Emma Young

2 weeks ago | smh.com.au | Emma Young |Sarah Brookes

By Emma YoungNew Curtin University research has found the vast number of pet dogs on the planet is having far-reaching negative effects. While ecological damage caused by cats has been extensively studied, the new research found dogs, as the world’s most common large carnivores, present a significant and multifaceted environmental threat.

3 weeks ago | smh.com.au | Daile Cross |Emma Young

By Emma YoungIn news overnight, a Bertram couple has returned home from a holiday to find their home gutted by fire, their house-sitters now lucky to be alive. The house-sitters had friends staying over in the home, whose owners were away in Exmouth. They believed the blaze had started from an airconditioning unit; neighbours had to rush over at 2am and beat on the windows to wake them up. They made their escape just as the flames took hold.

2 months ago | smh.com.au | Daile Cross |Emma Young |Hamish Hastie |Claire Ottaviano

By Emma YoungThanks for following along today. We leave you this evening with the positive news that Zelia has weakened somewhat to a category 3, with winds near the centre now 150 km/h with gusts to 205 km/h. There are no official damage reports yet as State Emergency Service volunteers wait out the Emergency Warning remaining for Pardoo to east of Whim Creek and inland to west of Marble Bar.