Perth's biggest-ever development could go 100 per cent plastic-free

[WA Today]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Monday, 20th August, 2018 AM News Update [Artist impression of the Belmont Park redevelopment on Burswood Peninsula. ]( [Perth's biggest-ever development could go 100 per cent plastic-free]( BY Emma Young "Some say we'd be crazy for doing this ... I say, are we crazy for not doing it?" --------------------------------------------------------------- Top stories [Female Perth foster carer charged with 1996 child sex abuse]( The woman was charged with five counts of sexual penetration of a child under 13 years; and two counts of indecently dealing with a child under 13 years of age. 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