The Great Southern region of Western Australian comprises 11 local government areas (Albany, Broomehill-Tambellup, Cranbrook, Denmark, Gnowangerup, Jerramungup, Katanning, Kent, Kojonup, Plantagenet, and Woodanilling). The large population centre in the region is Albany, around 420km south east of Perth.

Three Seven West Media newspapers serve the area: the Albany Advertiser and Albany Extra in the south, and the Great Southern Herald, based in Katanning in the north part of the region.

The independent Denmark Bulletin publishes fortnightly, and a community newspaper, Topics, is produced by the Tambelllup Community Resource Centre. The area is additionally well-served by radio outlets, with both hit and Triple M stations broadcasting from Albany and Katanning. The ABC’s local newsroom is also in Albany.

There are no known primarily digital news outlets in the region. Few changes have been observed in this region since PIJI began monitoring. In October 2021 community radio station Denmark FM opened in Denmark, offering local news in its morning broadcast. Later that year, the Albany-based independent newspaper the Great Southern Weekender closed.