Emily jb Smith

Almost two years ago, the WA government allocated $100,000 to 12 organisations to buy beach and all-terrain wheelchairs. But many have hardly been used.

A remote shire says the state government has a gaping hole in its multi-million-dollar strategy to protect wildlife from feral cats. It’s the legislated right for pet cats to wander.

The WA budget pledged more than $60 million for government houses. So why, just before the budget came out, did it cancel a project it had already sunk $20,000 into?

Western Australia has the lowest rate of Aboriginal voter enrolment in the country. A trial to increase that number could soon roll out nationally.

A 75-year-old man who built a mattress out of tree branches and wrote a message for rescuers in the sand has been found by police after spending a night alone in “one of the least populated places on the planet”.

The blueberry family officially has a new member, thanks to two council workers who noticed a strange-looking plant growing in a roadside reserve in rural Western Australia.

A years-long dispute about the location of a flagpole involving a state politician, her neighbour and the local shire has cost Esperance ratepayers more than $20,000.

An Esperance grains sector veteran says an extra trucks could be on the highway each day during harvest to supply a power station and his grain drying business with LPG gas after the closure of a pipeline.

Paul Gaughan has been the only paramedic working across the massive region for almost 12 years, treating everything from shark attacks to road crashes and farming accidents. But St John WA has recently pledged a significant staffing boost.

Michael Livingston believes city-based decision-makers are failing remote GPs, leading to unsustainable practices and shortages across the country. But he believes he has a solution — a model he calls the “rural generalist hub”.