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In case you missed it, an off-duty police officer has won the race to find a meteorite that lit up the skies over southern Western Australia last weekend, dubbed the Mother’s Day meteorite.
Marcus Scott drove for two hours and trekked over a salt lake just east of Norseman to discover the tennis ball-sized space rock over the weekend.
He said the presence of a plane above him helped him know he was in the right place, with a team of scientists from Curtin University’s Desert Fireball Network already honing in on the fireball’s location from the sky.
The group mapped the meteorite’s trajectory and estimated the impact point as being about 460 kilometres east of Perth in the Goldfields.
After being bombarded with hundreds of public submissions, the state’s Environmental Protection Authority will conduct a public environmental review regarding the proposed massive expansion of Talison’s Greenbushes lithium operation, already one of the world’s biggest, with eight weeks of community consultation.
The Greenbushes mine is owned jointly by IGO, China’s Tianqi and Albemarle.Credit: Getty
Last month the global miner, the cause of recent controversy over the dust, noise and light of its existing operation, referred a proposal to the EPA to increase production at the mine 250 kilometres south of Perth, including constructing “waste rock landforms”, realigning roads and corridors, developing stockpiles and expanding dams.
EPA Chair Darren Walsh said the mine had operated for 30 years, but this expansion would increase its footprint more than 25 per cent, clearing up to 541 hectares of native vegetation.
He said other potential significant effects included dust, noise, light, vibration, traffic, permanent changes to visual amenity and pressures on local services.
“The EPA also acknowledges the significant community interest in this project,” he said.
“When we published this referral for a seven-day public comment period nearly 95 per cent
of the 364 submissions received were calling for an assessment.”
The EPA will now prepare a scoping document for the environmental review to occur mid-2026.More information on the proposal is here.
Greenbushes is co-owned by Tianqi, IGO and Albemarle and operated by Talison.
Italian soccer team AC Milan will return to Perth this winter for an Australian-exclusive showdown against Perth Glory at HBF Park on July 31.
The friendly will be the only match played in Australia by AC Milan this year, with thousands of fans expected to travel to Perth to see the team play.
AC Milan’s Tammy Abraham celebrates after scoring the opening goal during an Italian Cup quarterfinal soccer match between AC Milan and Roma at the San Siro stadium, in Milan, Italy.Credit: AP
Supported by the WA government, the match comes off the back of AC Milan’s blockbuster game against AS Roma at Optus Stadium in May 2024, which drew 7,500 people from interstate and overseas, injecting nearly $9 million into the economy.
Mineral Resources Limited has appointed Malcolm Bundey has its new chair of the board.
Currently the deputy chair of Brickworks, Bundey has been selected to rebuild the depleted board following an off-shore tax scandal.
Malcolm Bundey
In an ASX announcement this morning, the mining company confirmed Bundey will immediately become a non-executive director and will then succeed outgoing chair James McClements on July 1.
MinRes board nominations committee chair Zimi Meka said Bundey was a standout candidate following an extensive international search.
“He brings a multidimensional background in finance, corporate restructuring, general management and M&A, with broad geographic experience as both a previous CEO and current NED in complex private and ASX listed businesses,” he said.
The iconic Leeewin tall ship, destroyed by a container ship nine months ago, will depart Fremantle Port today as it marks a major milestone in its repair journey.
The sailing vessel was crushed by a 332-metre ship as the larger vessel came into port in August, leaving the Leeuwin de-masted.
But Leeuwin chief executive Lawson Dixon told 9 News Perth to ship would be leaving port today for the first time in months.
“It’s a full on job, essentially everything above deck needs to be replaced,” he said.
“It’s stopped us from sailing. We had big plans this year, we’d hoped to go on quite a few voyages and get about 2500 trainees sailing this year, but unfortunately, we’ve had to delay that.
“Today is an exciting day, for the first time in months, we’re able to leave the berth here at Fremantle Port, and we’re heading down to Henderson where companies will be helping us with repairs.”
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Former US president Joe Biden’s prostate cancer is among the most aggressive.Credit: AP
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The football world continues to reel from the death of former West Coast premiership player Adam Selwood, sparking further debate about the AFL’s role in caring for players’ mental health.
Selwood, 41, died suddenly on Saturday. It is the second heartbreaking loss for the Selwood family – one of football’s most famous – after the loss of Adam’s twin brother, Troy, in February.
Joel (left), Adam and Scott Selwood farewell their brother, Troy, at GMHBA stadium.Credit: AFL Photos
And in surfing news, Sally Fitzgibbons faces an anxious wait in her quest to survive the World Surf League’s mid-season cut after the Margaret River Pro was placed on hold for two days.
While the waves at the famous Western Australia break were pumping on Saturday, particularly early in the day during the men’s opening heats, a drop in swell forced organisers to call competition off until Tuesday.
