Kate Forrester
Bunbury, WA
Kate Forrester is a rural reporter for ABC South West WA, based out of Bunbury.
She joined the ABC in 2023, after graduating from Edith Cowan University with a postgraduate diploma in Television and Radio Broadcasting.
Kate was awarded the Paul Lockyer Scholarship, and given the chance to work at News Channel in Sydney, where she was an interview producer.
You can follow her on Twitter at @KForrester96.
Latest by Kate Forrester
The humble spud is now a $1 billion industry but a potato farmer says not all growers are benefitting
Australia consistently produces about 1.4 million tonnes of spuds each year and their value is on the rise.
Shire investigates new holding yard after 'frustrating' trespassing cattle case
A $19,000, three-month process to move more than 60 trespassing cattle in the Shire of Capel ends with officials considering a future livestock impounding facility.
'I want to grow over one trillion sunflowers': Young farmer aims high with new roadside venture
Charlie Smith spent his school holidays growing sunflowers with his dad on their Manjimup farm in WA's South West and has big aspirations for his little business.
Production cuts on the cards at WA's biggest lithium mine as critical minerals slump continues
It is the latest in a run of negative news for the critical minerals sector in Western Australia as an analysts warns reduced production at the lithium mine is a bad sign for smaller producers.
Another critical minerals blow as US lithium giant scales back Kemerton expansion in WA
US lithium giant Albemarle has announced it will cut jobs and scale back an expansion of its refinery WA's South West amid a downturn in the sector.
It's an industrial precinct that contributes $15 billion into WA's economy, but what lies in store for Kwinana?
The chief executive of a peak body says the Kwinana industrial area in Perth's south must undergo drastic change if it is to meet state government emissions targets.
'Is that a dinosaur?': One of Australia's rarest reptiles found in regional WA years after relocation program
A WA wildlife carer says she nearly "wet her pants" with excitement, after an endangered western swamp tortoise was found on a dirt track near her home town of Northcliffe.
Will there still be firewood? How Western Australia's native logging ban could affect you
The state government has banned native logging. Here's what that means if you're building a home, stoking your home fire, or doing up your garden.
'There aren't any words': Family in shock as bushfire destroys home days out from Christmas
Authorities in Western Australia remain on high alert after five bushfire emergencies in two days destroyed homes and caused major disruption.