Renters across Australia are copping a flogging to their hip pocket with new data showing rents are on the rise over the first quarter.
Cameron Micallef
Peter Dutton has vowed $260m in an attempt to boost the number of high school students taking up trades, pledging at least one new technical college in each state.
Jessica Wang
Roadworks in Middleton Beach under construction since November have been further delayed, with the City of Albany pushing its expected completion date to May.
Melissa Sheil
Pianist Adam Cook has adored Gershwin’s Rhapsody In Blue ever since he was a teenager at Great Southern Grammar, where he was the only ATAR student doing music.
Claire Middleton
Woolworths is facing the heat again with another shareholder resolution over its salmon farming practices lodged with the company today.
Summer Liu
A surfer, documentary producer and activist will return to Denmark this weekend, hoping to inspire her hometown to use its voice for change with her latest film.
A 100-year-old company that survived two world wars has been taken down by the cost-of-living in 2025.
The local market slid on sea-sawing session as investors wait to see the fallout from the latest Trump announcement.
An Albany man who punched an elderly man in an ‘unprovoked’ attack during a religious discussion in public has avoided jail.
Georgia Campion
With no official winner in the second leaders’ debate, pundits were keen to have their say - but there was no consensus on who emerged the victor.
Liam Beatty, Sarah Keoghan and Jessica Wang
From creative markets to WA Tree Festival events, here’s your guide to the week ahead in the Great Southern.
Albany Advertiser
A NSW father stopped in Albany last Thursday for his 254th blood donation on his mission to donate at every centre in Australia and save 100,000 lives.
Peter Dutton has issued concern over the growing presence of Russia in the Indo-Pacific region, eyeing a political brawl on national security.
Jessica Wang and Sarah Keoghan
Liberal incumbent Rick Wilson officially kicked off his fifth campaign for the seat of for O’Connor on Monday, with the May 3 Federal election just weeks away.
Jeanswest will close down all of its stores in the next six weeks, leaving hundreds out of a job.
Long-stay residents of a recently sold Emu Point caravan park have slammed offers of up to $25,000 by the park’s operators and new owners as “just not good enough” as they face imminent eviction.
A Busselton quilting artist is exhibiting a “memory” piece in Manjimup reflecting her time at Lake Ballard near the Shire of Menzies where she discovered artist Antony Gormley sculptures in the desert.
Anjelica Smilovitis
A five-part professional development series aimed at strengthening agricultural understanding is being run by the South-West WA Drought Resilience Adoption and Innovation Hub next month.
Sofia Fimognari
Bridgetown Primary School’s efforts to raise funds for upgraded resources and play equipment was a success at the Bridgetown Cup.
Farmer and clinical psychotherapist, Aaron Peet is running with Legalise Cannabis for the seat of Forrest in the upcoming Federal election with hopes to change cannabis laws and address the housing crisis.
A man had pleaded guilty to the stealing of alcohol from a Boyup Brook venue in January after he appeared in Bunbury Magistrates Court on Monday in police custody.
Potato growers and industry stakeholders gathered near Pemberton to learn about the latest drones and associated technology used on Western Australian horticulture farms.
Telstra mobile upgrades in Manjimup have been scrutinised for a lack of notice ahead of the works, with a local business sharing the impacts on customers and people without cash handy.
An east coast rider cycling a section of the Munda Biddi track through the Warren Blackwood region has inspired locals while showing appreciation to “country” folk for their hospitality.
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