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25.01.2022 WATER DEFICIENCY REVOKED Gairdner in the Shire of Jerramungup is the first region in Western Australia to have its water deficiency declaration revoked today. It comes after two months of above-average rainfall.... Despite the revocation, Water Minister Dave Kelly says farmers still face significant challenges. "While [this] is welcome news for locals, farmers across the region continue to be impacted by continued dry conditions as a result of climate change," he says. Water carting was suspended across WA in August following heavy rains across the south coast. Water deficiency declarations remain in place for 11 regions in the Great Southern and Esperance areas. A farm near Jerramungup in November 2019.

25.01.2022 STATE KEEPING OUT OF VISITOR CENTRE DEBATE Ahead of a potentially record-breaking Christmas tourist season, the WA Tourism Minister says the fate of Denmark's closed visitor centre is in the hands of the community. Mr Papalia says the State isn't interested in becoming a mediator between the Shire of Denmark and a local tourism group interested in re-launching the service.... Last month the Shire offered Denmark Tourism Incorporated a lease to re-launch the shuttered visitor centre and operate it until mid-2021. But DTI rejected it, saying it needs a longer deal to make it viable in the long term. Mr Papalia met with business leaders in the region last week and, despite mooted record holiday crowds this Christmas, says the State has no appetite to function as a mediator for the two groups. "Really it's up to those people and local governments to determine whether or not it's a sustainable, valuable contribution. Whether or not it's going to be a net cost or benefit," he said. "The local business community and the local government and the local tourism operators need to determine whether or not it's a priority for them and if it is, then they have to work out how to make it work."

25.01.2022 This is Australia Quindanning, WA Picture: doyle.snaps/Instagram

25.01.2022 STEADY STREAM AT THE EUCLA BORDER Travellers from across Australia are entering Western Australia after the State's hard border eased for the first time in seven months. WA's tough COVID-19 border policy was significantly relaxed from midnight last night.... About 30 vehicles were lined up at the stroke of midnight at the border. Under the controlled border rules, people from all states and territories will no longer need a special reason to travel to WA. Travellers will not have to quarantine on arrival, with the exception of those coming from Victoria and New South Wales, who will be required to self-quarantine for a fortnight and take a coronavirus test on day 11. : WA Police

24.01.2022 That's an expensive diet! The potoroo, found on WA's south coast, diet consist mostly of native truffles, which makes it extremely hard to breed in captivity

24.01.2022 Have the Greens Pool upgrades overlooked people with a disability? Tony Pedro lives near Denmark and says his friend recently took his son who is in a wheelchair to the newly renovated Greens Pool in Denmark. He found that there was no infrastructure available for that (wheelchair), Mr Pedro said.... At least the people with those disabilities within the community could’ve had access. The pool reopened two weeks ago after the WA Government invested $4.4 million into an upgrade that added a range of enhancements including an additional 64 car parks to the Greens Pool and Elephant Rocks areas. It seems to have been an oversight from my perspective, Mr Pedro said. A Parks and Wildlife Service spokesperson said the steepness of the sand the sand dunes and the inability to incorporate the required gradient of a ramp into the existing landscape made wheelchair access difficult. Upgrades recently completed under stages 1 and 2 included the addition of disability parking bays and improved access to walkways," the spokesperson said.

24.01.2022 PACKAGED SALMON PLAN MOVES AHEAD A plan to package salmon caught off WA's south coast and sell it across Australia and the world has taken a big step forward, with the first store-ready products arriving in Albany this month. Albany fisherman Tony Westerberg says about 36,000 individual packages arrived from Thailand last week.... The fish, which was caught in the cold waters off WA's south coast, was cleaned in town and sent to Thailand for packaging. The packaging was done overseas due to it being cheaper. Mr Westerberg has plans to build a cannery in Albany to do the packaging here, but it's hit a snag over fishing limits. He says he's pushing the State Government for an industry fishing quota of up to 3000 tonnes of salmon and up to 600 tonnes of herring a year, which would make the cannery viable in the long term. "We're getting things together ... we've just got to make sure the Fisheries Department allows us to access to the raw material [fish] - that's one of the most important things," he says.

24.01.2022 We want to know! Picture: WA Parks and Wildlife

23.01.2022 Over four consecutive weeks follow iconic Australian stories featuring sporting legends Peter Brock, Steve Waugh and Wayne Gardner, plus Walkabout Wickets the little-known story of the first all-Indigenous cricket team to tour the UK. Tune in Tuesday nights in November at 8.30pm (AEDT) on ABC TV + iview. For more: https://iview.abc.net.au/collection/sporting-legends #TrailblazersABC #BrockABC #WalkaboutWickets #WaughABC #WayneABC

23.01.2022 These images are incredible! The 13 images that will feature in the 2021 @bureauofmeteorology calendar. Which is your favourite?

23.01.2022 That green! South coast of Western Australia Picture: @JenelleSmithPhotography/Instagram

22.01.2022 ICYMI: MASSIVE METAL RHINO CREATED IN A FARM WORKSHOP Jordan Sprigg Sculptures created this GIANT sculpture from old farm machinery and scrap metal at his Narembeen farm It's now on display outside a Perth venue... FULL STORY: https://ab.co/2LqHZMN

22.01.2022 #LIVE: WA Premier Mark McGowan and Health Minister Roger Cook with a COVID-19 update ahead of the reopening of the state's hard border tomorrow.

22.01.2022 #LIVE: WA Premier Mark McGowan and Health Minister Roger Cook with a COVID-19 update.

21.01.2022 WELL DONE, KIDS! Taking time out of school holidays to pick up plastic from Trigalow Beach at Bremer Bay Picture: @pickupplasticbremerbay/Instagram

21.01.2022 It's a chuckout! What's your little one's fave toy?

20.01.2022 TEACHER RETIRES AFTER 40 YEARS...CONGRATS, GAIL! Cranbrook Primary School's longest serving teacher, Gail Wornum, has retired after 33 years at the school. Mrs Wornum has worked for 40 years and taught more than 600 students.... Among those is two generations of the Lehman family, in Dad Sam and son Charlie (pictured with Mrs Wornum) Picture: Cranbrook Primary School

20.01.2022 DENMARK BOASTS 50 NEW FIRE RECRUITS "IT'S UNPRECEDENTED" The Shire of Denmark has recruited a record 50 new volunteer fire fighters heading into summer.... Shire's Bushfire Risk Planning coordinator Melanie Haymont said is likely in response to the Black Summer bushfires on the east coast. "The fires on the east coast occurred in similar vegetation types to what we have over here in Denmark," she said. "People were a little bit complacent here because it's damp, really green...our programs have been informing people where we live and what the real risks are."

20.01.2022 Just a tiger snake off for a stroll at Albany marina Snake catcher has caught it and rehoming somewhere safer Video: Geoff Cecil

20.01.2022 #BREAKING: Mining billionaire Clive Palmer has LOST his High Court challenge against WA's COVID-19 border closures. Mr Palmer's lawyers told the High Court the closure breached section 92 of the constitution which guarantees movement between states. But the WA government told the court the closures were justified because they were reasonable and necessary to stop the spread of the virus in the state.... Several states, including Victoria, Queensland and Tasmania backed Western Australia in the case.

19.01.2022 A tiny regional town has taken a new approach to Christmas cheer this year with its hay bale Christmas trail.

19.01.2022 LOOK AT THOSE STUMPY LEGS GO! Did you know wombats can run as fast as 40k per hour? That's faster than Usain Bolt's average speed! This one was out for a jog in NSW.... : Lindsay McDougall

18.01.2022 CAR ROLLOVER - ALBANY HWY Emergency services are on-site at a rollover on Albany Highway near the old Tunney Roadhouse this morning. St John Ambulance says a car with a caravan rolled around 10.30am near the intersection of Tunney Hall Road and Albany Highway about 30km north of Cranbrook.... An RAC helicopter has been sent to the incident. It's understood the occupants of the car were two elderly people who are conscious. St John says it's taken time to extract them from their vehicle. Motorists are advised to expect delays. Photo: Cranbrook Police (Twitter)

18.01.2022 CONGRATS, BRIDGET! Albany’s Bridget Mason has won the Young Legends category in the Tidy Towns Sustainable Communities awards. The 19-year-old was honoured for her volunteering with Disabled Surfing Association and Breakfast in the Park.... Photo credit: Lee Mullen

18.01.2022 Regional Drive with Andrew Collins is LIVE at Denmark Surf Club this arvo! We’re celebrating the first day of summer! Come down and say g’day

18.01.2022 West Australian taxpayers will fork out almost three-quarters of a billion dollars to subsidise loss-making electricity utility Synergy, which is being battered by low prices and a renewable energy onslaught.

17.01.2022 HANGING OUT AT BLUFF KNOLL Would you have the stomach to abseil Bluff Knoll? Louise Biggs took the plunge from the 1099m peak at the weekend.... Picture: @lou_ biggs/Instagram

17.01.2022 TINY CRITTER WORTH THE WAIT! Photographer Robert McClean spent three days at Cheynes Beach hoping to get a photo of the tiny honey possum. He managed to snap this great shot!... Picture: Robert McLean

16.01.2022 YOUR LIFE IS NOT WORTH A PHOTO This image of two people taking photos on a cliff's edge at the Natural Bridge is an eerily similar situation to how a man died at the spot in 2018, emergency services say. Albany Volunteer Rescue's Chris Johns says many people don't realise the risk of standing so close to the cliff's edge at The Gap and Natural Bridge.... This photo was taken at the weekend. "The number of people we've carried home in a horrible state, who didn't think it would happen to them but it did," he says. "We don't expect people to be wrapped in cotton wool but just think about that if something goes wrong, we'll be deployed." In 2018, a Perth man died after falling from a cliff at the nearby The Gap while posing for photos. Mr Johns says the image is particularly frustrating given the safe viewing platform in the background.

16.01.2022 Check out this amazing video of dolphins at Misery Beach on the weekend, which was sent to us by Lauren Pearson. Lauren will be chatting to our breakfast show presenter Peter Barr at 7.10am.

14.01.2022 What a sunrise over Albany this morning! Brad Smith of Asplin Images took this photo at Albany Marina Did you get a photo?

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12.01.2022 We’ve teamed up with St Vincent de Paul WA this Christmas...and you can help! Head to ABC Great Southern website: https://ab.co/3fRjmUJ

12.01.2022 'IT'S SMALL MINDED PEOPLE THAT DO THIS' Police say a group of juveniles removed guide posts along a blind bend on a road in Mt Barker at the weekend. Sgt Dave Johnson says the damage occurred between 11pm Saturday and 1am Sunday with the town's historic hall also suffering vandalism.... "It’s really disappointing when small minded locals destroy property in their own townwe don’t want this type of behaviour in our community," Sgt Johnson said. Picture: Shire of Plantagenet

12.01.2022 That coast! Sandpatch, WA Picture:@josh_salatenna_arkhousemedia/Instagram

12.01.2022 This is why you don't mess with snakes... A lizard came off second best in this tussle with a snake on a south coast beach. Pictures: @arlynconnor_/Instagram

11.01.2022 TICKED OFF! A reminder if you're heading bush as the weather warms up, watch out for these little ones! This tick latched onto a hiker on the Bibbulmun Track.... Picture: @guestys_adventures/Instagram

11.01.2022 Now that's a different way to sculpt hedges. Spotted in Denmark

11.01.2022 ABORIGINAL CULTURAL CENTRE GAINS SUPPORT WA Regional Development Minister Alannah MacTiernan says the State Government is looking seriously at plans for an Aboriginal cultural centre in Albany. A proposal for such a facility was made last year by Southern Aboriginal Corporation, but the organisation has failed to secure government support.... Ms MacTiernan says the State Government is looking to Albany's bicentenary in 20-26 for such a project to be realised. "With the bicentenary coming up, there's a really great opportunity for us to totally celebrate the Menang culture. We are certainly working very hard to see if we can develop a single unified vision for what a cultural facility would look like," she said. Picture: Artist's impression of Cultural centre at Albany waterfront.

10.01.2022 BODY FOUND AT INJIDUP A body was located at Injidup Beach in WA's south west just before 10am this morning. Police believe the body belongs to that of the 23-year-old female who went missing in the area on Sunday, October 25, however formal identification is yet to confirm this.... The incident is the third death at the beach in four years. In June, a Singaporean student died at the same spot in similar circumstances, while 25-year-old Matthias Bache was swept out to sea after jumping from the rocks in 2016.

10.01.2022 Albany and Bunbury students feature in the 13 videos, which have been condemned by Education Minister Sue Ellery The videos that show boys and girls some in school uniform engaging in violent behaviour, including taking repeated punches to the head, while fighting on and off school grounds.

10.01.2022 If you were the world's leading manufacturer of Ducati bevel drive engine parts you'd probably live in Italy or the US right? Well actually.... he lives in a tiny town in WA's south west.

09.01.2022 CHINA TARIFF WON'T HURT LOCAL WINES New tariffs on Australian wine imports to China won't have a significant impact on Great Southern wineries according to the local wine producers association. The Chinese Government announced it would introduce tariffs of up to 212 per cent on Australian wine imports from Saturday.... Great Southern Wine Producers Association Chairman Hunter Smith says China isn't a significant export market for the region. "Only 3-percent of our production from Western Australia goes to China. I'm not 100-percent sure what the Great Southern would be, but I would guess that it would be even lower than that," he said.

09.01.2022 'LUCKY' RESCUE AT OCEAN BEACH A man is lucky to be alive after his kayak flipped hundreds of metres off shore near Denmark last week. Local surfers assisted the man after seeing his vessel capsize on Friday afternoon about 300 metres off Ocean Beach.... He was recovered and taken to hospital in an ambulance. Surf school owner Mike Neunuebel says the man is lucky to be alive. "Before I got to him he'd already gone down once, and he'd come up because I was yelling at him. He was a long way off. Nobody was around. You could hardly see him. Unless there was a boat there real quick or a jet ski or something, nah he wouldn't have. I haven't been in that close of a call for a while," he said.

09.01.2022 MASSIVE METH & CASH HAUL WA Police have charged five men after seizing 13kg of methylamphetamine and almost $4 million in cash last month. A 58-year-old man from NSW was charged with money laundering after $3.8 million was found in the back of a truck when it was stopped on Great Eastern Highway. It's thought to be the largest amount of cash ever seized in WA. A raid at a home in the north-eastern Perth suburb of Lockridge later that day allegedly uncovered 13 one-kilog...ram packages of methylamphetamine in a ute. A 29-year-old man at the property was arrested and charged with possessing a trafficable quantity of methylamphetamine with intent to sell or supply. The offence carries a potential life sentence. DETAILS | https://ab.co/2SLtpzO See more

08.01.2022 #LIVE: WA wins High Court hard border case against Clive Palmer. Premier Mark McGowan and Attorney General John Quigley comment on the High Court’s decision regarding the State’s border arrangements.

08.01.2022 PARKING CHANGES AT MIDDLETON BEACH This is the latest design for car parking at Albany's popular Middleton Beach. The southern carpark, currently made up of parallel parking and straight bays will be converted to a grass area.... The City says overall parking bay numbers will not change. The bays being lost (6 on the map) will be replaced with extra bays at (11) and more bays with the overflow car park (13). As reported by the ABC earlier this week, work will start on the carpark this month, including the removal of nine pine trees causing damage to the road surface. Image: The City of Albany

07.01.2022 #BREAKINGNEWS A person has died and another has been injured after a roof collapsed at Curtin University. Emergency services are on the ground trying to locate people in the rubble.

06.01.2022 ALBANY HOMELESS LIVING IN BUSHLAND The head of an Albany homelessness support group says a handful of people unable to secure housing in Albany are resorting to living in bushland. Pivot Support Services Albany CEO Ian Neil says about 50 people are living on the street or in tents in the town each night - and the matter is only getting worse.... Last week it was revealed Albany had the lowest rental vacancy rate in WA - with a rate of 0.6 per cent. Mr Neil says a lack of available housing makes it harder for people to get into secure housing. "We were discussing a young client this morning who has been going through difficult circumstances. He's now looking for a private rental and can't get one because of demand for rentals at the moment. It would be impossible for that person to get a rental in the Albany area," he said.

06.01.2022 The WA agriculture industry is bracing for a potentially "devastating" hit as trade relations with China continue to deteriorate, amid a looming ban on seven types of Australian exports including wine and coal.

06.01.2022 WATCH YOUR STEP Kondinin's Grant Tuckwell sent through this video of a couple of dugites enjoying each other's company near his farm today. Temperatures in the interior are hitting the mid-30s today, and snake sightings are being reported across the region.

05.01.2022 WELLINGTON DAM MURAL PROGRESS Hope the artist isn't scared of heights! @guidovanhelten is painting this HUGE mural at Wellington Dam. You can check out the progress if you #visitcollie... Taj Kempe/@sixtwothreezero

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01.01.2022 MOUNT BARKER ABORIGINAL COMMUNITY CENTRE OPENS Congratulations to all those involved.

01.01.2022 #BREAKINGNEWS TAMBELLUP MURDER VERDICT A drug addled WA man has been found guilty of the gruesome murder of a family friend in a small town in the State’s Great Southern region. Gregory Quartermaine was under the influence of methylamphetamine and cannabis when he attacked Wilfred Williams with a machete at a home in Tambellup, in August last year.... FULL STORY: https://ab.co/37PMLLq

01.01.2022 Epic! Have you climbed Bluff Knoll? Picture: Jonathan Lendich

01.01.2022 DESAL UNITS INSTALLED IN 2015, NEVER USED Desalination units installed in Denmark costing the State Government more than $850,000 have never been used, the Water Corporation has confirmed. The systems, including two mobile units installed at the Denmark River Dam, were installed in 2015 by the Barnett Government amid declining rainfall but the Water Corporation says they have not been required.... The total cost to the taxpayer was $870,000. Water Corporation Great Southern Regional Manager Adrian Stewart says the units will move to Perth once the $25M Albany-to-Denmark pipeline is complete.

01.01.2022 FEELING PECKISH? No yolk, this isn't part of a Sunday breakfast - it's a lake in WA's south. Natalie Voigt sent this photo, taken on a flight from Esperance to Perth.