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Hundreds protest against Australia's largest defence expo in Perth
By Courtney Withers, Samantha Goerling, and Kenith Png
Protesters in Perth gather to oppose the biennial Land Forces expo, held in Perth two years after ugly scenes in Melbourne.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-06/hundreds-protest-against-land-forces-defence-expo/107223822
#Demonstrations #DefenceIndustry #CourtneyWithers #SamanthaGoerling #KenithPng
Sharks could linger off Perth coast despite whale carcass removal
By Samantha Goerling and Mya Kordic
Some of Perth's most seasoned swimmers are taking a break from the ocean amid ongoing shark sightings, after a whale carcass washed up on Monday.
Perth city 'landmark' sign badly damaged by fire at Yagan Square
By Kenith Png and Samantha Goerling
A popular sign in one of Perth's busiest thoroughfares is damaged in a blaze, which is quickly extinguished.
Breaking: Local government inspector launches probe into City of Perth
By Keane Bourke and Samantha Goerling
The Local Government Inspector launches further investigation into problems at the City of Perth.
#LocalGovernment #StateandTerritoryGovernment #StateandTerritoryParliament #KeaneBourke #SamanthaGoerling
Perth music teacher charged with producing child exploitation material
By Samantha Goerling
A music teacher employed at several private schools in Perth who also conducts private tutoring is due in court accused of producing child exploitation material and indecently recording a child.
'Taking away my rights': Resident to fell giant tree before council rule change
By Samantha Goerling
A home owner in Perth’s south plans to cut down a “beast” of a tree, a 20-metre-tall Norfolk Pine, in order to beat the introduction of the council's policy to protect large trees amid a dwindling tree canopy.
#Trees #StateandTerritoryGovernment #LocalGovernment #UrbanDevelopmentandPlanning #Environment #SamanthaGoerling
Common act putting Aussie residents at risk of new crime wave: ‘Unsafe in their own home’
Authorities have issued a warning to residents who regularly sell goods on online marketplaces such as Facebook after…
#Australia #AU #Aussie #Austrlia #BikeLinc #CanleyVale #DeWalt #Facebook #GettyImages #Getty/ABCNews #JaydMorawski #Makita #Morawski #Perth #SamanthaGoerling #SouthAustraliaPolice #SouthAustralian
https://www.europesays.com/australia/85151/
Mother of teen allowed to leave hospital before suicide calls for change
By Samantha Goerling and Nadia Mitsopoulos
A Perth teenager who took her own life within hours of leaving hospital had attempted suicide 25 minutes before being allowed to leave, a review finds, as her mother calls for improvements to mental health care.
#MentalHealth #Suicide #HealthcareFacilities #StateandTerritoryGovernment #SamanthaGoerling #NadiaMitsopoulos
Tributes flow for 'formidable' ex-Nationals WA leader after his death
By Samantha Goerling
Former Nationals WA leader Max Trenorden, who served in state parliament for more than a quarter of a century, is remembered as a champion for his community and regional WA following his death yesterday.
CCTV captures moment deli worker dragged by car in alleged handbag theft
By Samantha Goerling
CCTV footage has captured the moment a lunch bar worker was dragged by a car after chasing an alleged thief accused of stealing a handbag in Belmont.
#Burglary #Crime #AccidentsandEmergencyIncidents #SamanthaGoerling
Prisoners paid compensation for sleeping on floor amid overcrowding
By Samantha Goerling
Prisoners are receiving financial compensation for sleeping on the floor due to overcrowding across Western Australian jails, the ABC can reveal.
#Prisons #JusticeSystem #StateandTerritoryGovernment #StateandTerritoryParliament #GovernmentandPolitics #SamanthaGoerling
Cloning technique could save rare Queen of Sheba orchid from extinction
By Samantha Goerling
There are only 30 critically endangered Queen of Sheba orchids left on earth, but scientists at Kings Park have made a breakthrough that could save them from extinction.
#Botany #BotanicalGardens #FlowerGardens #NurseryandFlowerProduction #SamanthaGoerling
Bystanders hailed as 'heroes' after stopping attempted murder on CCTV
By Samantha Goerling and Callum Liddelow
A man who "doggedly" tried to kill a woman in a prolonged attack in suburban Perth caught on CCTV has is been jailed for 16 years.
#Sentencing #Assault #Courts #Crime #SamanthaGoerling #CallumLiddelow
Woodside demands activists reveal names of stink-bomb stunt planners
By Samantha Goerling
Energy giant Woodside has taken climate activists to court in a bid to unmask the conspirators behind a stink-bomb protest that forced the evacuation of its Perth headquarters.
Lollipop man, 87, assaulted over 'unwanted attention' to teen's girlfriend, court hears
By Samantha Goerling
An 18-year-old assaulted an 87-year-old traffic warden after he subjected the young man's girlfriend to "persistent unwanted attention", a Perth court hears.
#Courts #Crime #Assault #Police #PublicSchools #SamanthaGoerling
Firefighters who died battling blaze, from cancer added to honour roll
By Samantha Goerling
Hundreds of people have honoured the families and legacies of Western Australia's fallen firefighters at a memorial service in Kings Park on Sunday.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-03/firefighters-added-to-honour-roll/106636322
#FuneralsandMemorialServices #Fires #StateandTerritoryGovernment #SamanthaGoerling
Minister slams 'extremist' candidates eyeing seats on WA councils
By Samantha Goerling and Pip Waller
Local Government Minister Hannah Beazely condemns the emergence of "extremist" candidates nominating for the state's forthcoming council elections.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-20/wa-minister-condemns-extremist-council-candidates/105739550
#LocalElections #LocalGovernment #SamanthaGoerling #PipWaller
Australians join international fight to contain Canadian wildfires
By Samantha Goerling
Katanning volunteer Aron Burnett is one of a string of Australians flown in to deal with the worsening fire crisis across central and western Canada.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-15/australian-firefighters-return-wildfires-canada/105644742
Vulnerable caravan park tenants at a loss as eviction day nears
By Samantha Goerling and Piper Duffy
With eviction approaching for a number of long-term caravan park tenants in regional Western Australia, advocates say more oversight of the sector is needed.
#HousingPolicy #UrbanDevelopmentandPlanning #ActivismandLobbying #SamanthaGoerling #PiperDuffy
Free coastal campsite closes with rubbish, human waste left behind
By Emily JB Smith, Peter Barr, and Samantha Goerling
A WA south coast tourist town closes its free caravan and campervan campsite, offering a low-cost campground in its place amid fears tourists will head elsewhere.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-23/hopetoun-close-free-campsite-tourism-concerns/105438946
#Camping #TravelandTourism #LocalGovernment #TourismandLeisureIndustry #RegionalCommunities #EmilyJBSmith #PeterBarr # #SamanthaGoerling
Giant sunfish washes up on WA's southern coast
By Samantha Goerling
Rarely found in the Southern Ocean, a 2.5-metre sunfish washed up on WA's Lowlands Beach between Denmark and Albany could be a sign of a warm current moving south, a marine ecologist says.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-21/sunfish-washes-up-on-wa-south-coast/105077298
Man shackled while in coma after suspected drug overdose at WA prison
By Samantha Goerling and Daryna Zadvirna
Relatives of the man, who fell into a coma after a suspected drug overdose at a Western Australia prison, say security measures at the hospital are "disturbing".
#PrisonsandPunishment #Drugs #StateandTerritoryGovernment #SamanthaGoerling #DarynaZadvirna