Environment
Kununurra: Raised boardwalk for Mirima
The government is funding a raised boardwalk at Mirima national park, near Kununurra.
You can read a media release here:\
James Price Point: Dredging ‘could affect Cable Beach’
Picture by Rod Hartvigsen
A green group says dredging for a gas hub at James Price Point could affect Cable Beach.
A new report says the amount of material needed to be dredged from the sea bed to construct the gas hub would be equivalent to filling Perth’s Subiaco Oval to the top of the goal posts more than 85 times.
You can read Environs Kimberley’s media release here:
Racing the Planet CEO fronts inquiry
Racing the Planet CEO Mary Gadams gave evidence into the inquiry into the disastrous marathon bushfire event yesterday.
She described the event, in which several runners were almost burned to death, as a tragedy.
Racing the Planet ’should give evidence’ says Premier
Premier Colin Barnett said he hoped Racing the Planet would cooperate with an inquiry into the bushfire disaster.
He said, if necessary, the police should lay negligence charges against the ill-fated marathon’s Hong Kong-based organisers.
The West Australian [read this story]
Yesterday runner Turia Pitt appeared at the parliamentary inquiry, heavily bandaged,to give her evidence.
Her lawyer said Ms Pitt and three fellow-competitors badly injured in the bushfire may sue the company.
The Australian [read this story]
Racing the Planet: Badly-burned runners testify
Marathon runners Kate Sanderson and Turia Pitt testified at an inquiry into Racing the Planet yesterday.
They said the marathon, in which they were almost killed in a bushfire, was understaffed and they were not properly warned about the hazard.
The Australian [read this story]
They said the race organisers, whom the are considering suing, offered them no support.
The West Australian [read this story]
Coral reefs are the tops of ancient hills
Courtesy Barry Wilson
A scientist says the Kimberley’s fringing coral reefs are ancient flat-topped hills, with coral growing on top.
Dr Barry Wilson examined Collier Bay’s Montgomery Reef in 2010.
He said the limestone hills were once about 50km inland, and became flooded by King Tides about 6,000 years ago as sea levels rose after the last ice age.
Science Network [read this story]
Bungle Bungle: Funding for upgrades
Bungle Bungle - Wikimedia Commons
Purnululu National Park is to have upgraded roads and facilities.
You can read a media release by Environment Minister Bill Marmion here:
Halls Creek and Fitzroy Crossing: Prescribed burning starts
Prescribed burning has started between Halls Creek and Fitzroy Crossing.
Smoke may drift across the Great Northern Highway.
ninemsn [read this story]
You can read a FESA media release here:
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