Funding offered to help revive FOGO waste system
By Jacqueline Lynch and Stan Shaw
The WA environment minister has thrown a $3 million lifeline to councils to help revive the failing 'FOGO' bin system in the South West — and says the controversial three-bin system is here to stay.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-18/fogo-avoids-scrap-heap-government-funding-councils-/106157354
Bunbury elders write children's book in Noongar preserve culture
By Anna Cox and Stan Shaw
Once forbidden from speaking their local language, a group of Indigenous elders in WA use it in a children's book, hoping to breathe life into a dying dialect.
Surfing pioneer hangs up board at age 87 after decades catching waves
By Jacqueline Lynch, Stan Shaw, and Anthony Pancia
Seven decades ago when Kevin Merifield started exploring breaks in WA's South West, locals thought he was crazy braving the "shark-infested" waters to surf.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-20/wa-surfing-pioneer-kevin-merifield-hangs-up-board/106033072
Will bigger fines, gates and timed parking stop illegal camping in WA?
By Jacqueline Lynch and Stan Shaw
A WA council has doubled fines for illegal camping and will look at locking people out of visitor hotspots at night, as it struggles to stop people staying in vans and tents at popular tourist spots.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-13/illegal-camping-crackdown-margaret-river/106005144
A WA council has doubled fines for illegal camping and will look at locking people out of visitor hotspots at night, as it struggles to stop people staying in vans and tents at popular tourist spots.
Surfer wrestles with shark in water before being helped by friend
By Madigan Landry and Stan Shaw
Margaret River surfer Andy McDonald survives to tell the tale of his encounter with a shark at popular "Bombie" surf break.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-11/surfer-survives-encounter-with-shark/105995504
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1139592
#movie #horror #greatmovie #greathorror #blackactors #StanShaw #FrankieSmith #blackmastodon
Wind farm applications lodged despite community division
By Madigan Landry and Stan Shaw
A proposed 20-turbine wind farm at Scott River in WA's South West reaches a development milestone with developers and power provider Synergy lodging formal applications.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-05/scott-river-wind-farm-divides-community/105967602
Fishing industry shocked by mandatory reporting refusal
By Joanna Prendergast, Amelia Searson, Belinda Varischetti, and Stan Shaw
Western Australia's commercial fishing industry says live data is essential to improve the health of the state's fisheries, but the WA government and recreational groups say it is not needed.
#FishingandAquacultureIndustry #RecreationalFishing #Environment #LocalFoodSystems #StateandTerritoryGovernment #JoannaPrendergast #AmeliaSearson #BelindaVarischetti # #StanShaw
Calls for Australia's growing love affair with US-style utes to be taxed
By Jacqueline Lynch, Chela Williams, and Stan Shaw
As American-style utes gain popularity across the country, there are calls for owners to face higher taxes for their "big cars, causing big problems".
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-17/big-cars-us-style-trucks-tax/105901678
#CarEnthusiasm #RoadTransportIndustry #JacquelineLynch #ChelaWilliams # #StanShaw
Bibbulmun Track record broken twice in one week
By Stan Shaw, Paul Cook, and Rosemary Murphy
Two men have smashed the record for completing one of the world's longest walking tracks in the fastest time, within days of each other.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-08/record-for-bibbulmun-track-broken-twice-in-a-week/105862894
#RecordsandAchievements #Hiking #MentalHealth #StanShaw #PaulCook # #RosemaryMurphy
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