Wednesday, July 23rd, 2014
Kununurra: Woman on murder charge
A 37-year-old woman is due in court today, charged with murder.
Police say they found a 29-year-old woman dying of stab wounds in a shopping centre car park on Monday evening.
WAToday [read this story]
Categories: Kununurra, Police and courts
Tuesday, July 22nd, 2014
Kununurra: Woman ‘stabbed to death’ in carpark
Police say they saw a woman stab another woman to death in a shopping centre car park last night.
WAToday [read this story]
Categories: Kununurra, Police and courts
Monday, July 21st, 2014
Bell Gorge: Cliff rescue
SES volunteers and DFES staff rescued a 55-year-old man from a cliff at Bell Gorge today.
A helicopter took him to Broome hospital.
You can read DFES’ statement here:
Tags: Bell Gorge Emergency services Gibb River Road ,
Categories: Police and courts
Monday, July 21st, 2014
Yawuru opposed to fracking
The Yawuru native title group has voted not to support hydraulic fracturing for gas.
Buru Energy already holds exploration permits to frack two wells at Yulleroo, on Roebuck Plains east of Broome.
The Yawuru group is therefore unable to legally stop the company.
A Buru spokesman said the company would continue to work with the Yawuru people.
The Australian [read this story]
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Categories: Aboriginal, Business and finance, Oil and gas
Sunday, July 20th, 2014
Lake Argyle Road: Bushfire alert
A bushfire is burning near Lake Argyle Road and Victoria Highway.
You can read DFES’ announcement here:
Tags: Emergency services Fires Lake Argyle Victoria Highway ,
Categories: Environment, Kununurra
Sunday, July 20th, 2014
Ord and Fitzroy Rivers: Fish benefit from natural flooding
Scientists say artificial flooding does not have the same ecological benefits as natural flooding.
They have studied the Fitzroy and Ord Rivers as part of a study of Australian natural and artificial flooding regimes.
They say natural flooding at the Fitzroy allows, for example, fish to feed on the floodplains and gain weight.
However water at the Ord River region stays within channels cut-off from the floodplain, and flooding is at the wrong time of the year to have the same benefits as natural flooding.
Science Network [read this story]
Tags: Fish Fitzroy River Fitzroy Valley Ord River Ord Valley ,
Categories: Environment
Saturday, July 19th, 2014
People: Francis Watson
Claremont Colts player Francis Watson, formerly of Balgo, has his name in this year’s AFL draft.
The AFL website has a longish feature about Francis, his family and his life.
AFL.com.au [read this story]
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Categories: Aboriginal, People
Thursday, July 17th, 2014
Melissa Price on carbon tax repeal
Australia’s parliament today repealed the carbon tax.
Local member Melissa Price says this is “great news” for local families and small businesses.
You can read her statement here:
Categories: Business and finance, Government, Opinion
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