Jess Beckerling

A massive win for the Hazelmere community – the proposal for what would have been Australia’s largest data centre has been withdrawn!

This absurd development would have used up to 1 billion litres of water per year and devastated the Mandoon Bilya, a conservation category wetland home to threatened species including snake neck turtles and black cockatoos.

But to the Cook Labor Government: let this be a warning. Without a strategy that outlines where we want data centres to go – or if we even want them at all – these unscrupulous proposals will keep coming.

Huge congratulations to everyone who fought so well to see this off, it’s been an honour to support you 🙌

I loved having four of my good friends, who I met on the Social Impact Leadership Australia (SILA) course, up at Parliament House for lunch the other day 💛

These women, like all SILA alumni, are some of the kindest, smartest, and most generous people I’ve ever met. Their commitment to community, ethical leadership, and making the world a fairer place is truly without comparison. It is such a gift to walk this path alongside them.

Left to right:
🌟 Dana Wallace-Campbell (CMO, Everability Group)
🌟 Andrea Creado (CEO, Ishar Multicultural Women’s Health Services Inc)
🌟 Vicki Stephens (Former CEO, Youth Involvement Council Inc.)
🌟 Sharon Gough (CEO, Indigo Junction)

And that’s our unicorn friend in the middle 😂🦄

Also, a special shout-out to the incredible art in the background by Monique Tippett, a Dwellingup-based artist and forest protector! Lost Eden Creative

Our Kinjarling Albany Electorate Office is now a drop-off point for the Albany Women’s Centre KareKits drive!

Anglicare WA and Soroptimist International of Western Australia KareKits support women and children in the Albany region who have been affected by family violence. Donations of children’s clothing, sleepwear, school supplies, toiletries and gift vouchers can be dropped off at our office from now until late June.

📍4/4 Peels Place, Kinjarling Albany
⭐️ Open Monday to Thursday, 9am – 5pm

You can also donate directly online at karekits.raisely.com 💜

Please come together tonight to show your love and support for Kumanjayi Little Baby and her family. Wear pink 🩷

Find your nearest vigil location in the slides above. If you can’t make it in person, you’re invited to light a candle at home at 6pm.

A family-approved fundraiser has also been set up for anyone wishing to donate – link in bio 🩷

On National Domestic and Family Violence Remembrance Day, we light candles to honour lives lost and stand with survivors.

If you're in Boorloo / Perth this evening, please join the Centre for Women's Safety and Wellbeing Candlelight Vigil at Yagan Square – a powerful moment of collective remembrance and commitment to ending men's violence against women and children.

🕯️ Wednesday 6 May, 6pm
📍 Yagan Square Amphitheatre, Boorloo / Perth
💚 More info: https://events.humanitix.com/national-domestic-and-family-violence-remembrance-day-2026

We are devastated by Kumanjayi Little Baby’s death and her family and community’s heartbreaking loss.

Please come and show your love and support at this vigil on Thursday 7 May, 4pm at Forrest Place in Boorloo / Perth 💗 Wear pink

Head to for more ways to support her family during this time.

Great news! Now for the SAT to reject the proposal. It’s not over yet, but it’s a step in the right direction. Come on SAT! And congratulations to all the incredible advocates for getting the work to protect this special place this far 🌳💚✊🏼

‼️BREAKING NEWS
State Administrative Tribunal has made the decision NOT to reopen the North Stoneville appeal.
Satterley wanted to reopen the case to apply a strata and by-law over the proposed development to prevent the future vegetation of the 1001 lots.

This is not the final decision. We expect that soon.

Link to the reasons for judgement in comments!

Bilateral agreements are not only a dangerous deal for the environment, they’re also a bad deal for the taxpayer.

Last week I walked along the Cape to Cape, and camped at , out on Wadandi Country – beautiful coastlines, ancient trees, and great company.

These places – this Country – are extraordinary. I’ll never stop fighting to protect it 💚✊