Kate Leaver

2 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Kate Leaver

In 1973, two men are snapped getting dusty at Errabiddy Station in the Gascoyne to repair a fence. Kids jump off the rocks at Cottesloe Beach in the summer of 1969. In 1949, the engineer, cook and crew of a pearling lugger open and clean shells in Broome, keeping an eye out for pearls. Danish migrants Poul and Lea Korsgaard enjoy a cocktail in the front yard of their suburban house in 1970. Children with their showbags at the Perth Royal Show in 1961.

3 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Kate Leaver |Mark Gibson

After spending his life travelling around the world bringing laughter to those who watched, Perth's court jester Jonathon De Hadleigh tells us about his journey to a life of entertaining. His career started in 1982 as a street performer in Hay Street Mall, kickstarting his journey to enchant crowds in Switzerland, Sweden, and in England where he toured from castle to castle. Taking them on a historical journey he is driven by his passion to entertain.

1 month ago | treefrogcreative.ca | Kate Leaver |Kevin Mason |Kelly McCloskey

New trial against polyphagous shot-hole borer achieves early success By Ashleigh Davis and Kate Leaver ABC News Australia April 9, 2025 Category: Forestry Region: International Just four months into a new chemical trial, the City of Canning believes it has found a way to combat the polyphagous shot-hole borer.

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Kate Leaver

The City of Canning has pioneered a new technique for tackling the polyphagous shot-hole borer, which appears to save the trees. Infected trees were injected with a small amount of fungicide and insecticide four months ago and are showing positive early results. The city wants government endorsement and funding to conduct further trials and hopes the treatment means fewer trees will have to be cut down.

2 months ago | theguardian.com | Kate Leaver

At my first class, we sang Barbara “Happy Birthday”. She was turning 80, doing fly-kicks underwater with the rest of us – and I’m almost certain she was not the only Barbara present. That’s the main demographic for aqua aerobics at the Manly’s Andrew Boy Charlton aquatic centre in Sydney: women born in the era of Barbaras, Margarets and Gladyses, many of them wearing a full face of makeup and gold earrings.