Nature Conservation Margaret River Region has scored a massive $770,000 grant to help its work protecting its namesake waterway.
Warren Hately
The developers of a proposed resort at Gnarabup are still optimistic about starting work this year as WA’s Environmental Protection Authority prepares to issue a ruling on the project
The Fini Group has signalled it may go back to the drawing board or maybe even abandon its Margaret River hotel ambitions.
With Margaret River vignerons barely recovered from their three-year ordeal with tariffs affecting the Chinese wine market, Donald Trump has thrown a fresh spanner in the works.
Nature Conservation Margaret River Region general manager Drew McKenzie has announced his surprise resignation, citing the need for a break from his hectic duties.
Margaret River surfer Ily Fraser added to her burgeoning reputation on the national stage by claiming victory in the under-14 girls division at the Parko’s Junior Pro in Queensland earlier this month.
Josh Kempton
The team behind the restoration of Margaret River’s most iconic town-centre landmark are celebrating as the project gains serious momentum.
Moves to appoint Bunbury-based MLA Don Punch as the Minister in charge of the wider South West are flawed and part of Labor’s problem with regional WA, key stakeholders have alleged.
Spaces are filling up and time is running out to get involved in next month’s Margaret River Ultra Marathon.
It remains unclear whether a review of ratings categories is likely to affect looming consideration of next financial year’s Shire of Augusta-Margaret River budget.
Shire president Julia Meldrum says the resurgent Labor State Government must dedicate its third term to addressing shortfalls in regional WA.
The rangers in charge of the region’s national parks and much of the coast have handed out only a fraction of the penalties available to them this financial year.
Augusta-Margaret River council members have faced heckling while forging ahead with a new policy focused on climate change.
A local service that enables healthy women to deliver their babies close to home is going from strength to strength.
The Shire of Augusta-Margaret River has pledged that the farming community and landowners need not fear a proposed new local biodiversity strategy.
A contentious biodiversity strategy that sparked outrage among South West farmers has been sent back for further consideration and consultation.
The future of “Australia’s first net-positive circular hotel” is in serious jeopardy after a decision last week by the Shire of Augusta-Margaret River.
A series of workshops these school holidays will suit teenagers and adults wanting to unleash their creativity.
Gracetown residents are set to welcome a new play space for younger residents and visitors before the start of the school holidays.
A new industry report says the economic contribution of surfing to the region is likely to double in the next 10 years.
Surfing WA events manager Justin Majeks has praised another remarkable chapter in the glittering history of the event.
Augusta-Margaret River will start their South West Football League season with the competition’s longest road trip when they head to Roche Park to take on Collie on Sunday.
A set of unauthorised but convincing signs wrongfully claiming spearfishing is banned in Cowaramup Bay have been removed.
A student-led grassroots conservation movement is inviting other juniors to help dig in for the coastal environment this weekend.