Andrew Chounding
News Reporter at ABC News (Australia)
ABC Great Southern Rural and Resources Reporter via ABC Kalgoorlie. [email protected]
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3 weeks ago |
abc.net.au | Andrew Chounding |Mark Bennett |Anna Cox
WA Police has announced a soft launch of strict gun laws. New laws will start on Monday but police will issue temporary licences of up to 90 days to allow gun owners to transition. Tough restrictions on rapid release guns will come into effect with owners urged to hand in firearms. The Western Australian government has softened the launch of its strict new gun laws on the eve of their rollout after receiving backlash from firearm owners across the state.
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3 weeks ago |
abc.net.au | Andrew Chounding |Andrew Collins
Tourists in an upmarket suburb of Albany hit with $200 fines in a crackdown on illegal camping by local rangers. The fines come as residents complain about travellers misusing public showers at a surf club. Residents and visitors want more affordable alternatives close to town to reduce illegal car-park camping. Tourists in West Australian seaside community Albany have been hit with $200 fines for camping in one of the city's most expensive and affluent neighbourhoods.
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1 month ago |
abc.net.au | Andrew Chounding
Businesses and gun owners say they have been left in limbo amid poor communication one week out from strict new gun laws. Firearm owners say they are still confused about the legislation. The Nationals have called for the laws to be shelved and will move a disallowance to the bill when parliament resumes. Days out from the rollout of what have been dubbed Australia's strictest gun laws, firearm owners say they still don't know key information about the new reforms.
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1 month ago |
abc.net.au | Andrew Chounding |Rosemary Murphy |Keane Bourke
WA Liberal candidate for Albany, Thomas Brough, has been referred to the State Administrative Tribunal for alleged professional misconduct. The referral related to comments Dr Brough made falsely linking the LGBQIA+ community with paedophiles. Dr Brough says the leak had been perpetrated by his political opponents and will not distract him from his campaign.
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1 month ago |
abc.net.au | Rosemary Murphy |Andrew Chounding
The head of Western Australia's peak medical body has dismissed suggestions mental health checks for firearm owners will be "rubber-stamped", after a Liberal candidate implied a "posse" of rural doctors would help potential gun owners through the process.
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