The Latest Breaking News from Reece Whitby

Carnarvon residents begin adjusting to WA government's Banned Drinkers Register

Just 12 people in the Gascoyne have been added to the register, and fewer than 300 are on it across Western Australia as a trial of the scheme expands.

ABC News · May 24, 2023

Abalone fishers in WA vow to fight no-catch zones in marine park

There are fears Western Australia's south coast abalone sector could be devastated by restrictions flagged as part of the creation of a controversial marine park.

ABC News · Apr 20, 2023

WA liquor laws restricting Good Friday alcohol sales dubbed a 'relic of the past' as reform looms

Western Australia's restrictions on Good Friday alcohol sales need to be modernised, according to the minister tasked with overseeing the state's liquor laws.

ABC News · Apr 5, 2023

Banned drinkers scheme expanded to WA tourist town

Western Australia's government will take immediate steps to roll out a banned drinkers register to the crime-affected tourist town of Carnarvon.

AAP · Mar 2, 2023

WA eyes March 2024 end date for plastic coffee cups

Non-compostable takeaway coffee cups will be banned from sale in Western Australia by March 2024 as the state government cracks down on single-use plastics.

AAP · Feb 3, 2023

Will WA's net zero carbon emissions laws work or will big polluters keep getting away with it?

WA is set to legislate emissions reduction targets in its push towards net zero, but there are warnings it could be business as usual for the state's big polluters for at least the next decade.

ABC News · Jan 24, 2023

WA to legislate 2050 net-zero emissions

Western Australia will legislate its goal of achieving net-zero emissions by 2050 but the government is no closer to revealing economy-wide interim targets.

AAP · Jan 24, 2023

WA government concedes 'hurdle is high' as it prepares to legislate 2050 net zero carbon emissions target

WA's environment minister concedes the government has set a high bar with its emissions reduction target, given the state's heavy reliance on high-emitting industries like mining, resources and agriculture.

ABC News · Jan 24, 2023

WA councils stand by Kwinana waste-to-energy deal, 'at odds' with state's 2025 FOGO target

As a deadline to introduce a third bin for food and organic waste in all Perth and Peel homes looms closer, WA councils committed to waste-to-energy say they are under pressure to get in line.

ABC News · Nov 2, 2022

WA to end native forest logging

The West Australian government has released a new Forest Management Plan which delivers on a promise to end native forest logging in the state's southwest.

AAP · Oct 18, 2022