Wiriya Sati

Jan 2, 2025 | abc.net.au | Charles Rushforth |Emma Siossian |Wiriya Sati

NSW Police has confirmed officers tasered a man armed with a revolver before shooting him dead outside a hospital on the NSW mid north coast. A critical incident investigation was launched by the Manning-Great Lakes Police District yesterday, after a 35-year-old man was shot by officers in the car park of Manning Base Hospital in Taree.  Police Northern Region Commander Assistant Commissioner David Waddell said responding officers used a taser after the man pointed his weapon at police.

Aug 17, 2024 | abc.net.au | Wiriya Sati

When Mikeasha Duncan is in a loud classroom she struggles to hear individual voices clearly. "I can't hear the teachers or my friends so it's hard to learn in school," she said. It's not an uncommon problem among Indigenous students. According to recent Australian Bureau of Statistics data, 43 per cent of First Nations Australians aged seven and above have some form of hearing loss.

Jun 29, 2024 | abc.net.au | Wiriya Sati

At the age of 84, Pat Evans never imagined she'd be spinning plates in a circus show with teenagers in front of an audience. The small production was a culmination of an arts and wellbeing program involving Ms Evans and a group of aged care residents and high school students on the New South Wales Mid North Coast. For Ms Evans, the experience has continued to rebuild her confidence after having a stroke in 2021 that left her struggling to reconnect with her friends and hobbies.

Jun 2, 2024 | abc.net.au | Daniel Mercer |Wiriya Sati

Hundreds of thousands of Australian households are being charged electricity prices based on their single biggest point of usage across an entire month, fuelling claims power firms are using sneak tactics to gouge consumers. An investigation by the ABC has found that soaring numbers of residential electricity customers with smart meters are being put on to so-called cost-reflective tariffs such as time-of-use and "flexible" rates.

Apr 12, 2024 | abc.net.au | Wiriya Sati

Byron Christensen was 13 years old when he met a group of graffiti artists at his local skate park and began doing street art. It would become a powerful coping tool for navigating tough times. With his dad in jail, and his mum unable to care for him due to mental health issues, graffiti served as an outlet for Byron during his turbulent teens, spent living rough and getting in trouble with police. "It was the biggest escape from what was going on in my life," he said.