The Shire of Manjimup has welcomed councillor Donelle Buegge as its new shire president, following the local government lection held on Saturday October 21.
Rachel Green
The Shire of Harvey and Arc Infrastructure have both sought to deflect blame over the banning of formal events at Snell’s and McQuade Parks, which caused next year’s Harvest Festival to be cancelled.
Sean Van Der Wielen
The Shire of Harvey has re-elected all three councillors whose terms had expired in the weekend’s vote, alongside three fresh faces.
A 33-year-old man has been charged with murder after an alleged attack at a disability NDIS group home in Australind on Friday.
John Mason and Karen Odorisio have been re-elected to the Shire of Waroona council, while a returning stalwart is among the two new faces elected.
The Public Transport Authority will begin a year-long trial of doubling the frequency of the Waroona to Pinjarra shopper service two days after the Australind train service is temporarily suspended
Over 5000 people packed the Eaton Foreshore on Sunday for a morning of family entertainment at this year’s Tronox Spring Out Festival.
A woman has been rushed to a South West hospital by helicopter after she crashed a quad bike near a cave.
The Bunbury Geographe Motor Museum has been awarded the 2023 WA Heritage Award in the division of Heritage Tourism Project at the WA Heritage Awards held in Mount Claremont.
Approximately 600kg of fruit otherwise destined for livestock feed has been picked by a group of volunteers for use at charity initiatives.
The Bunbury Women’s Triathlon marks its 18th anniversary on November 12 in an event marketed as accessible to all.
Holly Prentice
West Australian sport stars Josie Tomic and Aleisha Power visited Dalyellup Primary School as part of the Olympics Unleashed tour of the South West.
Oliver Lane
Peter Hodgson, the father of Perth one-punch victim Danny Hodgson, has been granted a visa to stay in Australia permanently with his son.
Phil Hickey
A Catholic school in Perth’s north has topped a list of best schools for physical and outdoor education — but there are plenty of public schools punching above their weight too. SEE THE LIST IN FULL
Bethany Hiatt
Investors in some entry-level homes are getting better returns than many blue-chip resource stocks, like BHP and Fortescue, over the same period.
Kim Macdonald
West Coast champion Don Pyke is expected to turn down the club’s chief executive role, sources have told The West.
Jackson Barrett
The Prime Minister and his partner scored Washington’s most exclusive dinner invitation on Tuesday – a private meal with the Bidens – and today they’ll follow it up with a state dinner at the White House.
Katina Curtis
There’s a feature in Google Search that allows you to remove your phone, email and home address from the search page. Here’s how to use it.
Jake Piazza
World Cup star Hayley Raso touched down in Perth on Tuesday night, stopping to pose for photos with fans before she links up with the Matildas camp.
The amount of money on offer to help critical minerals projects get off the ground will double to $4 billion as the Government seeks to entice American miners and processing companies to set up in Australia.
The ex-partner of Nikita Piil regrets not reporting her dog Harlem after the rottweiler viciously attacked him just months before savaging her. WARNING: GRAPHIC
Teslas will soon be joining LandCruisers for a regional roadtrip as another WA town opens its electric vehicle charging station along the WA EV Network.
Sarah Crawford
Air safety investigators have ruled pilot inexperience and possible fatigue likely contributed to a light plane crash at the Abrolhos Islands earlier this year with seven people on board.
Jessica Moroney
Iconic British rock band Pink Floyd have released a documentary showcasing the Gascoyne town of Exmouth during the total solar eclipse phenomenon in April.
Geraldton is receiving more than its fair share of modular social housing, according to Housing Minister John Carey, amid criticism the Government has only delivered a quarter of promised properties.
The WA Government have announced their commitment to protecting the Martuwarra Fitzroy River from large-scale irrigation in a policy position paper stating no new extraction of surface water will be allowed.
Regional WA is desperate for nurses to staff their country hospitals but workers already employed in the embattled system claim there are a number of issues stopping them from taking up jobs.
THE ECONOMIST: The toppling of China’s ‘Manganese King’ Jia Tianjiang has been likened by one mining insider as the equivalent of Rio Tinto going bust in the iron ore sector.
THE ECONOMIST: Consolidation will transform America’s fragmented shale industry.
China has reported a smaller-than-expected decline in exports in September from a year ago, while imports missed, according to customs data released on Friday.
Evelyn Cheng
You’ve heard those phrases promoting the idea that success, achievement and happiness are all enabled by a hefty bank account. Here’s why you shouldn’t believe it.
Ashton Jackson
The grandmother of Cleveland Dodd — the 16-year-old who took his life inside Unit 18 — has told a rally the adult prison ‘stole my grandson’s life’.
Jake Dietsch
The WA Museum has used a grant from a major supporting fund to buy a collection of Indigenous art hailed as among the museum’s most significant acquisitions.
Malcolm Quekett
A bushfire that has been burning north of Albany in the King River, Green Valley, Millbrook and Napier area has been downgraded advice with DFES treating the cause of the fire as suspicious.
Police were last night hunting a possible serial arsonist, after a second fire was lit in Kings Park in as many days.
Three people had to be cut from their vehicles after a horror five-car pile-up in Booragoon on Wednesday morning.
A woman has pleaded not guilty in court over allegations she tried to get her husband to overdose on an essential trace element.
Anthony Anderson
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