case behind the new owners’ revitalisation of one of the South West’s most popular galleries.
A familiar local face has taken on a new role keeping the Busselton community safe.
The West Australian Football Commission have confirmed they are investigating South Bunbury following a series of off-field issues at the South West Football League powerhouse over the last two months.
Luke McPherson
A 17-year-old girl has avoided a jail term after she was caught filming herself and a 14-year-old girl kissing naked in a Bunbury hotel bathroom while an older man was allegedly present.
A shark warning is in place for swimmers at a popular beach in the State’s South West.
Brianna Dugan
Could this neglected pub in the coal powerhouse of Collie be a surprise symbol of a town ready to move away from the industry?
Jacinta Cantatore
The team at Bunbury’s first micro-brewery have been fermenting up a storm and are now ready to announce their opening date.
The South West is in the midst of a mental health crisis, experts saying long waiting lists and a lack of psychologists in the regions are among the core problems.
Deployed to assist in a Queensland flood that destroyed more than 3000 homes and killed 23 people, a Bunbury Platoon Sergeant has shared his experience in the face of disaster.
Kasper Johansen
East Fremantle big man Jonathon Marsh has continued to put together a stellar season in the WAFL for 2022.
The South West’s Aran Zalewski and Jake Harvie have booked their seat to Birmingham in search of the duo’s second straight Commonwealth Games gold.
The Bunbury and Districts Hockey Association women won the 2022 division one CBH Group Women’s State Country Champs at the weekend — dominating the tournament as they went undefeated throughout.
Just seven short weeks ago, South Bunbury’s three-time premiership women’s side was on cloud nine. Less than two months later, the club has had to pull the women’s side from the competition entirely.
Luke McPherson & Justin Fris
Award winning films from across the globe are set to hit the South West screen in July for the Bunbury Regional Entertainment Centre’s winter International Film Festival.
“I have been dreaming of this since I was a kid and everything is falling into place at the moment.”
Bunbury musician Codee-Lee Down has added a stack of awards to her already impressive portfolio following a three year break from the music industry due to a “loss in confidence”.
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