Suspected firebug behind dangerous blazes near Yallingup
Bushfires

Suspected firebug behind dangerous blazes near Yallingup

It has been a tough week for emergency crews across the state as they grappled with a monster bushfire in the Perth Hills and extensive flooding and damaging weather in the state’s north all during a five-day lockdown sparked by a positive COVID-19 case.

  • byMarta Pascual Juanola andFran Rimrod

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

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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Tourism

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
A slice of the Swan Valley makes its way to the South West
Eat and drink Perth

A slice of the Swan Valley makes its way to the South West

One of Perth's favourite wineries will bring a slice of the Swan Valley to the South West in a new business venture set to inject much-needed life into Busselton's west end.

  • byMarta Pascual Juanola
Home owners in WA's South West called on to let out rooms to workers amid rental crisis
Property market

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
'I went in the bush':Parents reveal how their hopelessness turned to joy after missing boy found
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Police

'I went in the bush':Parents reveal how their hopelessness turned to joy after missing boy found

The little boy's parents revealed that with nighttime approaching and temperatures continuing to drop,they had begun to lose hope they would find their son alive.

  • byHamish Hastie
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'He's doing great and singing Baby Shark':Support pours in for surfer mauled in WA's South West
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Shark

'He's doing great and singing Baby Shark':Support pours in for surfer mauled in WA's South West

Surfer Phil Mummert was lucky to get away with his life and limbs after a five-metre shark took"a few chunks out of his leg"on Friday.

  • byMarta Pascual Juanola
South West cannabis grower gets green light for bigger facility
Legal Cannabis

South West cannabis grower gets green light for bigger facility

The growing facility will be capable of producing enough cannabis flower to fill 110,000 bottles of medicinal cannabis oil per annum.

  • byHamish Hastie
Storm warning:Parts of WA urged to prepare as another cold front closes in
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Extreme weather

Storm warning:Parts of WA urged to prepare as another cold front closes in

Locations which may be affected from Friday morning include Albany,Bunbury,Busselton,Katanning,Mandurah,Manjimup,Margaret River,Mount Barker,Narrogin and Perth.

  • byKate Hedley
Perth to get first taste of winter after glorious autumn weather
Extreme weather

Perth to get first taste of winter after glorious autumn weather

A cold front bringing buckets of rain and damaging winds has sparked a severe weather warning for the Perth metropolitan area,but worse is expected tomorrow.

One kilo of meth nabbed after South West pair tries to break intrastate border
Crime

One kilo of meth nabbed after South West pair tries to break intrastate border

A duo from the South West faces life imprisonment after police discovered about one kilogram of methamphetamine,other drugs,cash and a shotgun as the pair tried to break through the border into Perth's metropolitan area on Tuesday.

  • byAja Styles