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Local News/lifestyle:
https://www.theurbanlist.com/perth
https://perthvoiceinteractive.com/
https://margaretriver.wine/news/
https://postnewspapers.com.au/read-the-post/
https://fremantleshippingnews.com.au/
https://www.thebelltowertimes.com/
https://particle.scitech.org.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://pelicanmagazine.com.au/
https://www.murdoch.edu.au/news
https://www.curtin.edu.au/news/
https://westernindependent.com.au/
Noteworthy West Australians blogs/other
https://www.brendansodyssey.com/youtube-videos
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://www.theguardian.com/au
https://theconversation.com/au
https://www.oznativeplants.com/index.html
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
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.
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.
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.
A policy brought in by the Liberal Party nonetheless, article conveniently doesn't mention that.