Perth / Western Australia
- Emperor penguin waddles up to surfer at WA beach in most northern recorded sighting of specieswww.abc.net.au Emperor penguin waddles up to surfer at WA beach in most northern recorded sighting of species
A young emperor penguin has captured the attention of locals and researchers by arriving at an unexpected location in Western Australia, a long way from its Antarctic home.
Move over King Charles, the Southern Emperor (penguin) has landed.
- Springboard Medical Manufacturing Alliance expandswww.uwa.edu.au Springboard Medical Manufacturing Alliance expands
WA's emerging medical manufacturing sector has been boosted by the expansion of the Springboard Medical Manufacturing Alliance from six to 15 members
- Notre Dame explores humankind’s deepest questions
Notre Dame has launched a History of Philosophy centre
- Preserving Gingin’s night skieswesternindependent.com.au Preserving Gingin’s night skies
Gingin is on track to becoming Western Australia’s first internationally recognised Dark Sky Place.
- stubby holders for zooper doopers - where to find?
Summer is coming, I'm wondering if anyone knows where I can buy 'stubbyholders' for icy poles? Maybe I should make my own...
- As block sizes shrink, are we allowing enough room for trees?www.abc.net.au As block sizes shrink, are we allowing enough room for trees?
A mayor in Perth's south-eastern suburbs has raised concerns that developers are creating subdivisions without sufficient verge space to plant trees.
- 'Celebrating vandals': MPs take aim at WA Museum for acquiring perspex protecting priceless painting defaced by climate activistwww.abc.net.au 'Celebrating vandals': MPs take aim at WA Museum for acquiring perspex protecting priceless painting defaced by climate activist
The WA Museum is criticised after acquiring a piece of perspex protecting an iconic Australian painting which was graffitied by climate activists.
- 'Profoundly offensive': MP hits out at Perth Airport wi-fi terms, but airport says they are 'standard'www.abc.net.au 'Profoundly offensive': MP hits out at Perth Airport wi-fi terms, but airport says they are 'standard'
Liberal MP David Honey is raising the alarm about Perth Airport's free wi-fi policy, saying it's an invasion of privacy — and a digital rights expert agrees. But the airport says the terms and conditions are standard.
- Women in Media WA opportunityslwa.wa.gov.au Women in Media WA opportunity
If you are an early career journalist, content maker or media student looking to tell a great story about WA women and get paid for your content, we want to hear from you. Applications close 25 October.
Only a couple days, but if anyone has any interesting ideas, it might be worth a go.
- Freo coy on 2029heraldonlinejournal.com Freo coy on 2029
WITH the bicentenary of Fremantle’s colonial settlement just five years away, Fremantle council has started preparing for the anniversary – but is being a bit shy about revealing what it has planne…
Centenary of Fremantle's establishment as Fremantle.
Potential ideas for consideration,
1 > “Local government could demonstrate good will and good leadership by returning sacred area to their traditional owners who could revitalise sites like Cantonment Hill.”
Joe Collard, co-designer of Uluru Statement from the Heart.
2 > Fremantle Society president John Dowson said the bicentenary “should be a celebration of bringing people together and not pushing people apart”.
Mr Dowson suggested the government create a longer-term major project for the entire community to appreciate.
“Something positive for the state” such as revitalising waterways in Western Australia to provide “clean water and healthy rivers for us to go back and fish in and swim in”.
- The WA government just handed some of Australia's biggest polluters something they have wanted for yearswww.abc.net.au The WA government just handed some of Australia's biggest polluters something they have wanted for years
New laws have stripped WA's environmental watchdog of its power to consider carbon emissions when approving high-polluting projects. So is the EPA now a toothless tiger?
- Some Kalamunda trees lost to PSHB - Echo Newspaper
From the article,
> A community information session on PSHB will be held at Pickering Brook Sports Club at 6.30pm on Wednesday, November 6. The one-hour session includes a 45-minute presentation covering the pest’s biology, life cycle, the types of trees at risk, signs of infestation and how to report suspicious activity.
- Land supply just one issue in housing crisis - Echo Newspaper
Run down of the state of play for residential development of bullsbrook and north ellen brook.
- Climate in focus at global gathering of wheat expertswww.murdoch.edu.au Climate in focus at global gathering of wheat experts
The 3rd International Wheat Congress 2024 (IWC 2024) was hosted by Murdoch University in Perth, Western Australia.
Bit of a run-down of that Wheat Congress that happened the other week.
I'm surprised there wasn't a mention of the unique consequences on wheat production and supply due to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
- 'Divine intervention' to help embattled builder complete hundreds of homes, director sayswww.abc.net.au 'Divine intervention' to help embattled builder complete hundreds of homes, director says
The boss of an embattled Perth building company assures hundreds of customers their unfinished homes will be completed with the help of "divine intervention".
- Chance to save the northern jarrahperthvoiceinteractive.com Chance to save the northern jarrah
PADDY CULLEN is a long-time environmental activist who’s doing some work with The Wilderness Society to save our northern jarrah forest. THE northern jarrah forest is one of the world’s great natur…
- Man who cable-tied children's hands in Broome after finding them in his swimming pool found guilty of assaultwww.abc.net.au Man who cable-tied children's hands in Broome after finding them in his swimming pool found guilty of assault
Matej Radelic is given a spent conviction and a fine after being convicted of two counts of aggravated common assault, after cable-tying the hands of three children in Broome.
- Why would the WA government quietly shelve climate change legislation?www.abc.net.au Why would the WA government quietly shelve climate change legislation?
Climate change legislation that promised to drive down WA's rising greenhouse gas emissions looks increasingly likely to be shelved ahead of the March state election.
- Astrofest
This is a friendly heads up that Perths best festival is coming up in just over a month!
Astrofest!!
- 5:30pm - 9:30pm
- Saturday 9th
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The festival usually has an astrophotography comp, star or moon gazing (possibly cloud gazing if we're unlucky), talks, food vans and more.
- Future of wheat in focus at global congresswww.murdoch.edu.au Future of wheat in focus at global congress
More than 900 researchers, policymakers and industry professionals from 52 countries are in Perth for the International Wheat Congress 2024.
That is actually a really cool industry event to have here in Perth. Did anybody get their wheat on?
- Flower power! Take a look back at these vintage photos of WA's wildflowersperthisok.com Flower power! Take a look back at these vintage photos of WA's wildflowers
September is here, and we're proudly saying, for about the zillionth time.. Spring has sprung! With an increase in sunshine comes the fresh blooms of a
- Four people rescued after boat capsizes off WA coast near Kalbarriwww.abc.net.au Two people swim to safety after boat capsizes about 2km off WA coast
Two people are rescued and another two swim ashore after their boat capsizes two kilometres off WA's Mid West coast.
- Lessons Australia can learn from California's success with a tiny bug that's killing Perth's treeswww.abc.net.au Lessons Australia can learn from California's success with a tiny bug that's killing Perth's trees
A decade before shot-hole borer entered Australia, the invasive beetle was tearing through avocado crops in California. Now, the US state has the pest under control. What can WA take from its success?
- Freo facing its Teal moment?heraldonlinejournal.com Freo facing its Teal moment?
LABOR’S stronghold over the Fremantle electorate will be challenged at the next federal election by a new independent group of Freo residents disenfranchised by the major parties. Voices for Frema…
Makes sense, Freo definitely fits the mold for a Teal type candidate. Labor must have known seats they hold would be coming up for this challange soon as well.
If only the major parties had pushed themselves to maintain higher levels of membership, they might not be facing such an active and well resourced independents movement.
- Kings Birthday
I think the King needs at least two extra days of celebration for his birthday..
- 'You can't make people dig up gas for free': Mixed feelings as WA government relaxes gas export ruleswww.abc.net.au 'You can't make people dig up gas for free': Mixed feelings as WA government relaxes gas export rules
Some of Australia's richest industrialists will be allowed for the first time to send WA's gas overseas, with the state government opening up onshore reserves to exports.
- Plantation company fined for clearing of nine stadiums' worth of native bushland in WAwww.abc.net.au Plantation company fined for clearing of nine stadiums' worth of native bushland in WA
A Bunbury magistrate fines a business $141,000 for illegally clearing 16 hectares of land in the state's south west, severely impacting a rare endangered honeysuckle species.
- Our Electric Automotive Vehicle Training Centre is complete! | North Metropolitan TAFE
I wonder if its like hairdressers apprenticeships, where you can get a cut for free/cheaper, but in this case a cheaper car service?
- What a wonderfully crazy thing to do at midnight! - Fremantle Shipping Newsfremantleshippingnews.com.au What a wonderfully crazy thing to do at midnight! - Fremantle Shipping News
Simone Blaser, a 45-year-old South African born swim coach, will set off from Lake Argyle Dam in the beautiful East Kimberley at midnight tonight, 14 September, and swim 50km to the Diversion Dam in Kununurra to raise money for WA charity Swim for Refugees. “As far as we are aware, this is the first...
- Kookynie - Not Quite a Ghost Town — Brendan's Odyssey
The building materials for the facade of London Court came from the dismantled mine head out in Kookynie?!
- WA ‘must quit prescribed burns’ with new tech now ready for roll-out
A rally will be held in Margaret River at the weekend to call on the state government to fund rapid bushfire suppression equipment and scale back “failing” prescribed burns in the South West.
Globally there has been a shift towards adopting new early detection and rapid suppression equipment to quickly identify and extinguish bushfires.
The technology, including smoke detection cameras, satellite monitoring, AI software and drones to give a bird’s-eye view to spot developing fires, is already operational in Canada and California.
It is being rolled out in European countries and along the east coast of Australia.
WA Forest Alliance senior campaigner Jason Fowler said the WA government and Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions were lagging and reliant on “outdated and dangerous” policy.
“The prescribed burning program is no longer effective at protecting South West communities in a drying and warming climate,” he said.
“Only half of prescribed burns close to communities have been completed last year because they are too risky.
“Forests are also suffering with an increasing number of high-intensity burns causing severe damage.”
