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Below are some resources for Perth/Western Australian info that could help find the perfect story for that exceptional post.

Suggestions to add to the list are very welcome!

This community wishes to be about all things Perth/WA, not just latest news. Whether its memes, dreams, or custard creams! Tell us your Western Australian story! ๐Ÿฆ˜

Local News/lifestyle:https://www.theurbanlist.com/perth

https://xpressmag.com.au/

https://perthvoiceinteractive.com/

https://margaretriver.wine/news/

https://postnewspapers.com.au/read-the-post/

https://perthisok.com/

https://fremantleshippingnews.com.au/

https://www.thebelltowertimes.com/

https://echonewspaper.com.au/

https://particle.scitech.org.au/

https://www.watoday.com.au/

https://www.margaretrivermail.com.au/

https://heraldonlinejournal.com/

https://www.businessnews.com.au/ (subscriber)

University/TAFE news:https://www.notredame.edu.au/news

https://www.northmetrotafe.wa.edu.au/news-and-events

https://www.ecu.edu.au/newsroom/overview

https://www.uwa.edu.au/news

https://pelicanmagazine.com.au/

https://www.murdoch.edu.au/news

https://www.curtin.edu.au/news/

https://westernindependent.com.au/

Noteworthy West Australians blogs/otherhttps://www.brendansodyssey.com/youtube-videos

https://jessenoakes.com/about

https://freoview.wordpress.com/

https://theconversation.com/profiles/flavio-macau-998456/articles

https://theconversation.com/profiles/hannah-mcglade-340927/articles

Government/LGA:https://www.wa.gov.au/government/announcements

https://www.dbca.wa.gov.au/get-involved/newsletters/bushland-news

https://www.vincent.wa.gov.au/

https://www.stirling.wa.gov.au/your-city/news

https://www.commerce.wa.gov.au/announcements

https://slwa.wa.gov.au/whats-new

https://perth.wa.gov.au/news-and-updates

https://visit.museum.wa.gov.au/boolabardip/exhibitions

https://inherit.dplh.wa.gov.au/Public/

https://www.emergency.wa.gov.au/

WA Podcasts:https://wildwapodcast.com/

https://www.businessnews.com.au/podcasts

https://particle.scitech.org.au/explore/podcasts/

National sites that occasionally have WA specific articles:https://reneweconomy.com.au/

https://www.railexpress.com.au/

https://stockhead.com.au/

https://www.theguardian.com/au

https://theconversation.com/au

https://www.oznativeplants.com/index.html

ABC WA:https://www.abc.net.au/news/wa

https://www.abc.net.au/perth

https://www.abc.net.au/esperance

https://www.abc.net.au/goldfields

https://www.abc.net.au/greatsouthern

https://www.abc.net.au/kimberley

https://www.abc.net.au/wheatbelt

https://www.abc.net.au/pilbara

https://www.abc.net.au/southwestwa

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[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago (2 children)

an average of 10 truckloads โ€” each containing 28,000 litres โ€” per week

That's around 1.5 megalitres per year. A much lower number than I was expecting, by a couple of orders of magnitude. Absolutely should be paying for it, though. It's not a world changing amount of water, but it shouldn't be given out freely, especially to such a wasteful use.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago

I'd like to see some proof of those numbers. Maybe I'm cynical, but I don't trust that that's all they're taking. If companies like that can get away with bending the rules and taking more than their share then they will absolutely do it.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago

You're right, its the lax attitude the regulators have around this wasteful exercise. Carting truckloads of water around must use up a fair bit of fuel as well.

This is an article about just one bottled water company, others are doing the same thing in different parts of Perth. So the total of water pumped after this fashion is higher.

I think it might be Frantelle who pulls from a spot up in Bullsbrook somewhere.