Wiriya Sati

1 week ago | abc.net.au | Brigitte Murphy |Emma Siossian |Wiriya Sati

Surrounded by pitch-black, swampy floodwaters and using a makeshift bamboo raft, a rescue crew pulled off an extraordinary feat. Late on Friday evening the team of five Fire and Rescue in-water technicians responded to a call from an isolated farm near Kempsey on the New South Wales mid-north coast. The crew paddled their rescue boat 2 kilometres to reach 62-year-old Troy Irwin and his 52-year-old partner Mirasol Page, whose property had been cut off for three days.

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Emma Siossian |Wiriya Sati

Four athletes are set to compete in the physically challenged/intellectual disability division of the 38th Ironman Australia triathlon on Sunday, May 4. Nearly 3,000 competitors will be racing in the full and half Ironman events in Port Macquarie. It's hoped more vision-impaired and blind athletes compete in future events.

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Lucy Barbour |Catherine McAloon |Wiriya Sati |Sarah Lawrence

As polling day draws closer, federal Coalition candidates have been campaigning on crime and believe it could swing votes in some seats. Candidates have seized on the issue, with one suggesting people in his electorate don't feel safe taking public transport and going to the shops. Peter Dutton, the police officer turned politician, has promised that a Coalition government would "take crime seriously" and "reduce the problem" in suburbs across the country.

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.