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wineTrophy Cabernet

The 2018 Xanadu cabernet sauvignon has taken top honours at the 2020 James Halliday Australia Cabernet Challenge, scoring 97 points out of a possible 100 to be named Australia’s best cabernet.

Jackson Lavell-Lee

FootballBusselton beat powerhouse

Busselton have advanced to the SWFL women’s preliminary final after defeating longstanding competition powerhouse Bunbury 2.4 (16) to 1.6 (12) at Brunswick Oval on Saturday afternoon.

Justin Fris

hockeyIntense finals end season on high note

The 2020 season of the Busselton Hockey Association wrapped up over the weekend, with the finals series showcasing fast and intense games in wintry conditions.

Catherine Massey

School HolidaysRoll into Mitchell Park

The City of Busselton and local businesses have partnered with The Building Busselton Town Team to bring family-friendly school holiday activity Roll into Mitchell Park to the CBD next month.

Catherine Massey

Tourism vouchers$1m aid ‘minuscule’

Vouchers for regional tours and experiences issued by the State Government this week could have a positive impact on the Capes region, but some business owners say it does not not go far enough.

Catherine Massey

Film fundingScreen storyteller’s sweet success

Dunsborough film writer and director Jub Clerc this month received major funding for her debut feature film, Sweet As.

Catherine Massey

Ginkgo TreeMessage of peace grows

A ginkgo sapling was planted in Busselton’s Rotary Park this week to mark World Peace Day.

LeaversRite of passage gets green light

Leavers WA this week announced it will move forward in an almost-normal format opting to include the popular Entertainment Zone and Meelup Beach Day.

Roo ShooRuckus over a roo shoo

A venture to protect the environment has caused tension between a popular local conservationist and the Capel Land Conservation District Committee.

Back in the zoneCommentsPremiumLeavers 2020 to go ahead with social distance warning

South West Leavers celebrations have been given a boost after WA Police approved the Dunsborough ‘party zone’.

Daryna Zadvirna

eventsGourmet Escape joins cancelled events

The beloved and popular Western Australia Gourmet Escape today announced it will not go ahead in November due to “ongoing uncertainty surrounding COVID-19 and current movement restrictions.”

Catherine Massey

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Dockers’ long-standing medico the latest to leave

Fremantle’s physio of 25 years Jeff Boyle will leave the club after completing post-season physical assessments.

Mark Duffield

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The crusade for change over workplace deaths in WA

These are the faces eight families don’t want you to forget. Loved ones who went to work and never returned. Now a campaign to make employers accountable for deaths like theirs has almost been won.

Caitlyn Rintoul

Claremont verdictPremiumClaremont families’ fortitude in face of pure evil

For the many people who had waited so long for justice in the case of the Claremont serial killer, this was a day of solemnity — not celebration

John Flint

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ASSAULT TRIALPremiumAccuser says mayor told him: ‘That’s my f...... chair’

A man who accuses Shane Van Styn of assault says the mayor told him “that’s my f...... chair” before the alleged incident, but the defence contends the alleged victim was drunk and causing trouble.

Liam Beatty

Servo cityPremiumService station at regional WA’s ‘riskiest’ juncture

United Petroleum wants to put a 24-hour service station at the corner of Albany Highway and South Coast Highway, which was voted WA’s riskiest intersection in last year’s RAC Risky Roads survey.

Liam Croy

Working hardPremium‘Crazy’ Ravey nans kicking business, friendship goals

The duo sell quilts and patches, they sow and mend, and they take pleasure in letting customers walk freely through the building.

Tom Zaunmayr

Born to runPremiumPremiumKirkwoods lace up for Goldfields Pipeline charity run

Chris and Rebecca Kirkwood have been training for the past few months after being asked by Peter Shinnick to pace his mammoth 650km walk and run along the Golden Heritage Pipeline

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CommentsPremiumFeds over the moon with massive telescope project in WA

WA is a step closer to helping launch the world’s biggest radio telescope, allowing further exploration of the universe while generating hundreds of millions of dollars in economic activity.

Pilbara quarantineCommentsPremiumCommentsPremiumCook wants to get infected crew off virus ship

The majority of the crew of a cargo ship anchored off the Pilbara coast have tested positive to COVID-19 and it is worrying the WA Health Minister.

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‘Winter always turns to spring’: China

In the middle of an escalating trade war, China’s acting consul general to Perth has written an opinion piece praising WA for playing a ‘leading role’ in a ‘bilateral cooperation’ with Beijing.

Jin Qian

‘bilateral cooperation’CommentsPremiumChina envoy praises WA friendship amid crisis

China’s acting consul general to Perth Madam Jin Qian has praised WA — saying it will ‘never forget the friendship of Western Australia’ amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Lanai Scarr

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CommentsPremiumPerth property prices set to rise as market bottoms out

Confidence has finally returned to the real estate sector with the city’s property prices on the way up for the first time since the pandemic hit — and there are predictions of a further price hike.

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PremiumThe DNA man who made a difference in trial of century

The pioneering scientist whose team found the DNA of Bradley Edwards on Ciara Glennon says the gratitude of her father Denis was an emotional climax to his central role in WA’s trial of the century.

Creating jobsPremiumPremiumPlan to fast-track projects in WA’s north

Infrastructure projects across northern Australia will be fast-tracked under reforms to be announced by the Federal Government on Wednesday.

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Science awards a way to help inspire kids into STEM

It is work such as that honoured by the Premier’s Science Awards that can encourage kids to go down a path of science, technology, engineering and mathematics and be the next generation of scientists.

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