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Firefighters battle blaze at Many Peaks

Firefighters are continuing to battle a bushfire that started in Many Peaks, north east of Albany, yesterday morning.

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Driver cops $3,800 fine for doing 92kph in school zone

An Albany court has fined a man nearly $4,000 for driving through a school zone on the South Coast Highway at more than double the speed limit.

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Dwindling newspaper deliveries to regions a sign of things to come: academic

A journalism professor says he is not surprised by the decision to stop delivering WA's daily newspaper to several country towns.

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Manypeaks cattle farmer Cody Shilling explains how he landed his dream job on...

Cody Shilling, 30, says he's incredibly lucky to be given the opportunity to farm alongside the Metcalf family in Manypeaks. He's enthusiastic about the future of farming and says you don't necessarily...

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What does the face of a future farmer in Australia look like?

Over the next couple of decades, as the older farmers retire, who is going to carry agriculture into the future?

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Victorian man assisting police with Manypeaks fire investigation

A 24-year-old Victorian man is assisting police with their inquiries into a bushfire that started at Manypeaks, east of Albany, on News Year's Day.

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The tiny WA school with a drastic waste reduction

A school in regional WA with just 28 students slashes its waste by 83 per cent.

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Southern WA rain leaves inland farmers relieved but coastal crops soaked

A series of cold fronts over the southern half of Western Australia has dumped more than 100 millimetres of rain over the Great Southern and 120 to 160mm over the heavier-hit parts of the south coast...

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Bush clinic helps Indigenous men open up about their health

Health workers head out of the hospital and into the bush to provide Indigenous men with the physical and mental health support they need.

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Banding together to protect the 'Elvis' of birds

A boy band, an island paradise and a private helicopter landing pad sound like things you may associate with rock stars, not a tiny semi-flightless bird.

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Two-headed calf stillborn an extremely rare form of partial twinning

Farmers on Western Australia's south coast are shocked by the arrival of a stillborn two-headed calf.

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Little-known reserve sheds light on ancient lifestyle on WA's south coast

A little-known reserve on Western Australia's south coast reveals how Indigenous people lived thousands of years ago.

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Albany future landfill site to be located at Manypeaks

Vancouver Waste Services director Martin Shuttleworth explains how the new landfill north-east of Albany will work.

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WA town plans sustainable landfill future as current site nears closure

With Albany council planning the closure of its landfill, a local waste company is hoping to play a leading role in creating the region's sustainable future.

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What mum loves about one of WA's smallest schools

Two students will graduate from Mount Manypeaks Primary School at the end of this year and two kindy students will start next year to keep its enrolment at 20.

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The bubble has burst for Aussie cattle prices and producers are taking the hit

Cattle producers in WA who are supplying beef to domestic and international markets are feeling the pain of sudden price drops.

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West Australian Christmas 'fire tree' signals an early threat

Bright yellow flowers on an ancient tree have been a warning sign of impending bushfires for thousands of years, Aboriginal people on the WA south coast say, and it comes with fireys already fatigued...

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