Perth weather: why the coldest weekend since spring feels even ...
If you are stubbornly convinced that it is even colder today than the weather forecast is suggested, rest assured it's not just you. When wind chill and moisture is factored in, the past weekend – already the coldest in Perth for eight months – felt up to six degrees colder than the official readings and Monday has so far brought only the slightest relief. Hail in Banksia Grove and (inset), how the actual temperature (red) differed from what it felt like (black) on Saturday night. Photo:..>> view originalFire as destructive as Canada's Fort McMurray blaze would engulf ...
Video will begin in 5 seconds. Canada fire rages for seventh day Raging Alberta wildfire is set to grow rapidly in size as residents are evacuated hundreds of miles away in a sign that the crisis in Canada's energy heartland could drag on. PT1M20S 620 349 As a monstrous and destructive wildfire continues to scorch a path through central Canada, an Australian fire expert has issued a stark warning: it could easily happen here."Our cities can burn," said David Bowman, a Profess..>> view originalCold showers at Perth Quadriplegic Centre
Labor leader Mark McGowan speaks to John Dwyer at the Perth Quadriplegic Centre in Shenton Park, where residents are having to put up without a working hot water system. Picture: Stewart AllenWA Opposition leader Mark McGowan has called for an urgent fix to cold showers — on the coldest morning of the year — for residents at Perth Quadriplegic Centre in Shenton Park. Mr McGowan said residents at Shenton Park facility are having to put up without a working hot water system and forced to have free..>> view originalThree dead in horror weekend on WA roads
A woman motorbike rider, 54, has died after colliding with an oncoming car in Serpentine, one of two people killed on WA roads on Sunday night. Picture: Channel Nine/TwitterTHREE people died in separate crashes on WA roads at the weekend — including a woman motorbike rider and a man who ploughed into a Gnowangerup house.A 45-year-old man died when he crashed his Holden Commodore into a house in the small Wheatbelt town of Gnowangerup, 345km southeast of Perth, about 10.30pm.Great Southern Police..>> view originalPerth's tech firms hit investment hurdles
Nick Sas - The West Australian on May 9, 2016, 7:50 am John Poynton, left, Harry Karelis and Dr Stewart Washer, directors of new investment firm, Jindalee Partners. A lack of early-stage funding and venture capital in Perth is stagnating the State’s fledgling tech industry, industry insiders say, with more-and-more early-stage companies forced to look east or overseas for funding.The West Australian canvassed a number of tech investors and industry experts and found a vacuum around ..>> view originalWA budget: State Government to fund shark barriers at beaches in ...
WA budget: State Government to fund shark barriers at beaches in Perth's north Posted May 09, 2016 14:59:13 The West Australian Government will provide funding for two shark barriers and ongoing money for a shark monitoring program in Thursday's budget.The $1.54 million commitment will mainly be spent on maintaining detection receivers for the Shark Monitoring Network and $495,000 to replace up to 18 prototype receivers with newer versions.But there is no new funding ..>> view originalJust Like Heaven: The Cure Add Perth & Adelaide Dates To Fk-Off ...
Adelaide, Perth: crack out the hairspray, 'cause The Cure are officially rolling through your areas. After our gloomy pop heroes stunned Australia with news they'll be smashing it at Splendour In The Grass, the band announced a coupla sideshows in Sydney and Melbourne, with the promise of hitting up SA and WA too. And, O joyous day, the dates for those shows have now been announced. Adelaide, you can get around Robert Smith + Co. on Friday 29 July at the Entertainment Centre; Perth, you're up o..>> view originalMan stabbed after road rage incident at Perth salmon hot spot ...
Police are still hunting a man they say stabbed another in Perth's southern suburbs on Sunday following an apparent road rage incident. WA Police spokesman Samuel Dinnison said the victim had been parked in his car at Woodman Point about 8am when his vehicle was rammed several times by a red Jeep. He said the victim got out of his car and was confronted by the driver of the Jeep, and received stab wounds to his face, arm and head from an unknown bladed weapon. "It appears the facial injury may..>> view originalVeterans evacuated after Perth fire
Veterans evacuated after Perth fire AAP on May 9, 2016, 12:28 pm Two people, including a 90-year-old war veteran, have been treated for smoke inhalation after a fire at a Perth nursing home.Fire fighters responding to the Menora blaze at 4am on Monday found a bedroom filled with smoke and a small fire in the roof space.The blaze, which caused an estimated $75,000 damage, is thought to have been caused by a faulty ceiling fan.Residents of the Alexander Drive facility were evacua..>> view originalPot crop leader takes stake in Perth play
Pot crop leader takes stake in Perth play Nick Sas - The West Australian on May 9, 2016, 10:42 am The owner of the biggest legal cannabis crop in the world has taken a 15 per cent stake in Perth’s AusCann Group Holdings — WA’s home-grown medical cannabis company.Auscann announced this morning Canopy Growth Corporation had taken the stake in exchange for “access to Canopy’s vast range of personnel and expertise in the cultivation, manufacturing and supply of high quality medi..>> view original
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