Finalists for the 2024 Wellington and Reeves Albany Sportsperson of the Year awards have been revealed ahead of Thursday’s nights gala ceremony. READ THE FULL LIST OF FINALISTS HERE.
Cameron Newbold
Melissa Pedelty
A tribute drawing to one of Perth’s beloved four-legged long-trunked icons has made its way to a Dunsborough gallery.
Daniel Hocking
The Health Department has revealed the exposure sites of a possible measles outbreak — taking in the metropolitan area to the South West — after a case was identified at Bunbury Regional Hospital.
Jessica Evensen
One of the Onshore Cup’s foundation clubs has withdrawn from the competition on the eve of the season.
Josh Kempton
The ritual of buying a parmi and a pint before watching a live band at the pub is on the out as cost of living pressure continue to rise.
Sofia Fimognari
Curtin University’s launch of a high altitude balloon to the edge of space from Waroona last week climbed almost 33km and snapped some shots of the Earth’s curvature.
Craig Duncan
The 82-year-old woman was riding her e-bike in Busselton when she ran into an open car door.
The Sara Donovan Netball Carnival will bring 42 teams from eight South West netball associations to Busselton, with players aged 12 to 16 having the opportunity to test their skills on Sunday.
Busselton learning support volunteer Josh Yates has been recognised for his contributions after being awarded the South West learning support volunteer of the year at the EdConnect Australia Volunteer Awards.
Dunsborough artist Trish Waters will be hosting a Paint and Sip event at the Ship Inn in Busselton, where she hopes people can enjoy a day of painting and mindfulness.
A junior State softball star has been announced as the City of Busselton’s selection for this year's Youth Services trainee position, where he will help host events and advocate for youth in the region.
Mother and son artists Ingrid and Josh Windram will celebrate the opening of their joint exhibition on Saturday night, with the two artists expressing their enjoyment in the collaborative process.
One of Australia’s best builders - Perth-based Ultimo - has gone under, blaming fallout from the pandemic era for its demise.
Kim Macdonald
A young man who fatally stabbed a teen in a fake drug deal that went horribly wrong didn’t realise a mutual friend had set him up in a plot to steal his car.
Rebecca Le May
A group of bikies who allegedly attacked rivals with pool cues, billiard balls and bar stools at a tavern south of Perth are set for one of the biggest trials the State has ever seen, a court has been told.
Mineral Resources has hit another financial pothole by pulling all iron ore trucks off its trouble-plagued $2.6 billion Onslow haul road after notching half a dozen rollovers on the crucial transport link.
Daniel Newell and Adrian Rauso
A shark advice warning has been issued for a beach west of Bremer Bay due to a dolphin carcass being reported close to shore on Friday.
Jacki Elezovich
The headmaster of one of Perth’s most prestigious private boys schools used his latest school newsletter to question what message Netflix’s show Adolescence might send boys.
Kate Emery
Mineral Resources and its founder Chris Ellison are facing a court showdown following a series of scandals that have cut the lithium and iron ore miner’s market value in half over the past six months.
Details have emerged of two kayakers stranded in crocodile-infested waters, with one man pinned against a tree for ‘days’ as water rapidly rose around him.
The self-declared crypto trader who killed his mother for her life insurance so he could keep up with the affluent lifestyle of his Insta-famous former partner will spend at least 25 years behind bars.
Geraldton MLA Kirrilee Warr has vowed to continue to push for Labor’s controversial gun laws to be axed, after the State Government reopened the firearm buyback window.
Matthew Paddick
The number of informal votes cast for the seat of Kalgoorlie in the State election could have changed the result if they had been used correctly, Nationals candidate Tony Herron says.
Tegan Guthrie
The supercharging of the local property market has been laid bare by fresh data revealing the Mid West recorded the biggest annual house price surge in the country in the past 12 months.
West Australians can now get their hands on retro number plates as part of a new Nostalgia series launched by Plates WA.
The City of Busselton has made a surprise windfall through a Containers for Change agreement, collecting nearly $478,000 in two years of backlog receipts.
Child protection workers, including those in the Mid West, have accepted a State Government pay offer, ending months-long industrial action across WA.
The US Federal Reserve in a closely watched decision Wednesday held the line on benchmark interest rates though still indicated that reductions are likely later in the year.
Jeff Cox
China announced a “Special Action Plan to Boost Consumption” on Sunday in a bid to prop up domestic consumption in the world’s second largest economy.
Lim Hui Jie
WATCH THE FULL INTERVIEW: The British F1 star opened up on his relationship with his Aussie teammate as the pair get ready to do battle in Melbourne this weekend.
Ben McClellan
A three-week market sell-off has intensified, with investors worried tariff policy uncertainty would tip the economy into a recession, something President Donald Trump has not rule out.
Lisa Kailai Han, Jesse Pound
A child has been taken to Fiona Stanley Hospital after they were hit by a car while cycling in Perth’s south-east on Friday afternoon.
Oliver Lane
Meredith Hammat fielded questions on ambulance ramping and demand on Perth’s hospitals amid the controversial splintering of the health portfolio.
Jessica Page
One of Cassius Turvey’s alleged killers has denied he used an axe to break off the metal handle from a shopping trolley that prosecutors claim was used to bash the teenager in bush land almost three years ago.
A Jetstar flight to Busselton has been diverted to Perth after it was struck by lightning.
Treasurer Jim Chalmers has been heckled by two female protesters at a media event in Wangara, with questions over student debt, gas prices and Middle East ‘genocide’.
Emergency services rushed to the scene in Muchea after a car collided into the back of a truck this morning.
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