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Cheap house prices and a sense of community lures many families to the Wheatbelt, but a rise in drug-related crime, break-ins and an escalating meth problem has some wishing they hadn’t.

Plus, more readers chime in on the issue of driving slower than other traffic in the express lane

Australia's best balloon pilots have gathered in the Avon Valley, 100km east of Perth, for the 23rd National Hot Air Ballooning Championships. 

Skys the limit for National Ballooning Championships next week

Weather experts are predicting a positive Indian Ocean Dipole will make these rain events rare in the coming...

Want to exercise outside this winter? Delaware experts share how to burn calories and have fun while doing it with these outdoor workouts.

By   May 12, 2021 02:20 AM EDT (Photo : U.S. Army via Getty Images) U.S. Army Discovers Tunnels Dug Under Umm Qasr Detention Faciliy In Iraq UMM QASR, IRAQ: In this handout photo from the U.S. Army released March 26, 2005, the inside of a tunnel that was dug leading out of the Camp Bucca detention facitlity near the city of Umm Qasr in Iraq is seen. U.S. Military police made the discovery of the two tunnels, which appear to have been dug using pieces of plastic, me...

Detainee in isolation after Yongah Hill escape tunnel plot foiled We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Normal text size Advertisement Security guards found an escape tunnel under the Yongah Hill detention centre on Monday, but its exact length is yet to be confirmed. Refugee advocates claim the tunnel is between 10 and 20 metres long while the Shire of Northam, where the facility is located 75 kilometres east of Perth, claims staff at Yongah Hill...

May 11, 2021   Tatjana Muskiet A 20m-long (65ft) underground escape tunnel has been discovered at an immigration detention centre in Australia, refugee campaigners say. The tunnel, at the Yongah Hill detention centre near Perth, was reportedly within five metres of the site’s perimeter when it was found. More than 300 people, including asylum seekers and criminals facing deportation, are living at the site. Immigration officials have not yet co...

May 11, 2021   Tatjana Muskiet A 20m-long (65ft) underground escape tunnel has been discovered at an immigration detention centre in Australia, refugee campaigners say. The tunnel, at the Yongah Hill detention centre near Perth, was reportedly within five metres of the site’s perimeter when it was found. More than 300 people, including asylum seekers and criminals facing deportation, are living at the site. Immigration officials have not yet commented on the r...