A Perth motorist has captured dashcam footage of two women brazenly dumping rubbish from their ute onto a country road, despite ongoing efforts to combat illegal dumping. The incident occurred on Brook Road in Kenwick, about 12.30pm on Saturday.
The video shows a red Mitsubishi Triton parked beside the road as the women throw bags of rubbish onto the ground and use rakes to pull loose pieces onto the dirt. The man who filmed them claimed the pair were Indigenous and had an Aboriginal flag on display in their window.
The local expressed shock at the dumping taking place in broad daylight, directly in front of a sign warning of hefty fines. In Western Australia, fines for illegal dumping can reach up to $125,000 for corporations and $62,500 for individuals. The area also provides residents with four free skip bins per year to manage waste.
The man said: 'They were really brazen, there were three people in the car, they saw me with the camera and the only thing they did was flip the bird as I drove away.' The Mitsubishi's registration appears to have expired in November 2025.
Australia faces an ongoing illegal dumping epidemic, with over 200,000 reports made nationwide each year. Nearly 50 per cent of cases are in Victoria, which launched an $8.5 million Illegal Dumping Clean-Up Rebate Program for 2025 and 2026 to support clean-up activities.
