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A Kenmare farmhouse has been completely destroyed in a fire near Douglas Road.

HOUSE FIREPremiumVolunteer fireys fight farmhouse flames as home lost

A Kenmare farming family have lost their home in a fire with volunteer firefighters continuing to battle the blaze.

Hannah Whitehead

Narrogin Hawks president Brenton Hardie and coach league Duncan Synnot are looking forward to the 2025 season.

Excitement building PremiumHungry Hawks out to rise up the UGSFL under new coach

New Narrogin Hawks coach Duncan Synnot believes the club has recruited plenty of strong talent in the bid to content for this year’s Upper Great Southern Football League premiership.

Hannah Whitehead

Katanning’s Prosser Park War Memorial is where the 2025 Anzac Day service will be held.

Anzac DayAnzac Day 2025 services in Katanning and Great Southern

Anzac Day events to remember all those who served Australia and New Zealand will take place across Katanning and the upper Great Southern on Friday.

Hannah Whitehead

Darren Moir on his farm in the Stirlings.

Federal electionPremiumGrain farmer Darren Moir supports ban on live sheep exports

In the fourth of our series on the Federal election candidates for O’Connor, the Albany Advertiser sits down with the Labor contender to talk about onshore processing, marriage equality, and nuclear power.

Claire Middleton

A truck driver was treated for injuries after his refrigerator truck rolled on a remote stretch of road in the Shire of Wagin on Easter Monday.

Disaster and EmergencyPremiumDriver’s miraculous escape after truck rollover

The 78-year-old man was treated by St John WA at the scene.

Melissa Sheil

Mr Littleproud said the promise was aimed at giving WA sheep farmers, who are heavily impacted by Labor’s 2028 ban on export, certainty, with compensation not flowing until next financial year.

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Littleproud vows first act to restore live sheep export

The Nationals first acts in Government will be to resurrect the live sheep export trade and restore Australia’s international agricultural standing, David Littleproud will vow in an Easter campaign stop in WA.

Dylan Caporn

Two people died after their ute towing a caravan collided with a truck on South Coast Highway near Jerramungup.

Disaster & emergencyPremiumTwo dead after car towing caravan collides with truck

A driver and a passenger have died in a tragic start to the Easter long weekend in WA, killed when a car towing a caravan collided with a truck in the Great Southern.

Cameron Newbold

Porongurup resident Allan Faulkner with his homemade sign in the driveway of his Chester Pass Road home to remind people of the consequences of unsafe driving.

ROAD SAFETYPremiumMan’s homemade sign reminds drivers of road toll

Porongurup resident Allan Faulkner has taken road safety into his own hands, painstakingly updating a homemade road fatality sign each week in hopes the high number will remind drivers to take precautions.

Melissa Sheil

A woman was driving east on South Coast Highway on Wednesday, April 16, when she rolled her vehicle.

SERIOUS CRASHPremiumWoman’s lucky escape after terrifying crash on country road

She had been driving for hours when she rolled her car on South Coast Highway.

Eliza Kavanagh

A Denmark man alleged to have raped his ex-wife was bailed in his Thursday appearance in Albany Magistrates Court.

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COURTPremium
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Alleged rapist bailed despite fears over electronic tracking

A Denmark man accused of rape has been bailed despite an attempt by the corrections office to put him in custody over fears for the complainant’s safety if his electronic monitor stopped working.

Georgia Campion

Emergency services were called to the scene at 12.14pm.

Disaster and EmergencyPremiumCar and truck collide on South Coast Highway, three involved

Emergency services are responding to a serious crash on South Coast Highway in Jerramungup, about 2 hours east of Albany.

Eliza Kavanagh

Premier Roger Cook, centre, Health Infrastructure Minister John Carey, right, and Health Minister Meredith Hammat.

Electronic monitoringPremiumDV offenders should be ‘behind bars’ premier Roger Cook said

Premier Roger Cook said domestic violence offenders should be “put behind bars” in regional areas where electronic monitoring devices cannot be used

Sofia Fimognari and Dylan Caporn

The newly redeveloped Hands Oval.

FootballPremiumCountry champs move to Hands Oval set to add prestige

Country Football WA competitions manager Brent Sheridan says moving the women’s Country Championships to Bunbury’s Hands Oval will be a boon for women’s footballers in the State’s regions.

Josh Kempton

Adam Cook is starring for the Albany Sinfonia in their 30th anniversary concert at the Albany Entertainment Centre on May 24.

Piano manPremiumPianist Adam Cook finds home strikes the right notes

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

Fred and Kasey House, of Kojonup.

SOCIAL PHOTOSPremiumFarming young guns gather for Rabobank Young Farmers Forum

Rabobank brought the next generation of WA farmers together at the bank’s Young Farmers Forum held in Busselton late last month for a day of learning and networking.

Cally Dupe

Brett Wilson kicked four goals for Bridgetown.

FootballPremiumLSWFL: Bulldogs smash Hawks, Roos beat Imps

Bridgetown were the big winners of the second round of the Lower South West Football League on Saturday, smashing Deanmill by 70 points on their own turf.

Josh Kempton

That included the murder of Georgia Lyall by her ex-partner Luke Noormets, who had been released on parole just over a year before he fatally shot her, before turning the gun on himself.

State PoliticsPremiumGPS tracking of DV thugs outside of Perth ‘not possible’

WA’s chief magistrate has been forced to give his assurance that dangerous domestic violence thugs will not be released onto the street if they cannot be electronically monitored.

Dylan Caporn

Fox on the Run team captain Peter Battersby, Isaac Battersby, Ben Percival and Luke Scriven with their trophy on March 29.

fox cullPremiumLocal team high score in annual Katanning fox shoot

A group of Katanning men have come home winners, culling more than 20 foxes at this year’s Red Card fox shoot. 

Jacki Elezovich

Nationals candidate for O’Connor Heidi Tempra believes infrastructure is a key issue in the electorate.

FEDERAL ELECTION 2025PremiumTeacher Heidi Tempra says infrastructure key for O’Connor

In the third of our series on the Federal election candidates for O’Connor, the Albany Advertiser sits down with the Nationals candidate.

Claire Middleton

Gnowangerup were big round one winners.

First round Bulldogs and Eagles record thumping round one victories

Gnowangerup powered to a dominant first-up victory in the 2025 Ongerup Football Association, thumping Boxwood Hill by 82 points on Saturday.

Cameron Newbold

Seeding at North Doodlakine.

GIWA CROP REPORTPremiumFarmers ‘cautious’ as tale of two seasons plays out

Two very different scenarios are playing out for grain growers taking a “cautious” approach to seeding crops across WA, with bone-dry conditions at farms near Geraldton and waterlogging in the Great Southern.  

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A Katanning man who resisted police after they mistakenly arrested him after confusing a TV remote for a weapon has been fined.

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Courts & justicePremium
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Fine for WA man after police mistake TV remote for weapon

A Katanning man resisted arrest after police confused a TV remote for a weapon.

Melissa Sheil

Displaying the Williams Gateway Expo supreme exhibit of the Merino section, won by the King family of Darkan-based Rangeview stud, is Melinda King with judges Bruno Luciani, of Highbury, Philip Russell, of Gnownagerup, and Rod Norrish, of Kojonup, with Rangview studmaster Jeremy King.

WILLIAMS GATEWAY EXPOPremiumWilliams Gateway Expo: Top sheep awards to five studs

The Williams Gateway Expo sheep show presented some of WA’s best wool and meat sheep breeds, which were put under the scrutiny of judges for top awards.

Bob Garnant

Dr Craig Heggaton — a much-loved vet, father of three, and respected WA agri-business leader — who tragically took his own life in July 2024 while undergoing hormone therapy for prostate cancer.

HealthCall to ‘stand up’ on prostate cancer funding

The widow of a stalwart WA farmer who took his life amid a battle with prostate cancer is calling on politicians to ‘stand up’ and pay more attention to the disease killing Australian men.

Jake Dietsch