Gian De Poloni
Gian De Poloni joined ABC News in 2012 after completing journalism studies at Curtin University. He has worked in the Pilbara, South West, Mid West and Perth, as a multi-platform journalist. Follow Gian on Twitter @GianDePoloni
Busy emergency services brace for more flooding in WA
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Residents in the south west town of Nannup are on alert, as emergency services warn the Blackwood River is expected to peak above five metres on Thursday evening.
Topics: floods, nannup-6275, bridgetown-6255
Flooding threat flows downriver to WA's South West
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Western Australia's South West braces for flooding as rivers continue to swell following record rainfall in the state, with storms claiming two lives on the weekend.
Topics: floods, disasters-and-accidents, weather, bunbury-6230, wa
'Big tax on the bush' claim as WA Government scraps fleet discounts for councils
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Opposition builds over planned changes to discounted registration costs for council fleet vehicles.
Topics: government-and-politics, money-and-monetary-policy, business-economics-and-finance, elections, albany-6330
Structure of WA Rural Fire Service yet to be finalised (photos)
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The make-up of Western Australia's planned Rural Fire Service is yet to be announced, despite the State Government announcing it wants it to be headquartered in the South West town of Collie.
Topics: emergency-planning, fires, collie-6225
Rural fire service to be based in Collie under WA Liberal plan
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West Australian Premier Colin Barnett wants to set up the headquarters for a rural fire service in the state's most marginal seat, Collie-Preston, following the recommendation for one in an inquiry into the devastating Yarloop bushfire.
Topics: bushfire, fires, emergency-planning, elections, collie-6225, wa
Threat eases from out-of-control bushfire in WA's South West
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A bushfire that was threatening lives and homes in Bridgetown in Western Australia's South West is contained and an emergency warning downgraded.
Topics: bushfire, bridgetown-6255, wa
Nationals pledge new rail link through key regional seat
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The WA Nationals want to use funds from their proposed state mining tax to resurrect a long-touted plan to connect Perth's passenger rail network to the regional city of Bunbury.
Topics: government-and-politics, rail-transport, bunbury-6230, mandurah-6210, wa
WA inquest fails to find how missing camper died in state's South West
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A coronial investigation fails to determine how a missing New South Wales man died while camping in an isolated part of Western Australia's South West.
Topics: community-and-society, missing-person, walpole-6398, perth-6000
'It's not stacking up': Albany gas pipeline shelved
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A long-term Barnett Government election promise to build a gas pipeline to Albany in Western Australia's Great Southern is all but dead, after the State Development Minister concedes it is "not viable".
Topics: regional, government-and-politics, oil-and-gas
WA community joins forces to tackle farm theft
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Great Southern farmers team up with local police to tackle the rising number of farm burglaries.
Topics: crime, rural, arthur-river-6315
Closure of Busselton operating theatres over tourist season 'could be life threatening'
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A decision to shut operating theatres at Busselton's hospital during the peak tourist season could put lives at risk, the Australian Medical Association warns.
Topics: health-administration, state-parliament, busselton-6280
WA health authorities predict spike in mosquito-borne viruses
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Health authorities are predicting a big increase in the number of people contracting mosquito-borne viruses in the Perth and South West regions this summer.
Topics: diseases-and-disorders, health, infectious-diseases-other, perth-6000, wa
Yarloop Primary School to reopen next year after backflip
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Yarloop Primary School will re-open in 2017, one year on from January's devastating bushfire, following a backflip by Western Australia's Education Minister.
Topics: fires, bushfire, primary-schools, primary, states-and-territories, yarloop-6218, perth-6000, wa
Perth and Peel transport plan condemned by councils
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A $1.3 million blueprint for Perth and Peel's future transport needs is slammed by local councils, who say the plan is too focussed on the metropolitan area and will fuel more urban sprawl.
Topics: states-and-territories, local-government, rockingham-6168, pinjarra-6208, perth-6000, wa
Yarloop clean-up condemned after Government pulls out (photos)
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The WA Government all but completed its clean-up of the fire-ravaged town of Yarloop at the cost of $45 million, but some residents say they are less than pleased with the final product.
Topics: disasters-and-accidents, government-and-politics, yarloop-6218, wa
WA farmers dumping milk after dairy contracts dry up
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Dairy famers in Western Australia's south have begun to dump milk after being unable to secure supply contracts, after being told by processors there is a global oversupply.
Topics: dairy-production, rural, wa, bunbury-6230
Lake Clifton: The little town that refuses to say die
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A small West Australian community on the fringes of suburbia is refusing to say die after being crippled by the opening of a bypass road.
Topics: human-interest, community-and-society, lake-clifton-6215
Fracking ban mooted by WA Labor draws criticism
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WA Labor is accused of electioneering over its policy to ban fracking in the south-west corner of Western Australia, with the proposal dismissed as a "joke" and a "short-sighted political ploy".
Topics: mining-environmental-issues, bunbury-6230, wa, perth-6000
Scars remain from horror cliff collapse which claimed nine lives (photos)
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Two decades ago a freak landslide in the small Western Australian beachside town of Gracetown killed nine people, including four children, changing the community forever.
Topics: disasters-and-accidents, landslide, wa, gracetown-6284
Push for shark detection buoy to be tested in WA's South West (photos)
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There are calls for a new shark detection device called a Clever Buoy to be trialled at popular West Australian surf breaks by the State Government.
Topics: shark, marine-biology, states-and-territories, busselton-6280, yallingup-6282, wa
Friend 'certain' gas cylinder is from world record flight
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A supporter of Russian explorer Fedor Konyukhov says he is certain a gas tank that washed up on a WA beach is from the balloonist's record-breaking flight.
Topics: offbeat, human-interest, myalup-6220
WA beachcomber stumbles on 'balloon adventurer's gas canister'
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A beachcomber believes a large gas tank that washed up on the West Australian coast is from the hot air balloon Russian adventurer Fedor Konyukhov famously used to fly around the world.
Topics: offbeat, human-interest, yarloop-6218, wa, australia, myalup-6220
Endangered WA tortoise tests out chilly new home (photos)
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An ambitious project to relocate dozens of Western Swap Tortoises from Perth to the South West hopes to secure of future of the animal, which is Australia's most endangered reptile.
Topics: animals, conservation, wa, northcliffe-6262, augusta-6290
Fire-ravaged Yarloop to reopen to public this week
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The fire-ravaged Western Australian town of Yarloop is set to reopen to the public this week, seven months after a bushfire that reduced 181 buildings to rubble and killed two people.
Topics: fires, disasters-and-accidents, bushfire, yarloop-6218, wa
Volunteer firefighters angry over Western Power grant cut
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A decision by Western Power to cut an $80,000 a year grants program for volunteer firefighters sparks calls for the West Australian Government to intervene.
Topics: bushfire, volunteers, electricity-energy-and-utilities, wa
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