Clean-up is underway after a weekend of wild weather that ripped the roof off a rural pub and left millions inundated by heavy rains. Two people were hospitalised after a severe storm that ripped the roof off the Parade Hotel in Bunbury, south of Perth, on Sunday. It comes lessContinue Reading
A family already battling their young daughter’s medical condition has been left homeless after a tornado tore apart their home. Last Friday, more than 100 homes were damaged by a destructive storm that swept through parts of Bunbury in Western Australia’s south. Alan and Tia Bondarczuk lived in one ofContinue Reading
A man has died days after a horror light plane crash that saw him trapped in the aircraft for nearly half an hour. Emergency crews were called after reports a privately-owned aircraft had crashed near the Bunbury Airport, 170km south of Perth, about 2.45pm on Friday. WA Police confirmed theContinue Reading
A popular regional music festival has cancelled its 2024 tour due to low ticket sales. Annual festival Groovin the Moo, which has been held almost every year since 2005, posted on social media to say organisers had been “forced to cancel” the event before its April 25 kickoff. “Ticket salesContinue Reading
The Indigenous Voice to Parliament proposal has been resoundingly defeated in Saturday’s referendum in a major blow to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. It took less than 90 minutes of counting after polls closed in the east for the result to be called by election watchers as a massive defeat forContinue Reading
A series of newly resurfaced comments by Marcia Langton show the prominent Voice campaigner accusing “hard No” voters of “spewing racism”, labelling conservatives Jacinta Price and her mother as “coloured help”, and wishing a “slow, painful death” on Mark Latham. It comes after Professor Langton sparked controversy over the weekendContinue Reading
Comments by a leading Voice proponent that have been interpreted as suggesting No voters are motivated by “racism” and “stupidity” have sparked heated scenes on breakfast TV, with Karl Stefanovic declaring the Yes campaign “done” and a Liberal Senator angrily asking her Labor counterpart, “Am I racist?” Professor Marcia LangtonContinue Reading
Prominent Aboriginal leader and Yes campaigner Marcia Langton has denied calling No voters “racist and stupid” insisting she was simply attacking the No campaign tactics. An exasperated Professor Langton made the controversial remarks at a forum in Bunbury, Western Australia which was recorded and posted on Facebook. Her comments wereContinue Reading
The hunt is on for those responsible for the gruesome, bloody deaths of kangaroos in Western Australia, with suggestions some were even decapitated while still alive. On Tuesday, the RSPCA WA issued a call for information after four kangaroos were found “harrowingly” injured in Bunbury, south of Perth. In oneContinue Reading
One of Australia’s leading cinema chains has revived the West Australian movie theatre scene after a beloved independent film chain went into administration last year. Cinema operator HOYTS has acquired four existing cinemas in the suburbs of Bunbury, Currambine, Warwick and Joondalup which were previously owned by Grand Cinemas. TheContinue Reading