Local motorists have taken to social media claiming police are taking advantage of freshly-changed speed zones to catch them unawares.
Warren Hately
The Times asked whether the shire was talking down its efforts to capture more revenue to avoid stirring the holiday home sector.
The WA Government has dismissed talk that its Statewide registry for short-stay accommodation might be short-changing local ratepayers.
The region’s creatives are gearing up for next month’s Margaret River Region Open Studios extravaganza, with the official launch celebrated last week at Shelter in Busselton.
The Witchcliffe community has welcomed the completion of a new nature playground as part of long-expected upgrades to the hamlet.
The Australian Medical Association says the State Government must not allow working conditions for staff to “go backwards” while Bunbury Hospital undergoes its lengthy redevelopment.
The region’s leading arts organisation has scored a split win at CircuitWest’s prestigious Pinnacle Awards held in Perth at the end of last month.
Local voices have taken WA’s Homelessness Week as a chance to call on the State Government to treat the Margaret River region’s housing crisis more urgently.
Bunbury’s popular annual celebration of all things Japanese is stretching its wings to Margaret River this year.
A Cowaramup mum has established herself as a trailblazing world champion after returning from an overseas competition.
The Shire of Augusta-Margaret River president has taken to LinkedIn this week to announce her change of surname.
Willow Hardy has claimed a major coup in the surfing world by coming in second at the prestigious Rip Curl Padang Padang Cup in Indonesia.
Warren Hately and Jake Santa Maria
The brothers were murdered along with their friend Carter Rhoad while on the trip of a lifetime in Mexico in 2024.
Nigella Lawson and Leeuwin Estate feature in the latest national push for the overseas tourism dollar.
The Shire of Augusta-Margaret River will spend $140,000 on renovating a rundown shed the current users don’t want.
A serious knock-on effect of the region’s housing crisis is more families finding themselves with nowhere to go when crisis strikes.
It is not the first time logistics at Margaret River Hospital have come in for flak.
A local health sector insider says arrangements to transfer patients from Margaret River to Bunbury or Perth are a bureaucratic nightmare and baffling to visiting professionals.
Punters looking to support medicinal cannabis research or network with likeminded professionals have been invited to tackle the region’s iconic Cape-to-Cape Track.
A group representing the country’s regional centres has echoed a call by the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River for a “fair go”.
The Shire of Augusta-Margaret River looks set to revisit an old plan to potentially sell off some properties and landholdings
Nature Conservation Margaret River Region has co-ordinated a packed workshop for residents wanting to provide sanctuaries for local bees.
Student filmmakers in the South West have “let it rip” for an annual cinema prize as CinefestOZ gears up to share their stories.
Amber Lilley
Augusta-Margaret River will get a taste of the Perth Poetry Festival next week when five wordsmiths come together at the local library.
