Emma Wynne is the cross-media reporter at 720 ABC Perth, producing radio, video and photo stories. She tweets at @em_wynne
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Western Australia's Herbarium is the state's permanent plant library and is constantly adding new species to its records.
Topics: botany, flower-foliage, earth-sciences, biological-diversity, human-interest, perth-6000
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An academic paper suggesting parents rethink the ethics of the Santa story they tell their children raises ire and leads to accusations the magic of Christmas is being ruined.
Topics: family-and-children, parenting, human-interest, perth-6000
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Before spotter planes, drones and satellites, Western Australia relied on humans posted in treetop lookouts to detect bushfires. This is the story of how they were built.
Topics: bushfire, history, forests, human-interest, manjimup-6258, pemberton-6260, perth-6000
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So competitive is the state of Perth's office space market, building owners are offering exceptional terms including years of free rent.
Topics: urban-development-and-planning, business-economics-and-finance, perth-6000
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There are $30 billion worth of $100 notes in circulation in Australia, but who actually has them and are they worth keeping?
Topics: human-interest, crime, crime-prevention, community-and-society, perth-6000, australia
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Spiders in outside loos and $1.53 a week rent — that's a little of what life was like in the prison warders' cottages of Fremantle.
Topics: history, urban-development-and-planning, family-and-children, people, fremantle-6160, perth-6000
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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| UpdatedCreating 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
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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
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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
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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