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.
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.
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.
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.”
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.
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.
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.
The schools singled out for praise are far apart geographically – but are brought together by focusing beyond the standard “reading,writing and arithmetic”.
Wickepin is famous as the home town of Bert Facey who wrote A Fortunate Life.
Williams is a typical small wheatbelt township.
York is an historic town which has become a popular tourist destination.