Feral camels to be collared
by Camilo Cayazaya

COLLARING camels is the latest weapon in the WA environment department’s bid to stop the massive mammals, whose population now exceeds 1 million, doubling in numbers in the next eight years.....full story

Loop roads won’t stymie tourist drive: local pollies
by Hilary Smale

A MOOTED coastal tourist drive winding between Fremantle and Mandurah will not be stymied by loop roads that in recent years have shunted motorists from the coastline, local pollies say.

The proposed route (pictured), devised by the South West Group of councils, was set to be debated on May 15 by Fremantle council’s Strategic and General Services Committee.

If given the green light, the route would negotiate two loop roads – recently built to accommodate the contentious Port Coogee residential enclave, and the Australian Marine Complex.

The route would also link to the existing Sunset Coast tourist drive north of the Swan, which in turn now takes in a loop road at the swank residential development that’s rising alongside Leighton Beach.....full story

Dianella roos at risk: Stirling councillor
by Rebecca Bradshaw

KANGAROOS living in Dianella, on land owned by the Seven and Nine TV channels, are at threat of losing their habitat to residential redevelopment says a Stirling councillor.

Cr Paul Collins is concerned the media land may be redeveloped for housing, affecting kangaroo populations in the area.....full story

'Layback' Sally defends Claremont
by Natalia Machado

A WOMAN pictured in the Sunday Times recently, sculling shooters while laying back on the bar at the Claremont Hotel, claims furore over the practice is nothing more than media hype.

“It wasn’t a promotion of binge drinking,” said Sally (real name withheld) pictured above. “None of us were heavily intoxicated.....full story

Botulism kills O'Connor ducks
by Urszula Dawkins

BOTULISM appears to have killed dozens of wild birds at Frederick Baldwin Lake in O’Connor.

On just one day, April 9, the bodies of 22 native black ducks lay rotting around the shores of the lake, with at least one sick bird forlornly circling the lake’s small island.....full story

Fortescue boss pledges quake aid
by Lydia Monka

AUSTRALIA’S richest man Andrew Forrest on May 20 pledged to donate about $500,000 to the victims of China’s earthquake disaster, at the Chinese Consulate in East Perth.

 “I believe that charitable attitudes in Australia are on the rise,” Mr Forrest told eMU News, “and they are certainly ones that I and my family support.”.....full story

Freo to sue over sign-clad home
by Danielle McComasky

AFTER three years of tortuous mediation, Fremantle council staffers have recommended legal action be taken to get Jan ter Horst to remove the protest signs that cover his monolithic home atop Beaconsfield Ridge.

When told of the move, Mr ter Horst (70) said the spectre of legal action was an attack on his freedom of speech.....full story