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Better bee hotels
With more than 2000 native bee species in Australia, increasing numbers of home gardeners are keen to attract them...
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Meth crackdown
Esperance police are cracking down on drug dealers after a spike in the number...
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Not mice, possums!
A tiny baby pygmy possum is in and out a humidicrib at wildlife carer Jenelle Forde's home in Nulsen...
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Words of grief
An Esperance woman has won the Empty Chair Creative Expression competition in Perth...

Esperance News

Deployment of SMART drumline technology in 2019 as part of the trial off Gracetown
'Worst place to be an ocean lover'
“Demanding” the WA Government reassess shark mitigation strategies in Esperance to address what he describes...
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Call for a nursing post in Hopetoun
Michelle McLeod has been running a community survey and has collected about 180 signatures on a peti...
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Sheep industry protest
Hundreds of farmers, transport operators and supporters are expected to take to the streets of Perth...
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TLC for the town beach
Esperance Shire workers cleared seaweed from the town beach, gathering a pile of considerable height...

Police and Courts

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Meth crackdown
Esperance police are cracking down on drug dealers after a spike in the number...
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Kelly case adjourned again
The alleged Esperance fraudster who was due for sentencing in Perth District Court on Thursday last week...
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Kick to the face
An Esperance woman has been given a suspended prison sentence for assaulting her sleeping niece...
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Bad-tempered 
An alleged repeat family violence offender became enraged after he was refused bail in Esperance Magistrates...

Sport

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Shooting baskets in Bendigo
Two of Esperance’s best junior basketballers are firing up for the U16 National Championships in Victoria...
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Carnival a success
The Esperance District Football Association hosted the Subiaco Zone Junior Carnival...
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Eager to impress
Unfortunately, extreme wind cancelled matches for our younger teams on Sunday May 25...
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Esperance District Football Association round 5 results
Round 5 footy results.

Community

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Words of grief
An Esperance woman has won the Empty Chair Creative Expression competition in Perth...
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International flavour fest
It was a celebration of Esperance’s multiculturalism at the Civic Centre on Monday...
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Running for peace
Sri Chinmoy Oneness home peace run participants in Esperance on Saturday. Photo: Geoff Vivian. An international...
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Slithering seminar
Snake first aid was on expert Darren Darch’s class agenda as he reached into a black bag and pulled out...

Arts and Entertainment

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Grand Casual in Perth
Esperance trio Grand Casual would be very happy to see any Esperance locals turn up to support them at...
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"Hoods" in Esperance
An adolescent-friendly production is coming to Esperance in June...
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Kepa Curl artist's work to be hung publicly across WA
An emerging Noongar artist discovered his talent for visual storytelling just six years ago and soon...
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Ciao for now
He is an Aussie engineer by day and an Italian DJ by night but now Sam La Macchia has hung up his headphones...

Agriculture

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Sheep stress as ban looms
The weekend's election results have signalled a growing divide between the political needs of those in...
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Compensation for commercial fishermen
The WA Government has admitted it expected the forthcoming South Coast Marine Park to have an impact...
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How antibacterial is your honey?
A tool developed by The University of Western Australia and commercialised by bee research centre Y-Trace...
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Best time to tackle rabbits to avoid crop damage
Reports are coming in from growers that rabbit numbers are high, with control needed prior to seeding...

Science and Nature

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Better bee hotels
With more than 2000 native bee species in Australia, increasing numbers of home gardeners are keen to...
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Not mice, possums!
A tiny baby pygmy possum is in and out a humidicrib at wildlife carer Jenelle Forde's home in Nulsen...
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Bad time to be a native bee
It was business as usual for Australian bees on World Bee Day last week, while the United Nations...
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Space junk misses Esperance
It was feared a piece of a 1972 spacecraft would crash into WA last Saturday...

Opinion

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Call for driver training reform
"Following the recent tragic truck crashes on the East–West Highway, Coolgardie–Esperance Highway, and...
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Bird in the Bush (April 12, 2024)
The foundations of the Western Australia that I stepped onto over forty years ago are starting to rattle...

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