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Injured dirt bike rider flown to hospital

Written By Unknown on Sabtu, 19 April 2014 | 13.24

A DIRT bike rider who was seriously injured after crashing on a fire trail northwest of Sydney has been airlifted to hospital.

Ambulance and police officers staged a two-hour rescue effort for the 46-year-old man who was knocked unconscious after crashing off his bike at Colo Heights at about 10am on Saturday.

After friends of the Kurrajong man raised the alarm, ambulance paramedics hiked in and carried him out to a nearby property where they met a Careflight medical team who flew him to Westmead Hospital.

The CareFlight doctor said the man suffered leg and wrist fractures along with head and other injuries.

He remains in a serious but stable condition in hospital.


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Royal stop at church, zoo on Easter Sunday

THE Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are set for a big day five of their royal tour that includes attending an Easter Sunday church service and a visit to Sydney's Taronga Zoo.

The royal couple - and Prince George - are spending their final day in Sydney before they fly to Canberra for a well earned day off on their whirlwind 10-day tour of Australia.

While in Sydney the Cambridges have already visited the Opera House, the Blue Mountains, the Royal Easter Show, Bear Cottage children's hospice, and a surf life saving demonstration at Manly beach.

The pace doesn't slow on Sunday, with the royal couple due to attend an Easter Sunday morning church service at St Andrews cathedral.

As well as attending the service, the couple is expected to sign the First Fleet Bible - a historical King James Bible brought over on the First Fleet in 1788.

The bible has previously been signed by the Queen, Princess Diana, Prince Philip and Prince Charles.

From church, the royals are due to make the short trip to Taronga Zoo for a stop at its bilby enclosure - named after Prince George as part of the nation's gift following his birth.

Bilbies are marsupials and are the largest of the bandicoot family. The zoo says its bilbies act as a symbol of friendship between Australia and England.

The Cambridges are also scheduled to feed tree kangaroos, walk past giraffes, enjoy a bird show, and take in the Rhino conservation display at the zoo.

Taronga Zoo director, Cameron Kerr, said the royal visit was a "wonderful opportunity" to raise awareness about Australia's native animals.

"Bilbies were once found right throughout Australia, but are now threatened in the wild (and) Taronga is part of a national breeding program ... to provide an insurance population to safeguard this species into the future," Mr Kerr said.

"Taronga is incredibly proud to be part of Australia's gift to Prince George and we look forward to introducing their Royal Highnesses to our bilbies."

William has an interest in animal conservation and earlier this year joined forces with his father Prince Charles to film a video calling for the world to act now to save endangered animals.

This royal tour comes 30 years after Prince Charles and Diana, Princess of Wales, visited Australia and New Zealand for six weeks with William when he was Prince George's age.

The trip, which will be the Duchess's first official visit to Australia, follows Prince William's last official visit in March 2011 to Queensland and Victoria.


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Swag maker among guests at royal reception

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have arrived in Brisbane to another strong crowd reception. Source: AAP

A GRAZIER, a swag maker and an Olympian are among the 224 Queenslanders invited to meet the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.

Barry Hughes, from the farmers' advocacy group Northhead, wants to tell Prince William about the plight of drought-stricken Queensland producers.

"I know he's well and truly aware of the issue otherwise I wouldn't have been invited," he told AAP.

"I know he'll give some kind words of compassion."

The last time William was in Queensland, it was to console victims of the 2011 floods that devastated parts of Brisbane and Ipswich.

Olympian Sally Pearson says she's met the Queen and it will be "an absolute honour" to meet the Duke and Duchess.

Pearson, who is dressed in a stylish knee-length orange dress, doesn't have anything in particular to say and says she'll only speak to them if they seek her out.

"I know the protocol," the gold medallist laughed, as guests waited for the royal couple to arrive at Brisbane's South Bank precinct.

"This is the future King and Queen, it's so exciting."

Jean Madden, who runs Street Swags, will give the Duchess a swag on behalf of her charity, and a dress designed by Sasha Drake "on behalf of all the women in Queensland".

"I've met the Duke before and spoken about my charity, hopefully he'll remember me and I'll have a few minutes with Duchess this time."

The royal entourage arrived at the reception venue at 2.13pm.

An estimated 9500 people were waiting for the couple to emerge, and they didn't disappoint.

The couple, despite running behind schedule, have rewarded the wellwishers who have been waiting to in 28 degree heat.

Outside the reception venue, the South Bank parklands are packed with royal watchers, some draped in the Australian flag, others carrying memorabilia from Prince William's 2011 wedding to Kate.

Among those hoping for a brush with royalty is 87-year-old great-grandmother Jennie Cushway, who has seen three generations of the royal family in Brisbane over the years and is hoping to glimpse a fourth on Saturday.

The Brisbane widow says she'd love to add William and Kate to her list.

"I really wanted to see them, I think they're great," she told AAP.

"I might give them a little bow. I only hope I can see them and get nice photos."

She saw the Queen in February 1954, a few months after her coronation, and glimpsed Prince Charles touring Griffith University as a bachelor in the late 1970s.

She said she'd also seen the late Queen Mother and Prince Andrew with his then wife the Duchess of York.

The royal couple will make a brief public walk after the reception, where Kate will pause to chat with the crowd and accept more bouquets of flowers.

One young bub in the crowd, 10-month-old Grace, grabbed the media scrum's attention with her pink "Marry me George" t-shirt, and grand feathered head wear.

She teamed the shirt with a flouncy pink skirt but looked a little unamused about being in the middle of an excited, swollen crowd.

Another veteran royal watcher, Helen Jackson, 70, arrived with her husband Gavin at 7am to secure a prime position near the convention centre entrance.

Mrs Jackson saw Prince William three years ago as he comforted Ipswich flood victims, which included her daughter.

"I have met the Duke before ... I just wish him all the best," she told AAP.

"I stood in the background because it was for the flood people that lost their houses and I stood back."

Even self-confessed republicans couldn't stay away.

One, Agnes Delos Santos, has spent seven hours waiting for the royal couple's public walk.

"This is history, their visit to Brisbane," the 42-year-old theatre nurse told AAP. "It's just good to be here and see them."


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Kate, William visit special kids in Manly

Written By Unknown on Jumat, 18 April 2014 | 13.23

HAPPY memories are being created at Manly's Bear Cottage with a visit by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to the children's hospice on Friday.

The visit to the palliative care hospice in Manly is of special importance to the duchess, who is the royal patron of East Anglia's Children's Hospices in the UK and visited Rainbow Place, a similar facility in New Zealand.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott, his wife Margie and new NSW Premier Mike Baird welcomed the couple to Bear Cottage, one of only two children's hospices in Australia. The other is Hummingbird House in Brisbane.

"Part of Bear Cottage is about creating happy memories for children whose lives are shortened, and this is certainly going to create a very happy memory for those families," the centre's nursing unit manager, Narelle Martin, told AAP.

"To the families it means a lot to them - a really memorable memory."

The duke and duchess have different events in the hospice, including arts and crafts, and music therapy sessions. They'll enjoy afternoon tea with families.

Bear Cottage can house up to eight children and their families. Its facilities includes two private two-bedroom apartments.

Since the cottage opened 12 years ago, it has been a second home for the families of many dying children.

The children come for respite for a week at a time, or for longer if they're at the end of their illness.

Later on Friday, the duke and duchess will watch a surf lifesaving display at nearby Manly beach.

The duchess later made her first speech of the trip. Fittingly, she made her inaugural public speech at the East Anglia Children's hospice in March, 2012.

"The haven that you have created here is inspirational," she said at Bear Cottage.

"When families are confronted with the shattering news that their children have a life limiting condition their world can fall apart."

She also thanked everyone for making her and George feel welcome on their first visit to Australia.

The speech was made at the end of their visit to Bear Cottage.


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Show stoppers for William and Kate

THE Duke of Cambridge picked up a tip for Halloween, the duchess shared one of Prince George's favourite meals, and they met a sheep with a special royal connection.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge got a taste of regional Australia on Friday in more ways than one when they visited Sydney's Royal Easter Show on Good Friday.

At the popular district exhibits display, the couple checked out the winning display, from the northern region, which might have been proud of its soft Alpaca wool.

But Kate commented on the fleece for other reasons.

"The princess said (the Duke) should put some on his head," said Lyn Cregan, 67, from Glen Innes.

"She pointed at him and said 'You need it more than me.' He laughed."

When Ms Cregan revealed she used hair lacquer on the pumpkins to give them extra shine, the Duke said he would try the trick next Halloween.

While admiring piles of root vegetables in the South East Queensland display, Kate told preserve maker Diana Lisle that George is particularly fond of sweet potatoes.

Hundreds watched the couple move through the hall, viewing exhibits from producers from across NSW. The displays are the largest of their kind in the world, with more than 10,000 fresh pieces of produce on display.

The couple tasted wild berry and macadamia nougat and chocolates, and scores of presents were pressed into their minders' arms, including half a dozen Easter eggs, baby clothes, fudge and tea.

A trolley was brought to cope with the flow as the crowds passed them books, Possum Magic and Peppa Pig toys, and bouquets.

The couple unveiled a plaque in the new Southee and Badgery Pavilion, home to the Show's arts and crafts, fashion and style and flower and garden displays.

Kate, a keen photographer, paid special attention to the pavilion's photography display.

She told Alison Renwick, former chair of the arts and crafts pavilion, that she enjoyed taking photos, and painting and drawing.

"She said she doesn't get much time for it anymore," Ms Renwick said.

But it was Cox Pavilion that seemed to hold special interest for William, who in March completed a University of Cambridge 10-week course in agricultural management.

There they met Fred the six-year-old ram, who had been taught to bow for the occasion, and watched shearers in action.

Wool from Fred's Merino fleece went into a suit that was presented to the Duke on the occasion of his wedding.

At the Wool for School exhibit, Kate met last year's winner, Sophie Aylward, from Kinross Wollaroi School in Orange, whose winning design was a blue woollen dress for the Duchess.

The couple were due to sign the Show's visitors book on leaving, but made time to receive posies on their way out.

They didn't, however, have time to pick up a Bertie Beetle showbag.


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Royals highlight of Easter Show

Big crowds have greeted Prince William and Kate at Sydney's Royal Easter Show. Source: AAP

THE Sydney Royal Easter Show could have been renamed the Cambridge Royal Easter Show on Good Friday.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge made a two-hour visit to the show at the Sydney Olympic Park on a perfect warm autumn Sydney day.

The show, which was founded in 1822, attracts close to 900,000 visitors every year. And it seems many of them were there on Friday, greeting the royal couple with wild cheers and applause.

Kate wowed by wearing a white cotton lace dress by Australian designer sisters, Nicole and Simone Zimmermann.

However, like many eight-month-olds, Prince George was deemed too young to see the show - but it didn't mean he was forgotten.

While admiring piles of root vegetables in the South East Queensland display, Kate told preserve maker Diana Lisle that George was particularly fond of sweet potatoes.

And there were plenty of presents. A trolley was brought to cope with the flow as the crowds passed books, Possum Magic and Peppa Pig toys and bouquet after bouquet to the royal visitors.

The couple were greeted by the president of the Royal Agricultural Society of NSW, Glenn Dudley, and his wife, Jennifer, before being taken to look at a fresh food display in the main exhibition dome.

A female security guard collapsed just before the royals arrived and was loaded into an ambulance.

It might have been the bright sunshine. It might have been the royal effect. Australians have warmed to William and Kate on this trip.

"They're such a lovely couple. They're so much in love," Margaret Bryant from Cowra told AAP.

She and her pals Margaret Wright and Marie Whiteman - all in their 80s - arrived in Sydney at 3am (AEST) to see the royals.

The royals saw sheep shearing, vegetables, showbags, skateboarding and snakes.

They also unveiled a plaque in the new Southee and Badgery Pavilion, home to the Show's arts and crafts, fashion and style and flower and garden displays.

At the Wool for School exhibit, Catherine met last year's winner, Sophie Aylward, from Kinross Wolaroi School in Orange, whose winning design was a blue woollen dress for the Duchess.

The couple were due to sign the Show's visitors book upon leaving, but made time to receive posies from a trio of girls and finally a bunch of red and yellow roses from Jessica Badman, 30, and her one-year-old daughter Alivia, on their way out.

Ms Badman, from the Blue Mountains, said the Duchess asked her whether Alivia was walking yet and said her outfit was beautiful.

"I can't believe that just happened," said an overwhelmed Ms Badman. "It's just like talking to a girlfriend, she's absolutely lovely."

Then it was back on the Australian tour merry-go-round as the royals were whisked off to Manly for their second engagement of the day.

Just another day on the royals' wild ride around Australia.


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Govt appoints banks for Medibank sale

Written By Unknown on Kamis, 17 April 2014 | 13.24

The federal government has appointed three banks to manage the Medibank Private sale. Source: AAP

THE federal government has appointed three banks to manage the sale of health insurer Medibank Private.

After receiving 11 bids through a tender process, the government says the joint lead managers will be Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs and Macquarie Capital.

Finance Minister Mathias Cormann said on Thursday that each bank brings a substantial mix of experience in Australian and global capital markets, privatisations, equity offers and the ability to project manage large capital market transactions.

The government may include another joint lead manager if required, and other firms may be appointed closer to the sale with a focus on retail selling roles.

The government has also extended the contracts of its scoping study advisers.

The precise timing and structure of the Medibank Private sale has yet to be determined, although it will be in the 2014/15 financial year.


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Gold miner Ramelius reduces cash costs

GOLD producer Ramelius Resources has reduced its cash costs and achieved record quarterly production.

Shares in the company were flat at 11 cents at 1530 AEST as investors remained unimpressed with the WA mining company's high costs.

Ramelius produced 27,653 fine ounces of gold in the three months to March 31, at a total cash cost of $1,213 per ounce, down from $1,450 in the December quarter.

The company expects to produce 19,000 to 20,000 ounces of gold at its Mt Magnet operation, while Burbanks is expected to produce 6,000 ounces of gold in the June quarter.


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Baird replaces O'Farrell as NSW premier

MIKE Baird has been elected the 44th premier of NSW by the Liberal Party room.

The state treasurer replaces Barry O'Farrell who resigned after giving misleading evidence to the Independent Commission Against Corruption about a $3000 bottle of wine.

At Thursday's meeting, Liberal MPs formally accepted Mr O'Farrell's resignation and confirmed Mr Baird as his successor.

The 45-year-old father of three will become the state's sixth premier in almost 10 years, once he's formally sworn in.

The party room elected Transport Minister Gladys Berejiklian as deputy Liberal leader after Community Services Minister Pru Goward and Energy Minister Anthony Roberts pulled out of the running.

Mr O'Farrell had seen Ms Berejiklian as his favoured candidate to succeed him.

Thirteen minutes after the meeting kicked off, Liberal whip Jai Rowell announced the pair had been elected unopposed.

"I can now confirm that Mike Baird was elected unopposed as the leader of the Liberal Party," he told reporters.

Incoming premier Mr Baird will address the media at 4.30pm and will be officially sworn in at Government House an hour later.

Mr Baird is a committed Christian and former banker.

He is surfing buddies with Prime Minister Tony Abbott and once studied to become an Anglican minister.

He quit a lucrative career in corporate banking and turned to politics, entering the NSW parliament in 2007.

He represents Sydney's northern beaches electorate of Manly.

His father, Bruce Baird, was a lower house federal MP in John Howard's government and was regarded as one of a few moderate voices in the Liberal Party.

Nationals leader Andrew Stoner, who remains deputy premier under the coalition agreement, welcomed Mr Baird's elevation.

"The Nationals fully support the incoming Premier and, together with the Liberals, are committed to providing strong, stable and responsible government for NSW," Mr Stoner said.

He praised Mr Baird's term as treasurer, saying he delivered on $13 billion for regional infrastructure.

"Since being elected in March 2011, the NSW Liberals and Nationals have worked tirelessly to turn this state around with NSW now creating more new jobs than any other state and new roads, rail lines and hospitals under construction," he said.


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$3000 wine? I'd remember:O'Farrell at ICAC

Written By Unknown on Selasa, 15 April 2014 | 13.24

NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell has flatly denied suggestions he wrote a letter supporting Australian Water Holdings (AWH) in exchange for Liberal Party donations.

Nor can he recall receiving a bottle of vintage Grange wine, bought for $3000 by AWH and apparently couriered to his home just after the 2011 state election.

Mr O'Farrell was on Tuesday quizzed before the NSW corruption watchdog about a letter he wrote to then-AWH chief executive Nick Di Girolamo in late September 2010.

He agreed it was "broadly supportive" of the company's push to secure a lucrative public-private partnership.

"We can show you lots of money going into Liberal Party coffers which coincides with this letter of support. Did you know anything about that?" counsel assisting Geoffrey Watson, SC, asked Mr O'Farrell.

"No, the Liberal Party's financial code requires members of parliament to be at arm's length from fundraising," Mr O'Farrell replied.

"If your inference is that this letter was signed by me because of donations made by Australian Water Holdings then I reject it completely."

Mr Di Girolamo has told the Independent Commission against Corruption he bought Mr O'Farrell a bottle of Grange wine to express his congratulations on securing the premiership but denied using the gift to "butter Mr O'Farrell up".

The ICAC has heard the 1959 vintage bottle - aged since the year of Mr O'Farrell's birth - was delivered to his home in Roseville, on Sydney's north shore, on or around April 20, 2011.

But Mr O'Farrell said he never received it and that he may have been away on a family holiday to the Gold Coast for Easter when the bottle showed up.

"It's the Don Bradman of wine. Unforgettable," Mr Watson said.

"Yes. If it had been received, I don't believe I would have forgotten it," Mr O'Farrell replied.

The gift was never declared on the premier's pecuniary interests register and ICAC investigators have been unable to find a document from the courier company to show when it was dropped off.

But Mr Di Girolamo has told the inquiry he received a thank you call from the premier after sending the wine - and on Tuesday afternoon, Mr O'Farrell was shown a record of a 28-second telephone call from his mobile number to Mr Di Girolamo's, made about 9.30pm on April 20, 2011.

"I've no knowledge - I don't know about this phone call," Mr O'Farrell said.

"What I do know is if I had received a bottle of 1959 Penfolds Grange I would have known about it and I did not receive a bottle of Penfolds Grange."


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Broome man charged over ear-biting attack

POLICE in Broome have charged a man who allegedly bit part of his victim's ear off.

The attack occurred between 8pm (WST) and 9pm on Monday on a grassed area near the corner of Carnarvon Street and Napier Terrace.

The 42-year-old male victim was headbutted several times during the assault and was taken to Perth for surgery to his ear.

Police said the offender, aged 40, had been charged with grievous bodily harm and would appear in Broome Magistrate's Court on Tuesday afternoon.

Police have also called for any witnesses to come forward.


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SA hails late night lock-out laws

SOUTH Australia has hailed the success of its late night lock-out laws for getting "drunken, aggressive louts" off Adelaide's streets.

The laws allow for a 3am lock-out, preventing patrons who leave a pub or club after that time from entering another.

They also restrict the use of glassware, allow for the use of metal detectors and increased closed circuit video.

The new measures have been in place for six months and police have reported a 20 per cent fall in late night offences in the centre of the city.

Emergency admissions to hospitals for alcohol-related issues have also fallen by 29 per cent.

Attorney-General John Rau says the changes have proved a great success for public safety in Adelaide.

"What these figures show is that our crackdown on alcohol-fuelled violence and related harm is working as intended," Mr Rau said on Tuesday.

"A safer city is a good result for police and volunteers as they are dealing with fewer drunken, aggressive louts who put their safety at risk."

Mr Rau has also rejected suggestions the tougher laws work against government efforts to boost the city's nightlife through its vibrant Adelaide program and concerns the changes have prompted some venues to close, costing jobs.

He said there was nothing vibrant or attractive about a street full of drunks and claims of hundreds of businesses closing and workers heading to Melbourne were "just rubbish".

"There's no evidence to support that," he said.

"What there has been is one or two particular traders whose business models have been built around an unsafe and unhealthy culture."

Mr Rau said the government would review the new laws later this year and would take advice from key interest groups, including police and venue owners, on whether any further changes were required.


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Qld to spend $6m on state budget campaign

Written By Unknown on Minggu, 13 April 2014 | 13.23

A MULTIMILLION dollar advertising blitz and online survey was launched by the Newman government on Sunday to step up the public debate over plans to sell some assets.

The Newman government is spending $6 million on its "Strong Choices" campaign as it battles against unions over its proposal to offload up to $32 billion worth of assets.

The television, radio and print ads promotes a new interactive website "People's Budget", which will give Queenslanders the opportunity to give feedback on how to wipe up to $30 billion worth of debt.

Treasurer Tim Nicholls says it is an unprecedented level of community consultation, but emphasised it's not a poll.

Only broad results will be made public after the survey ends on May 19.

"We know that some of those choices are difficult," Mr Nicholls said.

"But unless we do not make those choices, we will not be able to grasp the future that beckons so tantalisingly over the horizon."

The online survey details Treasury's estimates on how much money can be raised through potential asset sales or long-term leases.

The Gladstone and Townsville ports and the Mt Isa Rail line could fetch $1.69 billion.

Just over $3 billion could be earned by selling electricity generators CS Energy and Stanwell, its Meandu mine, and Ergon's retail business.

Half a billion could be gained from selling the water pipeline which services mines around Mount Isa.

Another $28.4 billion could be made from allowing private investment in Powerlink, Ergon and Energex to pay for infrastructure upgrades in return for a slice of equity.

Queensland Council of Unions president John Battams says the government's exaggerating state debt to strengthen arguments for asset sales.

"The government continues to use gross debt instead of net debt, it includes debt by government-owned corporations," Mr Battams told AAP.

"Our net debt is sustainable and comparable with the other states.

"This is just an attempt to sell off assets to the big end of town which supports the government."

Shadow treasurer Curtis Pitt says the LNP, not taxpayers, should pay for the "scare campaign".

"From its first day in office, the LNP has been planning asset sales despite saying before the election it had an economic plan that did not rely on asset sales," he said.


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We'll build airport rail link: Vic premier

A RAIL link to Melbourne airport will become a reality under a coalition government.

Premier Denis Napthine announced it was time the rail link was built, during his address to the Victorian Liberal Party's state council meeting on Sunday.

Dr Napthine said the rail link will deliver efficient, high-capacity regular services to Melbourne airport.

The project will be outlined in the upcoming May state budget, he said.

"I'm pleased to announce that my government will build the much needed Melbourne airport rail link," he told the conference.

"This project has been on the books for over 40 years," he said.

"It is time this rail link was built."

Melbourne airport attracts 30 million passengers a year and this was expected to double in 20 years, he said.

The 25-minute train ride will go from Southern Cross station direct to the airport offering an affordable services every 10 minutes during peak times, the state government says.

The electric train service will use the existing Albion and Jacana rail corridor.

"This is an enormous step forward for Melbourne airport, for Melbourne and Victoria," Dr Napthine later told reporters.

"Victorians and Melburnians have been waiting 40 years for this significant announcement.

"It's absolutely essential that Melbourne and Victoria has a rail link to the airport."

The upcoming budget would reveal further details about the project, including costings and timeline, the premier said.

Dr Napthine says it is expected the project will be publicly run but private involvement would be sought.


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Orangutan boardwalk opens at Perth Zoo

A boardwalk has been built at Perth Zoo's orangutan enclosure to bring people closer to the apes. Source: AAP

ORANGUTANS nest high in trees, so it makes sense for Perth Zoo to build a two-metre high boardwalk around its orangutan exhibit to bring visitors closer than ever to its apes.

It has taken six months to build the $3.6 million boardwalk around the zoo's 12 Sumatran orangutans.

The revamped exhibit includes a soundscape of the orangutans' natural environment, more than 2000 plants to create a rainforest atmosphere, and some informative signs explaining conservation efforts.

The 125 metre-long boardwalk was built using renewable and recycled materials, including reconstituted decking from recycled milk and other plastic containers mixed with sawdust from plantation-grown pine.

Environment Minister Albert Jacob said the boardwalk was an improvement on the old exhibit, which left visitors at ground level, looking up at the primates.

"The boardwalk design also allows four extra vertical poles to be linked to the main towers with climbing ropes," he said.

"This increased space will encourage the orangutans to spend more time up high which is better for their health and strength."

Primate supervisor Holly Thompson said the apes were curious about their new exhibit.

Orangutans are critically endangered in the wild, with habitat destruction being a major threat to their survival.

Perth Zoo runs an internationally renowned breeding program, which has bred 29 orangutans since 1970.

It released two zoo-born orangutans into the wild in 2006 and 2011.


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