Main Roads WA is under pressure to clean up its act and substantially increase its help in the war against an invasive weed species.
Warren Hately
A major State rugby event is coming to Margaret River this weekend as part of a pitch to make an interstate and possible international sporting fixture an annual local event.
Protest group Surfrider Margaret River believes the draft Local Planning Scheme 2 fails to offer adequate protection against bushfire at the coast.
It’s nearly that time of year again when residents will be urged to find their voices to bring in the festive season.
Ross Woodhouse has confirmed he’s signed a lease to host a massive wind farm as community concerns ramp up about the future of the Scott River region.
A six-year process lauded as the most detailed and complex work town planners will ever undertake was now through to the keeper.
One of the Shire’s top planners has launched an extraordinary personal defence of the local government.
An exhibition showcasing a year’s work on behalf of the local environment has set up at the Margaret River Heart.
It looks likely that councillors across the Capes region will have to consider hundreds of submissions on a proposed trial of widescale speed cuts.
The Education Department has scotched rumours it’s ready to get underway on a new school project for Witchcliffe despite the southern part of the Augusta-Margaret River shire seeing strong growth.
The region’s hottest young surfers were in the thick of it this week as the action from the Australian Junior National Titles was expected to spill into the weekend.
Shares in a historic landholding which could add another 1000 homes between Busselton and Margaret River have returned to the market.
A Margaret River roller derby teen has scored the exciting chance to compete at a national level and now has to match the gruelling training schedule needed to keep up.
Margaret River product Ella Roberts has received the first accolade from her standout AFLW season, being named in the competition’s 22under22 side for the second time.
Josh Kempton
A State-led review panel has approved a big increase in the scale of a future venue on Burnside Road to the disappointment of the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River
Sunday will see the annual Gracetown Kite Festival spread its wings yet again.
House prices within the shire continue their upwards march despite Bunbury claiming all the headlines this week as the fastest-growing regional centre.
Women’s participation in surfing will see a major boost.
The Augusta residents’ association has welcomed the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River’s commitment to the hamlet’s main street despite the project moving in slow motion.
Margaret River surfers will defend WA’s honour at this weekend’s Australian Junior National Titles in Wollongong.
Rob Gough has retained his role steering the region’s peak business group into what the Settlers Tavern supremo says are unchartered waters.
The Shire of Augusta-Margaret River has called on the State Government to help provide crisis support services in the region to help one of the fastest-growing areas in WA.
The WA Nationals are struggling to find any takers to challenge Liberal Party leader Libby Mettam in Vasse
A group of dedicated stone sculptors are bringing their first public exhibition to fruition at the Margaret River Heart/Nala Bardip Mia next week.
