Really?

Things have definitely changed in the last 15 or so years.

Isn't this somewhat true? Don't we have plenty of that building sand for concrete, that the rest of the world is apparently slowly running out of?

I love a good conti roll!

Tried one from a local store just last week, it wasn't that good though, so i'm a bit deficient in that department right now.

I think the WA government should designate another major city, and start investing now to build it out, otherwise our housing issue will be worse than any other city in the nation. Perth's shape (oval), and the lack of largish regional centres in this State will supercharge housing constraints if people pile in without major forethought by West Australians now.

In regards that, I think we should try for a major northern city. I listened to Ken Henry and he was pretty convincing on Port Hedland (i think) being developed as a major port to compete against Singapore, with it's major selling point being the avoidance of the constricting Strait of Malaka. Good for a less stable and unpredictable world.

Otherwise it would have to be committing to Albany or Bunbury becoming far more major than they are now.

An option would be investment in a Bunbury based rare earths hub, including mining company divisions headquartered there, mine sites, education, and all community services and housing all taken into account.

It would be a serious and highly contentious expansion of mining in the south west though. Serious preparation and protections for the forests would have to be carried out. After all these Alcoa debacles down in Pinjarra, i'm not confident thats possible.

The Conti Roll.

Sand

Happy drunks. Never had any aggro from people on the piss in Perth, unlike every other city in Australia I have visited.

Water? Expensive and restricted for residents; free and unlimited for Coca Cola, etc.

Isolation.

We are very far from anywhere. The nearest major city is over 2,000km and that only gives you Adelaide. Next nearest are another 1,000+ km further still.

It's such a contrast from Sydney, where 2,000km gives you Brisbane, Melbourne, Canberra (ok that one isn't very major), Hobart, Adelaide - even Auckland.

In the mid-70s, our population was smaller than South Australia (around 600k).

Also interesting that Australia's population is now 28 Million. Which is a lot, but still doesn't put us in the top-50 nations by population.

1 week to Darwin in a shitbox!

Am-bit-ious

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Slow down when you cross the border into NT. The signs say 130, but the Victoria Hwy upgrade is not completed, and several sections for 200km in are sketchy as.

It drives me nuts when they decide to burn huge patches of forest that are no where near anyone's property resulting in terrible air quality in major population centres.

It will be something that in 50 years people will look back on in wonderment at how wrong the DBCA were.

house/dog sitting in the south west for a month and one thing is abundantly clear... they love to burn shit here. it's like a trip back to the 80's when ppl would burn piles of leaf litter in their backyards.

so i'm thinking that gov is well aware that there is an underlying cultural bias... kinda like killing sharks and shooting random dingoes back east.

edit: literally stepped outside after posting that and got a big wiff of neighbour burning.

How is anybody scoring a classic Celica in good condition for $1500?

Map of where they're driving.

WA police minister Reece Whitby said, “the firearm legislation elevates community safety above everything else.

“It is important to note that PCYC could have continued offering the program if they had chosen to transition their licence in accordance with the legislation.”

I feel like Isla Tomlinson should have explained this last statement to the reader. That allusion to a transition to a new licence seems like the real story here, where PCYC turning away scout groups is a detail of the wider story driving its newsworthiness.

There was a segment on this as part of Media Watch Monday 9/6/2025.

Felt like I needed a shower after....Just yuk.

I know some people who went on one of these reality tv shows. From what i's told of that experience the people that do these shows seem like disorganised cowboys when it came to anything but getting the right footage.

Which isn't surprising, i don't remember the Parliament passing something called the Reality and Real-like Entertainment Bill 2019 Cth.