Nadia Mitsopoulos

5 days 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.

2 weeks 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.

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

Perth diver Anthea has told the ABC she and her dive buddy were picked up by two passing fishermen after drifting away from their dive group eight years ago. Brothers Ian Kensington and Ryan Chaudhry made national headlines in March after they were left at sea during a chartered ocean diving expedition. The ABC has now spoken to another person who claims they had to be rescued after being separated while diving with the same company, Perth Diving Academy.

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

New allegations have surfaced about a Perth dive company which is under investigation for leaving two scuba divers behind in the ocean. Ian Kensington and Ryan Chaudhry were on a diving expedition off Hillarys with Perth Diving Academy in March, when their chartered boat returned to shore without them. The brothers said they thought they were going to die and were in the water for almost an hour before being rescued by a ferry that was returning from Rottnest Island.

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

The Motor Trades Association of Australia (MTAA) says the proposed sale of RAC WA's insurance business to corporate giant IAG should be closely scrutinised by the regulator. Rod Camm, Interim Executive Director of the MTAA told Nadia Mitsopoulos on ABC Radio Perth the $1.3 billion sale of the RAC's insurance arm caught the industry off-guard.