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People gathered from all across Perth and the South West for the protest against Heidelberg Materials’ proposed Oldbury sand mine.

Black cockatoo battle erupts south of Perth as sand mine looms

A fight is brewing in a rural southern Perth suburb over a proposal to clear hectares of banksia woodland, potentially impacting a species already on the brink.

  • Emma Young

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Tash Peterson has declared bankruptcy on Instagram.

Animal rights activist Tash Peterson declares bankruptcy in Instagram videos

Vegan activist Tash Peterson and her partner have declared bankruptcy on Instagram, following their unsuccessful legal battle with a Perth veterinarian.

Just Stop Oil protesters threw tinned soup at Vincent Van Gogh’s famous 1888 work Sunflowers, then glued themselves to the wall at the National Gallery in London in 2022.

After throwing soup at Van Gogh and painting Stonehenge, agents of chaos say they’re done

The group of protesters, which included women in their 80s, grabbed the headlines with disruptive stunts that saw them arrested 3300 times in three years.

  • Rob Harris
The climate activists made headlines by activities that included throwing soup on famous artworks, interrupting live theatre and spraying paint on Stonehenge.
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Just Stop Oil calls time on disruptive protests

The climate activists made headlines by activities that included throwing soup on famous artworks, interrupting live theatre and spraying paint on Stonehenge.

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Black cockatoos are in dire straits across WA.

People ‘just picking up’ starving WA cockatoos as burglars target nests

At what point does a pet become a pest? Meanwhile, here’s why one of Perth’s foremost black cockatoo rehab figures is saying he’s ‘never seen anything like it’.

  • Emma Young
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Jim Killen said many trees, including this Queensland Kauri, were dramatically undersized in the original arborist report.

Big trees, bold development plans and a community pushing back

A plan put before Brisbane City Council to subdivide an old research site into 27 lots initially misrepresented the mature tree cover. Locals are concerned.

  • Courtney Kruk
Bush Users’ Group founder Bill Schulz has launched the most successful Victorian petition ever, campaigning against new national parks.

How our national parks got dragged into the culture wars

The bitter fight against national parks has attracted a motley crew of prospectors, 4WD enthusiasts, shooters, horse riders, unionists and micro-parties.

  • Bianca Hall
Matilda Lane-Rose, Jesse Noakes, Gerard Mazza and Emil Davey outside court on Tuesday.

‘Where is the line?’: Magistrate mulls ethics of climate protest outside home of Woodside boss

A court hearing for the climate activists arrested outside the home of Woodside boss Meg O’Neill has descended into an ethical debate about the limits of the right to protest.

  • Jesinta Burton
Wattle Grove is facing rezoning from rural to urban.

Rural rebellion at plan to populate Perth’s urban fringe

Paving Perth’s paddocks is one way the state’s planning to accommodate the projected 2050 population. But will the city’s most biodiverse wetland suffer?

  • Emma Young

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