HOME owners in west Bullsbrook whose water systems were contaminated with toxic fire-fighting foam six years ago, are still no closer to having safe water servicing their homes. The Department of Defence this week revealed it could be three more ...
Read More »Bullsbrook mum recalls Esther Foundation horror
AMY Boyd thought she had forgotten much of what happened to her at the Esther Foundation. The mum of four, who now lives in Bullsbrook, was a vulnerable 16 year old from Henley Brook suffering with severe depression when her ...
Read More »Kindy wins rate rise fight
By Rebecca Peppiatt A 200 per cent hike in lease costs for a City of Swan-owned building threatened to see the closure of a community kindy, until staff and committee members fought back and won. Bullsbrook Community Kindy was slapped ...
Read More »Special Wooroloo Bushfire anniversary edition
By Claire Ottaviano THE Wooroloo Bushfire has become more than just the thousands of acres it burnt and the number of homes it destroyed – ask anyone who lives in the worst hit communities of Gidgegannup and Wooroloo and they ...
Read More »‘We don’t want town water here’
By Rebecca Peppiatt WEST Bullsbrook residents are divided after the government announcement last week they’d finally be getting hooked up to scheme water, five years after their bores were contaminated with toxic fire fighting chemicals (PFAS). However, not all properties ...
Read More »Quarantine facility build sparks fears
By Rebecca Peppiatt WHILE construction kicks off on a new 1000-bed quarantine facility in Bullsbrook, nearby residents are labelling it “the concentration camp” and are furious they have yet to be consulted over the decision to put it in their ...
Read More »Still no water in Bullsbrook
Rebecca Peppiatt MEMBER for Swan Hills Jessica Shaw launched a scathing attack on the Federal Government in parliament last week over ongoing water contamination issues in West Bullsbrook. The State member spoke passionately on September 9 in defence of residents ...
Read More »Quarantine plans spark water debate
By Rebecca Peppiatt Bullsbrook residents were taken by surprise last week when it was announced WA’s coronavirus quarantine hub would be built in their backyard. The Federal Government initially planned to build the facility at Jandakot airport, but backflipped on ...
Read More »Footballers say waterlogged grounds are a ‘disgrace’
By Rebecca Peppiatt Bullsbrook Football Club committee members say the safety of their players is in jeopardy as their grounds are waterlogged and virtually unusable. Pickett Park in Bullsbrook, like the rest of the region, has received its fair share ...
Read More »Piggery challenges decision in Tribunal
By Sally McGlew WESTPORK Piggery have taken their application for an artificial insemination centre on Gaston Road Bullsbrook to the State Administrative Tribunal. In December 2020, Council rejected the development application from the company who were seeking approval to house ...
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