Questions over Margaret River surfer’s mental health force murder sentencing delay

Questions over Margaret River surfer’s mental health force murder sentencing delay

Tony Hardy pleaded guilty over the murder of his landlord David Graves in January 2018. But conflicting assessments of his mental state at the time have led his sentencing to be postponed.

  • byAja Styles

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Perth power couple's Yallingup estate hits the market amid South West property shortage

Perth power couple's Yallingup estate hits the market amid South West property shortage

Business high flyer John Poynton and City of Perth councillor Di Bain could pick up as much as $7 million for the perfect'iso'retreat as South West WA becomes a sellers market.

  • byPeter de Kruijff
Cape to Cape hikers could cop new fee to walk popular track
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Cape to Cape hikers could cop new fee to walk popular track

A pre-feasibility study prepared for Tourism WA has suggested holding off on building glamping accommodation on the track but has suggested new walker fees.

  • byPeter de Kruijff
Margaret River Pro to go ahead in April

Margaret River Pro to go ahead in April

The World Surf League and WA Government have finalised a new sponsorship deal to keep the event which was postponed in 2020 and cancelled in 2018.

  • byPeter de Kruijff
Margaret River council rejects environmental rezoning of $70m Gnarabup hotel site

Margaret River council rejects environmental rezoning of $70m Gnarabup hotel site

A push to preserve coastal land south of Gnarabup beach has been narrowly rejected by the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River.

  • byPeter de Kruijff
Margaret River council to vote on push to rezone land out from under $70m beachside hotel

Margaret River council to vote on push to rezone land out from under $70m beachside hotel

Staff at the Shire of Augusta Margaret River have recommended the council not approve a community-led planning change to rezone land to stop new developments.

  • byPeter de Kruijff
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'We can shift':WA wineries ready to pivot to avoid China crisis
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'We can shift':WA wineries ready to pivot to avoid China crisis

Market diversification has WA wine producers well placed to emerge unscathed from the China trade crisis.

  • byDavid Prestipino
Margaret River man faces charges over gunshots,11-hour siege

Margaret River man faces charges over gunshots,11-hour siege

Police have charged a 52-year-old man with endangering life and possessing an unlicensed firearm following an eleven-hour siege in Margaret River on Sunday night.

  • byHeather McNeill
Home owners in WA's South West called on to let out rooms to workers amid rental crisis

Home owners in WA's South West called on to let out rooms to workers amid rental crisis

Vacancy rates across the City of Busselton and the Shire of Augusta Margaret River are sitting at 0.1 per cent as the region gears up to welcome 1000 additional workers by December.

  • byMarta Pascual Juanola
Multiple gunshots fired in Margaret River spark 11-hour siege
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Multiple gunshots fired in Margaret River spark 11-hour siege

Police negotiators managed to convince a man in his 50s to surrender after he had holed up in a home in the south-west town.

Rage against the machine:Slim pickings threaten 2021 WA wine harvest

Rage against the machine:Slim pickings threaten 2021 WA wine harvest

Despite WA's latest border changes,wineries have already planned to machine-harvest more fruit than usual and redeploy staff from cellar doors and hospitality to vineyards during the peak summer tourism season.

  • byDavid Prestipino