Jake Sturmer

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North Asia Correspondent at ABC News (Australia)

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Who's funding WA's election?

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Keane Bourke |Jake Sturmer

Loading... Western Australian elections are won and lost in Perth. The vast majority of voters live in these 47 metropolitan seats. This is what Perth looked like in 2013 with Colin Barnett's Liberal government in power. And this is how it looks heading into tomorrow's state election. Scroll up and down to see the scale of the task ahead for the Liberal party to restore its grip on power.
Our live political donations tracker shows who's funding the parties in the WA election

2 months ago | abc.net.au | Keane Bourke |Jake Sturmer

For the first time, near real-time disclosure of political donations is showing who's funding the 2025 WA election. We've crunched the numbers on where the money is coming from to create this live dashboard which will be updated throughout the campaign. Party-by Party Top Industries Top Donors How this page worksNote: some charts may be blank where no donations have been recorded for the selected date range.
WA government to change legislation in bid to seize City of Perth land for inner-city school build

Aug 12, 2024 | abc.net.au | Jake Sturmer |Phoebe Pin

The WA government will change long-held legislation in order to seize City of Perth land for the construction of a new primary school. It marks an escalation in a dispute between the state government and the City and Lord Mayor Basil Zempilas over the future of the site. Education Minister Tony Buti hopes the new school will be operational by 2029, and has blamed the City of Perth for the project delay.
Hundreds of farmers swarm Perth roads with trucks to protest Albanese government's live export ban

May 30, 2024 | abc.net.au | David Weber |Jake Sturmer

Hundreds of trucks and farm vehicles are snarling through Perth's CBD honking horns in a large-scale rally to oppose the end of the live sheep export trade. Traffic has moved to a crawl on some of Perth's major roads as trucks enter the city from four outer-suburban locations. The action was called after the Federal Government introduced legislation to formalise the end date for the export of live sheep by sea from Australia, effective from May 2028.
Family of Floreat killer fled home in fear of lives and warned police about missing Glock handgun, daughter says

May 28, 2024 | abc.net.au | Keane Bourke |Jake Sturmer |Tabarak Al Jrood

In short: The daughter of Floreat killer Mark Bombara says she and her mother fled their family home in fear of their lives and tried repeatedly to warn police about him. Ariel Bombara says systemic change is needed to protect women from violent men. What's next?
'No-one else to blame': What has changed 40 years on from the brutal death of an Aboriginal teen in custody

Dec 15, 2023 | abc.net.au | Daryna Zadvirna |Jake Sturmer

They died 40 years apart, both in custody, and both at the tender age of 16. Yet the many similarities between the 1983 death of John Pat and that of Cleveland Dodd in October this year show how little has changed when it comes to the treatment of Indigenous children in the care of the state. WARNING: This story discusses incidents of self-harm and contains images of Indigenous people who have died. The sun melted into the horizon, turning the azure sky orange.
Casket holding Cleveland Dodd's body lowered into the ground on Yamaji country after boy's death in custody

Dec 1, 2023 | abc.net.au | Daryna Zadvirna |Jake Sturmer

A casket holding the body of 16-year-old Cleveland Dodd has been lowered into the ground, on Yamaji country in Western Australia's Mid West. WARNING: This story discusses incidents of self-harm and the image of an Indigenous person who has died.
As Meekatharra prepares to lay Cleveland Dodd to rest, the calls for change in WA youth detention grow louder

Nov 30, 2023 | abc.net.au | Daryna Zadvirna |Jake Sturmer

His death, a tragedy in itself, marked a lamentable juncture in Western Australia's history. Cleveland Dodd died on October 19 after self-harming at Casuarina Prison's Unit 18Since then there have been calls for the controversial facility to closeToday he will be farewelled at a funeral in the small town of MeekatharraWARNING: This story discusses incidents of self-harm and the image of an Indigenous person who has died.
'A necessary evil': Asking the WA government the hardest questions on youth detention

Nov 3, 2023 | abc.net.au | Keane Bourke |Jake Sturmer

Posted 3 minutes agoLoading... "We don't accept that Unit 18 meets our standards for care and safety," WA Premier Roger Cook said at a press conference last month. "But it's a necessary evil at the moment."The notorious Unit 18 is a maximum-security block inside Perth's Casuarina Prison, repurposed last year as a makeshift place to house juvenile detainees in a move of desperation.
Wild weather lashes Perth and WA's south-west as BOM warns of destructive winds, thunderstorms

Sep 12, 2023 | abc.net.au | Andrea Mayes |Jake Sturmer

Severe weather is lashing large parts of Western Australia, as strong winds and heavy rain cause havoc across Perth and the south west of the state. The worst affected areas are in the state's south, with Busselton recording 36 millimetres of rain in the three hours to 9:20am, and nearby Vasse recording 37 millimetres. Suburbs in Perth's south have also experienced heavy downpours and strong winds.

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Articles

Who's funding WA's election?

Our live political donations tracker shows who's funding the parties in the WA election

WA government to change legislation in bid to seize City of Perth land for inner-city school build

Hundreds of farmers swarm Perth roads with trucks to protest Albanese government's live export ban

Family of Floreat killer fled home in fear of lives and warned police about missing Glock handgun, daughter says

'No-one else to blame': What has changed 40 years on from the brutal death of an Aboriginal teen in custody

Casket holding Cleveland Dodd's body lowered into the ground on Yamaji country after boy's death in custody

As Meekatharra prepares to lay Cleveland Dodd to rest, the calls for change in WA youth detention grow louder

'A necessary evil': Asking the WA government the hardest questions on youth detention

Wild weather lashes Perth and WA's south-west as BOM warns of destructive winds, thunderstorms