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Good morning, and welcome to our live news blog for Thursday, October 2.
Making headlines today, ex-inmates of Hakea prison have revealed some of the conditions they were subjected to during their time behind bars.
Jackson Appleby spent four separate stretches behind bars, each one of them at Canning Vale’s Hakea Prison, and each of them harder to get through than the one before.
Even judges agree the conditions are so unbearable that spending any time there should equate to a reduced sentence.
You can read more it here.
Vision of sharks captured near the bridge.
In other news, a shark scientist predicts the number of bull sharks in the Swan River will climb over the coming months, a week after a school of the animals forced the closure of City of Fremantle beaches.
Australian Marine Conservation Society scientist Dr Leo Guida said it was likely bull shark numbers in the Swan would increase as the weather heated up – which was a positive sign for the river’s ecosystem.
Read more here.
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