Good morning and welcome to our live blog on this Monday, September 8.
Making headlines today, Fremantle great Nat Fyfe says he still ends his AFL career content despite not winning the premiership he so desperately craved, and he’s optimistic the current group have “five or six” more bites at the cherry.
Nat Fyfe thanks Fremantle fans after his final game.Credit: AFL Photos via Getty Images
Fyfe’s career came to a close on Saturday night when Fremantle suffered a heartbreaking one-point loss to Gold Coast in a pulsating elimination final at Optus Stadium.
Meanwhile, a West Australian local government will become the second to push back against a “nonsensical” government committee that has voted to disallow proposed cat containment laws.
The Shire of Pingelly attempted to push their plans, named the Save the Numbat Local Law, through the committee that reviews shires’ legislation against the state Cat Act, but those plans were not supported.
Shire chief executive Andrew Dover said they had received a 14-page letter, pointing to issues with their proposed laws that the committee claimed did not meet requirements.
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