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Posts area Latest 1 of 1 Latest posts Latest posts 7.37am Quokka to feature in jeweller’s $500,000 rare collection Linneys has just announced its latest limited collection will feature WA’s quokka, with just three of the pieces to be made, each with a price tag of more than $500,000. The Argyle PinkTM Quokka.
The collector’s item is a fusion of 3.39 carats of pink diamonds, together with 10.96 carats of white and champagne diamonds and around 280 grams of 18K yellow and rose gold.
A detachable gold leaf necklace in the quokka’s paws is 18K gold rose and encrusted with 2.99 carats of pink diamonds. The pink diamonds were mined from the now-closed Argyle Diamond mine in the Kimberley, which ceased production in 2020.
And if you wanted to get a look at the piece, viewings are by appointment only. 7.35am Man accused of supplying drugs to WA remote communities A man has been accused of supplying illicit drugs to remote Aboriginal communities after police launched an investigation into a spike in violent crime across several dry communities in the Ngaanyatjarra Lands area.
An investigation by WA Police, in collaboration with their Northern Territory and South Australian counterparts, allegedly discovered the use of cannabis and alcohol was contributing to the violence. The 29-year-old being arrested. Credit: WA Police A police raid took place three weeks ago at Docker River Community in the Northern Territory, with a 29-year-old man being arrested and charged with possessing cannabis, offering to supply the drug, possessing stolen cash and drug paraphernalia.
He was refused bail and is due to appear in Kalgoorlie Magistrates Court next month. A second person was also arrested and charged in relation to the possession of illicit drugs and the taking of alcohol onto community land. WA Police acting detective inspector Shayne Knox said it was disappointing to see criminals taking advantage of vulnerable people.
“The Lands may be 1500km from Perth, but the way we respond to family violence in our outback communities is just as important as our response to the same incidents in our main regional centres and the Perth metropolitan area,” he said. 7.26am Across Australia and around the world Here’s what’s making headlines elsewhere today: Evan Spiegel, co-founder and chief executive officer of Snap Inc.
Credit: Bloomberg Tech billionaire Evan Spiegel is the first global CEO to weigh in and says parents – not tech companies – should carry most of the responsibility for their kids’ screen time . From a bitter political fight on rates to inflationary haircuts, Michele Bullock’s term as Reserve Bank governor is unlikely to get easier . Anthony Albanese has gone on the offensive in a growing row with big business, saying his government has “stood up for some of Australia’s biggest employers” .
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..as the prime minister faced a ribbing at the Business Council of Australia’s annual dinner in Sydney on Tuesday night.
Militant group Hezbollah promised to retaliate against Israel after accusing it of detonating pagers across Lebanon and in parts of Syria, killing nine people and wounding nearly 3000 others including fighters and Iran’s envoy to Beirut. Glasgow will host a scaled-back Commonwealth Games in 2026 after the Scottish government rubber-stamped a proposal in-part funded by a deal with the Australian governing body to help with the cost of the event. Advertisement 7.
26am Today’s weather It was a warm one yesterday, but we won’t quite reach those highs again today. A top of 24 degrees after a chilly overnight low of 11 degrees. 7.
25am This morning in Perth Hello, and welcome to our live blog of all the day’s news. As we left you yesterday, we had just brought you the story of residents in Warwick feeling “blindsided” by a multimillion-dollar triple-skyscraper apartment project which has put the local council and state government at odds. Property developer Silkchime wants to construct seven buildings of up to 25 storeys with a combined 1042 apartments between them, commercial space and 1510 car parking bays.
But nearby residents – not to mention the City of Joondalup – aren’t impressed. Read Jesinta Burton’s report here. In other property news, Satterley’s proposed Perth Hills housing estate has cleared another hurdle, with an offset plan allowing the group to clear habitat home to cockatoos and chuditches given the federal environmental approval tick.
Satterley Property Group founder and chief executive Nigel Satterley, federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek. Credit: WAtoday (composite) The move clears the way for Satterley to appeal an earlier decision by the WA Planning Commission to reject the plans, as it fights to build the sprawling 1000-lot North Stoneville estate . Meanwhile, three experienced assistant coaches from Victorian clubs remain in the hunt for the West Coast senior coaching position .
And to our state’s north – the far north, actually, where a vast expanse of Kimberley savannah has been regularly ravaged by wildfires. However, that is until traditional owners in the region stepped in and established an Indigenous fire management plan, which a new study reveals has paid dividends . A detailed CSIRO study of satellite imagery has found hot, late-season fires have declined across nearly three-quarters of the land surface of the savannah-rich north Kimberley since Indigenous burning regimes were adopted a decade ago.
Total fire incidence declined across 40 per cent of the project area. Thank you for joining us this morning, and stay with us as we bring you all the news of the day. Latest 1 of 1 Latest Most Viewed in National Loading.
