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Concerningly, a string of unrelated attacks has been carried out in Perth, Melbourne, and Adelaide since February 2023.

2 min read Mr Gay Pride Australia finalist and queer arts practitioner Joshua Haines is on a mission of historical proportions to create a history book that focuses on the LGBTQIA+ histories of Western Australia.

A mother-of-two who still breastfeeds her five-year-old son has said she'll only stop when he asks to, despite receiving online backlash from trolls. Lauren McLeod gave birth to her first child, Bowie in August 2017 and initially planned to breastfeed him until he turned two, the Mirror reports.

killer orcas helping to free a trapped humpback whale has been caught on video — despite the two species typically not getting on.The remarkable encounter was captured off the Western Australian south coast earlier this month and has since made its way around social media, with users freaking out about the wild encounter.The witnesses who experienced the magical moment initially 'feared the worst' when they saw pod of orcas swim towards the trapped whale, as orcas often feast on humpbacks in the ocean.However, they were quickly stunned when they realised it was actually a 'rescue' attempt by the group of orcas to save the humpback. Gemma Sharp from Whale Watch Western Australia said: "It would usually be part of their diet so when we saw the injured humpback and the approaching orca, we were concerned."The trio of "rescue" orcas have been named, Hookfin, Blade and Matriarch Queen and were expected to eat the trapped whale - but incredibly, they all appeared to lose interest once the humpback was set free.

shark from a fisherman’s line before swimming off into the distance.Geoff Trutwein was on his neighbor Nat Barnes’ boat near Wyndham in Western Australia when they hooked a juvenile blacktip shark on February 21.But, while catching the ocean predator was heart-stopping in itself, it was about to get even more insane.Dramatic footage shows a monster 2.5-metre saltwater crocodile latching onto the catch and engaging in a tug of war with Nat.The deadly beast refuses to let its grip slip as Nat desperately tries to reel in the shark.And its perseverance pays off as the angler decides to give up and cut the line, allowing the crocodile to swim off with he fish to devour it on the riverbank.Geoff, from Kununurra, Western Australia, said the huge

Liberal candidate for the 2021 Western Australia elections, Amanda Sue-Markham has found herself in trouble over her husband’s homophobic and anti-same-sex marriage views.Amanda Sue-Markham is a Liberal candidate for the Victoria Park seat in the Western Australia State elections scheduled for March 13, 2021. She is married to Presbyterian Pastor Campbell Markham who has made homophobic statements in the past. Markham, a Pastor with the Presbetyrian Church had faced a complaint at the Tasmanian Anti-Discrimination Commission over his 2011 online blogs.

Perth couple Byron and Keira Hordyk, who believe that ‘homosexuality is a sin that can be overcome’, have been forced to take their failed attempt to become foster parents to court after their application was denied by Wanslea Family Services in September based on their ‘religious beliefs’. Having spoken candidly about their devout Christian lifestyle, the couple told Wanslea Family Services that if given an LGBTQI child to care for, they would help them ‘overcome their sexuality’.