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CBC
4 days ago
- Politics
- CBC
U.S., Israel condemn France's move to recognize Palestinian state
French President Emmanuel Macron says his country will soon recognize a Palestinian state, a decision that was condemned by Israel. France would be the largest Western power to recognize a Palestinian state. But for some Palestinians statehood is far less pressing than urgently needed food and supplies.
Perth Now
7 days ago
- Business
- Perth Now
Mosman Park residents vote against underground power
The push to bring underground power to Mosman Park will likely halt after a recent community survey found about 70 per cent of the small council's residents were against the planned project. The council surveyed locals about the prospect of fronting the cost themselves — potentially up to $16,000 — to put power underground by 2029, rather than waiting their turn in Western Power's scheduled program. Under Western Power's Targeted Underground Power Program, where that cost would be subsidised by the State Government, underground power in Mosman Park is not anticipated until between 2035 and 2045. But in order to go ahead, the town needed a minimum of 70 per cent support from at least a 30 per cent response rate. Of the 2286 letters sent out to affected property owners, 744 responded with an clear preference (69.5 per cent) to wait for the subsidised rollout. Just 227 (30.5 per cent) respondents supported fast-tracking the project, with 42.6 per cent citing how it would improve neighbourhood aesthetics as their main reason. Other western suburbs councils, including Subiaco and Peppermint Grove, have completely transitioned to underground power.
West Australian
23-07-2025
- Business
- West Australian
Contracts awarded in ‘largest and most important' project to bring Midwest renewable energy to Perth
Disruptions to households are inevitable during the construction of Western Australia's largest energy infrastructure project, according to Energy and Decarbonisation Minister Amber-Jade Sanderson. Ms Sanderson said on Wednesday morning $342 million worth of contracts had been awarded to three companies to construct more 26.5km of overhead transmission lines to better connect Perth to renewable projects. UGL Engineering, GenusPlus and Acciona will all take part in projects on the lines as well as constructing terminals which will run from Western Power's Northern Terminal in Malaga to Three Springs. Work is already underway on the projects. Ms Sanderson acknowledged there will be disruptions during the work but said the project was an important one. 'With any major infrastructure project you're going to get disruptions, but this is critical to essentially connecting households to clean energy,' she said. 'The community quite rightly expects and demands that they have access to renewable energy, reliable, affordable, renewable energy, and that's what this trade transmission line will deliver.' The South West Interconnected System is the energy grid which connects the South West of Western Australia, running from the Midwest to the Goldfields and Great Southern. According to the State Government the upgraded infrastructure would connect Perth homes to around 400MW worth of existing wind power and a further 1GW of renewable energy to come. Ms Sanderson said impacted communities and individuals would be consulted. 'Western Power have been consulting carefully with local governments impacted along the line route, with individual land holders as well,' she said. 'They've gone through all of the appropriate approvals processes, enormous amount of meticulous planning and approvals work has been undertaken to deliver this project. 'I'm confident that the team at Western Power and our contracting partners will manage that carefully.' Western Power chief executive officer Sam Barbaro said the upgraded infrastructure would allow the renewable energy to reach the Perth market. 'Some of WA's, and indeed the world's, best renewable resources are in the Midwest of Western Australia which creates significant opportunities for our state for large-scale solar and wind generation,' he said. 'That's why the Clean Energy Link North project is so important, it will unlock these amazing resources and take that renewable energy to the community where it needs it.' Shadow energy minister Steve Thomas said while the upgrades were welcome, there was a lack of long-term public planning. 'We all know and acknowledge that more transmissions lines are needed and in fact the Government is years behind where it needed to be if they were to be any chance at all of completing their energy transition by their target date of October 2029,' he said. 'This announcement is premature however, as it commits hundreds of millions of taxpayers' dollars before the plan defining how the transition will work has even been finalised and released. 'The Government's Whole of System Plan was released in 2020 but was rapidly out of date. An updated version was due to be released in 2023, but two years later we're still waiting for it.' Ms Anderson said she intended to release the 'broad SWIS plan' later in the year to provide plans on the exact configuration of the transmission lines.
The Age
08-07-2025
- Automotive
- The Age
WA news LIVE: Car crash causes power blackout in Perth's south
Latest posts Latest posts 9.30am Car crash causes power blackout in Perth's south One wrong move behind the wheel saw thousands of homes in Perth's south plunged into darkness last night after a car smashed into a power transformer. The incident occurred around 8pm after a Honda Accord travelling along Leach Highway in Rossmoyne veered off the road, hitting a fixed power transmission box. The crash cut power to more than 11,000 homes. It also forced a local IGA to shut up shop and for traffic light signals in the surrounding suburbs of Booragoon, Willetton and Mount Pleasant to also be cut. Despite the transmission box being extensively damaged, Western Power were able to reconnect homes to power within two hours. The driver of the car, a man in his 20s was uninjured. 9.30am Across the nation and around the world Here's what's making news across the nation and around the world: Australia's healthcare watchdog will crack down on the country's booming medicinal cannabis industry, amid what it described as poor prescribing practice and surging patient demand. The Reserve Bank of Australia has shocked economists (and many home owners) after voting to keep rates on hold, despite widely expected cuts. It marks the first time the RBA board has been openly split over the direction of interest rates. We can exclusively reveal that during the final deliberations of the Erin Patterson murder trial, a hotel booking blunder meant jurors, police, prosecutors, and media were housed together, leading to havoc. 9.30am Today's weather A foggy start to the day before the sun comes out later on (not that it will warm up much more, mind you). 9.30am Good morning readers, and welcome to our live news blog for Wednesday, July 9. Making headlines today is news from the Burswood peninsula, where controversial plans for a $217 million racetrack and amphitheatre have received the blessing of neighbour Crown Perth. During a press conference on Tuesday, Crown Perth chairman John Van Der Wielen described the project as 'really exciting'. However, it is still unclear whether the state government will need to purchase any land off Crown to fulfil its election promise – now dubbed the Perth Entertainment and Sporting Precinct. Hamish Hastie has the full story. You can read it here. Meanwhile Charli Grant has saved the Matildas from further embarrassment, the defender bundling in a stoppage-time goal to lift Australia to a 3-2 victory over Panama at HBF Park in Perth last night.
Sydney Morning Herald
08-07-2025
- Automotive
- Sydney Morning Herald
WA news LIVE: Car crash causes power blackout in Perth's south
Latest posts Latest posts 9.30am Car crash causes power blackout in Perth's south One wrong move behind the wheel saw thousands of homes in Perth's south plunged into darkness last night after a car smashed into a power transformer. The incident occurred around 8pm after a Honda Accord travelling along Leach Highway in Rossmoyne veered off the road, hitting a fixed power transmission box. The crash cut power to more than 11,000 homes. It also forced a local IGA to shut up shop and for traffic light signals in the surrounding suburbs of Booragoon, Willetton and Mount Pleasant to also be cut. Despite the transmission box being extensively damaged, Western Power were able to reconnect homes to power within two hours. The driver of the car, a man in his 20s was uninjured. 9.30am Across the nation and around the world Here's what's making news across the nation and around the world: Australia's healthcare watchdog will crack down on the country's booming medicinal cannabis industry, amid what it described as poor prescribing practice and surging patient demand. The Reserve Bank of Australia has shocked economists (and many home owners) after voting to keep rates on hold, despite widely expected cuts. It marks the first time the RBA board has been openly split over the direction of interest rates. We can exclusively reveal that during the final deliberations of the Erin Patterson murder trial, a hotel booking blunder meant jurors, police, prosecutors, and media were housed together, leading to havoc. 9.30am Today's weather A foggy start to the day before the sun comes out later on (not that it will warm up much more, mind you). 9.30am Good morning readers, and welcome to our live news blog for Wednesday, July 9. Making headlines today is news from the Burswood peninsula, where controversial plans for a $217 million racetrack and amphitheatre have received the blessing of neighbour Crown Perth. During a press conference on Tuesday, Crown Perth chairman John Van Der Wielen described the project as 'really exciting'. However, it is still unclear whether the state government will need to purchase any land off Crown to fulfil its election promise – now dubbed the Perth Entertainment and Sporting Precinct. Hamish Hastie has the full story. You can read it here. Meanwhile Charli Grant has saved the Matildas from further embarrassment, the defender bundling in a stoppage-time goal to lift Australia to a 3-2 victory over Panama at HBF Park in Perth last night.
