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Sydney Morning Herald
2 days ago
- Politics
- Sydney Morning Herald
WA News LIVE: Protesters disrupt Woodside open day; E-bike battery fire destroys century-old home
Good morning readers, and thanks for joining us for another week! Hope you enjoyed the weekend's beautiful weather. Rounding up the news as it stands, this morning Emma Young is reporting further into the problems at South Perth council and investigating why the state's Liberal Party seems so concerned about those tiny foreshore trees. Whether the party has its eye on the South Perth mayoral election as well as the next state election is not yet known, but the council's ructions are deepening. On Sunday, Hannah Barry reported Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's comments from a Perth event ahead of next week's planned economic roundtable, as US President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin walked away from a critical summit without a Ukraine ceasefire deal. Albanese also said WA was at the centre of government renewable energy plans. Read more here. Also on Sunday, Disrupt Burrup Hub campaigners made things awkward for Woodside with a high-vis protest at the Woodside Open Day for Science Week at WA's Maritime Museum. To celebrate the announcement of a five-year extension to Woodside's decades-long sponsorship of WA Museum research into WA ocean life, Woodside was supporting free entry to the WA Maritime Museum with family activities focused on marine life. The protesters were intending to call attention to an Australian Institute of Marine Science report last week that found WA's reefs including Ningaloo have suffered their worst ever bleaching on record as Woodside progresses plans for its Burrup Hub mega-project in the region. 'Today's children may never see unbleached coral in the natural world,' said Janna, 24, a pediatric nurse who joined the protest. After holding the banner for a minute or so inside the building, the protesters held the banner outside the entrance in front of a crowd of supporters.
The Age
2 days ago
- Politics
- The Age
WA News LIVE: Protesters disrupt Woodside open day; E-bike battery fire destroys century-old home
Good morning readers, and thanks for joining us for another week! Hope you enjoyed the weekend's beautiful weather. Rounding up the news as it stands, this morning Emma Young is reporting further into the problems at South Perth council and investigating why the state's Liberal Party seems so concerned about those tiny foreshore trees. Whether the party has its eye on the South Perth mayoral election as well as the next state election is not yet known, but the council's ructions are deepening. On Sunday, Hannah Barry reported Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's comments from a Perth event ahead of next week's planned economic roundtable, as US President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin walked away from a critical summit without a Ukraine ceasefire deal. Albanese also said WA was at the centre of government renewable energy plans. Read more here. Also on Sunday, Disrupt Burrup Hub campaigners made things awkward for Woodside with a high-vis protest at the Woodside Open Day for Science Week at WA's Maritime Museum. To celebrate the announcement of a five-year extension to Woodside's decades-long sponsorship of WA Museum research into WA ocean life, Woodside was supporting free entry to the WA Maritime Museum with family activities focused on marine life. The protesters were intending to call attention to an Australian Institute of Marine Science report last week that found WA's reefs including Ningaloo have suffered their worst ever bleaching on record as Woodside progresses plans for its Burrup Hub mega-project in the region. 'Today's children may never see unbleached coral in the natural world,' said Janna, 24, a pediatric nurse who joined the protest. After holding the banner for a minute or so inside the building, the protesters held the banner outside the entrance in front of a crowd of supporters.
