The South West is coming to terms with the new normal following a snap mask mandate as COVID exposure sites were identified in the region.
Amy Johnston
Taylar Amonini
The Emergency Minister had commended South West firefighters who have been at the frontline of a series of devastating bushfires that burnt through the region earlier this year.
South West locals kept from their homes by a ‘suspicious’ blaze which tore through more than 200 hectares of bushland in the Meelup Regional Park have finally been able to return to their properties.
Brianna Dugan
An out-of-control bushfire that threatened lives and homes and burned through more than 200 hectares of land has been downgraded to a watch and act.
Michael Traill and Kate Phillips
South West ravers have been labelled “irresponsible, inconsiderate and dumb” when they were found hosting a New Year’s Eve bush doof, equipped with fireworks and fire equipment.
Exposure sites have seen an already negatively affected jetty suffer a drop in visitors, and with the Capes peak season right around the corner there are fears for the state of the tourism industry.
Breanna Redhead
Direct flights from Melbourne to the South West have been pushed back yet again, marking the ninth delay for the long-awaited route.
As COVID restrictions throughout the Capes increase with the newly introduced mask mandate, fears rise for businesses in the community, with ‘not enough time’ to adapt to regulations.
Among the already existent complacency within the community surrounding the vaccination mandate, the McGowan Government’s long-awaited Service WA is also proving to be a miss within the Capes.
The South West can expect another sweltering weekend as WA experiences one of the hottest summer periods in history.
Hospitality businesses in the Busselton-Margaret River region are connecting with future junior staff members through a recently launched online platform.
Three’s a crowd at Dunsborough Theatre Group, which is set to ring in their 2022 season with a trio of one-act plays.
West Coast have known of concerns around their lack of Pride Round recognition for more than a year ago after being written to by an LGBTQIA+ advocate and club member.
Mitchell Woodcock
The psychologist who authored a damning report which warned of ‘endemic racism’ within the Department of Communities says she is ‘gravely concerned’ her recommendations for change have not been implemented.
Annabel Hennessy
Premier Mark McGowan said he had already binned the massive bill for returned West Australian travellers and blasted his NSW counterpart over the request.
Josh Zimmerman
A woman is being airlifted to Perth after being seriously assaulted in a park in South Hedland on Wednesday night.
The private development would see a $118 million five-star hotel erected at the townsite, containing 121 rooms, as well as a pool, spa, gym, function centre, restaurant and bar.
Jakeb Waddell
Figures released by the Federal Government this week revealed 59.9 per cent of the City of Albany’s Indigenous population aged 15 and over were double vaccinated as of Tuesday.
Sarah Makse
A 19-year-old man at a Busselton rooftop bar is alleged to have thrown a pint of beer to a friend and missed, hitting a woman downstairs.
An East Kimberley teen was flown to Darwin hospital at the weekend after being stabbed in the chest in the Kununurra.
The tight-knit industry was last week rocked by news industry stalwart and grandfather of eight Geoff Lawrence had been in a shearing accident in a shed near Clackline on Thursday.
A man has been charged with the murder of a father-of-four shot dead on the front step of his Landsdale home.
Daryna Zadvirna
Exhausted and overworked paramedics have revealed the dramatic measures they’re going to as they respond to emergencies when on-call.
Angie Raphael
WA’s top doctor has told Mark McGowan he may have to consider reopening the border sooner if Perth’s Omicron cluster grows into a big outbreak.
Increasingly outlandish media stories surrounding Cleo Smith and her family — including a claim the little girl’s name could be changed by her family — are frustrating those close to the case.
The case against alleged Cleo Smith kidnapper Terence Kelly is set to become clearer next week, when he appears in court again accused of snatching the little girl.
The decision to delay reopening the WA border means there is a distinct possibility neither Federal leader will set foot here for the election.
Kimberley Caines
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