Political parties have claimed victory in two more seats over the weekend as final counting for the March 8 Western Australian election rolls on at a glacial pace.
The latest round of Liberal Party WA preselection nominations closed today, with a number of prominent candidates raising their hands to contest the state and federal upper houses.
The doors to Pinjarra's 158-year-old Exchange Hotel will be thrown open this spring for the first time in 16 years in what the local shire hopes will prove a boon for tourism.
After being closed for 14 years, one of the oldest hotels in the Peel Region will reopen in late 2023 to flaunt its redevelopment under new operators Karl and Janine Bullers.
Spinifex Brewing Co and Singaporean food and agri-tech company The GrowHub are among the tenants to have signed on to move into the Shire of Murray's food innovation precinct.
A proposed marina at Point Grey near Mandurah will not go ahead after the state government approved an amendment to the local planning scheme to stop the controversial development.