Good morning readers, and welcome to our live news blog for Friday, July 4.
And happy Independence Day to any Americans who happen to be following along this morning – although, if you’re in the US and reading WAtoday, there’s a high chance you took a wrong turn in your search for news from Washington, not Western Australia.
On the West Australian front, there’s talk of “thinning” the Causeway bridge that spans the Swan River in Perth’s east.
How do you “thin” a bridge? And why are we thinking about shaving off a bit of the Causeway? Both valid questions, and we can give you the hint that it has something to do with the government’s planned “Metronet on Swan”.
Hamish Hastie has the full story here.
Produce a WA ad campaign in WA? Tell ’em they’re dreaming.
Meanwhile, Tourism WA is gearing up to release another iteration of its Walking on a Dream campaign (you know, the one soundtracked by an airy re-do of that iconic Empire of the Sun tune over idyllic vistas of our great state?)
So we wonder which WA agency has won the contract to shoot the ad series.
What’s that? It’s gone to an east coast outlet? And one-third of the production won’t even be in WA?
You can already hear the approaching political firestorm.
Thank you for joining us this morning. Stay tuned as we bring you more news you need to know.
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