'Triponomics': WA's tourism industry should be our pride and joy, so why are experts worried?

[WA Today]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Friday, 21st June, 2019 AM News Update [WA's tourism sector could be in trouble if visitors don't start spending more soon.]( ['Triponomics': WA's tourism industry should be our pride and joy, so why are experts worried?]( It's billed as the export industry that could carry the weight of the WA economy during the mining and resources sector's quiet times. So why are experts worried? --------------------------------------------------------------- Top Stories [Emergency rescue under way after concrete slab falls on man at Dalkeith home]( Emergency services are at a home on Hobbs Avenue in Dalkeith where a large piece of concrete has fallen onto a man. [The Age: News: 23rd November 2008: Emergency sign at the entrance to Royal Melbourne Hospital. JHF081123.001.001 Photo: ...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [The young medical student showing Australia's north a brighter future]( Imagine a tiny remote community where only one resident has a high school certificate; and now imagine him with a freshly minted medical degree, coming home to build a brighter future. [Nyangumarta man Yarlalu Nanmurr Thomas' country is Mijijimaya in the Western Desert.He left Warralong, 120kms south-east ...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [McGovern report for Guelfi shove, injury raises duty of care questions]( Essendon youngster Matt Guelfi was taken to a Perth hospital in a taxi on Thursday night after being pushed into the boundary fence and a security guard. [Essendon's Matt Guelfi.]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Kwinana football club rallies around young player in coma after training collapse]( A young Perth football player is in an induced coma after collapsing at training on Monday evening. [Kwinana Knights Football Club player Joshua Kickett. ]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Kwinana bust: Vietnamese merchant caught with child exploitation material]( A 26-year-old Vietnamese seaman has been refused entry into Australia after child exploitation material was found on his mobile during a search at Kwinana port. [Australian Border Force officers patrolling the Kwinana wharf. ]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Horns are growing on young people's skulls. Phone use is to blame, research suggests]( Mobile technology has transformed the way we live. What we have not yet grasped is the way the tiny machines in front of us are remolding our skeletons [Researchers at the University of the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia, have documented the prevalence of bone ...]( --------------------------------------------------------------- ['We're sick of being milked': Retirees demand deeming changes]( Almost a million retirees are being short-changed by the Morrison government as it fails to increase their fortnightly payments despite an interest rate cut. [Pensioners are being squeezed by a high deeming rate.]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Troye Sivan announces headline Australian tour]( The South African-born, Perth-raised singer is coming home. [Troye Sivan has announced a 2019 headline tour around Australia.]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Barty just three wins away from world No.1 ranking]( Ashleigh Barty requires three more victories to become the first Australian woman to top the world rankings in over 40 years. [Ashleigh Barty is close to claiming the world No.1 ranking.]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Here's a dirty little secret about Australian sporting crowds]( They have hooligans. We have larrikins. They should be surrounded by mounted police. We should be observed lightly and treated like adults. [A Carlton fan wears tape over her mouth to protest against the AFL's crowd behaviour measures.]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Popular milk brands recalled after E. coli contamination]( The food safety regulator has issued a recall for popular milk brands stocked by major supermarkets in Victoria and southern NSW. [Milk]( --------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- We've sent you this email because your email address {EMAIL} has been registered for WA Today membership. You can [unsubscribe]( from this email at any time. At WA Today, we'll never ask for your personal or credit card information via email. If you receive a suspicious email claiming to offer WA Today services in exchange for your details, please delete it. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Conditions of use]( [Privacy policy]( Copyright © 2019 Fairfax Media Limited 1 Darling Island Rd Pyrmont NSW 2009 Australia