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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?

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”.

Fortescue Future Industries’ global campaign to become a green hydrogen superpower will continue its push into Esperance where it claims to have signatures from “more than 50” owners willing to lease it land.

A real estate agent says he has never seen such high demand from businesses for residential homes during his 27 years in the job.

Esperance’s only aged care facility expects to secure accreditation for another two years despite a recent audit finding it noncompliant in half its performance benchmarks.

As young people around the country worry about recently announced ATAR results and their futures, Mr Byrne brings words of encouragement: If you work hard and have a passion for something, “anything is possible”.

The head of a south coast Indigenous corporation believes the state government should formalise joint management agreements over national parks before developers are invited to start businesses within their boundaries.

The City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder has asked for the region’s Designated Area Migration Agreement (DAMA) to be updated to include an extra 22 occupations, many of which are vital to the hospitality industry.

The latest tragedy came on Sunday when a 29-year-old tourist from Pakistan was washed off the rocks.

Jane Coole spent months racking her brain for a plan to recruit staff to her regional restaurant. She’s finally got one.

A major cropping region worries a new national fire danger rating system could lead to more harvest bans.

One resident was given a bucket to urinate in, another was not showered for three days, and management was found to “struggle with difficult conversations”, a report says.

Rangers who harvest wild sandalwood from one of the most remote corners of Australia are determined to operate sustainably amid calls for a ban to the practice.

Over the past 15 years these volunteers have raised more than $700,000 for the Royal Flying Doctor Service — a cause close to their hearts.

All but three of Cosmo Newberry’s 100 or so residents barrack for the one AFL team, leading to some good-natured rivalry, particularly given the Eagles’ dismal results this season.