A 120-year-old hotel is one step closer to re-opening after the Broomehill Village Cooperative seeded its community crop fundraiser for the third year while also progressing new plans.
Hannah Whitehead
A Beverley farmer has been left nearly $100,000 out of pocket after having to pay for repairs to two CASE IH tractors with faulty piston liner seals.
A new $140 million biosecurity package has been announced in an attempt to protect a sector that is delivering $20 billion to the economy each year.
Alex Mitchell
In a bid to better prepare teens for driving, the State Government has rolled out a game-like road safety program set to be trialled in the regions.
Jessica Antoniou
Residents were urged to stay indoors as police responded to the incident.
Caleb Runciman
A Narrogin apprentice’s dreams came true at Perth Super 440 at the weekend after his dedication to the industry was rewarded by New Holland, Red Bull Ampol Racing team sponsor.
Melissa Pedelty
Mr Depiazzi, who supplies to Coles, said he believed processors had taken a “short-term” view by not increasing the prices paid to farmers this upcoming season.
After four long years of rubber-stamp democracy in the WA Parliament’s Upper House, last week we got a brief glimpse of what might be possible in the 42nd Parliament.
Steve Martin
CBH Group’s plan to install LED beacon lights on all of its locomotives is “taking longer than expected”, with 11 of 25 now upgraded despite initial plans to have the works completed by early this year.
Cally Dupe
Aldersyde crop farmers Darrell and Suzanne Turner are celebrating 100 years of farming at Millbrook Farm which has been handed down over three generations.
Georgia Campion
A Busselton composting business’ plan to build a $300,000 composting facility has been knocked back after concerns about zoning.
WA sheep prices are surging but industry analysts say it is unlikely they will reach the highs of more than $400 per head recently achieved in the Eastern States.
A ‘once-in-a-generation’ cash injection of $543 million for the Goldfields pipeline will from 2027 double the water storage capacity of the Binduli Reservoir that supplies Kalgoorlie-Boulder.
Neil Watkinson
The first direct audit of the State’s water regulator in 16 years has found the department is undertrained, understaffed and not doing “anywhere near enough” to protect the State’s most important resource.
Simone Grogan
WA lamb markets continue to firm as supply tightens, but local demand for store lambs may begin to ease
Rob Kelly
EU ambassador Gabriele Visentin has high hopes for a strong security partnership between the bloc and Australia, amid talks for a potential trade deal.
Andrew Brown and Tess Ikonomou
There have been no sightings of Mario Alesio Porru since he went missing and police hold concerns for his welfare.
Melissa Sheil
A Great Southern dog breeder who neglected six caged kelpies and drove unlicensed across WA multiple times has been jailed, fined thousands and disqualified from driving for the next decade.
Recent Medal of the Order of Australia recipient David Thomas is humble about his recognition, saying he never expected to have been named in the national honours.
Donnybrook horticultural legend Sam Licciardello has made the South West proud after being named a winner in the industry’s biggest excellence awards.
Blueberry prices are expected to remain high after flooding devastated crops, but shops are unlikely to run out of milk despite dairy farms being inundated.
Sebastian Tan
Invasive African flower Gazania is more resilient than previously thought and is now considered one of Australia’s biggest weed threats to grain production and the native environment.
The heat is on at this year’s Kununurra Agricultural Show, where the region’s young culinary contenders will trade textbooks for tongs in a sizzling cooking showdown sure to whet the crowd’s appetite
Sarah Crawford
WA farmers now have the ability to lend a helping hand to replenish South Australia’s hay stocks as the state continues to grapple with some of the driest conditions in decades.
