All the action in and around Busselton next week
Demand for long awaited COVID vaccines have again spiked in Busselton after another outbreak of the virus in the Eastern States, according to one of the most senior doctors in the South West.
Staff reporters
The Busselton Hike for the House has raked in $60,000 for Ronald McDonald House Charities — doubling the event’s fundraising goal.
Taylar Amonini
A twice-postponed flight route from Busselton to Melbourne is expected to plough ahead at the end of this month despite a gruelling COVID-19 outbreak in Victoria.
Catherine Massey
Hospitality operators on the front line during the past year of COVID-19 say they are finally seeing some stability thanks to the Perth market, but housing and labour shortages remain a Catch-22.
Catherine Massey & Warren Hately
Imagine a football side with Carlton legends Craig Bradley and Stephen Kernahan, Hawthorn great John Platten and inaugural Adelaide captain Chris McDermott playing together.
Jackson Barrett
Andrew Miller has welcomed a proposal to turn Rottnest Island into a quarantine zone, saying even “dongas” in his “backyard” would be preferable to sticking with the existing quarantine hotel system.
Ben O'Shea
Busselton Mayor Grant Henley says Rottnest Island should be taken off the table as a quarantine zone, throwing his “in-principle” support behind a purpose-built facility near the South West city.
“We want people to feel a sense of ownership of the forest and hope to instil in children an understanding of the importance of forests managed for all values into the future.”
Vasse MLA Libby Mettam has slammed comments made by the WA premier this week where he claimed dedicated quarantine facilities in Busselton or Exmouth would “obviously make sense”.
The WA Government is looking for quarantine options outside CBD hotels and Mark McGowan thinks two tourism hotspots have a lot of potential.
Josh Zimmerman & Peter Law
Cheeky Monkey Brewing Co beat 400 brewers from 26 countries for the title last week, which is bestowed on the brewery with the highest-rated gold medals and trophy wins.
The West has been given permission by WA’s Supreme Court to broadcast — for a limited time — the most extensive excerpts of the recording of Eric Edgar Cooke’s trial ever heard in public. LISTEN NOW.
Tim Clarke
In part two, WA’s worst killer confesses to shooting lovers Rowena Reeves and Nicholas August in 1963. Rowena revealed she bore the scar of the bullet wound until her death.
Tim Clarke and Joseph Catanzaro
In part three, Cooke reveals how he shot Swanbourne rower Brian Weir. He survived, but Brian’s brother says he was never the same — ‘it was murder’.
An unlicensed driver who killed a Mt Barker legend shortly after snorting methamphetamine at a petrol station has faced the fury of a judge.
Shannon Hampton
Feuding families have been put on notice by an Albany magistrate after two women were sent to prison for a drunken group assault sparked by family tensions.
Kellie Balaam
Local councillors at a major regional centre are under fire for handing themselves a combined $10,000 payment after sacrificing part of their allowances last year.
Michael Traill
A former East Kimberley College student has described his relief after being cleared of criminal involvement in a fire that burnt down a Kununurra school building two years ago.
Four officers from both the Pilbara and Kimberley districts completed their training this week with each district allocated two drones to deploy locally when they are required.
Staff from town and remote community schools made the trip to the Kimberley’s first Aboriginal educators’ conference at the Dampier Peninsula community over four days from May 17
Richard Goyder is 2021’s West Australian of the Year for his commitment to philanthropy. Now he has called on West Australians to embrace passion and tolerance — and move towards reconciliation.
Kate Emery and Brianna Dugan
Got a great idea for Perth? Think you know how to sell it to the world? Tell us what it is and we’ll make sure it gets heard by the movers and shakers ahead of the crucial ‘Brand Perth’ summit.
Charlotte Elton
A growing number of WA businesses are ramping up their apprenticeship programs to combat skill shortages, with about a third of those surveyed intending to take on more trainees.
Former CBH chairman Wally Newman has been unsuccessful in his bid to return to the board he walked away from 14 months ago amid controversy.
Nearly one-fifth of WA aged care residents have either refused to be vaccinated against COVID-19 or missed out on jabs administered by the Federal Government’s in-reach clinics, The West can reveal.
A State-wide manhunt is under way for a man who police allege smashed his way through a glass window and several homes in Como, attacking officers and two elderly women in his violent escape.
Sarah Steger
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