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One of the Onshore Cup’s foundation clubs has withdrawn from the competition on the eve of the season.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
Researchers from Bunbury’s Dolphin Discovery Centre have ‘major concerns’ as four dolphins are injured in just two months.
Oliver Lane and Craig Duncan
Bunbury residents raised $17,000 for the Motor Neurone Disease Association of Western Australia in the eighth annual Walk to Defeat MND fundraiser at the Koombana Bay foreshore.
St John of God Hospital Bunbury and Bunbury’s Urgent Care Clinic have co-operated to more easily transition patients to a hospital bed by easing pressure on the hospital’s emergency department.
Students from Adam Road Primary School, Eaton Primary School and South Bunbury Primary School headed to Mangrove Cove for a day of environmental education as they all got nearer to nature.
The Bunbury Geographe Motor Museum is seeking approval from the City of Bunbury to move a former Australind rail car to the CBD in a project they believe will ‘reinvigorate the city centre’.
Ezra Kaye
Four of Bunbury’s dolphins have been left with nasty dorsal fin injuries from blade cuts as the city’s Dolphin Discovery Centre confirmed an investigation would be launched.
Oliver Lane
A tight three-way contest in WA’s newest Federal electorate means candidates are trying to talk to as many voters as possible during the campaign to make a personal pitch.
Katina Curtis
When Professor Jonathan Carapetis says Strep A is the ‘nastiest bug you’ve never heard of’, he’s not kidding.
Hannah Cross
Stalled plans for the redevelopment of Cottesloe Beach — one of most iconic locations in WA — have received a $10m boost as Liberal leader Peter Dutton ups the ante in the fight to win the seat of Curtin.
Joe Spagnolo
As West Coast coaches prepare to find a way to curtail Greater Western Sydney captain Toby Greene, they’re set to unveil a new Eagle who could become their own version of the star forward.
Mitchell Woodcock
The mother of beloved Perth teenager Amelia ‘Milli’ Lucas — who died of a rare brain cancer four years ago — has also lost her own devastating battle with the disease.
WA’s oldest surviving World War II army prisoner of war, who was well known across Perth as a fierce advocate for Australian veterans, has died aged 106.
Dylan Caporn
‘If you have left the area, it is unsafe to return due to fallen trees, fallen powerlines and other dangers created by the fire.’
Grieving mates of a teenage crash victim have paid tribute to their friend who was considered a ‘big brother’ to many, leaving flowers at the site where the 17-year-old was killed on Saturday.
He was last seen getting off the bus in Perth’s south, almost one week ago.
Providing Hedland locals with a behind-the-scenes look at heavy-duty mining equipment, Finmec hosted a community open day on March 29.
Madelin Hayes
A group of youths allegedly took a stolen ambulance on a 520km joyride from a remote community in the Northern Territory to Halls Creek where it rammed a police car injuring two officers.
Sarah Crawford
More than 100 people gathered for Sunday brunch at Lo’s in celebration of the Karratha cafe’s expansion on April 6.
“We can’t go back,” artist Philomena Baadjo from Balgo says as she strokes burnt orange paint onto her canvas.
Police are seeking witnesses to an early morning incident in Geraldton on Saturday, after a man was found dying on a street.
A woman died after the wound her nephew inflicted with a wooden object during a drunken argument became infected.
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
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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 distraught mother has spoken out about the scourge of school violence after her eight-year-old son was brutally bashed in a primary school playground, forcing him to spend a night in hospital in a neck brace.
Bethany Hiatt
He died when the off-road motorbike he was riding collided with another bike being ridden by a 15-year-old boy on White Hill Road in Bouvard.
A “missing middle” in mental health care is forcing many young people into hospital, but Labor is pledging $1bn it hopes will change that.
Three years after the tragic death of Perth teenager Amelia ‘Milli’ Lucas, her family have confirmed the devastating passing of another beloved family member.
Firefighters were called to the house fire on Parsons Way just after 4.30am on Monday.
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