Jade Macmillan

Jade Macmillan joined the ABC News in 2008. After stints in Albany and Kalgoorlie she returned to Perth to join the political reporting team. She also works as a television producer.

• Man murdered by Gino and Mark Stocco 'a gentle giant'

  By Jade Macmillan

  Posted January 27, 2017 11:47:39 | Updated January 27, 2017 13:27:35

  The family of a man killed by former fugitives Gino and Mark Stocco break down in a Sydney court as they describe the impact of the murder by the father and son, who were on the run from police for eight years.

  Topics: crime, courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, murder-and-manslaughter, nsw, wagga-wagga-2650

• Man charged with assaulting police after Sydney Invasion Day march

  By Raveen Hunjan, Siobhan Fogarty and Jade Macmillian

  Posted January 26, 2017 13:50:07 | Updated January 27, 2017 09:55:09

  A police officer is injured and a man charged after clashes between police and protesters at an Invasion Day march through inner-city Sydney.

  Topics: australia-day, aboriginal, aboriginal-language, community-and-society, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, sydney-2000, hobart-7000, brisbane-4000, alice-springs-0870

• Sydney siege gunman's girlfriend found guilty of murder

  By court reporter Jade MacMillan

  Posted November 03, 2016 13:08:12 | Updated November 03, 2016 17:41:47

  Amirah Droudis, the girlfriend of Sydney siege gunman Man Haron Monis, is found guilty of the 2013 murder of Monis's ex-wife, whom she stabbed 18 times, doused in petrol and set alight.

  Topics: courts-and-trials, murder-and-manslaughter, sydney-2000

• Nurse accused of insulin murders of two elderly women 'cannot remember' boasting

  By Jade Macmillan

  Posted October 28, 2016 18:41:26 | Updated October 28, 2016 21:24:01

  A registered nurse, accused of murdering two elderly women at a northern New South Wales nursing home, says she cannot remember a conversation in which she allegedly boasted about knowing how to kill someone with insulin, a court hears.

  Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, crime, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, ballina-2478, lismore-2480, nsw

• Under-fire Dreamworld CEO to donate bonus to charity

  By Sue Daniel, Jade MacMillan and staff

  Posted October 27, 2016 10:45:49 | Updated October 27, 2016 19:44:22

  Dreamworld's CEO says she is donating thousands of dollars to charity, after coming under fire at her company's AGM for failing to contact the families of victims in the aftermath of this week's tragedy.

  Topics: business-economics-and-finance, accidents, accidents---other, disasters-and-accidents, sydney-2000, qld, coomera-4209

• Sydney pool shop chemical blaze sees scores evacuated

  By Jade Macmillan

  Posted April 03, 2016 08:52:06 | Updated April 03, 2016 11:11:31

  A fire at a swimming pool chemical store in Sydney's northern suburbs forces about 50 people to evacuate from their homes over concerns for their health.

  Topics: industrial-fires, fires, disasters-and-accidents, hornsby-2077

• Concerns raised over scope of Yarloop bushfire inquiry

  By Jade Macmillan

  Posted January 21, 2016 15:13:26 | Updated January 21, 2016 15:45:04

  WA Premier Colin Barnett rejects concerns the Government's inquiry into the recent devastating Waroona-Yarloop bushfire does not go far enough.

  Topics: bushfire, fires, disasters-and-accidents, yarloop-6218, waroona-6215

• Perth disability justice centre to be reviewed, but Lockridge locals unhappy

  By Jade Macmillan

  Posted January 20, 2016 14:31:57 | Updated January 20, 2016 17:51:29

  An independent review into a disability justice centre in Perth's eastern suburbs, from where two detainees escaped on New Year's Eve, fails to appease Lockridge residents.

  Topics: disabilities, crime, prisons-and-punishment, states-and-territories, lockridge-6054, caversham-6055

• Extra police sent to quell riot by 'criminals' on Christmas Island

  By Jade Macmillan on Christmas Island, Bridget Brennan and staff

  Posted November 10, 2015 07:17:26 | Updated November 12, 2015 20:55:37

  Immigration Minister Peter Dutton blames "a core group of criminals" for a riot at Christmas Island Detention Centre as extra police are flown in to help regain control.

  Topics: refugees, immigration, community-and-society, federal-government, government-and-politics, christmas-island, wa

• Vehicle licensing witnesses have links to organised crime, CCC told

  By Jade Macmillan

  Posted October 29, 2015 16:46:42 | Updated October 29, 2015 19:24:16

  The WA Corruption and Crime Commission (CCC), being overseen by Justice John McKechnie, hears more evidence of a driving assessor taking cash payments to falsify motorbike tests.

  Topics: corruption, wa

• Contractors took cash to falsify driving tests, CCC hears

  By Jade Macmillan

  Posted October 28, 2015 14:33:06 | Updated October 28, 2015 21:17:49

  Contractors took cash payments to falsify vehicle examinations and driving tests, Western Australia's Corruption and Crime Commission is told.

  Topics: corruption, law-crime-and-justice, public-sector, perth-6000

• CCC defends timing of release of report into Perth Lord Mayor

  By Jade Macmillan

  Posted October 21, 2015 16:45:06

  The Corruption and Crime Commission defends the timing of the release of its report on Lord Mayor Lisa Scaffidi, two weeks out from the council elections.

  Topics: local-government, perth-6000

• Serco 'not experienced enough' to handle sterilisation at FSH

  By Jade Macmillan

  Posted October 19, 2015 14:32:52 | Updated October 19, 2015 17:43:19

  Serco should never have been given responsibility for sterilising medical equipment at Fiona Stanley Hospital, the former Health Department director-general tells a parliamentary inquiry.

  Topics: healthcare-facilities, state-parliament, murdoch-6150

• WA GST share set to fall below forecast

  By Jade Macmillan

  Posted October 16, 2015 16:04:04 | Updated October 16, 2015 19:50:59

  Western Australia's GST share is set to fall below forecast levels and the Commonwealth needs to provide more money to fill the gap, state Treasurer Mike Nahan says.

  Topics: tax, federal---state-issues, wa

• Legal Aid WA warns budget cuts will hit key services

  By Jade Macmillan

  Posted October 15, 2015 08:12:17 | Updated October 15, 2015 09:00:59

  Legal Aid Western Australia warns State Government budget cuts could impact its ability to deliver services throughout the state.

  Topics: law-crime-and-justice, welfare, wa

• Caged hens better off than free range, egg producers say

  By Jade Macmillan

  Posted October 12, 2015 16:21:28 | Updated October 12, 2015 17:19:48

  West Australian egg producers defend the use of intensive farming methods, arguing hens are better off in cages than in a free range environment.

  Topics: miscellaneous-animal-production, perth-6000, wa

• Lawyers advise Lord Mayor not to release documents about CCC allegations

  By Jade Macmillan

  Posted October 09, 2015 14:21:27 | Updated October 09, 2015 15:00:50

  Lawyers for the Perth Lord Mayor advise her not to release any documents relating to a Corruption and Crime Commission investigation while another inquiry is underway.

  Topics: local-government, law-crime-and-justice, perth-6000

• Public service 'needs to improve' gift register procedures: AG

  By Jade Macmillan

  Posted October 08, 2015 17:32:58

  Western Australia's auditor-general calls on government agencies to improve their management of gifts, warning there has been little improvement in the past three years.

  Topics: public-sector, wa

• Perth mayoral candidates focus on transport, development during debate

  By Jade Macmillan

  Posted October 02, 2015 18:42:04

  The two candidates for the position of Perth Lord Mayor have faced off in a debate ahead of local government elections later this month.

  Topics: government-and-politics, local-government, elections, perth-6000

• Main Roads criticised over Freight Link PR costs

  By Jade Macmillan

  Posted September 29, 2015 19:40:46

  Hundreds of thousands of dollars have been wasted on a public relations campaign for the Perth Freight Link, critics of the project say.

  Topics: government-and-politics, road-transport, perth-6000

• DPAW defends prescribed burn which left smoke haze over Perth

  By Jade Macmillan

  Posted September 28, 2015 17:42:38

  The Department of Parks and Wildlife defends a prescribed burn which caused a smoke haze over Perth, saying it has to make the most of favourable weather conditions.

  Topics: respiratory-diseases, bushfire, mundaring-6073

• Voter participation in democracy 'under siege', WA Electoral Commission says

  By Jade Macmillan

  Posted September 28, 2015 14:05:02

  Voter participation in Australia's democracy is "under siege" and the system needs urgent reform, the West Australian Electoral Commission says.

  Topics: electoral-system, state-parliament, perth-6000

• School kits linking WA shark cull rallies to radicalisation 'a huge insult'

  By Jade Macmillan

  Posted September 25, 2015 13:19:44 | Updated September 25, 2015 17:20:56

  A photograph of a Cottesloe anti-shark-cull rally is deleted from an online schools kit after the West Australian Opposition said the protests were being linked to radicalisation and called for an apology.

  Topics: terrorism, schools, states-and-territories, federal-government, perth-6000, cottesloe-6011, canberra-2600

• Colin Barnett not interested in retaining Subiaco Oval

  By Jade Macmillan

  Posted September 22, 2015 14:22:07

  Western Australian Premier Colin Barnett rejects a push to retain Subiaco Oval as a boutique venue once the new Perth Stadium opens in 2018.

  Topics: community-and-society, government-and-politics, events, perth-6000

• St John Ambulance raises patient care concerns at Fiona Stanley

  By Jade Macmillan

  Posted August 24, 2015 19:07:45 | Updated August 24, 2015 21:29:44

  St John Ambulance raises serious concerns about Fiona Stanley Hospital and warns patient care could be compromised if a number of issues are not resolved.

  Topics: healthcare-facilities, health-administration, perth-6000, murdoch-6150

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