The Latest Breaking News from Bunbury

Bunbury's quest for most accessible city not yet realised but efforts to improve disabled access continues

An ambitious goal of being the most accessible regional city in Australia has yet to be realised by the West Australian city of Bunbury, but efforts are bearing fruit.

ABC News · Dec 1, 2022

WA crayfish are about to turn in unison and head for deeper waters on 'whites run'

The annual "whites run" is a bizarre natural phenomenon in which juvenile western rock lobsters from Bunbury to Kalbarri moult their red shells and begin a choreographed migration.

ABC News · Nov 18, 2022

Alan Rowe suing Catholic Church for $6 million over historical sexual abuse claim in Bunbury

Alan Rowe says he has forgiven the priest he claims abused him as an 11-year-old — but not the Catholic Church. Mr Rowe is now suing the church, claiming it is vicariously liable.

ABC News · Nov 7, 2022

Bunbury childcare centre plans sparks neighbour concern in town's sought-after heritage precinct

Bunbury residents are lobbying against a planned childcare centre in an established heritage neighbourhood due to noise from "child play and slamming car doors".

ABC News · Aug 22, 2022

Education assistant charged with assault of teenage student at Bunbury alternative school

A 51-year-old man faces a charge of aggravated common assault over the alleged incident, which is understood to have been reported by other school staff.

ABC News · Aug 19, 2022

South Bunbury Football Club cops $1,000 fine after failing to identify supporter who hurled 'sexist' abuse at umpire

A WA football club is fined after failing to identify a supporter who launched "sexist and misogynistic" abuse at a female umpire, and is ordered to employ security guards to ensure the safety of umpires.

ABC News · Aug 18, 2022

FOGO bin waste piling up as WA council battles to save organics from landfill

The WA government says FOGO is key to the war on waste — but a massive 25,000 tonnes of household organic food and garden waste is sitting idle with no solution on what to do with it.

ABC News · Aug 16, 2022

Protests ensue as clearing begins on controversial $1.25 billion Bunbury Outer Ring Road

Police have intervened as protesters try to physically stop machinery clearing bushland to make way for the Bunbury Outer Ring Road project, which will create a more direct route between Perth and the Margaret River tourist region.

ABC News · Aug 1, 2022

Bunbury is WA's regional centre for people living alone, as mental health issues laid bare in census

Census data reveals more than a third of homes in WA's second-biggest city were one-person households, easily eclipsing the national and state averages.

ABC News · Jul 9, 2022

Perth to Bunbury fast passenger rail business case contract awarded

A key step has been reached in the push for a faster passenger rail link between Perth and WA's major tourism and food region as power sources for the train are investigated.

ABC News · Jun 16, 2022