Tucked in between the towering trees and beautiful beaches of WA’s southern coast, the small town of Denmark has teamed up with eco-conscious resident Carolyn Oliff to bring free cloth nappies to each new baby born in town.
For three years, April Young couch surfed and worked minimum wage jobs after
becoming homeless. After learning life skills at a refuge, she’s bought a house
of her own.
Many of the Hazara community living in this small Western Australian town are unable to act as visa proposers for family members still overseas, but the Shire of Plantagenet council has offered to step in with support.
Being the first to arrive on the scene of a family member’s traffic crash is every emergency response worker’s worst nightmare, but it happened to Wendy Price.
Scientists hope footage of pilot whales captured prior to this week’s mass stranding on Western Australia’s south coast could provide insights into the animals’ behaviour — and why they beach themselves.