Cooling the city - Perth

A push to tackle the Heat Island effect.

Perth tree canopee percentage is only 26% compared to Brisbane with 49% and Hobart 59%.
Watch the ABC 9 minute documentary here.

G20 Rap with Tony Abbott - feat. Scott Ludlam [RAP NEWS 29]

Welcome to Rap News. The G20 Summit is happening and the leaders of the wealthiest nations on the planet are converging on Australia to come and learn directly at the feet of the master of fascist dystopian fuckwittery: Tony Abbott. Join the noble Australian Prime Minister as he lists his recent achievements and launches the opening of the G20 Summit in Australia, backed by a faithful and compliant mainstream media, represented by our favourite local correspondent Ken Oathcarn. This episode features a magical cameo from Wizard Senator Scott Ludlam, who has been campaigning tirelessly in speeches to empty Senate rooms to stop the Government’s proposed mandatory data retention laws - coming up soon for a vote in the Senate. After this G20 episode, no one will be in any doubt why Australia is leading the civilised world in the global race to towards 1984.

Written & created by Giordano Nanni & Hugo Farrant in a suburban backyard home studio in Melbourne, Australia, on Wurundjeri Land.

NATIONAL BIRD WEEK

Come along and join in the fun with BirdLife WA for an amazing series of events on Sunday 19^th October at Bold Park Ecology Centre and Peregrine House from 8.30am for bird walks and talks, 10.00am for the official launch of Bird Week, learn about the captive breeding program for the critically endangered Western Ground Parrot, our local gracious black cockatoos, meet a cockatoo from Kaarakin Rehabilitation Centre, colouring in competitions and prizes for kids, photographic exhibitions, showcasing the bird surveys within the largest intact temperate woodland on the planet in the Great Western Woodlands here in WA and more!

There is something for everyone at Bold Park so come and help celebrate the start of National Bird Week with us!!

Have you ever wondered about the birds in your neighbourhood?

Join thousands of people from 20-26 October 2014 for the

AUSSIE BACKYARD BIRD COUNT — BirdLife Australia’s annual nationwide bird survey. All you need is 20 minutes, your favourite green patch (ie backyard, local park, bushland, school or wetland) and some keen eyesight (or binoculars!) Record the birds you see on our brand new Aussie Bird Count app (or website http://aussiebirdcount.org.au) and you’ll instantly see live information on how many people are taking part near you and the number of birds and species counted right across your neighbourhood and the whole of Australia!
BirdLife WA
167 Perry Lakes Drive Floreat        
Office Hours 9.30-12.30 Mon-Friday      
Telephone 9383 7749               
wa@birdlife.org.au