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1 week ago | abc.net.au | Phoebe Pin |Kate Christian

Stephen Ingram died last Sunday during a solo hiking expedition in the Swiss Alps. His family say his passion for adventure and the outdoors was admirable. His family are planning to fly his body back to Perth where a memorial service will be held. The family of a Perth man who died while hiking in the Swiss Alps say he "achieved more than most would in a lifetime" and that he died doing something "he truly loved".

2 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Phoebe Pin

Western Australia's oldest surviving World War II army prisoner of war, Arthur Leggett, has died in Perth aged 106. Mr Leggett fought against the Italian army in Libya in the battles of Bardia and Tobruk. He was captured by Germans during the battle of Crete in 1941, when he was 22 years old, and spent four years in a prisoner of war camp. Mr Leggett was made to work in coal mines in Poland and endured a forced march across the Czech Alps while starving in the midst of European winter. Loading...

3 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Phoebe Pin

Australians are being encouraged to swap American goods for home-grown products at the check-out — but is it that easy? While stopping short of calling for a boycott, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has put the spotlight on supporting homemade products in the wake of Australia being swept up in the Trump administration's tariff regime. "Buy Bundy," was one of the PM's suggestions. But a look at the data and the policies shows it's much more than that.

3 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Phoebe Pin

Western Australia's measles outbreak is continuing to worsen, with six cases now confirmed. These include a returned overseas traveller and three prisoners, two from Hakea Prison in Perth and one from Bunbury Regional Prison, as well as two healthcare workers at Bunbury Hospital. Health Department director of communicable diseases Paul Armstrong said an "intense outbreak investigation" had begun as authorities tried to identify exposure locations around the state.

4 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Phoebe Pin

A prisoner who died in hospital after fatally self-harming in his jail cell could be alive today had authorities responded appropriately to his calls for mental health support just hours before his death, a coronial inquest has found. WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised that this article contains the name and image of a person who has died.