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 βfailingβ 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 birdβs-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 βoutdated and dangerousβ policy.
βThe prescribed burning program is no longer effective at protecting South West communities in a drying and warming climate,β he said.
βOnly half of prescribed burns close to communities have been completed last year because they are too risky.
βForests are also suffering with an increasing number of high-intensity burns causing severe damage.β
If they can create something similar to Brisbane's south bank it would be really awesome.
Lots of shady trees. Not vast expanses of concrete / pavers and native shrubs, that just does not make for a nice place.
A proper pool plus water playground.
Just keep anyone who has Yagan square and Elizabeth quay on their CV the fuck away from this.
He agrees it's a waste of time, so he goes by chopper.
Elizabeth quay is sort of the opposite of south bank in that way. Wanky hotels right up to the water.
Likely a pipe dream at this stage. But having just visited south bank in Brisbane it would be awesome to create something similar here.
What I liked about south bank: -big shady trees to sit under Lots of nice places to hang out that don't require you to be a customer open access pool, water playground. Lots of places to eat
If Perth tried to do it, we would need to bring in the team who did south bank, and keep away the clowns who made the shadeless concrete wind tunnels like yagan square and Elizabeth quay.
"steal people's land" Sit down Baz, it's just a paid car storage area. It's hardly "the people's land" at present. If anything making it in to a public primary school is more for the people.
The non removable Google search bar was one of the reasons I put Graphene on my pixel.
Ironically it was when the stock android upgrade on my pixel 7 completely bricked my phone (due to the multiple user profiles bug) that I decided to jump in to Graphene head first.
Compared to my experience running random ROMs on Samsungs back in the era of galaxy note 1 to 4, Graphene installer was so easy!
I wonder what their reaction would be if you are running Graphene OS and you gave them the duress PIN.
I fear they will go the other way, that is start locking down the pixels to make replacing their OS more difficult.
Probably overkill but I still run an old x86 office PC I picked up cheap in an auction. Currently running Linux mint + Kodi. Really like the Kore phone app to control it.
We are also a "one paper" state. Guess who owns that media and what pies they have their fingers in.
We know the liberal party have been itching to do this for a while now. Scummo mentioned it in the last days before the election.
No doubt it's happening next time the liberal party gets in.
As if it isn't enough that they transfer tax dollars to established real estate owners, they will transfer super balances to them as well.
I'm not sure the families living in tents and cars will agree with you.
Perhaps you aren't aware that we have a housing crisis in Australia.
Record low rental vacancies. Housing is too expensive and scarce for people on median incomes.
The people we import typically have enough money to displace those who don't. Those who don't end up homeless. Our politicians don't give a fuck as many own multiple investment properties.
Excellent news for the economy, and by the economy I mean "rich people's yachts"
Ours didn't get to stay home, but they weren't allowed outside at lunch the other week when it was over 40. Lucky for them the school has air con in all buildings.
Not having all the silly teenager / young adult bits of their lives documented in videos for all to see.
They can be forced to stay home when it gets too hot instead.
Dear peasants who don't own real estate,
fuck you, got mine.
Sincerely, Politicians
There is further evidence Australia's ongoing housing crisis is deepening as the national vacancy rate hits a record low of 0.7 per cent, according to Domain.
I'm sure if we keep voting for the Libor and Laberal parties they will eventually fix it right?
Whatever today's economic data shows about how close Australia is to recession the truth is we are already experiencing the biggest dive in living standards in half a century β and have been for two years, writes Peter Martin.
The WA government once offered train holidays around the state with sleeping cars, on-board dining, and a chance to see the sights on 'reso tours'.
A council plan to protect Perth's trees will be rejected by WA Planning Minister John Carey despite overwhelming community support, the ABC understands.
If we drop the antagonism between younger Australians and Boomers, will it help to fixing our housing crisis, asks Gareth Hutchens.
Not sure I agree with the title that no one can βescapeβ it. I think the wealth hoarding class does very nicely out of everyone else's misery. Perhaps if things don't turn around their grand children might go from owning the whole country to facing a guillotine.
More likely once there is a large enough percentage of people who will have no hope of owning, then they will start to have an effect at the polling booth.
Recently made the switch to Graphene and am trying to get my main email away from outlook.com
What's everyone using for calendar event invites?
I have a mixture of some events that only I need to see, but others I send and receive invites to people using gmail, outlook etc.
Currently trying out free Proton, but it's a bit limited. For example if I make a recurring event there seems to be no way to edit or remove a single recurrence. Also would like to be able to use say simple calendar widgets with it. Edit, also discovered that invites sent from gmail to proton simply don't arrive.
Happy for a paid service provided I'm not treated as a product for advertisers to market to.
Perth has the worst tree canopy cover of any Australian capital, with the state government putting it as low as 16 per cent coverage.
Apparantly there is no way to influence demand for housing.
Mining billionaires might have made the state wealthy, but itβs developersβ decades of wheeling and dealing that continue to have the most impact on daily life.
The WA Greens have revived the debate over Perthβs sprawl, joining with developers, planners and universities to call for a rethink of the cityβs urban planning.
Automotive brands are being accused of pushing a "loophole" policy so they can keep selling dirty and inefficient vehicles to Australian consumers.
WAβs Environmental Protection Authority has cast doubt over the effectiveness of the stateβs prescribed burning program, and has called for an independent review.
Born out of anti-government rallies during the pandemic, authorities say Germany's ReichsbΓΌrger movement is a growing threat. And it's forging ties with one of the country's biggest political parties.
Sawmillers in WA say the state government is breaking its promise to support timber and logging communities ahead of the ban on native logging.
The space between WAβs major cultural institutions is tired, functions poorly and is a magnet for crime. Will the latest plan create the cultural heart the city needs?
The ABC understands the Cook government will scrap its controversial Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act within days, and revert back to the old process.
Spring is coming, and that means the city will be cloaked in days of smoke as authorities take advantage of every opportunity to meet their prescribed burning target.
