Boom Radio: Morning News Update
Dirk Street
Wednesday 8 April 2020
10:00am
WA suffers two more COVID19 deaths
COVID19 coronavirus has claimed two more lives in WA, Premier Mark McGowan revealed yesterday.
Of the two victims both in their 70’s, one was a passenger on the Artania cruise ship and was receiving treatment at Joondalup Health Campus, the second passed away at Royal Perth Hospital.
This brings the state’s total number of COVID19 deaths to six, including two foreign nationals from the Artania cruise ship.
Man charged after lighting fire in home
A 40 year old Butler man will face court this morning after allegedly committing arson on his own home.
Police were called to the man’s home last night, where the accused man was taken to Joondalup Health Campus with minor injuries, all other occupants escaped without injury.
Detectives have charged the Butler man with one count of criminal damage by fire, and the estimated damage to the property was estimated to be around $100,000.
Mandurah Council ban Beach-goers
The Mandurah Council has made the decision to close vehicle access to the White Hills and Tims Thicket beaches over the Easter weekend.
Mandurah rangers will be patrolling the beaches to direct vehicles away from the beach.
Pedestrian access will still be open, however there will be signs at access points encouraging potential beachgoers to stay home over the weekend.
“Right now, we want to keep our community safe and we do not want holidaymakers in Mandurah and we do not want people gathering in popular spots like Tims Thicket and White Hills,” Mayor Rhys Williams said in a statement.
WA fuel price hits 15 year low
Just before the Easter weekend, Perth fuel prices have dropped to levels that haven’t been reached since the mid 2000’s.
Unleaded petrol prices hit a low of 84.9 cents per litre in Perth’s east, and the metropolitan average as a whole is sitting below the $1 mark at 93.5 cents per litre.
FuelWatch manager Ben Derecki said that the reduction in fuel prices was the result of a weak global economy as a result of the coronavirus.
“Demand on fuel in general is just absolutely plummeting so that is also driving prices down as well,” Derecki said.
