"If the way is clear, leave now for a safer place," Emergency Western Australia told residents in and around Mokine in the Shire of Northam, 71 km (44 miles) east of Perth. "Do not wait and see ...

The Supreme Court has ruled the Shire of Northam was right to approve the development of a housing estate next to a local abattoir. The Linley Valley Abattoir operates within the shire and wants ...