A $17.7 million surprise has come the way of the Bunbury Basketball Association, with the shock funding announcement delivered by Premier Roger Cook on Friday.
Amber Lilley
The Member for Roe has slammed WA Treasurer Rita Saffioti’s State Budget, tabled on Thursday, as “city-focused” and a document full of “wrong priorities”.
Melissa Sheil
A crowd of men broke open the silence surrounding the oft-taboo topic of domestic violence last week, with a forum that encouraged men to be part of the solution to the hidden issue.
A Denmark man faces the possibility of life imprisonment after admitting to possessing a huge cache of methylamphetamine worth more than $80,000 in street value with the intent to sell or supply.
Banks have soared and the miners have fallen on a mixed day of trading on the Aussie sharemarket, as the market anticipates a third interest rate cut.
Cameron Micallef
Here’s your guide to the week ahead in the Great Southern
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The Kojonup Cougars did their bit for the Big Freeze as a succession of club members raised about $2500 after being dunked into icy water for charity on Saturday.
Claire Middleton
Millions of Australians are being urged to check their tax status ahead of a law aimed at recouping $45bn coming into effect in just a few days.
Property owners in Geraldton have been dealt an average rate rise of $77 a year in the City of Greater Geraldton’s latest 2025-26 budget.
Stuart Quinn
A man who alleges he was sexually abused as a teenager by NSW MP Gareth Ward has likened his appointment to ministry as “like a vampire running the blood bank”.
Rhiannon Lewin
Students have been forced to evacuate as a school in Sydney’s west was plunged into lockdown.
Clareese Packer
Victoria has softened its full gas ban but kept strong new reforms that advocates say will save lives.
Amelia Swan
A life-changing loss of sight has not stopped Albany’s Mikayla Camp, who has won an award for excellence which recognises blind or vision-impaired young West Australians.
A cinema chain co-owned by Mel Gibson has paid an almost $20,000 penalty, with industry-wide ticket pricing now under the microscope.
Brendan Kearns
In welcome news for mortgage holders, a major bank has declared a July rate cut is a done deal on the back of weaker than expected inflation figures.
A lone councillor’s bid to suspend the hire of e-scooters in Geraldton has failed at the first hurdle, after no one was willing to second the motion at Tuesday night’s council meeting.
Never mind 76 trombones, the City of Albany Band are bringing out all their brass as they prepare to stage their first cushion concert for kids on Saturday
More than $40 million has been earmarked for community infrastructure projects in the City of Greater Geraldton’s 2025-26 budget.
They look convincing and promise results, but these counterfeit drugs caught at the border are putting Aussies at serious risk.
Being a good person counts as much as being a good player, according to Perth Wildcats captain Jesse Wagstaff during his visit to the Great Southern
The ban on native logging has officially been enshrined in law though conservationists say there is still more to be done to address “the elephant in the room”.
Craig Duncan
A move aimed to lighten the load on councillors by shifting some leasing responsibility to the city’s chief executive was rejected by council, with some fearing it would result in a “tick and flick” approach.
Tegan Guthrie
A Manjimup contractor has been appointed to build the new lookout platform on the Gloucester Tree, bringing back Pemberton’s iconic tree climb with the reopening planned for later this year.
A community initiative designed by local Aboriginal men has been launched in Kalgoorlie-Boulder this week offering a new approach to preventing violence against women in the Goldfields.
Isabella Davis
