WA Labor is continuing its string of promises in the lead-up to the State election in March, this time committing $10 million for the development of a business case to upgrade the Port of Albany.
Georgia Campion
Narrogin’s top senior citizen was recognised for his commitment to helping newcomers and ensuring the community is an enjoyable place through his volunteer work.
Hannah Whitehead
About half a million people across Australia live in ‘GP deserts’ - areas where there are too few GPs to ensure everyone can get the care they need.
Peter Breadon & Wendy Hu
A Wheatbelt town’s annual back to school initiative has donated the most bags to date for students in need.
Williams powered to a convincing eight-wicket win over over Cuballing in round nine of the Upper Great Southern Cricket Association A-grade competition in Williams on Saturday.
An Australian Eurovision Song Contest runner-up and X Factor winner will travel from Brisbane and take the stage for two nights in a Wheatbelt town.
A Narrogin woman who tested positive to methamphetamine while driving claimed she does not take drugs and did not know how it got in her system.
Alleged anti-social behaviour and harassment of staff forced the temporary closure of a Wheatbelt’s town only swimming pool in the middle of summer.
The Upper Great Southern Cricket Association’s top team have finished a strong senior country week campaign, missing the semifinals but winning four of their five matches.
Jacki Elezovich
Narrogin hosted a fun-filled weekend of Australia Day celebrations and saluted upstanding community members with a host of awards.
An outstanding volunteer in Narrogin has been named citizen of the year for her giving nature in the community and commitment to the town’s future.
A not-for-profit organisation steadfast on helping the homeless, disabled and elderly, has claimed Narrogin’s active citizen award.
A young go-getter has been recognised for her unstoppable drive and leading spirit at Narrogin’s Citizen of the Year Awards.
Great Southern traffic police have stepped up their presence on regional roads in a bid to curb the rising road toll and prevent serious crashes.
WA firefighters are coming up for air after a hellish few days in which they battled five out-of-control infernos simultaneously across the Great Southern and Wheatbelt.
Cally Dupe
A Katanning man accused of throttling a woman in front of her seven-year-old daughter has been granted bail.
A local government in the Wheatbelt has thrown its support behind a WA Nationals election promise to implement a renewable energy State planning policy.
It is too late to leave for people in the firing line of an out-of-control blaze in Arthur River with authorities them to shelter in place.
Eliza Kavanagh
A Wheatbelt man accused of sexually abusing a child in his own family in 2021 has appeared in court for legal advice.
WA Liberal leader Libby Mettam has hit back at the Premier’s claims her party’s Central Wheatbelt candidate is an ‘anti-Semite’, saying Roger Cook’s comments were a ‘disgrace’.
Jake Dietsch
An ongoing campaign to eradicate skeleton weed is ramping up, with surveillance efforts expanding into parts of WA’s Wheatbelt where the crop pest has yet to be recorded.
Adam Poulsen
WA’s largest farm aggregation — estimated to be worth about $200 million — has been returned to local hands after more than five years of foreign ownership.
Adam Poulsen, Cally Dupe & Olivia Ford
As the defendant’s interpreter was absent, the magistrate could not read the charges to confirm the suspect understood them.
A fresh group of four emerging medical professionals began their year-long placement at Narrogin Health Service on Monday with two students returning to their Narrogin home.