Perth / Western Australia
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Gorgritch_Umie_Killa @aussie.zone FeaturedHi all, in the past I've found it hard to find good WA specific news and information, so in the last few months I've gathered a few resources in the sidebar for community members to refer to for info about our drought stricken land (seriously, wheres the rain?). In case others find they have the same problem.
If anybody has suggestions you'd like for other WA online resources to add please tell me about them and I'll add them.
Or, if anybody has other comments about the sidebar, its use/content please share.
- The best things to do around Perth this weekperthisok.com The best things to do around Perth this week
Here's a comprehensive guide to what's happening around Perth this week. And for more fun and things to do around town, don't forget to check out: Perth's
Great guide to whats on this weekend, great work 'Perth is OK!'
I've been to a couple of Jerry Fraser's oyster shucking events, they're a bit of fun, he's a fun guy!
The Koi show looks pretty interesting, had no idea that was a thing! I also wish i had time for the 3 negroni lunch.
- Minister Carey approves Port Beach MRS Amendment - Leighton Action Coalition responds - Fremantle Shipping Newsfremantleshippingnews.com.au Minister Carey approves Port Beach MRS Amendment - Leighton Action Coalition responds - Fremantle Shipping News
On 9 May 2024, the Western Australian Planning Commission advised it had considered all the submissions received in respect of the amendment proposal for the North Fremantle Urban Precinct Metropolitan Region Scheme Amendment 1400/41 relating to coastal land adjacent to Port Beach. The proposal was ...
An info pack from a couple months ago on this situation for those interested, https://aussie.zone/post/7556122
- WA Budget summary articles, WAtoday rundown in body.www.abc.net.au How did you fare? All the winners and losers from Treasurer Rita Saffioti's first WA Budget
A lower-than-forecast surplus, a Metronet blowout and electricity credits all mark the WA budget. What's in it for you?
https://www.watoday.com.au/politics/western-australia/your-five-minute-guide-to-wa-s-budget-winners-and-losers-20240507-p5fqhl.html
- New incentive scheme for property owners to fill empty homes
More cash for property owners to put vacant properties on the rental market, so they can have sky high rents as well.
I love Rit Saffioti's comment "Out of the box", please, this is very much in the box thinking. Boost owner class in the hope some might see fit to do what you want with their excess capital, meanwhile sell it as a great initiative to the renter class that is bound to help them.
If a cash splash is a must, then go find 1000 of the poorest renters in the state, and hand them $5000 cash, see charities like 'Give Directly'. It will do more good than this arse-scratchin policy.
- Fire risk spells doom for bushheraldonlinejournal.com Fire risk spells doom for bush
A PATCH of bushland near the Melville Civic Centre is set to be bulldozed because it’s too close to the City’s proposed new library and an apartment development. The vegetation “triggers” the site …
In the distant future we as a society will surely look back on this idea we have of saving only the large fully grown trees for conservation value as a ridiculously naive way of managing this nation's flora.
There is no room in these plans we make for the growth of new trees. Sans human intervention of course.
- Pint-sized science has big impactperthvoiceinteractive.com Pint-sized science has big impact
COULD this be the ultimate citizen science experiment? Imagine engaging non-geeks in discussions about tracking microbats or radio stars—all over a pint of beer in a local pub. That’s the aim for t…
Festival on 13-14th May
https://pintofscience.com.au/
- Police shoot dead 16yo armed with a knife in Perth, premier suggests teen was radicalised onlinewww.abc.net.au Police shoot dead 'radicalised' 16yo armed with a knife in WA
Police have shot dead a 16-year-old boy who stabbed a member of the public, saying the teenager was "radicalised" online.
Happened at the Bunnings in Willetton.
- Minister says Coca-Cola's free groundwater use 'doesn't pass the pub test' after hot, dry summerwww.abc.net.au Minister says Coca-Cola's free groundwater use 'doesn't pass the pub test' after hot, dry summer
Western Australia's Water Minister Simone McGurk says decades-old arrangements allowing millions of litres of groundwater to be extracted free of charge for sale as bottled water should be reviewed as the state faces a drying climate.
- It's great that we finally got some rain, but why the hell is it still so bloody warm??
That's it, just wanted to whinge
- Why is a small beach town against a renewable technology that could help the planet?www.abc.net.au Why is a small beach town against a renewable technology that could help the planet?
Green hydrogen technology is touted as a way to fight climate change, but this tourist town is concerned about its impact on the local environment.
- Perth’s ‘Grande’ coffee culturewesternindependent.com.au Perth’s ‘Grande’ coffee culture
With Perth on the brink of getting its first Starbucks, we take a moment to ponder the history of coffee in WA.
Great presentation of some of the history of WA coffee culture by Olivia Colvin. I think the writer and Mr Lee haven't quite hit the mark with why Starbucks failed in WA especially, but Australia in general.
It wasn't boutique stores, or nan and pop stores, it was the plethora of chains we already have. Starbucks came in serving a relatively indistinguishable product from the rest.
The key to their spectacular failure in WA, i think, is Dome. They did what Starbucks was in WA first, and do it well enough, even with their branding to defend their home market.
Mr Lee is maybe right about nostalgia for some people, but it will be convenience of store locations and speed of delivery that will make the difference for a bland brand like Starbucks.
Loved the history presented in this article though!
- Broome man accused of restraining children with cable ties pleads not guiltywww.abc.net.au Broome man accused of restraining children with cable ties pleads not guilty
Broome tradesman Matej Radelic has pleaded not guilty to aggravated common assault after being accused of restraining three children with cable ties after he found them swimming in a pool at a vacant property.
Innovative punishment: Cable tie him to the toilet in his cell?
- Basil Zempilas promises to ban social media for under 16s in front of a cavalcade of right-wing starswww.crikey.com.au Basil Zempilas promises to ban social media for under 16s in front of a cavalcade of right-wing stars
The 'Australia: The Road Ahead' conference featured no shortage of libertarian 'thought leaders'. But what was their agenda?
A few running thoughts on the article:
These 'policies' will be popular even if their implementation is improbable.
WA Labor will do what Labor in the UK and Australia is doing everytime a culture war bone like this is thrown in the ring, they will embrace the rhetoric to neutralise the front page tirades.
But that could include passing laws that limit the freedom of online movement, and speech. Which is not where i'd like to end up.
This article should also serve as a heads up. The next election looks like its going to be a faux libertarian culture war, where they specifically contradict their so called 'libertarian principles' every time it doesn't suit their momentary demands. The result, making it even more difficult than it already is for this State to quietly transition away from fossil fuels and environment ruining employment and behaviour.
I just hope the people of Churchlands don't make a poor choice. Embarass this so called 'leader in waiting' Zempilas, knock him back get someone who cares about the place more than their own Channel 7 manicured ego.
- Edible Gardens Festival May 11 and 12, 2024. Margaret River Region.www.margaretrivermail.com.au EcoVillage gardens a true lesson in diversity
Several Witchcliffe Ecovillage gardens featured in the 2023 Edible Gardens Festival, and this year, an entire neighbourhood will...
If you're down south for the weekend, but want a break from wine, this might be an interesting festival.
- Oases on the vergeheraldonlinejournal.com Oases on the verge
FREMANTLE’S green thumbs are being encouraged to add their touch to the city’s verges to create lush, flowering oases. The local council has developed new guidelines to clear the green tape and is …
I love the idea about verge gardens. Its an interesting use of public land, but its interesting to think this land use probably works against possible urban infill policies.
So might become a future tension point between stakeholders who traditionally see themselves on the same side in a generalised discussion.
- No sign of emergency easing as 'deliberately lit' bushfire grows, threatens WA propertieswww.abc.net.au No sign of emergency easing as 'deliberately lit' bushfire grows, threatens WA properties
Evacuation centre opens, extra resources called in as a bushfire that started in suspicious circumstances tears through "parched" bushland close to an area famous for giant karri trees and dense forest.
- Deli comeback gets a little bitter - Surreal complaints by some nimbys. Thats Dr Nimby to you!perthvoiceinteractive.com Deli comeback gets a little bitter
THEY were once a quintessential part of the Australian landscape and a social hub for their communities, but a recent bid to give a Mt Hawthorn corner deli a new lease of life has split the neighbo…
> neighbours nearby say they purchased their homes on the understanding it was a purely residential neighbourhood and they’re worried noisy customers might start queuing in their street and create a hazard
This might be the most nimby thing i've ever read. Also, whats this suburbia mindset they've got? They purchased their homes with the understanding a cafe won't be on their block. Please.
They bought a parcel of land on that block, not the whole thing. Theres a limit to how much say people should have over what their neighbours do with their land.
Also, "noisy customers"? What kind of cafe is, caffeine and dubstep?
> patrons would have to walk through the kitchen to use the residential tenant’s toilet, as it was the only one on site. He said it made the application unapprovable
This seems to be the nimby's only fair point. Cafe owners need to pony up, build a new toilet off the side of the building or something.
- No confidence motions fails against Port Hedland councilor who praised 'transparent' Russian electionwww.abc.net.au No confidence motions fails against Port Hedland councilor who praised 'transparent' Russian election
Less than a month after Port Hedland councillor Adrian McRae made national headlines by endorsing Russia's election process, a motion of no confidence in him fails at a special council meeting.
Hey ah, Port Hedland, are you all okay up there?
- The brand new Bayswater Station has officially openedperthisok.com The brand new Bayswater Station has officially opened
It feels like it was just yesterday that we were bidding a tearful farewell to the hungry gal herself, the iconic Bayswater Bridge, gone too soon... But
Anybody go to the festival over the weekend?
- WA teachers set to go on half-day strike next week as union rejects latest pay offerwww.abc.net.au WA teachers set to go on half-day strike next week as union rejects latest pay offer
WA's teacher union rejects a second pay and conditions offer from the state government, stoking concerns of interruptions at schools as the union threatens to forge on with a potential strike on Tuesday next week.
Just when you thought you'd made it through the holidays. 😀
I think a half-day strike is just as bad for parents than a full one. We still need to arrange for the kids to be taken care of until 12:30. Apparently we can send them in anyway, but they won't be in class and it isn't exactly supporting the teachers to do that.
I hope there is progress in the negotiations and the strike gets called off.
- What does the future hold for Freo?heraldonlinejournal.com What does the future hold for Freo?
WHAT is the future of Fremantle? I don’t mean the committee of that name, that is largely concentrating on planning the future of the Fremantle Ports precinct at Rous Head and Victoria Quay, when t…
I think if the people of Freo can come up with a fairly tight architectural vision, that includes 5 or 6 storey limits on building heights in certain areas, then people might feel a bit more relaxed about developera coking in.
*edit: 'developers coming in.'
Unfortunately developers give themselves a shit name by building the same cookie cutter buildings as cheaply as legally required. Then they get butthurt when people aren't interested in their tired vision to make their suburb look exactly like every single other suburb in this monotonous town.
- The big dry: forests and shrublands are dying in parched Western Australiatheconversation.com The big dry: forests and shrublands are dying in parched Western Australia
Intense heat and no rain in southwest Western Australia are causing widespread tree and shrub die-offs.
Man this is depressing. This is an event that decimate Western Australia, and its seemingly not even on politicians radars over here.
Edut *could, if it keeps happening
- Shopping centre ceiling caves and people helped from flooded cars as Perth freak storm wreaks havocwww.abc.net.au Shopping centre ceiling caves and people helped from flooded cars as Perth freak storm wreaks havoc
There are reports of people having to be helped from their cars as heavy rainfall causes chaos in Perth's northern suburbs.
North of the river had a bit of rain today..
- New C-series train hits the trackswww.railexpress.com.au New C-series train hits the tracks - Rail Express
On Sunday, 7 April METRONET and the people of Perth celebrated the first C-series train to hit the tracks.
- Hotspots and cooler spots: Variable rates of flatback turtles hatching on WA's Pilbara beacheswww.uwa.edu.au Hotspots and cooler spots: Variable rates of flatback turtles hatching on WA's Pilbara beaches
Climate change will impact the emergence success and sex ratio of flatback turtle hatchlings in the Pilbara region of Western Australia within the next two deca
- For years tourists have ridden boats through this sacred Australian natural wonder. A new ban will stop them in their tracks - Lemmy.Worldlemmy.world For years tourists have ridden boats through this sacred Australian natural wonder. A new ban will stop them in their tracks - Lemmy.World
The Horizontal Falls are one of Australia’s strangest natural attractions, a unique blend of coastal geography and powerful tidal forces that visitors pay big money to see up close. But all that is about to change. Located at Talbot Bay, a remote spot on the country’s northwestern coastline, the fal...
- Ittaba, Mount Lawley review.perthvoiceinteractive.com Great start
THE Fat Dragon was somewhat of an institituion in Mt Lawley, so I was bit miffed when it closed its doors in January last year. The food wasn’t spectacular and sometimes the service from the restau…
This restaurant sounds good. I'm always looking for a new Japanese restaurant to go to.
Has anyone been to Ittaba yet? Location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/EhzJFUr6hGS2c8Hs9
- Finally, after a long blockage, it's now legal in WA to take a plunger to a toilet or change a showerheadwww.abc.net.au Finally, after a long blockage, it's now legal in WA to take a plunger to a toilet or change a showerhead
As part of law reforms regulating plumbing in the state, it is now legal for residents to do small plumbing jobs in their own homes.
So, uh should i be expecting a visit from the fuzz for all the tap reseals i may or may not have done over the years?
- Asthma in outer suburbs kids is twice as likely - Echo Newspaper
Heres a link to the article from the kids institute,
https://www.telethonkids.org.au/news--events/news-and-events-nav/2024/march/gap-in-asthma-risk/
- Swimmers in WA's north want 'the same sort of facilities Perth politicians have access to'www.abc.net.au Swimmers in WA's north want 'the same sort of facilities Perth politicians have access to'
Kununurra is one of Australia's hottest places, and crocodiles live in its waterways, yet its efforts to build a 50-metre pool have been frustrated by funding shortfalls.
What is this god awful reporting! ABC should be ashamed of publishing this.
Ted O'connor (reporter) has written a lazy and trashy puff piece. Pitting rural against metro.
He included a series of comments from locals - (no shade on them, their opinions are all important, but not the only justifications required) - in place of some actual analysis of the reasons why the pool project has become a monster.
And finally the only solution presented is "More money please!"
If we are going to have a mature debate about issues in this country then reporters need to present the public more than worn out culture war excrement, and a series of personal stories.
This could have become a great piece on how the government hasn't got its eyes on the cost of living and inequity starting to really affect all kinds of Western Australians. Its dissapointing.
- Everyone knows about the Catalpa, don’t they? - Fremantle Shipping Newsfremantleshippingnews.com.au Everyone knows about the Catalpa, don’t they? - Fremantle Shipping News
City of Rockingham is putting on the 2024 Catalpa Adventure Festival over this Easter Sunday and Easter Monday to remind us all how 6 Military Fenians managed to escape Fremantle Prison and were spirited away from Rockingham on the American Whaler Catalpa on Easter Monday 1876 – just 148 years ago. ...
Based around the Easter prison break 148 years ago!
- Western Australia's $150,000 Canberra 'hub' is open for business. It's not an embassy — but what is it?www.abc.net.au Western Australia's $150,000 Canberra 'hub' is open for business. It's not an embassy — but what is it?
WA opens a "hub" in Canberra to promote the state's interests — but the premier says it's not about stepping up the GST carve-up fight. Not everyone's convinced it's a worthwhile initiative.
"The hub itself is essentially an office that can be used as a meeting space or to "print documents"."
For example like printing... seccession papers!! Hehe
- Whats on in Perth - Easter Edition
In Perth for Easter weekend.
What are some cool things to do / places to visit?
