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By Claire Ottaviano THE induction of a parcel of Chidlow’s World War II Army Camps onto the Shire of Mundaring’s heritage list is a monumental step in the community’s crusade to see the site formally recognised. Before Tuesday night, when ...

By Claire Ottaviano FEARS the only native population of Western Swamp Tortoise had been wiped out by last week’s fire have been put to rest with confirmation this week of their survival. Despite about 90 per cent of the Ellen ...

By Claire Ottaviano PARUNA Wildlife Sanctuary escaped last week’s blaze relatively unscathed as flames came within a breath of fences and infrastructure. The 1912ha flora and fauna sanctuary is owned by not-for-profit Australian Wildlife Conservancy (AWC) and is nestled between ...

By Claire Ottaviano A NEW wildlife and environmental advocacy group admits the cards are stacked against them in their pursuit to save kangaroos they say are dying of starvation and thirst as a result of works on the progressing Brabham ...

By Claire Ottaviano SEVEN days to the hour since the start of a fire that razed 86 homes, impacted Gidgegannup and Wooroloo residents stood together to start the recovery process. The fire started in Wooroloo on Monday, February 1 and ...

By Melissa Sheil AS more than 80 homes burnt to the ground in last week’s devastating Wooroloo bushfires,  many were asking the same question, where will the inhabitants of these homes live? Fortunately, generosity is plentiful in Perth, with several ...

By Melissa Sheil PUBLISHED illustrator is not a title young people can often claim, yet Kalamunda student Zara Hoffman has been able to call herself one since the age of nine, with her first illustrations being released late last year ...

By Melissa Sheil REPORTS of arson behaviour in the City of Kalamunda angered  Pickering Brook and High Wycombe residents last week. On the night of Friday, February 5, residents in High Wycombe were alarmed to hear loud bangs coming from ...

By Claire Ottaviano  THE gravity of the bushfire disaster that hit the region this week will not be measurable in the coming days, weeks or even months. While a physical toll can be counted in the number of homes lost, ...

By Claire Ottaviano THE most destructive bushfire to ever hit the eastern region has ignited fury against a proposed 4000-resident development in the Perth Hills. The northern edge of the 555ha North Stoneville townsite came within 7km of the inferno ...