The Perth Thread

[gaskin]

I didn't vote. I had a pretty good feeling it was going to be rejected.

 

[Teriyakicat]

I did intend to vote.. just forgot to do it
Doesn't matter- looks like Kwinana were the ones that didn't want to merge with us in the end

 

[Teriyakicat]

I didn't vote. I had a pretty good feeling it was going to be rejected.

Apparently if more than 50% of eligible voters didn't vote, we'd have merged. That's what they had in the small print and didn't bother telling us

 

[Noobz0r]

Thanks- but still irresponsible and should be hit with a fine, whoever they are.

Curtin University for the graduates.

 

[Off The Couch]

I didn't understand why city of Vincent and the western suburb councils wern't part of this vote - they've been up in arms over it for ages and then don't have a vote on it - bizzare

 

[Teriyakicat]

Curtin University for the graduates.

aha... now we know the culprits!!

Congrats to the graduates!!


but still fine the Uni for using fireworks on a day of Total Fire Ban!!

 

[BluesMan]

Curtin University for the graduates.

I better get fireworks on thursday night!

 

[Teriyakicat]

I better get fireworks on thursday night!

BYO

 

[DREAM TEAM BUFF]

Very lucky Northcliffe Fire

 

[Illinois Nazi]

Why are those damn universities using my tax dollars to buy fireworks?

 

[Off The Couch]

Why are those damn universities using my tax dollars to buy fireworks?

A nice fireworks display upon graduation will be one of the reasons why they will be increasing fees

 

[Off The Couch]

Very lucky Northcliffe Fire

You forget how big the trees grow in that neck of the woods - it's not exactly what I imagined when I first heard that a tree had fallen on a truck

 

[Kram]

Why are those damn universities using my tax dollars to buy fireworks?

All week, he promise us big firework display.
Bad student.
Uh, uh, uh. Bad principal.

 

[Nothing]

I didn't understand why city of Vincent and the western suburb councils wern't part of this vote - they've been up in arms over it for ages and then don't have a vote on it - bizzare

The CoV decision has been taken away from the ratepayers because Col is forcing that amalgamation. Then making them 2nd tier rate payers of Perth.

 

[UFO Tatsu]

All week, he promise us big firework display.
Bad student.
Uh, uh, uh. Bad principal.

I was actually going to say that a big chuck of uni income (especially Curtin) would of come from international student fees.

 

[Borry]

Curtinnovation.

 

[Borry]

aha... now we know the culprits!!

Congrats to the graduates!!


but still fine the Uni for using fireworks on a day of Total Fire Ban!!

Most fireworks events occur over the summer months, when fire bans are in full swing.

 

[Teriyakicat]

Very lucky Northcliffe Fire

 

[Teriyakicat]

Most fireworks events occur over the summer months, when fire bans are in full swing.

There really aren't a lot of TFB days here in Perth.

 

[DREAM TEAM BUFF]

The Department of Parks and Wildlife crew are alright thank god

 

[Teriyakicat]

The Department of Parks and Wildlife crew are alright thank god

Was that a new incident? I'd heard about some Vic crew that copped a tree a few days ago but hadn't seen any pics.

 

[DREAM TEAM BUFF]

Was that a new incident? I'd heard about some Vic crew that copped a tree a few days ago but hadn't seen any pics.

Vics must have had a diffrent incident

 

[bkozican]

Just on the fires, Was talking to a mate and saying that I cant remember a fire season this bad in Perth for a while. The last couple of years have had its moments but this year has been crazy. Maybe its just me...Dunno

 

[Illinois Nazi]

The missus was looking at facebook the other night, and they'd posted a picture of the area of the fire, but superimposed over Perth on the map to give an indication of how big it is (****ing huge, fwiw), along with a very clear caption explaining that it was only for comparison purposes. Within minutes, predictably, the comments are chockers with people asking if that's just showing where the smoke is, if they need to evacuate, and suggesting the boundaries of the map be extended as it doesn't even reach Northcliffe...

 

[Teriyakicat]

Vics must have had a diffrent incident

It's mentioned in this article:
http://www.theage.com.au/wa-news/firefighters-injured-by-falling-tree-20150208-138vzb.html

Edit: it's the same incident. This article has the same photo as you posted:
http://www.news.com.au/national/wes...r-northcliffe-wa/story-fnj4anv2-1227212013656

Just on the fires, Was talking to a mate and saying that I cant remember a fire season this bad in Perth for a while. The last couple of years have had its moments but this year has been crazy. Maybe its just me...Dunno

yeah- to have 130,000 ha of bush burning in just over a week is shocking. But that's what 50-year old fuel loads will do.
I think it was the combination of the unusual weather last week and the lack of controlled burning over a number of years- plus 2 months on no rainfall at all. CALM/whoever they are now, will never catch up on the burning backlog and this is nature's way of dealing with the problem.
The heat from those fires has done a helluva lot more damage to the forest than regular controlled burnings would've done.