Perth / Western Australia

Half expected the Mummy gang to come flying out of that dust cloud.

I was just thinking of this dude this week and it turns out he was sentenced. Why we need politician input into that eludes me. Where is Ja Rule?

That video is wild! He truly was a ticking time bomb waiting to go off. I wonder whether the driver of that Mitsubishi is aware of the bullet they dodged?

I know that road at the end - he's tearing down Birdwood Pde at 125km/h where he loses control.

The West's version of this story was all about how AI was causing people to get fined and lose their licenses. Even the ABC story is going on about AI catching people out.

Why are we as a society incapable of accepting responsibility for our actions? It isn't a speed camera's fault for catching you speeding. It isn't an AI's fault for catching you using a phone or not wearing seatbelts while driving.

Yeah, it's rough to be fined because your passenger wasn't wearing a seatbelt. If they're an adult, I think you should be able to nominate them as the recipient of the fine.

"This is a hyper diverse region … more species than occur, for example, on the whole of the British Isles

For more than five years, he has pushed for authorities to properly investigate what he believes is the death of close to 1,000 salmon gums in the area.

"We know that it's not jarrah dieback, it's not myrtle rust, it's not shot hole borer — what is it?" he said.

"This is scandalous — it can't be swept under the bloody rug."

In this special Spotlight forum, Nadia Mitsopoulos brings together an expert panel to explore WA's tough new demersal fishing restrictions:

Jackie Jarvis, Fisheries Minister Melissa Haslam, CEO of the WA Fishing Industry Council Dr Andrew Rowland, CEO of Recfishwest Prof Jessica Meeuwig, UWA's Marine Futures Lab Will they succeed in replenishing fish stocks? Were there alternatives that could have reduced the knock-on effects? And what's required in the long term?

Listen in to hear from the panel, as well as a range of questions from affected people in the audience.

Image Details Mornings Spotlight forum on the demersal fishing ban - from left: Prof Jessica Meeuwig, Fisheries Minister Jackie Jarvis, Nadia Mitsopoulos, Melissa Haslam, WA Fishing Industry Council, Andrew Rowland Recfishwest. (ABC News: Emma Wynne)

He referenced PlanFarm data, which shows WA growers are now getting 14kg of grain per millimetre of rain, up from 9kg not so long ago.

It was nice to see. Do we have any other protests around Perth for ant reason at all? I always feel I am so out of touch with what is happening in this city.