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A 24-year-old man died in a crash in Landsdale on Thursday, December 19.

Holiday horror on WA roads with five fatal crashes days out from Christmas

Five fatal crashes within the space of just a few days have marked a grim start to Western Australia’s Christmas holiday break.

  • Cameron Myles

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The top 12: Western Australia’s best new restaurant openings of 2024

From intimate secret restaurants to sprawling regional pubs, 2024’s most impressive newcomers reflect the continued diversification of WA’s food scene.

  • Max Veenhuyzen
Between 2019 and 2023, 136 people were killed or seriously injured on roads in Busselton and 59 in Augusta Margaret River.

Will speed drops on regional roads curb the road toll? A WA-first study will find out

The trial will take an evidence-based approach to find out if decreasing speed limits has a direct impact on road deaths and injuries.

  • Claire Ottaviano
Imogen Mitchen and Corey Rozario are doing great things with their pop-up at Margaret River skate park.
14.5/20

This freewheeling Margaret River pop-up is blazing a new trail for modern Asian cooking

While BMX bandits practice bar spins and grommets drop-in, an emerging cooking talent is serving game-changing dahl, punchy pickles and other bold Burmese cooking.

  • Max Veenhuyzen
Between 2019 and 2023, 136 people were killed or seriously injured on roads in Busselton and 59 in Augusta Margaret River.

Trial could green-light speed limit drop on WA roads

Could cutting speeds be the answer to the state’s spiralling road toll? A three-year, unprecedented trial aims to show the potential benefits of slower roads.

  • Claire Ottaviano

Taking the shot: It’s time we confronted WA’s road trauma crisis

We’ve all seen the increasing media coverage of the deaths occurring on our roads. These reports only last a minute or two, but the devastation lasts a lifetime.

  • Allan Blagaich
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Miki’s is a specialist tempura restaurant in Margaret River that serves tasting menus that celebrate southwest ingredients through a Japanese lens (and vice-versa).
15/20

East meets South West: This kitchen’s singular, thrilling style of Japanese cooking could only exist in Margaret River

Hiding in plain sight on bustling Bussell Highway, this bijou specialist tempura restaurant is one of regional WA’s most essential dining experiences.

  • Max Veenhuyzen
Building a new home costs a lot more than it did before the pandemic.

The cheapest places to build in Perth – and WA’s most expensive

West Australians are paying 42 per cent more to build new houses than before the pandemic – and the most expensive places to build are attracting a premium for one reason.

  • Sarah Brookes
A rally will be held in Margaret River to call on the state government to challenge its thinking on fighting fires.

WA ‘must quit prescribed burns’ with new tech now ready for roll-out

New early detection and rapid bushfire suppression tech is being rolled out across the world and along Australia’s east coast. But it seems WA must wait a while.

  • Sarah Brookes
A large property an hours’ drive south of Perth has hit the market with potential to establish a new waterfront housing estate.

When Perth meets Peel: Rare waterfront landholding is new frontier of sprawl

The Plunkett family’s nearly 600-hectare block is tipped to be extremely well contested by Australian and global developers and well-heeled private investors.

  • Sarah Brookes

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