source : the age
Details have emerged of a daring police rescue in Lake Clifton as the mega-storm that lashed WA’s coast bore down on the weekend.
Eight people and a dog had become stranded on a beach at the popular coastal enclave south of Mandurah on Sunday afternoon, with police called about 1.30pm when rising swell and high tides cut access to the group’s campsite.
They had been camping in the area in three four-wheel-drives but were unable to leave as the system – later described as a “record storm event” only seen about once every five years – swept in.
The group’s food and water supplies were exhausted, while they had also run out of fuel as they attempted to rescue themselves.
Here’s what’s making headlines elsewhere today:
Good morning readers, and welcome to our live news blog for Thursday, June 4.
Making headlines today is a new report from the state’s peak conservation body, which demands urgent action as it sets out to turn the tide on WA’s “biodiversity crisis”.
And of immediate concern is the rate at which the state’s native vegetation is being cleared, with 51,000 hectares already approved by the state government and another 128,000 hectares in new applications, according to the Conservation Council of WA.
On Thursday, the council will release Back from the Brink: A Protection Agenda for Nature, which sets out 36 recommendations for the government to act on.
