LOCAL NEWS

January 29, 2026
Hour of Power returns for 2026
The Swan Chamber’s Hour of Power will return in 2026 with the guest speakers from the health and wellness sector looking to share business insights.
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January 29, 2026
Pulse growers urged to take advantage of free seed tests
The DPIRD is offering free seed testing for WA pulse growers to help identify virus risks that can decrease yield, seed quality and profits.
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January 29, 2026
Horses at centre of mental health program
Equine assisted therapy (EAT) will be used to assist counselling students in their training as part of a unique 19-month course.
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January 29, 2026
Kalamunda vollies slam lack of consultation
Kalamunda volunteer firefighting brigade slammed what they say was a decision to change their type 1 truck to a type 2 without consultation or collaboration.
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January 22, 2026
Kalamunda’s three headed High Wycombe challenges
A chronicle of High Wycombe’s planning decisions causing years of frustration for residents living beside industrial zoning and an incomplete Metronet expansion.
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January 22, 2026
Swan residents call for synthetic turf ban
Residents are calling on the City of Swan to ban synthetic turf amid concerns plastic lawns contribute to hotter suburbs and less tree canopy.
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January 22, 2026
Eastern suburbs tobacco crimes predicted by local
A local supermarket proprietor predicted the eastern suburbs' tobacco crimes two years ago and says the new state legislation lacked consultation.
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January 22, 2026
The Vines members frustrated by closure plans
The Vines members are opposing a proposal to close the Lakes course in order to transform it into a 14-hole short course.
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January 22, 2026
Perth Hills family holds 150th Weston gravesite anniversary
Descendants of the Weston pioneering family gathered in Carmel commemorating the 150th anniversary of caring for the gravesite where infant Francis Weston was buried.
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January 22, 2026
Inaugural urban greening strategy released by the state government
The state's first urban greening strategy aims to achieve 30 per cent tree canopy by 2040 and is providing grants encouraging tree planting.
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