EXCLUSIVE PICTURES: The princess of pop is sprinkling some of her stardust on WA after choosing Margaret River as the home of her first Australian wine.
Ray Jordan
Warren Hately
A volunteer group offering tangible reuse of wasteful plastics is back in business at its new home in Margaret River’s light industrial area, but helpers are needed.
An expensive plan by local labour hire companies to import workers from the Pacific islands could be in tatters after the WA Government withdrew support for hotel quarantine arrangements.
The ground is set to break on Cowaramup’s long-promised tavern site, with news West Winds Gin will develop its site on Hasluck Street.
The Shire of Augusta-Margaret River is giving the region’s youngsters a chance to win a new iPad Mini as part of a short film competition outlining what they love about the region.
The star arrived in the South West yesterday to taste test a local wine being made by a premium winery for her own booze brand.
Ray Jordan and Lily Hoffmann
Officers raided the man’s Margaret River home on March 2 and allegedly found a quantity of child abuse material on electronic devices.
Daryna Zadvirna
Australis Energy is looking to sink install nearly 40 turbines off the South West coast with the aim of generating power for WA’s electricity grid from late-2026.
Action returns to the SWFL this weekend and fans will be in for a treat, with senior matches spread evenly across a bumper Saturday.
The Cowaramup Bay Boardriders held their second competition for 2021 at Karates and Ulus at the end of last month.
The region’s youngsters are encouraged to get involved in more workshops which start next week.
Opposition spokeswoman and Vasse MLA Libby Mettam has demanded Tourism WA and the Government immediately release expensive tourism research which cost taxpayers more than $360,000.
Warren Hately & Josh Zimmerman
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A South West community is in shock today after the two teenage boys killed in a horrific crash last night have been identified as school friends who were believed to be on their way to a party.
Catherine Massey & Jakeb Waddell
“Tragically the rider, a 14-year-old boy, could not be revived and died at the scene.”
Jason Mennell
“I don’t really experience any rudeness or lectures here, the people are just lovely and that’s why I keep coming back.”
Tegan Guthrie
A community group trying to breathe more life into the CBD celebrated their hard work on Sunday night when they officially opened the new Busselton Street Art Project.
Drazik Carroll, 22, previously pleaded guilty to possession of more than 20 child exploitation videos and cannabis in his caravan park home
Reporter Ben Downie describes the visceral chaos he experienced while covering tropical cyclone Seroja in Kalbarri.
Seven out of 10 funds suffered a fall in member numbers last financial year, but the sector’s biggest funds went from strength to strength.
Anthony Keane
Australia is leveraging off its strength as a mining powerhouse to become the go-to destination for initial public offerings in the resources sector.
James Thornhill
A judge has imposed a two-decade ban on the man behind the $200 million-plus Mayfair 101 property finance schemes amid evidence he has kept tapping investors.
Relief for those affected by ex-tropical cyclone Seroja has been announced, after 20 per cent of the Western Power network — an area larger than Tasmania — was taken off the grid.
The father of a boy tragically killed at a motocross competition near Esperance on Sunday has shared a heartbreaking tribute after losing his only child, saying his ‘heart is in a thousand pieces’.
Homegrown success Primewest is likely to merge with Centuria Capital to create a $2.2 billion property giant.
Kim Macdonald
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