
Andrew Williams
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1 week ago |
abc.net.au | Bridget McArthur |Andrew Williams
A search is underway off the coast of Bunbury for a missing 70-year-old swimmer. David Taylor has not been seen since going for a dawn swim at Back Beach on Wednesday. Stormy weather is expected to disrupt the search effort on Thursday evening. A search is underway off the coast of Bunbury for a 70-year-old man missing since Wednesday morning. David Taylor was last seen going for a dawn swim at Bunbury's Back Beach at about 5 o'clock.
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3 weeks ago |
abc.net.au | Bridget McArthur |Andrew Williams
Leonard Machen had been filling his home vegetable garden with compost from a council-owned organic waste facility for years when he heard rumours it might be contaminated. Based in Dardanup, about 180 kilometres south of Perth, Bunbury Harvey Regional Council (BHRC) has been turning kerbside food organics and garden organics (FOGO) waste from more than 40,000 South West households into compost for over a decade. It then sells it back to residents and donates it to schools and community gardens.
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4 weeks ago |
abc.net.au | Stan Shaw |Andrew Williams |Chela Williams
Elaine Bartles and her husband Doug are marking a year since their home and belongings were destroyed in a "freak" tornado that tore through WA's second-biggest city. Despite the time since the incident, the retired couple remains "basically homeless", living in their caravan and waiting for their home to be rebuilt. The tornado struck Bunbury, 170 kilometres south of Perth, on May 10, damaging 220 homes and destroying another nine in just 10 minutes.
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1 month ago |
abc.net.au | Andrew Williams |Stan Shaw
Residents of a small community in Western Australia's South West have been left outraged by a state government decision to green-light the disposal of toxic chemicals at their local rubbish tip. The Department of Water and Environmental Regulation (DWER) has approved a licence amendment for the Cleanaway-owned rubbish facility at Crooked Brook on the outskirts of Dardanup, 180 kilometres south of Perth.
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1 month ago |
abc.net.au | Andrew Williams |Jon Daly
West Australian authorities have conceded they do not have the capacity to electronically monitor people charged with crimes in regional communities. The alarming admission emerged during an appearance on Monday in Bunbury Magistrates Court, where 25-year-old Raymond Donald Nebro stood accused of breaking into the home of his ex-partner and assaulting her while their one-year-old son was in the house.
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