Emma Wynne
Emma Wynne is the cross-media reporter at 720 ABC Perth, producing radio, video and photo stories. She tweets at @em_wynne
'Just calm down': Parents urged to stop aiming for perfection
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Love, time and good boundaries are what children need and the age, income or type of relationship their parents have is less important, a Perth researcher says.
Topics: parenting, family-and-children, social-sciences, child-health-and-behaviour, human-interest, perth-6000
Perth council votes down summer pop-up bar trial
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The City of Perth rejects a bid by bars and restaurants to expand alfresco service onto the footpaths of Northbridge this summer.
Topics: local-government, urban-development-and-planning, hospitality, northbridge-6003, perth-6000
Party forms to push for fifth daylight saving referendum in WA
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Western Australians have rejected daylight saving at the ballot box four times since 1975, but a Perth man is hoping to reignite the debate by running in next year's state election.
Topics: state-parliament, community-and-society, elections, perth-6000
Should Australians celebrate Halloween?
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Halloween is firmly taking hold in Australia too — and not everyone is happy.
Topics: community-and-multicultural-festivals, community-organisations, religion-and-beliefs, family, family-and-children, human-interest, perth-6000
Getting what you pay for at National Measurement Institute
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When you buy a kilo of sugar or a litre of petrol, how do you know you're getting exactly the amount you paid for? The National Measurement Institute is on to it.
Topics: science-and-technology, consumer-protection, human-interest, perth-6000
Perth phytoplankton researcher to circumnavigate Antarctica
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A researcher from Curtin University will be among 55 scientists aboard the first international scientific expedition to completely circle Antarctica later this year.
Topics: climate-change, research, earth-sciences, oceans-and-reefs, perth-6000, antarctica
Pokémon gone: Kings Park lawns recover as craze subsides
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Staff at Perth's Kings Park are breathing a sigh of relief as the Pokémon Go craze subsides, allowing the gardens and lawns to recover from the invasion of monster hunters.
Topics: games-industry, popular-culture, community-and-society, mobile-phones, internet-technology, kings-park-6005
Bushfire survivor determined never to be burnt out again
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In 2007 Steve Angel's home was destroyed by a bushfire. He rebuilt and is determined that he and his family will never be burnt out again.
Topics: bushfire, fires, emergency-planning, human-interest, perth-6000, dwellingup-6213
Tackling mental health for young migrants
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Mental health service for young people, headspace, tries to encourage more young migrants to seek help when they need it.
Topics: youth, mental-health, community-and-society, refugees, immigration, perth-6000
Can soccer give kids with cerebral palsy strength and confidence?
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Researchers at Edith Cowan University are investigating the potential benefits playing soccer could have for children with cerebral palsy.
Topics: cerebral-palsy, medical-research, research, children, soccer, perth-6000
Seniors tackle online challenges to keep up with modern world
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Seniors are getting online and using social media at an ever-increasing pace but continue to face barriers when taking on new technology.
Topics: internet-technology, information-technology, older-people, community-education, human-interest, perth-6000
Perth through the lens of two photographers
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Two local photographic artists have been commissioned to record the ever-changing life and landscape of Perth.
Topics: fine-art-photography, photography, history, local-government, urban-development-and-planning, perth-6000
Modern-day matchmaker experiments with online dating project
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It is an age-old conundrum that has occupied Shakespeare, countless romantic comedies and app developers — how do we find "the one"? One modern-day matchmaker thinks she has an answer.
Topics: relationships, internet-culture, people, human-interest, perth-6000
Colourful cows will be on the moove in Perth's CBD
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A vacant store in Perth's central shopping district becomes home to 40 artists transforming a fibreglass herd of cows into a public art display.
Topics: visual-art, painting, sculpture, indigenous-culture, design, fashion, human-interest, perth-6000
How couples can avoid complacency and reignite the spark
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Most couples become complacent after about 18 months, a relationship counsellor says, and must actively work to not take each other for granted.
Topics: relationships, marriage, family-and-children, women, people, men, human-interest, perth-6000
Reboot Your Life: How to make new friends as an adult
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Creating opportunities for social connections was a project Nick Maisey started six years ago after receiving an email from a lonely young man.
Topics: relationships, community-and-society, community-organisations, volunteers, mental-health, human-interest, perth-6000
Size matters: Rebooting your caffeine habits
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A cup or two of coffee is a mandatory start to the day for many people, but the Australian caffeine habit could be having health effects we're not aware of.
Topics: diet-and-nutrition, lifestyle, healthy-recipes, health, perth-6000
Fremantle looks at German model for developer-less apartments
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Fremantle Council wants to introduce a German model of housing development, allowing buyers to bypass developers and create tailor-made apartments.
Topics: urban-development-and-planning, house-and-home, architecture, building-and-construction, local-government, human-interest, fremantle-6160, perth-6000
Short-statured performer advocates for disabilities on stage
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Measuring in at just one metre tall, Emma J Hawkins has not let her stature stop her from pursing a successful career in theatre and circus.
Topics: disabilities, theatre, opera-and-musical-theatre, discrimination, people, human-interest, perth-6000
Open Gardens bloom again in Perth
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A year after the national Open Gardens organisation folded, a group of Perth volunteers relaunches tours of suburban backyards in Western Australia.
Topics: gardening, community-organisations, volunteers, human-interest, perth-6000
Gandhi's message at heart of open-air art project
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Visitors to Elizabeth Quay this month are invited to see themselves literally reflected in Mahatma Gandhi's image.
Topics: visual-art, community-and-multicultural-festivals, hinduism, human-interest, perth-6000
The power of a sing-along for beating loneliness
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A Curtin University study finds joining a community choir can give seniors much needed support and companionship, no matter how good or bad their singing voice.
Topics: community-organisations, music, psychology, mental-health, perth-6000
Under The Milky Way duet helping to preserve Noongar language
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Perth singer Gina Williams is committed to preserving the Noongar language through music, and a chance meeting with The Church's Steve Kilbey leads to an unexpected performance of an Australian classic.
Topics: indigenous-music, music, aboriginal-language, indigenous-culture, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, human-interest, perth-6000
Removal as child inspires PI to reconnect Aboriginal families
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Ann Oakley was removed by the state when she was four years old and now devotes her time to helping Aboriginal children reconnect with their families.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, family-and-children, children, aboriginal, human-interest, perth-6000
Heavy rains to bring spring mosquitoes to Perth
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Perth's highest winter rainfall in five years may be good for gardens, but the health department is warning that it may soon mean an onslaught of mosquitoes.
Topics: environmental-health, diseases-and-disorders, environmental-management, invertebrates---insects-and-arachnids, perth-6000
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