The community’s outrage boiled over during a regional shire’s council meeting this week, with the shire president forced to adjourn proceedings and issue a public apology.
Serian Lockwood-Jones
The $572 million redevelopment of the State’s future largest regional hospital has reached a construction milestone, with the completion of a new Mental Health Observation Area and upgraded fast-track area.
Craig Duncan
Modernister Tim Ross is set to bring his live show The Australian Dream? to Margaret River next month for a one-night show at the Margaret River HEART.
Rose Patane
Green bins will soon be collected off the streets of Margaret River after a year-long hiatus of its Food Organics Garden Organics waste service.
A handful of farm dams and waterways across the Margaret River region are set to be transformed into thriving biodiversity havens.
There will be no shortage of questions at the Dairy Resilience Field Day next month, with farmers from across the region invited to get first-hand experience on how to have healthy soils.
The Shire of Augusta Margaret River has joined growing calls to make fossil fuel companies pay for their climate damage, saying the rising costs on local governments are becoming unsustainable.
The Shire of Augusta Margaret River has locked in its budget and rates for this financial year following extensive community consultation.
The Shire of Augusta Margaret River have voted unanimously to continue with a sunset-to-sunrise no-parking zone at the Barrett Street Weir car par in their efforts to combat illegal camping.
30 years after the opening of its first centre in the South West, Bush Kids has officially opened its newest childcare centre in Eaton.
A young individual from the South West have been recognised and celebrated for their achievements at the Department of Communities annual WA Achiever Awards event.
Collie business owners rubbed shoulders with representatives from the government and industries along with community stakeholders at the chamber of commerce and industry's Business Connections Breakfast.
With the South West expected to enter another long, dry summer, a conservation group is pushing on with efforts to save a fragile species of frog.
On Tuesday, the City of Bunbury adopted their annual budget, which City Mayor Jaysen Miguel said delivered for the community while recognising the financial realities facing households.
Augusta Hospital Clinical Nurse Manager, Colin Bristow is continuing to give back to the community, with his new appointment as Captain of the Augusta Volunteer Fire and Rescue Service.
A dream sketched on a piece of paper has become Busselton’s newest playground for imagination, with a single mum opening the South West’s first imaginative play centre for young children.
Madelin Hayes
A South West perinatal mental health and wellbeing community organisation is calling State and Federal Government for more support to help maintain its vital services in the region.
South West jazz fans will soon get the opportunity to help celebrate the trailblazing women of big band jazz in a new performance set to hit the Bunbury stage.
A trail linking the Busselton Jetty to Flinders Bay is one step closer to completion, with the Shire of Margaret River and City of Busselton locking in contractors.
Craig Duncan and Madelin Hayes
Bunbury MLA Don Punch has called out Forrest MHR Ben Small for allowing unchecked abuse in comments on his social media posts.
The CinefestOz Film Festival program was launched in Busselton last week, with film enthusiasts coming together for the nation’s largest celebration of new Australian feature and short films.
A language at risk of being lost forever will be heard in Manjimup in October when 92-year-old Thiinma elder Peter Salmon shares his extraordinary life through stories and song.
Boyup Brook’s Flax Mill Caravan Park could be temporarily closed if an ongoing dispute over long-term residents cannot be resolved and its current operator walks away.
A long-running push to help older Boyup Brook residents remain in the community is set to be revived, with councillors to consider launching a fresh investigation into an independent-living development.
