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  • Jan 8, 2025 | rnz.co.nz | Phoebe Pin |Rebecca Trigger

    By Phoebe Pin and Rebecca Trigger for the ABCInvestigators are hopeful wreckage to be recovered from a seaplane that crashed and killed three people near Rottnest Island could hold clues about the cause of the tragedy. Police divers worked through Tuesday night to recover the bodies of two tourists and the aircraft's pilot, who has now been identified as 34-year-old James Wong. Another three passengers of the Cessna 208 were injured, while another was unscathed.

  • Jan 8, 2025 | abc.net.au | Phoebe Pin |Rebecca Trigger

    Investigators are hopeful wreckage to be recovered from a seaplane that crashed and killed three people off Rottnest Island could hold clues about the cause of the tragedy. Police divers worked through the night to recover the bodies of two tourists and the aircraft's pilot, who has now been identified as 34-year-old James Wong. Another three passengers of the Cessna 208 were injured, while another was unscathed.

  • Jan 7, 2025 | rnz.co.nz | Rhiannon Shine |Rebecca Trigger |Keane Bourke |Gian De Poloni

    By Rhiannon Shine, Rebecca Trigger, Keane Bourke, Gian De Poloni Three people have been seriously injured in a seaplane crash off Rottnest Island, a popular tourist destination east of Perth. Another three people on board the plane are still unaccounted for, and a seventh person was rescued without injury. The ABC has confirmed the seaplane was brand new and had only been flying for a little over a week, while emergency services continue to assist on Rottnest.

  • Nov 26, 2024 | abc.net.au | Rebecca Trigger

    Researchers and frontline charities are seeing a growing number of Australian children going hungry and missing school, as the twin pressures of a cost-of-living crisis and housing shortages push families to the brink. Mum-of-four Tonia Hayward knows first-hand how hard it is right now to balance a family budget. "Every time there's an interest rate rise, our mortgage goes up, our food budget has to suffer because of it," she said.

  • Nov 16, 2024 | abc.net.au | Rebecca Trigger |James Oaten

    An Australian woman is set to go on trial on drug smuggling charges after almost two years in a foreign jail, with her family holding out hope authorities will believe that she is the innocent victim of a complex love scam. Perth grandmother Donna Nelson was arrested in January last year at Japan's Narita International Airport and charged with attempting to import almost two kilograms of methamphetamine into the country.

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Rebecca Trigger @Bec_Trigger
3 Jul 24

Great read - https://t.co/9T0q7UjThX

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Rebecca Trigger @Bec_Trigger
4 Jan 24

Dark money and cash for access continue to dominate WA politics, annual returns reveal. Who's lining WA Labor's coffers, and what are they getting in exchange? https://t.co/c9naRQJqRD #wapol