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Perth / Western Australia
Below are some resources for Perth/Western Australian info that could help find the perfect story for that exceptional post.
Suggestions to add to the list are very welcome!
This community wishes to be about all things Perth/WA, not just latest news. Whether its memes, dreams, or custard creams! Tell us your Western Australian story! 🦘
Local News/lifestyle:
https://www.theurbanlist.com/perth
https://perthvoiceinteractive.com/
https://margaretriver.wine/news/
https://postnewspapers.com.au/read-the-post/
https://fremantleshippingnews.com.au/
https://www.thebelltowertimes.com/14-ways-to-have-a-breathtaking-day-out-in-joondalup/
https://particle.scitech.org.au/
https://www.margaretrivermail.com.au/
https://heraldonlinejournal.com/
https://www.businessnews.com.au/ (subscriber)
University/TAFE news:
https://www.notredame.edu.au/news
https://www.northmetrotafe.wa.edu.au/news-and-events
https://www.ecu.edu.au/newsroom/overview
https://pelicanmagazine.com.au/
https://www.murdoch.edu.au/news
https://www.curtin.edu.au/news/
https://westernindependent.com.au/
Noteworthy West Australians blogs/other
https://www.brendansodyssey.com/youtube-videos
https://freoview.wordpress.com/
https://theconversation.com/profiles/flavio-macau-998456/articles
https://theconversation.com/profiles/hannah-mcglade-340927/articles
Government/LGA:
https://www.wa.gov.au/government/announcements
https://www.dbca.wa.gov.au/get-involved/newsletters/bushland-news
https://www.vincent.wa.gov.au/
https://www.stirling.wa.gov.au/your-city/news
https://www.commerce.wa.gov.au/announcements
https://slwa.wa.gov.au/whats-new
https://perth.wa.gov.au/news-and-updates
https://visit.museum.wa.gov.au/boolabardip/exhibitions
https://inherit.dplh.wa.gov.au/Public/
https://www.emergency.wa.gov.au/
WA Podcasts:
https://www.businessnews.com.au/podcasts
https://particle.scitech.org.au/explore/podcasts/
National sites that occasionally have WA specific articles:
https://www.railexpress.com.au/
https://www.theguardian.com/au
https://theconversation.com/au
https://www.oznativeplants.com/index.html
ABC WA:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/wa
https://www.abc.net.au/esperance
https://www.abc.net.au/goldfields
https://www.abc.net.au/greatsouthern
https://www.abc.net.au/kimberley
https://www.abc.net.au/wheatbelt
https://www.abc.net.au/pilbara
https://www.abc.net.au/southwestwa
More water is needed in our environment, if nature can't provide it, then we should act to ensure minimum levels of ground water are maintained by human intervention. This will reduce fire risk in two ways, the extra moisture will make things harder to catch alight, and stronger growth of trees will leave them less susceptible in time also.
There could also be a range of positive externalities associated with a very large and broad water delivery scheme.
Employment of technology to monitor, and respond quicker. Be it, built infrastructure in strategic town-bush interfaces such as lookouts or automated water reservoirs, or drone/satellite feeds, even AI could be of use in bush fire smoke detection from live feeds.
Keep current practices but decentralise the more destructive practices where able. The aim should be to reduce the dependence on prescribed burns and land clearing where we can begin to substitute different and more permanent solutions. Prescribed burns and land clearing can be a bit of a band-aid, incredibly effective, but not for all ailments.
They also have significant negative outcomes attached which diminish their value a little, (if our focus is wider than human lives and homes).