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The latest renders for the Smiths Beach development in WA’s South West.

Adrian Fini’s $280 million Smiths Beach development gets watchdog’s green tick

The long-running fight against development at Smiths Beach in Yallingup has been dealt a huge blow after the Environmental Protection Authority recommended the project be approved.

  • Hamish Hastie

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Black cockatoos are in dire straits across WA.

Carnaby’s carnage laid bare in ongoing fallout from WA’s horror summer

Those on the frontlines of the battle to save WA’s best-loved bird have revealed new details – and new ideas.

  • Emma Young
Black cockatoos are in dire straits across WA.

People ‘just picking up’ starving WA cockatoos as burglars target nests

At what point does a pet become a pest? Meanwhile, here’s why one of Perth’s foremost black cockatoo rehab figures is saying he’s ‘never seen anything like it’.

  • Emma Young
Scientists and the state government are divided over the DBCA’s prescribed burning program.

War of words erupts over Western Australia’s prescribed burning program

As LA faces the mass destruction of multiple wildfires, dissent is building over the prescribed burning regime for the shrinking, drying forests of WA’s South West.

  • Sarah Brookes
Bunbury Urologist and teal independent candidate for Forrest Dr Sue Chapman.

Teal independent to take on Liberals in WA’s South West

Western Australia’s second federal community independent candidate has been revealed as Bunbury urologist Dr Sue Chapman.

  • Hamish Hastie
Shelter the Storm.

Cabin Fever: Your guide to the ultimate Margaret River party season

Cue footy season, umbrellas by the door – and Cabin Fever! From beer launches to free live music, this program is stacked with value-packed, accessible events.

  • Max Veenhuyzen
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Dead tuart trees at the sign welcoming visitors to Rockingham, the electorate of WA Environment Minister Reece Whitby, where the little penguin population is also showing signs of collapse.

Undermining the watchdog is against WA’s nature. We must defend our thin green line

WA has special natural resources – resources that have helped make our economy strong. But what makes us strong also needs protecting, and now is the time.

  • Jess Beckerling
New research has cast doubts on the DBCA’s prescribed burning regime.

‘Long-term pain’: Scientists warn against WA’s prescribed burn regime

Is it time the government rethinks its prescribed burning practices? New research says it’s making forests more flammable, not less, but the state stands firm.

  • Sarah Brookes
“I could see that little glint in Kate’s eyes,” says Michael about the chance to establish a dedicated pie baking facility.

The power of a pie: South West baking success story starts new chapter

All killer, no filler: glorious hand-pressed pies are coming to the Margaret River township – now that the necessary equipment has cleared customs.

  • Max Veenhuyzen
A bushfire menaced suburban homes in Bibra Lake on February 20.

Summer’s over – but new warning shows WA fires have only just begun

There is no end in sight for an already “long and challenging in fire season” which a new outlook shows will double in length as hot dry weather continues.

  • Emma Young