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1 week ago | 
abc.net.au | Briana Shepherd |Lauren Smith
Zoe Clarke is part of a cohort of West Australians who can't afford to have children or enter the housing market. It's hoped relief measures will be included in the 2025-26 state budget, which is being delivered today. The state government has already made pre-budget announcements on affordable housing solutions. Zoe Clarke and her husband Jake say they can't afford to have children or enter the housing market, despite both working full-time jobs in the richest state in Australia.
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Mar 27, 2025 | 
abc.net.au | Grace Burmas |Lauren Smith |David Weber |Bridget McArthur
So far in 2025, WA has had three measles notifications — already half the number recorded last year. Cases linked to Hakea Prison have caused delays to proceedings in Perth's District Court in recent days. Senior medical advisor from the WA Department of Health Dr Paul Effler urged people to get vaccinated against the disease.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
abc.net.au | Lauren Smith |Courtney Withers
A long-awaited upgrade to the problem-plagued Peel Health Campus appears a step closer to fruition, four years after the state government committed to taking the facility out of private hands. It has announced that work on the next phase of the upgrade will start soon, but there is still no start or completion date, or final costings — although the government concedes it is likely to cost more than first anticipated.
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
abc.net.au | Lauren Smith
Four-year-old Lucia was attacked by a Rottweiler while playing at a beach in WA's south west, with her mother fearing she may not survive the attack. Dr Kate Lindsey, a veterinary and dog behavioural specialist, believes the incident should never have happened. Dr Lindsey also offered some tips on how to respond if attacked by a dog.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
abc.net.au | Lauren Smith
The wreckage of a seaplane that crashed off Rottnest Island on Tuesday afternoon, killing three people, has been pulled from the water. The plane crashed into the water shortly after take-off in Thomson Bay with seven people on board. Police divers recovered the bodies of two tourist passengers and the aircraft's pilot. Another three passengers on the Cessna 208 were injured, while another emerged unscathed. Authorities have sectioned off a perimeter around the accident scene.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
abc.net.au | Rhiannon Shine |Lauren Smith
One of Perth's most popular swimming beaches has been closed after a shark was spotted circling inside a barrier designed to keep sharks out. Swimmers at Cottesloe Beach were told to get out of the water about 7:30am, after a 1.5 metre bronze whaler shark was spotted about 60 metres offshore, inside the shark net. The shark is now stuck in the net. One beachgoer, Lisa Iannello, said they arrived to the beach to hear the shark alarm.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
abc.net.au | Keane Bourke |Lauren Smith |Brianna Melville
WA Labor's family and domestic violence prevention funding pledge includes $27.1 million to build 18 new women's refuge units. A re-elected Labor government would also introduce harsher penalties for breaching family violence restraining orders. Advocates have welcomed the funding but the Liberals, who have their own policy on restraining orders, say it won't address the problem.
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Dec 22, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Lauren Smith |Phoebe Pin
A house fire south of Perth killed a boy under five and two other children were treated for smoke inhalation. Neighbours tried to save the boy, but he couldn’t be revived, leaving them devastated. The fire's cause is under investigation, with no signs of foul play at this stage. Neighbours who witnessed a deadly house fire that killed a young boy have spoken of their devastation as they tried to save the child's life.
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Dec 20, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Lauren Smith
West Australians are being warned to brace for heatwave conditions as temperatures are expected to soar above 40 degrees Celsius from Sunday. While Perth is forecast to experience a cooler than average Christmas, the lead-up will be far more uncomfortable. Perth's predicted maximum for Saturday is 38C, before a scorching maximum of 41C is forecast for Sunday and Monday. But it will be towns in north and eastern regions of WA that will be hit the hardest.
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Dec 8, 2024 | 
abc.net.au | Lauren Smith
Mpox cases are on the rise across Australia, and there have been more than a dozen recorded in Perth since August. Gay venue Perth Steam Works is offering free screening and vaccinations for the disease. Expert Dr Fergus McCabe says the goal is to get ahead of the outbreak early. As mpox cases continue to rise across Australia, a gay venue in Perth is offering free vaccinations.
