The Latest Breaking News from ABC South West WA

Curtin University project helps regional women break down barriers and build career resilience

A $500,000 university project aims to lift women's workforce participation and get them not just job-ready, but career-ready.

ABC News · May 13, 2023

South Bunbury Football Club team becomes family affair as mum plays alongside her three daughters

South Bunbury Australian rules football player Kelly Bevis has made club history after playing her first league game on a team alongside her three daughters.

ABC News · May 1, 2023

Lost Apollo sparks community-led dog hunt as he tries to walk from Margaret River to Perth

Apollo spent two weeks on the run as members of the community posted sightings online to help his owners track his 150-kilometre journey, during which time the young Maremma survived being hit by a car travelling 110kph.

ABC News · Apr 28, 2023

Fairbridge abuse survivors anxious after federal government delays redress

UK child migrant Claire Emanuel was just five years old when she was separated from family under the promise of a better life at one of Australia's most notorious institutions. She's still waiting for justice.

ABC News · Jun 30, 2022

COVID-19 staff shortages bite in South West WA holiday region as cases continue to peak

Businesses and services in WA's southern tourist towns shut their doors as local cases surge by 43 per cent today and staff test positive to COVID-19.

ABC News · May 10, 2022

Trophy fishing fears raised after tiger shark filmed being dragged to shore at Bunker Bay

A surfer says he watched a shocked girl exit the water as an angler reeled a tiger shark towards the shore during the busy school holiday period, in an incident that was caught on camera.

ABC News · Apr 23, 2022

Rental crisis in WA forces families into caravans, filling up tourist parks

Busselton is the hardest place to find a rental anywhere in WA and even caravan parks are running out of room. For those lucky enough to find lodgings, life is cramped and uncertain.

ABC News · Apr 11, 2022

Farmer loses $200,000 worth of strawberries after workforce tests positive to COVID-19

A WA strawberry farmer has joined calls for COVID-19 isolation rules to be softened after losing a small fortune in the space of a week.

ABC News · Apr 11, 2022

Margaret River community grieves for lives lost and pushes for more mental health services

Lauren Healy's husband Craig died by suicide less than a week after returning home from a mental health clinic. She's sharing her family's tragedy in the hope something will change.

ABC News · Feb 16, 2022