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Emily Gielnik of Australia celebrates with teammate Alanna Kennedy after scoring the teams first goal during the International Friendly match between Australia Matildas and Slovenia at HBF Park on June 26 in Perth.

MatildasPremiumMatildas ready to make their South West debut

Bunbury will don the green and gold this weekend as the Matildas roll into town for their first ever game in the South West. 

Amber Lilley

Workpower clients Renae Buck and Kevin Corbett.

Disability employmentPremiumMore 3200 barbecues cleaned in six months

A service provider helping people living with disabilities enter the workforce has cleaned more than 3200 barbecue grills since December after attracting a contract from the City of Bunbury.

Yousuf Shameel

Shire of Dardanup building.

RANKINGS ARE IN PremiumCommunity perception of affordable housing drops

The community perception of affordable and social housing in the Shire of Dardanup has seen a significant decline, with residents unhappy with the offerings in the shire’s town centres.  

Yousuf Shameel

Senior strategic planning officer Suzanne Occhipinti and Dardanup shire president Tyrrell Gardiner.

Planning SchemePremiumNew planning scheme released for Eaton-Dardanup

The Shire of Dardanup’s planning framework has entered a new era, with the Western Australian Planning Commission approving Local Planning Scheme No. 9. 

Yousuf Shameel

Holly McNamara and Clare Hunt celebrate the second goal of the Matildas’ 3-0 win over Slovenia.

SoccerPremiumMatildas gear up for Bunbury clash with Slovenia matches

The Matildas geared up for their historic clash in Bunbury with a win and a draw against Slovenia in their pair of matches at Perth’s HBF Park last week.

Josh Kempton

Busselton has retained the Busselton Toyota Cup.

FootballPremiumSWFL: Magpies smash Hawks in southern derby

South West Football League ladder-leaders Busselton produced another imperious performance on Saturday, smashing Augusta-Margaret River by 89 points at Bovell Park.

Josh Kempton

Bunbury's Tara Clifford is tackled by Harvey-Brunswick-Leschenault's Arnya Pickston.

FootballPremiumSWFL: Bulldogs’ unbeaten premiership defence rolls on

Bunbury’s unbeaten start to their South West Football League women’s premiership defence rolled on at Brunswick Oval on Sunday, beating Harvey-Brunswick-Leschenault by 48 points.

Josh Kempton

Harvey-Brunswick-Leschenault's Taine Williams and Bunbury's Daniel Perks compete for a loose ball.

FootballPremiumSWFL: Lions overcome slow start to beat Bulldogs

Harvey-Brunswick-Leschenault overcame a slow start to beat Bunbury by 18 points in their South West Football League clash at Brunswick Oval on Sunday.

Josh Kempton

Goldfields Giants' Kur Maler guards South West Slammers' Clive Weeden.

BasketballPremiumSlammers beaten by Giants in 30th championship reunion

South West Slammers men’s side were not able to honour the 30th-year reunion of their 1995 championship side in winning fashion on Saturday night, suffering a 24-point loss to Goldfields Giants.

Josh Kempton

Harvey’s 2025 Homegrown Heroes meritorious award winner Fiore Rando.

COMMUNITY HONOURS PremiumHarvey celebrates 2025 Homegrown Heroes

Harvey celebrates their best at the 2025 Homegrown Heroes award night.

Craig Duncan

Some of the young writers who took part in the Write a Book in a Day challenge.

Book in a dayPremiumYoung authors raise more than $4600 to fight cancer

Australind’s up-and-coming authors put their creativity to the test to raise more than $4600 to fight childhood cancer. 

Craig Duncan

The Shire of Harvey has unveiled it’s new Australiand Heritage Trail. 

Historic walkPremiumHarvey’s walk through history one step closer to completion

A walk through Harvey’s history is one step closer to completion with Australind and Leschenault’s heritage trail signs now on heritage sites. 

Craig Duncan

The Shire of Waroona has selected a new Visit Waroona logo.

Visit WaroonaPremiumShire debate new look for tourism

Shire of Waroona councillors embarked on one of their most challenging debates to date — finding a new logo for their Visit Waroona Tourism Brand. 

Craig Duncan

The community-made mural at the Myalup bus stop has been smashed.

VandalismPremiumCoastal town’s community-made mural smashed

A South West coastal town has seen a mural made by the community smashed in a “frustrating” act of vandalism. 

Craig Duncan

A fish gutting station at the boat ramp into the Mandurah Estuary in Dawesville.

FishingPremiumFish cleaning station on the table along South West estuary

The Shire of Harvey voted in favour of investigating the feasibility of installing a fish cleaning station at the Ridley Place boat ramp in Australind during their council meeting last week. 

Craig Duncan

The Shire of Waroona will stick with the WAEC to run council elections.

Local electionsPremiumWaroona flips on move to run local government elections

The Shire of Waroona has backflipped on plans to run its own local elections this year after losing faith in the WA Electoral Commission during the State election.  

Craig Duncan

DICE will be headlining this year’s Shelter the Storm event at Shelter Brewing.

Cabin FeverPremiumCabin Fever Festival announces live music lineup

Cabin Fever has dropped the line-up for their live music events across the Margaret River and Busselton regions, with beats, brews and good times on offer. 

Daniel Hocking

Wardandi Wanil Art Centre connections Chantell Brown, Bruce Jorgensen, John Penny, Alan Ferris, Karim Khan, Dellas Bennell, Karen Morgan and Amy Binder, with Dawn Alone, Rhona Wallam, Lera Bennell, Rhonda Norman, Beverly Thomson, Candice Nannup.

NEW SPACEPremiumFirst Nations arts space gets a name and home in Bunbury

Bunbury will be home to a new dedicated First Nations arts space, with the centre’s new home and name announced this week. 

Amber Lilley

Passengers disembark from the maiden Perth to Busselton flight on the QantasLink F-100.

FIRST LANDING PremiumQantasLink’s maiden flight from Perth lands in Busselton

QantasLink’s controversial Perth to Busselton flight made it’s first trip on Friday afternoon, landing at Busselton Margaret River Airport as a push for accessibility and tourism.

Daniel Hocking

Little Birdy will come down to Bridgetown to play in this year's blues festival.

Blues festivalPremiumBlues at Bridgetown announces full line-up for 2025 festival

Australian indie rock band Little Birdy, New Orleans blues and soul singer Eugene ‘Hideaway’ Bridges, and four-brother band Coterie will be leading this year’s edition of Bridgetown’s famous blues festival.

Daniel Hocking

A man has appeared in court on assault and drug charges.

CourtsPremiumBunbury drug dealer assaulted partner while driving

A Bunbury drug dealer who was caught with meth and more than 400g of cannabis admitted to later assaulting his partner with a baton while driving because she was having drug withdrawals. 

Amber Lilley and Yousuf Shameel

Bunbury United’s Jenna Stevenson and Busselton’s Dana Avery.

SOCCERPremiumMixed bag of results for Busselton during away games

It was a mixed bag of results for Busselton City Football Club at the weekend when they played away to Bunbury United. 

Staff Reporter

Maggie Dent pictured with Cowaramup Primary School students earlier this year.

taking actionPremiumCowaramup parents band together for smartphone ban pledge

A group of Cowaramup parents have formed a new alliance based around a pledge not to give their children smartphones until they turn 16.

Warren Hately

Cr Richard Beecroft failed to cut funding from the Pride Wellbeing Festival.

Cutting pridePremiumBusselton councillor fails to cut funding for pride festival

Busselton councillor Richard Beecroft failed to cut funding for the city’s annual Pride Wellbeing Festival arguing the majority of ratepayers were “offended” by pride.

Daniel Hocking