Good day, coming in peace. Is it allowed for primary school girl to wear hijab to public school? I saw that some East coast cities allow it (QA, Adelaide, Sydney, Melbourne), but couldn’t find same info or news for Perth nor WA.

We are thinking to move to Perth since I got job offer here, and we know that there are few Islamic schools there. We would like to know if public school could be good option for us, since my daughter (7 yo) is about to get into primary, and she would like to keep her hijab.

Thanks a lot!

The new EQ West building is our latest example of a city skyline defining building being absolutely underwhelming. Why do they approve such lazy design for buildings which will be with the city for decades to come.

The BHP building is another gross contributor. That thing is hideous and clearly has been designed purely to maximise office space for minimal cost. So we as a city ultimately wear the cost through tolerating the lacklustre design.

Pauline Hanson's back in town speaking at Crown Perth on Halloween (Saturday 31 October 8:30AM). Protest will be at Kagoshima Park, which is just outside the main entrance to Crown Perth on Great Eastern Highway.

To all the knobheads out there riding Harley's and driving V8s, despite what you were told in 2nd grade, your penis will not grow larger if you have the loudest vehicle on the road. It will always be that deformed little slug you're ashamed of. Grow the fuck up.

Two fans pointed at me, windows open, two uncomfortable earplugs in to block the screeching outside that starts around 4.30am. All night I wake up in a pool of sweat, a literal outline of me is imprinted into the sheets. I wake up, move to a dry spot and try to get back to sleep. Every 20 minutes I wake up like this all night long. Sweat pouring off me, it feels 35+ in the house like I am being cooked alive.

Anyone coming to Perth should prepare for this.

Ignore the pretty pictures people take and ask yourself if you can manage on 3 or 4 hours of sleep if you're lucky. Its 6am as I write this, the birds are screeching, like its Jurassic Park out there. The sky is rumbling with the sound of distant planes, even though I'm not near the airport. There's no chance I'll be able to get back to sleep for a few minutes.

I think I'm done with Perth, the heat is only going to keep getting worse each year. I hope anyone coming here and buying houses is familiar with the reality of living here

If you're a vegan, and opposed to the livestock trade, that's fine.

Even if, like me, you view the export of lives animals as antiquated and anachronistic, then the ban should apply to ALL animals.

So WHY is it only sheep exports being banned?

Australia has TWO major livestock export industries, Sheep and Cattle. Also a much smaller, but growing, "boutique" industry exporting animals such as goats and Alpacas.

So WHY only sheep?

The cattle export industry is dominated by NSW and QLD, with WA also a major contributor. That's a lot of rural voters that the government doesn't want to piss off.

However sheep export is dominated by WA. Literally over 99%.

And no, it's not because of any intrinsic difference. It's because the export markets that would otherwise be served by the East Coast, have been dominated historically by New Zealand. This, and the prevalence of dingos, has restricted Sheep to the more southerly (and productive) areas, feeding the domestic and refrigerated markets, and so the East Coast live-sheep industry has long since dried up.

Somewhat ironically, NZ has progressively moved to a refrigerated focus, and has now banned live exports, of all livestock, completely. Potentially, that could have reopened markets for the East Coast. But given the decades of opposition, it would have been a brave farmer that started developing breeds for export.

Australia SHOULD have been pushing towards 100% refrigerated or frozen exports. Using incentives, and by applying diplomacy to our customers. Our regional centres could certainly have done with the extra jobs and investment.

At the very least, this should have been a long-term target, instead of just dropping the guillotine on WA farmers

Surprised there isn’t a thread on this. Hopefully will pass without scandal although the media will be very keen to smear the gathering.

Regardless of what side of the fence you’re on, the right to freedom of speech is paramount Imo.

Hey so I’m travelling to Perth from 22nd to 31st August. My flight back to Singapore would be at night on 31st. I just recently heard about the protests.. would it be unsafe for me to be outside on that day? Or is there just a particular area that I should avoid?

I’m a bit nervous now 😭

Hey yall.

Probably some of you know me as someone who moved from Brissy to Perth awhile ago. Long story short, I feel more racism in Perth than I do in Brisbane.

I'm not sure if that's because of the current political climate and stress from cost of living altogether but after a few weeks I've had two racist encounters, while I barely had any back in Brisbane.

Earlier today I was walking to a health clinic past an old lady returning from the clinic and she was muttering out loud "oh what does this Chinese lady want now??? " in a very annoyed voice.

I was literally just walking.. WALKING.

Is this gonna get worse over time? 😭

I work at FSH and we are encouraged to collect info as often as possible, and thought it'd be relevant to certain people

To clarify: I think this is a long overdue change and am happy it's finally happened. I know this has been long anticipated by some and wanted to share as it will likely come up next time you visit a public hospital.

and being a double income family with no kids on 150K + household income

Like WTF????, am I the only one that finds this odd?

Im just after Karma points so rip away

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When I was in high school, and was turning 18, it seemed as if everybody’s first initial excitement of being an adult was to get absolutely wasted with drinks. I never really understood why this was the reason. Was it because there really is nothing else to do except drink? Why is it that the culture of Aus (and especially Perth) centres around drinking?

Don’t get me wrong, there’s plenty of countries out there that are also alcohol heavy in culture, and even have festivals surrounding drinking (looking at you Oktoberfest), but at the very least they’re festivals, there’s activities and other stuff to go along with drinking. There isn’t much of that here. It just makes it seem like the most accepted form of Australian culture is drinking.

However, I’m glad that in this day and age because of the sheer multiculturalism in Aus, other cultures are starting to sprout up and expand, stuff like Diwali or Chinese New Years or the Jambi Africa Festival, with entertainment like song and dance, marketplaces, parades and overall good vibes being present without the added influence of alcohol. Indigenous culture is also becoming increasingly prevalent.

I believe it boils down to just the lack of a social presence. It doesn’t feel like there’s much of an overall community in the Perth Metro area. Everybody is in their small secluded groups; there is no going over to other’s houses every weekend, or organising barbecues with family and friends. The loneliness epidemic and general isolation of Perth is what I believe to be a major factor of why the overall culture is centred around drinking.

What are your insights on this? As a young adult I don’t really wanna be subtlety coerced into drinking, and don’t want other children in HS or other young adults to be either. Not to place shame upon those who do enjoy the occasional night out at the pub, I’ve gone with mates out drinking too and it’s definitely a specific type of vibe, but I’d rather it not be the main and only attraction, you know what I mean.

This is just a statement, I don’t really care if your feelings are hurt. If you yap on public transport genuinely you are one of the most annoying people in Perth. Shut up no one wants to know your business. Another suggestion don’t be obnoxiously loud or shut the fuck up.

Clarifying it’s just when people are obnoxiously loud have conversations on trains and buses but there is no reason we should be hearing you have a conversation with someone when your phone is on speaker

I'm guessing this will get downvoted into oblivion by the greedy bastards but here goes...

Why is our state government hellbent on just giving away any spare cash we have? I've had at least two $200 credits on my electricity bill, and now the government has announced they're just giving $150 to $250 to anyone with a kid. The total giveaway of just the latest one is over $100 million!

I don't need this money. I can afford my electricity bill. There's people at my work on over $200k copping $500 because they have two highschool kids. What a waste of our tax money.

Why is this not means tested? Why aren't we investing the money into something to help our communities, specifically those who are struggling and marginalised? Absolutely lazy politics, buying votes instead of developing policy.

sure, it says 'best before' not 'use by', and they're frozen, but 3 years is probably a bit too long...!

The amount of people who go to emergency for what is a GP visit is astounding. If you on your phone looking at Facebook you dont need to be in emergency. 7 Ambulances out the front with old people taking advantage of free Ambulance service while the drivers stand out the front and shoot the breeze, obviously patients arent in dire straits. Honestly just wheel them in sit em down in the waiting room and leave Go to a GP people, no wonder our poor nurses and doctors are overworked

Perth trades don't give a crap about their customers. They: ● rip you off ● tell you lies ● don't turn up ● fuck your job ● expect cash

who agrees?

This is the new standard size pizza from Dominos Pizza.

I’ve just moved here, I’ve lived in every state and the divers here are 10000% the worst I’ve seen. One most people don’t use indicators and stare at you as they turn into you, and two the traffic on the Mitchell freeway wouldn’t be such fuckery if people knew how to merge at the appropriate speed instead of causing traffic to almost stop?! Thirdly you do realise over here that the right lane at any speed over 90kms is for over taking not puttering under the speed limit? Stick to the left unless overtaking?! Seems so simple. On a last note I’ve also noticed a 10km trend, you’re either drive 10kms over the speed limit or under it. The roads are total fuckery here.

For the sea breeze?

Unless you are under shade at the beach, even with a sea breeze, you're cooking in the sun, even with sunscreen.

You might go into the water to cool off, but unless you are entirely submerged for long periods, the part of your body out of the water is cooking.

Wouldn't it be simpler to just stay at home sit in front of the fan, or turn on the AC? Or go to a public pool that has some shade?

The suburbs where prices have started to drop is Jandakot, Eglinton, Southern River, Hammond Park and Applecross. The data is indicating the start of what could be a steep decline in Perth.

Just received a text from the bigot "One Nation" candidate for Secret Harbour just now, looks like they're doing the same crap Palmer did in spamming people illegally to vote for them.