Wheatbelt renewable energy projects fail to clear planning hurdles

Wheatbelt renewable energy projects fail to clear planning hurdles

A wind farm backed by Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue and a hydrogen start-up chaired by ex-Woodside boss Peter Coleman have both failed to get planning approvals.

  • byPeter Milne

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Perth stays the course as home values surge month-on-month

Perth stays the course as home values surge month-on-month

Perth home values rose more than $11,000 in January,continuing the capital’s trend of prices rising by more than 1 per cent a month,according to a new report released on Thursday.

  • bySarah Brookes
State had two-year heads-up on Kalgoorlie’s weak turbines:opposition

State had two-year heads-up on Kalgoorlie’s weak turbines:opposition

The state could have acted in advance to avoid much of the suffering thousands of people are now suffering for days on end,says the opposition energy spokesman.

  • byHamish Hastie
‘Look out for each other’:Third night without power for thousands across WA
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‘Look out for each other’:Third night without power for thousands across WA

Premier Roger Cook said on Friday that the storms were unprecedented in both ferocity and focus,and had crumpled 50-metre transmission towers “like tinfoil.”

  • byHolly Thompson
Hidden in plain sight:The drug scourge blighting WA’s small country towns

Hidden in plain sight:The drug scourge blighting WA’s small country towns

Cheap house prices and a sense of community lures many families to the Wheatbelt,but a rise in drug-related crime,break-ins and an escalating meth problem has some wishing they hadn’t.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt
Missing WA woman found during bush rave search

Missing WA woman found during bush rave search

A young West Australian DJ who disappeared from a bush rave on Saturday night has been found by police after spending a cold night lost in the forest.

  • byHeather McNeill
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Children spend days alone with car after Christmas crash tragedy kills their parents

Children spend days alone with car after Christmas crash tragedy kills their parents

Cindy Braddock and Jake Day left Northam at 1am Christmas Day heading to Bruce Rock with their three young children but were reported missing after failing to arrive.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt
Three public schools named as WA’s best

Three public schools named as WA’s best

The schools singled out for praise are far apart geographically – but are brought together by focusing beyond the standard “reading,writing and arithmetic”.

  • byHolly Thompson
Wickepin,Western Australia:Travel guide and things to do

Wickepin,Western Australia:Travel guide and things to do

Wickepin is famous as the home town of Bert Facey who wrote A Fortunate Life.

Williams,Western Australia:Travel guide and things to do

Williams,Western Australia:Travel guide and things to do

Williams is a typical small wheatbelt township.

York,Western Australia:Travel guide and things to do

York,Western Australia:Travel guide and things to do

York is an historic town which has become a popular tourist destination.