Georgia Loney

Australia's regional housing crisis is decades in the making, the head of a research institute says. So can the federal budget fix it?

Residents of a WA country town have come together to mourn the deaths of two Pacific island farm workers as investigations into their deaths continue.

Tue 19 May 2026 at 3:00am

In Western Australia, housing advocates are calling for tougher action to limit the number of Airbnbs and other short stay accommodations in areas where they are vastly outnumbering long term rentals.

Police say the woman entered the water at Koombana Bay just after 9:20am and has not been seen since

The tenets of permaculture are attracting a new generation of home gardeners. It's perhaps no surprise, considering the movement has firm roots in the world's last oil crisis in the 1970s.

A plan by hardware giant Bunnings move its Bunbury store 10km to a neighbouring shire has angered and concerned residents and businesses.

Fri 26 Jun 2026 at 1:02am In short: Bunbury will spend $1.2m a year to truck food and organic waste to Perth to be processed for compost.

Sun 28 Jun 2026 at 2:57am In short: The Australind train service will reopen to the public on Monday, June 29, following years of breakdowns and delays.

Tue 7 Jul 2026 at 12:01am Alcoa's multi-billion-dollar deal to buy South32's alumina operations could unlock swathes of Western Australia's native jarrah forests for bauxite mining, environmentalists say.