
Holly Thompson
Journalist at WAtoday
• 📰 Journalist @WAtoday, specialising in education • 🗞️ Ex-journo @ Sound Telegraph & Manjimup-Bridgetown Times •
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2 days ago |
watoday.com.au | Holly Thompson
SaveNormal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text sizeThe City of Perth will suspend the hiring of e-scooters from midday on Thursday after a British tourist allegedly hit and killed a 51-year-old man in the CBD. Alicia Kemp, 24, allegedly struck Thanh Phan from behind at the intersection of King Street and Murray Street while riding an e-scooter drunk and at speeds of up to 20-25km/h on Saturday night.
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4 days ago |
watoday.com.au | Holly Thompson
Rottnest Island school camps more affordable for WA parents under new schemeSaveNormal text sizeLarger text sizeVery large text sizeParents of more than 1100 West Australian school students will benefit from a new cost-of-living initiative to help make school camps at Rottnest Island more affordable.
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5 days ago |
watoday.com.au | Holly Thompson
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1 week ago |
watoday.com.au | Holly Thompson
The Children’s Crossing Unit emailed the school last week to inform them the latest placement had asked to be removed from the crossing. “Unfortunately the new warden I placed on the crossing on Stirling Highway, near McNeil Street, this week has asked to be removed from this crossing due to the danger, he has stated that he feels like each time he walks out on to the crossing he is risking his life,” they wrote in an email.
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2 weeks ago |
watoday.com.au | Holly Thompson |Hamish Hastie
Woodside’s North West Shelf proposal faces another hurdle with a Burrup Hub traditional owner launching a fresh legal challenge over the impact to the Murujuga rock art gallery. Lawyers for Mardathoonera woman Raelene Cooper launched challenge in Federal Court in Sydney this week in an attempt to compel new Environment Minister Murray Watt to make a determination on a legal request she made in 2022 under Aboriginal heritage laws to protect the Murujuga rock art.
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