Nadia Mitsopoulos

1 week ago | abc.net.au | Nadia Mitsopoulos

The population of Western Australia is set to officially tip over 3 million people this week. Whenever ABC Radio Perth reports on the pressure points in WA — the housing crisis, stretched public hospitals and traffic congestion — listeners are quick to blame one thing: immigration. They say too many people are coming into WA and the state simply can't cope.

2 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Nadia Mitsopoulos

Perth nurse Amy Curtis has worked as a humanitarian nurse in war zones all over the world and recently returned from three months in the Gaza strip and says she would return "in a heartbeat". Ms Curtis worked at three hospitals during her recent deployment in Gaza — European Gaza Hospital, Al-Amal and Indonesian Hospital, and she told Nadia Mitsopoulos she felt compelled to help. "I was seeing on the TV just atrocious, horrible things that were happening.

3 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Nadia Mitsopoulos

Nick Bruining, independent financial adviser shares his two cents. 00:49 Aged care reforms – which will see aged care cost a lot more for many people - have just been delayed but are still expected to come in later this year. What does this big cost increase mean for you and your loved ones? 03:51 You're heading toward retirement age and want to study. Will a HECS debt be passed down to your estate? 05:36 What you can expect from deeming rates from July 1 (and deeming rates explained).

3 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Nadia Mitsopoulos

A massive increase in kids stealing cars across the Kimberley and Pilbara several years ago was due to mining company policies requiring workers to leave keys in company vehicles, children's court president Hylton Quail said. "People in the Pilbara, people in Carnarvon, people in the Kimberley were up in arms a few years ago about car theft," Judge Quail told Nadia Mitsopoulos on ABC Radio Perth. "The main victims of those car thefts, we found, were miners.

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Nadia Mitsopoulos

Drinking from a plastic water bottle, heating food in the microwave. These everyday activities can result in chemicals getting into our bodies. Dr Amelia Harray a Senior Dietician at Eat Sustainably, a Perth-based online nutrition program and advice service. She spoke to Nadia Mitsopoulos on ABC Radio Perth about how plastic gets into our food, and what we can do to stop it. Nadia Mitsopoulos: Now plastics in food, what are we talking about here? Amelia Harray: So,plastics are everywhere.