I think "Not just bikes" on YT recently covered this. 30 is the pedestrian safe speed for cars in both being able to stop safely around pedestrian unpredictability and if there is an impact it's nice n slow.

They were protesting outside the US consulate

I would really like to see the CBD become a blanket 30 zone. So many people drive like nut cases there.

I also think every set of lights should have cameras on the terrace and Wellington.

The most dangerous part of my 10km bike commute is the last 300m to my office.

“Meg O’Neill launched a quite disrespectful – and, arguably, arrogant – attack on young people for their views on climate change and, in particular, for their views on fossil fuels like the gas that is at the heart of Woodside’s business.

“I find Ms O’Neill’s comments disrespectful to the very real concerns that young people have about climate change.

“The comments also make it sound like Ms O’Neill does not take the issue of climate change seriously.

She acts like an arrogant Houston oil baron. The unforced disrepute she brings Woodside into should be grounds enough for the board to reconsider her tenure.

Dave Kelly MLA is right to remind Woodside of their social license.

Did they confuse Perth for Perth USA?

Yeah, thats my initial thought, but then i remembered that family, and like everytime i've driven by they seem to have spread their mess out further and are always outside themselves, it can't make for a peaceful environment for the neighbours.

So in my head i's thinking if a problem resident is in a building like these, well maybe security guards can be stationed to keep things from going off the rails. But as i type this, the imagery seems more like a prison than housing.

I hope that they do a better job of managing tenants who cause problems than they would for those in the suburbs.

There must be plenty of non problematic tenants that can go in these large buildings.

I feel that while no one wants to be next to problem neighbours, at least if they are in a detached building then their impact is on less people.

I'm sure complaining about mistreatment of Palestinians or the actions of Israel will be "inciting racial hatred" not to mention the millions of memes that make references and comparisons of figures today to Nazis (eg Elon's salute)

I think the drive to deliver on targets might be getting in the way of more effective policy delivery here.

Social and affordable housing has been ignored for decades as an issue. Now we're finally starting to deal with it, but these massive purchases? Doesn't this risk creating a slum-like situation that works for no one?

Or alternatively, maybe these buildings provide effectiveness of service delivery in a central location, as well as minimising effects on lots more neighbours. I'm thinking of one situation i know of, of a family who moved into social housing near me and have made life very difficult for all their neighbours. To the point its become a reason, (not the only reason), some friends sold and moved.

I'm conflicted about this one. And i don't know enough.

I clicked the article, expecting my jimmies to be rustled.

Offences covered by the legislation will include assaults, stealing and robbery, property damage, dangerous and reckless driving, racial harassment, inciting racial hatred and depictions of Nazi symbols and salutes.

I ... have no issues with that. Morons filming themselves driving 200km/h down the road are one of my pet peeves. You're not cool idiot, you're risking the lives of dozens of people in an attempt to seek approval.

Police state in action, share a post that's criticising Israel? That's a year in jail baby

The sharing of material for legitimate purposes like reporting news and current affairs reports, complaining or warning about criminal conduct, or for genuine artistic or satirical purposes will not be penalised.

I suppose it'll really come down to the court's determination of legitimate purposes. I'd say there's a lot of sensationalism presented by news and current affairs that shouldn't be classed as legitimate purpose, while theres likely going to be protestors recording police interactions caught and muffled by this legislation. I think the courts bias towards power and the status quo will undermine the interpretation of this law.

Yeah you make very good points. I do hope we can shift the culture to preferring walkable/bike-able/public transport oriented cities.

I would like us to be known as the city of happy multiculturalism. Come one, come all, bring your delicious foods from your home countries, leave the crap behind and hang out here in Perth peacefully. We seem to be doing better than some other cities.

Fair point. Theres not much up there for a reason.

I think it should be considered whether we need to overcome the barriers of the harsher environment to have a larger presence in the North of the State, for trade, security and connection to the world reasons.

Port Headland doesn't have anywhere near enough water to support a major population. They're already looking at borefields and desalination as options to meet current projected population growth there. That's overlooking the fact that it would need major infrastructure upgrades.

SA has struggled to be economically viable almost since the first settlers. While Perth might be shooting ahead now, I think it was on a similar trajectory to Brisbane for most of that time while Adelaide flatlined.. South Australia is a difficult place to maintain long term growth I think. On the plus side without the boom you don't get the bust and growth has its own challenges.

Unfortunately its not only a case of corrupted politicians. I think with the after career board appointments its hard to argue against that. And also, WA Inc....

But theres the fact that the only major media (sevenwest) in the State is owned by Kerry Stokes with deeply vested interests in mining.

And then, most importantly, it comes down to that Upton Sinclair quote, "It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on his not understanding it." Too many people in the State are ready to believe their industries arguments against possible reform before debate even begins, which it can't due to the aforementioned media dominance by mining interests.

Agreed, although apartment living isn't the only option, and while it has its place Australians do it wrong, in my opinion anyway.

Problem is, a city like that is hard to impossible to do to the scale required, in the time required. With so much property already parcelled up and used for private purposes, already having been built on, not the least the cultural phenomenon that drives the need for detached housing.

For example terraced housing, like in the UK, would probably improve things massively, while still maintaining that front door and garden concept that seems very popular.

Coventry very light rail

I saw this the other day on lemmy, and thought theres a few places, like Albany highway (vic park - cannington), fremantle, along Beaufort street (northbridge - mount lawley), that could use it.

Especially to connect the main districts to their train stations better. Fremantles not bad in that regard, but Mount Lawley, Cannington and Vic Park are shockers.

Driving culture in Perth is quite disgusting. It would be nice if we had some light rail solutions. But then we would have to wait a decade for the first km to be completed.

The city of tax free status for mining corps, due to corrupt politicians.

I personally think our cities are ludicrously spread-out and we need to massively improve laws surrounding strata management to make apartment living better, and build for public transport, walking and cycling, and not cars as personal daily transport.

The data is in, traffic will never be solved without viable alternatives to driving.

You shouldn't need to drive literal hours to make it across a city.

The problem here is density and transportation. 3M people is nothing, just that with cars it becomes unmanageable.

Though, I am not personally knowledgeable about Perth, another centre may be warranted!

At this stage we should just put the flag's Black Swan in a hi-vis vest.

After all its pretty high up on those flag poles.

The city of mining and fossil fuel.