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Upper Great Southern's colts team.

Colts carnival PremiumUppers finish on a high with win over gallant Ongerup

Upper Great Southern and Ongerup endured tough campaigns at the Great Southern Colts Carnival in Kulin with the Rams coming out on top in Sunday’s play-off.

Cameron Newbold

Starlings have distinctive glossy black feathers with an iridescent green and purple sheen. From a distance they can look plain black. They may be seen perched on livestock in paddocks.

AI vs StarlingsWA Government to combat European starlings with AI

The WA Government is turning to artificial intelligence to scare off European starlings from fruit crops and livestock feed along the south coast, awarding an Adelaide company a nearly $400,000 tender.

Georgia Campion

Bailee Bolton, 10, Lily Siwiecki, 12, Dana Johnson, 10, and Harlow Cooper, 12.

Netball on showPremiumIN PICTURES: Junior netball carnival has biggest showing yet

Future netball stars from around WA flocked to Albany Leisure and Aquatic Centre on Sunday for an action-packed day as teams battled it out in three divisions of the 2025 Albany Junior Netball Carnival.

Melissa Sheil

Te Taitonga’s centre Dana Knopka passes with Allstars’ Emily Pinney defending.

Busy weekCardinals Force snatch A1 win in chilly round of KNA action

Katanning Netball Association are more than half way through their 2025 season and round eight proved to be a busy week for everyone involved.

Tina Briscoe

Albany CWA members Anne Barton, Kelly Barton, Kayleen Vanopstal, Amanda Carroll and Tracy Endersby outside the CWA Hall in the Albany CBD.

Going strong PremiumCWA Albany prepares to host annual Statewide conference

The Country Women’s Association of WA is preparing to host its annual Statewide conference in Albany at the end of June, with hundreds of members expected to attend

Jacki Elezovich

Team representatives from Kangas, Narrikup, Railways, Narrogin, Denmark, Kojonup, Royals, Bullets, Katanning and Ongerup.

Junior success PremiumKatanning, Railways and Royals net wins in junior carnival

Katanning, Railways and Royals Saints all came home with silverware on Sunday after each team claimed one of the age divisions at the 2025 Albany Junior Netball Carnival.

Melissa Sheil

The contract to build six new residential lots and six new industrial lots on Corbett Street and Cuneo Close in Gnowangerup was awarded to Leeuwin Civil Pty Ltd. DevelopmentWA

TOWN EXPANSIONPremiumContract for new lots awarded as Gnowangerup set to expand

A small Great Southern town will soon be growing in size after the Housing Minister announced the contract to construct 12 new residential and industrial lots had been awarded last week

Melissa Sheil

The Ongerup hockey side which won division 5 of the CBH Group Country Championships.

Country champs PremiumPlenty of success for Ongerup in at women’s country champs

Ongerup women’s second team claimed the division 5 title at the CBH Group Country Championships held at Perth Hockey Stadium at the weekend

Claire Middleton

Peel celebrate winning back-to-back titles at the Great Southern Colts Carnival.

Two in a rowPremiumCavaliers down Storm in colts final for second year straight

Peel Cavaliers have claimed back-to-back titles at the long-running Great Southern Colts Carnival, downing the Great Southern Storm yet again in the grand final at Kulin on Sunday.

Cameron Newbold

An aerial view of OATSPO 2024, in Highbury near Narrogin.

Oat ExpoOATSPO 2024 oat trial results released by GIWA

The final field trial findings of OATSPO 2024, developed at a trial site near Narrogin, have been released by the Grain Industry Association of Western Australia.

Georgia Campion

Scott Thompson in front of Broomehill’s restoration project, the community-owned Imperial Hotel on the Great Southern Highway.

Progress made PremiumBroomehill’s Imperial Hotel restoration one step closer

A 120-year-old hotel is one step closer to re-opening after the Broomehill Village Cooperative seeded its community crop fundraiser for the third year while also progressing new plans.

Hannah Whitehead

Katanning Saleyards. Shannon Verhagen

SHEEP PRICESPremiumAussie sheep prices soar but WA prices more tepid

WA sheep prices are surging but industry analysts say it is unlikely they will reach the highs of more than $400 per head recently achieved in the Eastern States. 

Cally Dupe

Williams’ Brady Hills contests with Brookton-Pingelly’s Trent Wilson.

Thrilling finish PremiumTense finish, upset results headline round six of UGSFL

Williams notched a nailbiting one-point win at home while Narrogin and Katanning Wanderers were also impressive winners in round six of the Upper Great Southern Football League competition on Sunday.

Melissa Sheil and Hannah Whitehead

Kadadjiny Aboriginal Corporation coordinator Christine Pearson with Palmerston regional manager Tina Edwards-Pope at Kadadjiny Aboriginal Corporation in Albany.

right to safetyPremiumContract awarded for new women’s refuge in Katanning

Palmerston Association has been awarded the contract for a new women’s refuge in Katanning in partnership with Kadadjiny Aboriginal Corporation, with the State Government committing to contribute to costs. 

Jacki Elezovich

Hayden Richter was a strong contributor in Boxwood Hill’s first win of the season.

OFA 2025Boxwood Hill romp to first victory against fellow strugglers

Boxwood Hill have won their first game of the 2025 Ongerup Football Association competition, trouncing bottom-of-the-ladder rivals Newdegate by 91 points on Saturday. 

Claire Middleton

Boyup Brook's Ryan Pessotto and Kojonup's Lee Lucev fight for a loose ball.

FootballPremiumLSWFL: Cougars edge out Roos in thrilling grand final replay

Kojonup edged out Boyup Brook by one point in a thrilling replay of the 2024 Lower South West Football League grand final at Boyup Brook Oval on Sunday.

Josh Kempton

Katanning police are searching for 24-year-old Mario Alesio Porru who has not been seen since he arrived in Queerarrup Lake 11 days ago.

MISSING PERSONPolice ask for help to find missing man last seen near Wagin

There have been no sightings of Mario Alesio Porru since he went missing and police hold concerns for his welfare. 

Melissa Sheil

West Coast defender Liam Baker says it will take time for his young teammates to learn how to win but they are building a team that wants to challenge in big games.

AFLCommentsPremiumBaker hopes ‘tough’ losing lessons will help down the track

West Coast defender Liam Baker says it will take time for his young teammates to learn how to win but they are building a team that wants to challenge in big games.

Glen Quartermain

Darkan Golf Club hosted the 2025 Great Southern Men's 4BB Championships on June 7, with more than 70 golfers coming from across the region to compete.

regional champsWagin pair victorious at Great Southern golf champs

The Darkan Golf Club hosted the annual Great Southern Men’s 4BBB Championships on Saturday, with more than 70 golfers from across the region turning out to compete for the title. 

Jacki Elezovich

Great Southern dog breeder Robert Leslie Lewis has been jailed and fined for neglecting six kelpies in a cage for about 30 hours and driving while under suspension.

CourtPremiumMan jailed for neglecting dogs and serious driving offences

A Great Southern dog breeder who neglected six caged kelpies and drove unlicensed across WA multiple times has been jailed, fined thousands and disqualified from driving for the next decade. 

Hannah Whitehead

Ken Clements, Raymond George and Russel Thomson have all been honoured for their decades of community service with their names featured in the 2025 Kings Birthday Honours list.

KINGS BIRTHDAYMedal of Order of Australia for trio of Great Southern men

Three esteemed Great Southern men have been honoured for their decades of community service with their names featured in the 50th year of the Kings Birthday Honours.

Melissa Sheil

East Pingelly’s grand opening with (front row) Lachlan Hunter MP, Jackie McBurney (shire president), Shane Blechynden ( captain East Pingelly BFB), Phil Brandrett (Acting Chief Supt DFES), Rod Shaddock (chief bush fire control officer) and Craig Smith (Supt Upper Great Southern Region DFES).

Grand openingsPremiumShire celebrates double grand openings of $800k fire sheds

Determined not to do things by halves, the Shire of Pingelly held two grand openings on June 3 to celebrate a major upgrade to the area’s bush fighting capabilities.

Claire Middleton

Kojonup's Georgia Kowald defends a throw-in from Cardinals' Mia Hamon.

close scoresClose games across injury-plagued senior round of KNA

Back at the Katanning Leisure Centre after the break for the long weekend, Katanning Netball Association returned for an injury-plagued round of senior action. 

Tina Briscoe

Doctor Petrus Lotter and Martha Lotter, who established Katannaing Surgery in 2014, have passed on the practice to St Luke’s Family Practice.

REGIONAL DOCTORKatanning doctor retires, passing on practice after 20 years

A respected Katanning doctor has passed on his practice, retiring after two decades serving his community and 50 years helping patients.

Hannah Whitehead