You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. You've used all of your gift articles. 3 more will become available on the 1st of every month. Police are investigating a vicious brawl at a park in Ellenbrook that was filmed and widely distributed on social media. The confronting vision shows a boy being savagely attacked by a group of other boys, who punch and kick him, before one brandishes a large knife. At one point, the group demand the boy strip off his clothes as the bashing continues. It is understood the footage was filmed on Saturday at Coolamon Oval, and the boy at the centre of the attack was later taken to hospital. However a WA Police spokesperson told 9News Perth that while police were aware of the incident and investigating, no formal complaint had been made. The proliferation of the footage on social media also spurred debate about Labor’s “post and boast” legislation, which has stalled in the upper house, with Police Minister Reece Whitby laying the blame at the feet of the opposition and Greens for the delay. Opposition Leader Basil Zempilas accused the government of “sitting on their hands” for not bringing the legislation forward. The Greens have previously raised concerns about the legislation’s stifling effect on protests. More than 4500 people have called on the federal environmental regulator to reject the referral of what would become the country’s third-largest AI data centre in the Kimberley. Environs Kimberley is calling for federal Environment Minister Murray Watt to reject the referral under the EPBC Act due to what they say is inadequate information. Spokesperson Martin Pritchard said the Kimberley was no place for an AI mega project. “This proposal is a wolf in sheep’s clothes. While Gingerah Energy wants to pass the project off as green, hidden in an appendix is the fact that Phase One, until at least 2032, would be fully run on gas backed up by diesel,” he said. Here’s what’s happening elsewhere today: David Jones has been handed over to administrators and receivers for the first time in its 188 years of trading which is expected to trigger store closures and mass layoffs in the lead up to Christmas . Under-pressure ministers are hunting for billions in Senate-proof spending cuts to tame inflation and interest rates, dodging the increasingly hostile Coalition and Greens blocs as Barnaby Joyce tips populists will benefit from Australia’s darkening economic future . More than one in three Australian babies thought to have a peanut allergy do not have the condition, according to a landmark study set to overhaul how food allergies are diagnosed and managed . Underworld kingpin Kazem “Kaz” Hamad was tortured so badly after his arrest in Iraq that local authorities released doctored images to Australian authorities and the media to cover up the abuse . Good morning readers, and welcome to our live news blog for Thursday, November 5. Making headlines today is news from our courts, where the murder trial of a Perth man began on Wednesday. Clarence Jalloh was fresh out of prison, smoking up to 10 bongs a day and living at a “drug house” in Balga around the time of the alleged murder of Mauwa “Melanie” Kizenga, WA’s Supreme Court heard. Prosecutors alleged he simply spotted Kizenga walking in the opposite direction on Walderton Avenue about 8pm on March 16, 2024, when he attacked her. Police are investigating a vicious brawl at a park in Ellenbrook that was filmed and widely distributed on social media. The confronting vision shows a boy being savagely attacked by a group of other boys, who punch and kick him, before one brandishes a large knife. At one point, the group demand the boy strip off his clothes as the bashing continues. It is understood the footage was filmed on Saturday at Coolamon Oval, and the boy at the centre of the attack was later taken to hospital.
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