Good morning readers, and welcome to our live news blog for Tuesday, July 8.
Making headlines today is an attack on WA’s one-year teaching diplomas, which were re-introduced last year as the state combated a dire teacher shortage.
Now, the New South Wales and Victorian governments are investigating ways to close the loophole that allows graduates of Curtin and Edith Cowan universities’ one-year graduate teaching diplomas from working in those states despite not having met the minimum two-year full-time study requirement.
Hamish Hastie has the full story. You can read it here.
Meanwhile, a group of councils bearing the brunt of predators roaming citywide is launching Perth’s first large-scale fox management program.
A fox captured on camera at Kenwick’s Brixton Street wetlands, one of Perth’s most biodiverse wetland assets.Credit: Trish Fleming
Western Australia’s hottest-ever summer in 2023-2024, immediately followed by Perth’s eighth-driest autumn, heightened native animals’ vulnerability.
In May 2024, nearly 100 dead south-western snake-necked turtles, likely fox victims, were found at Bibra Lake, wiping out 10–15 per cent of the population, discouraging significant conservation efforts, after the record low autumn rainfall following the hot summer dried lakes and created optimal fox hunting conditions.
And this April, foxes were blamed for 68 south-western snake-necked turtle deaths in Yellagonga Regional Park, with the City of Joondalup vowing to step up controls in collaboration with the City of Wanneroo and the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
Emma Young has the story covered.
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