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First flagged last year, the WA government’s new Stop Puppy Farming reforms come into effect today.
From now on, approved pet shops can only sell dogs or puppies supplied by approved animal rescue shelters and pounds who have got a permit from their local government.
Local governments will assess applications, with dog-supply approval applications managed by the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries.
It would appear the laws couldn’t come at a better time, after a 40-year-old man has been charged with 36 counts of animal cruelty last week.
The RSPCA WA received a cruelty report from the City of Canning about the property in December, with council rangers advising there were a large number of dogs roaming outside the property, two which had been taken away for urgent vet attention.
However, despite support for the new laws from animal welfare groups, there are reports that so far no pet shops have applied for the permit.
The number of people waiting longer than 30 days for urgent surgery has tripled in Western Australia, according to the state opposition.
While the elective surgery wait list is down from a pandemic peak of 33,000 to 29,251; of the 1349 patients who required urgent surgery in March, 305 waited longer than recommended to go under the knife.
Shadow health minister Libby Mettam said the state government needed to address the backlog as a matter of urgency.
“I have spoken to elective surgery patients, these people are not just statistics, they are waiting for life-changing surgery,” she said.
The state government says it is making progress bringing the wait list down, including by providing twilight and night surgeries.
An e-scooter rider is fighting for life this morning after being hit by a car in Middle Swan.
Police say the driver of a White Toyota Camry failed to stop and left the scene at about 12.30am on Sunday at the intersection of Toodyay Road and Roe Highway.
A Kelmscott man, 24, has since been charged with failing to stop and incident occasioning grievous bodily harm. He is due to appear in court tomorrow.
The rider is in Royal Perth Hospital suffering critical injuries.
Here’s what’s making headlines across the nation and around the world today:
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Making local headlines this morning, more than 40,000 Perth residents took part in the largest HBF Run For A Reason to date yesterday, raising more than $1.9 million and paying tribute to former West Coast Eagle Adam Selwood, who died earlier this month.
Meanwhile, traffic wardens are refusing to work at a “dangerous” children’s crossing servicing a West Australian private school, citing the significant number of drivers choosing to speed through the area who put their lives – and students’ – at risk.
And a battle is brewing in the southern Perth foothills with hundreds of people gathering at the weekend from as far as Bunbury, Busselton and Midland to oppose a sand mine set to clear banksia woodland in the Serpentine Jarrahdale Shire.
And in a disturbing domestic violence case, Perth woman Sue didn’t hesitate to begin the separation process after her husband of 15 years stabbed her in the chest. But she couldn’t have predicted what happened next.
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