Regional racing across the State has received a major boost with WA Labor and WA Nationals both committing $25 million in funding under election promises.
Cameron Newbold
After intense pressure from regional racing clubs, Labor has matched the Nationals’ $25 million commitment.
Jake Dietsch
The alleged offences occurred during the January school holidays and in the metropolitan area.
Wagin sheep king Clayton South will now serve as a key conduit grain growers after being named chair of CBH Group’s Growers’ Advisory Council.
Cally Dupe
Police and fire and rescue authorities in the Great Southern have joined forces to catch arsonists in the act, working together to patrol areas in the region most at risk.
Georgia Campion
Competition star Jack Batchelor headlined the tributes to the Great Southern Cricket Association’s best players of the 2024-25 season on Sunday.
Jacki Elezovich
St John Ambulance volunteers and training officers descended on Bremer Bay earlier this month for their annual volunteer training weekend, with record numbers of volunteers completing extra training.
Albany Racing Club has lashed a decision by Labor to not deliver a critical infrastructure fund, worth up to $30 million, that is essential in shoring up the long-term future of clubs around WA.
A bushfire northwest of Rocky Gully has been contained and brought under control by emergency services after burning through 5ha of land.
Melissa Sheil and Jacki Elezovich
The Toodyay man fined thousands of dollars for breaching the Aboriginal Heritage Act is considering lodging an appeal against his conviction after raising more than $30,000 via a GoFundMe campaign.
Lake Grace’s Matt Trevenen has blasted a superb century to lead his side to their first win of the Upper Great Southern Cricket Association A-grade season.
Labor’s regional WA headaches are set to worsen, with racing clubs across the State lashing out over the Government’s failure to commit any money to tracks in dire states of disrepair.
Dylan Caporn and Josh Kempton
Tambellup clinched fourth on the Great Southern Cricket Association ladder with a 58-run win over Kojonup in the final round of the regular season before finals in the Great Southern Shield competition.
WA Labor Roe candidate Brad Willis is committing $120,000 to Katanning community projects if elected at the WA State election on March 8.
Katanning-bred Angus bulls sold to a top price of $12,000 at the Kitchen family’s 7th Annual On-property Carenda Angus Bull Sale that resulted in a new buyer taking home the sale-topper.
Bob Garnant
The stories of 125 Anzacs awarded a Victoria Cross are waiting to be told as they sit trapped in storage without a permanent home.
Craig Duncan
The new legislated obligation would boost mobile coverage and make sure all Australians can call triple zero no matter their location.
Caitlyn Rintoul
“If no one steps up now, once the show is gone, it’s gone,” former president Jill Kowald told the Herald.
Hannah Whitehead
The Liberals will release their State election costings in the final week of the campaign, shadow treasurer Steve Martin has revealed, as Labor mounts pressure on the value of their opponents’ promises.
Dylan Caporn
Nationals WA has pledged to implement a range of measures to attract and retain teachers in regional WA, including spending $60 million to upgrade the dilapidated Esperance Senior High School.
Neil Watkinson
WA Police’s major recruitment drive will extend to the Wagin Woolorama this year, with the organisation seeking people with ingenuity and resilience to join the force.
WAFL clubs argue any review into their metropolitan and country recruiting zones should be accompanied with a ‘bigger picture’ discussion on the overall health of the sport in the State.
Glen Quartermain
The party has announced a $200 million commitment to be split between addressing the regional road toll and housing more public sector workers in the regions.
Oliver Lane
Farming communities in the Great Southern have banded together to help those affected by the recent Arthur River bushfire that razed 11,000ha and destroyed a family’s 100-year-old homestead.
Harriet Flinn and Michael Palmer
