Hamish Hastie

1 week ago | watoday.com.au | Hamish Hastie

“As I have previously stated, this funding support will cease in June 2026,” he told parliament. “I can advise that I have recently written to the relevant commercial parties seeking updates on their planning for the cessation of government funding at this point. “The government remains of the firm belief that beyond June 2026, Griffin Coal’s future is a matter for the relevant commercial parties.

1 week ago | watoday.com.au | Hamish Hastie

But Smith rubbished that suggestion and said the report itself identified that the power station emitted 4000 tonnes of the pollutants known to create porosity in that type of rock every year, whereas the current levels of those pollutants from industry near the rock art now was 20,000 tonnes per annum. “If Roger Cook is right ... that those industrial emissions in the 1970s and 1980s damaged the rock art, if he’s right, this is even more alarming,” he said.

1 week ago | watoday.com.au | Hamish Hastie

WA stolen generations members to receive $85,000 each under redress schemeSaveNormal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text sizeWest Australians who were members of the stolen generations will receive $85,000 each under a redress scheme to take effect by the end of the month. Stolen generations redress schemes were recommended in the 1997 Bringing Them Home report and all states and territories, but Western Australia and Queensland had announced their schemes.

1 week ago | watoday.com.au | Hamish Hastie

He said the company would make a moderate saving by moving to the Post facility, which would allow them to print more papers. “This will give us some breathing room to be able to distribute more papers and also offer our clientele and our readership more options,” he said. “I think increased competition in the market is a good thing for the industry as a whole.”Echo general manager and editor Peter Lewis said his paper had not made any decisions yet, but also welcomed the increased competition.

2 weeks ago | smh.com.au | Holly Thompson |Emma Young |Hamish Hastie

By Emma YoungGood afternoon readers, and thanks for following along today. LoadingIf you’re interested in a closer look at our 2.55pm post on the Murujuga rock art, we’ve just published this more in-depth report – though, as the Greens and traditional owners have said, a deep-dive into the Murujuga rock art science itself will have to wait for another day. Will it happen before the federal North West Shelf decision? Now, that is the question.