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Stanley Malcolm Douglas Farmer was sentenced to jail in Albany Magistrates Court on Thursday.

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‘Sexual deviant’: Man jailed for indecent and obscene acts

A registered child sex offender who has terrorised Albany women in their homes and workplaces for months has been jailed.

Melissa Sheil

The Great Southern community is being encouraged to wear orange on May 21 in recognition of the region’s SES volunteers.

ON WEDNESDAYS WE WEAR ORANGERecognise Great Southern SES volunteers in orange on May 21

The Great Southern community is being encouraged to wear orange on May 21 for Wear Orange Wednesday to show appreciation for local State Emergency Service volunteers.

Georgia Campion

Horizon Power Party in the Park

Festival FeverPremiumParty in the Park launches Kimberley’s top festival

Kununurra is set to sparkle as the Boab Metals Ord Valley Muster bursts to life this Friday with the much-loved Party in the Park.

District Court of Western Australia is located on Hay Street in the CBD.

ARMED ROBBERYPremiumArmed home robbery saw theft of $3000 worth of vapes

One of the men who broke into the Bunbury home of a sleeping 61-year-old man in a bid to steal $3000 worth of vapes, while disguised as a clown, brandished a crow bar to threaten the victim. 

Amber Lilley

Mila Britza,11, Mia Wasserman,11, Heath Westerberg,10, Louie Westerberg,12, and Oscar Keenan, 11.

High notesChance to hit the high notes at About FACE Kids’ choral camp

Budding singers who want to hit the high notes can register for the About FACE Kids’ choral music camp which takes place in Albany during the July school holidays.

Claire Middleton

A bushfire emergency warning is in place for the Mid West towns of Bonniefield and Bookara, 50km south of Geraldton.

BushfiresMid West bushfire downgraded to watch and act

The blaze is contained but remains uncontrolled.

Matthew Paddick

Southern Ports Marine Pilot Captain Francis Galarce presents Azamara Pursuit Captain Mikael Palmroos a plaque when the vessel made its maiden call at the Port of Albany in December.

CRUISE SEASONHistory gifted to cruise ships on maiden call to Albany

As the 2024-25 cruise season draws to a close, it is revealed that ships making their maiden call to the Port of Albany received a thoughtful gift made from a piece of the town’s history.

Melissa Sheil

Bunbury Fire and Emergency Services found a trolley set alight.

CrimePremiumGraham Bricknell Music Shell victim to ‘act of vandalism’

The Graham Bricknell Memorial Music Shell was targeted on Tuesday night with a fire which tore through the Bunbury landmark thought to be a “deliberate” act. 

Sofia Fimognari

Albany police officers attended the vigil in solidarity with survivors.

survivors honouredDomestic violence vigil draws solemn crowd in Albany CBD

Southern Aboriginal Corporation hosted their inaugural candlelight vigil at Alison Hartman Gardens last week to mark National Family Violence Remembrance Day, drawing a crowd who honoured survivors. 

Jacki Elezovich

Australian film Just a Farmer explores the challenges faced by a farming family after a tragedy.

Film nightBlack Dog Ride bring Just a Farmer and its writer to The Dam

Actress and screenwriter Leila Sweeney McDougall will take part in a Q&A following the showing of her movie Just a Farmer at The Dam, Denmark, on May 26.

Claire Middleton

Clean-up country event 2024

CommunityKununurra locals called to join clean-up effort

Tour guide Peter Griffiths-Sebastian is rallying Kununurra locals to clean up littered natural sites ahead of the peak tourist season.

Sarah Crawford

The Main Roads WA sign welcoming visitors to the Great Southern was found defaced on Thursday, May 8. Supplied

ALL WELCOME‘Deport Queers’: Tourist sign vandalised with hate speech

A shocking piece of anti-LGBTQIA+ graffiti defacing a sign welcoming tourists into the Great Southern has been slammed as “deeply disappointing” and “repulsive” by the Albany mayor and Pride representatives.

Melissa Sheil

Doctors are in open revolt against the State Government’s new gun laws, refusing to conduct the health assessments people need to get a firearm licence.

State PoliticsCommentsPremium‘Huge responsibility’: Doctors hit back over new gun laws

Doctors are in open revolt against the State Government’s new gun laws, refusing to conduct the health assessments people need to get a firearm licence.

Ben Harvey

NSW is expected to be blanketed with rains for much of the next week, with Thursday and Friday to be the heaviest of them all.

NEWSMillions to be lashed by rain, strong winds

Residents in one Aussie state are being warned they face a week of downpours and strong winds as a system bears down on the east coast.

Karen Grace Prince

Albany detectives and police attended the Spencer Park address on Sunday morning.

WA newsPremiumDetectives still investigating early morning house fire

Albany detectives are still investigating a house fire in Spencer Park that they believe was lit in the early hours of Sunday morning, where a front window on the residence was smashed and a room set alight. 

Jacki Elezovich

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FINANCEMajor bank announces eye-watering profits

Australia’s biggest bank has posted a whopping three-month profit, but it comes with a warning as the threat of global tariff chaos looms large.

Cameron Micallef

QLDVOTES24 BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos OCTOBER 26, 2024: Voters cast their ballots in Springwood. NewsWire/Tertius Pickard

POLITICSPremiumMissing ballots found at AEC worker’s home

Almost 2000 ballots that went missing on election night have been found at the Sydney home of a temporary AEC worker.

Hannah Wilcox

Shire of Boyup Brook swimming pool.

WaterwiseBoyup Brook swimming pool recognised as being waterwise

The Shire of Boyup Brook has received a waterwise recognition for the town’s swimming pool.

Sofia Fimognari

Two-time Dakar Rally winner Toby Price is entering his first Australian Rally Championship Forest Rally.

Forest rallyPremiumRally Championship heads to Nannup for Forest Rally

Some of motorsport’s biggest names will be competing in next week’s Australian Rally Championship Forest Rally, to be held in and around Nannup from May 23-25.

Josh Kempton and Anjelica Smilovitis

Shadow minister for forestry and member for Warren–Blackwood Bevan Eatts.

BUSH FIREFIGHTERSBurns to continue as fire industrial action concludes

State government bush fire fighters have accepted a new pay offer with members to returning to work on prescribed burns and load management in regional areas.

Anjelica Smilovitis

Proposed Change of Use of a Dwelling to a Holiday Accomodation to two properties on Shotter Street in Walpole.

TOURISM ON HOLDCouncil debates on approval on Walpole accommodation

A Walpole couple hoping to host two short-term accommodation dwellings in the region are unable to move forward in the long-term with plans up in the air as council debates approvals. 

Anjelica Smilovitis

Fibre artist Kelly Arcaro.

Regional WAPremiumKalgoorlie artist brings new nature exhibition to Bridgetown

A Kalgoorlie contemporary fibre artist is hosting her first solo exhibition in Bridgetown featuring a series of works based on the Great Western Woodlands.

Anjelica Smilovitis

Manimup’s Cindy Watterson lives with cystic fibrosis.

RESEARCH MATTERSPremiumManjimup local thanks cystic fibrosis research for health

A Manjimup local with cystic fibrosis is raising awareness about the life-threatening disorder ahead of 65 Roses Day. 

Anjelica Smilovitis

Manjimup ceramic artist Sarah Connor.

DREAM JOBPremiumManjimup ceramic artist represents Australia overseas

A Manjimup ceramic artist represented a popular glaze Australian manufacturing company in Utah after successfully pivoting her career to create mugs and functional pottery while raising her children. 

Anjelica Smilovitis