Nikki Roberts
Nikki Roberts is a senior radio and online reporter and producer in the Perth newsroom.
PM delivers funding blow as WA parties launch election pitch
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WA Labor says it expects the Prime Minister will back down on a threat to prevent $1.2 billion in Perth Freight Link funding being diverted to the party's flagship transport project Metronet.
Topics: government-and-politics, political-parties, elections, wa
Fishing for votes: WA Liberals make pitch to recreational fishing community (photos)
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The Barnett Government makes a pitch to the third of the state who fish, offering to create artificial reefs and invest more money boosting stocks if it wins re-election.
Topics: fish, elections, government-and-politics, rural, fishing-aquaculture, environment, wa
How can parents deal with the rise of mobile phones in schools?
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As Australian children across the country head back to school this week a growing number will be armed with a mobile phone — but that's not necessarily a bad thing, is it?
Topics: schools, mobile-phones, children, australia, wa
Perth Zoo's breeding program restricted
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Perth Zoo is no longer getting breeding recommendations for a number of animal species because of its limited size, but its CEO says this will change once the city gets a planned open range zoo.
Topics: zoos, perth-6000, lower-chittering-6084
Nesting hollows for Carnaby's cockatoos breed results
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A Perth university's program to encourage the threatened Carnaby's cockatoo to breed in urban areas by installing custom-built nesting hollows is hailed a success, after five chicks hatched this year.
Topics: animals, human-interest, environment, animal-science, animal-behaviour, science-and-technology, conservation, wa, edith-cowan-university-6018, perth-6000
Top cyber safety tips for buying kids Xmas phones
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With the festive season fast approaching, cyber safety experts are urging parents to take control of mobile phones before putting them under the tree for their children.
Topics: mobile-phones, computers-and-technology, parenting, lifestyle-and-leisure, australia, wa
Business push for Barnett to save Perth to London direct flights
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West Australian business leaders flag concerns with the state's Premier that negotiations over a direct Qantas flight from Perth to London are stalling.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, perth-6000, wa
Man dies in WA hospital after being pulled from ocean
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A man who was pulled from the ocean south of Perth on Saturday dies in hospital, bringing the number of people who died after getting into difficultly off the WA coast over the weekend to three.
Topics: disasters-and-accidents, north-beach-6020
Bell Group dispute inquiry 'pointless waste of money': Barnett
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WA's Premier and Attorney General dismiss calls for a parliamentary inquiry into claims of a secret deal relating to the decades-long Bell Group liquidation.
Topics: states-and-territories, courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, perth-6000, wa, australia
Greens call for parliamentary inquiry into Brandis' 'secret deal'
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The Greens call for a parliamentary inquiry into a "secret deal" involving Attorney-General George Brandis and the West Australian Liberal Government over funds from Alan Bond's failed Bell Group.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, wa, australia
Two men drown at WA beaches, third man critical
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Two men have died and another is fighting for his life after being pulled from the water in separate incidents at West Australian beaches.
Topics: disasters-and-accidents, north-beach-6020
Minister blasts Legal Aid's 'amazingly stupid' move to defend paedophile father
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Legal Aid's decision to fund an appeal for a father who pimped out his daughter to other paedophiles is labelled "amazingly stupid" by the Corrective Services Minister Joe Francis.
Topics: child-abuse, sexual-offences, judges-and-legal-profession, perth-6000
Flash bombs used in WA's Banksia Hill detention centre incident
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Flash bombs and chemical spray are used to subdue a group of detainees in the latest incident at Banksia Hill juvenile detention centre in Perth.
Topics: prisons-and-punishment, canning-vale-6155
Seven people dead in 24 hours on WA country roads
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Seven people are killed on West Australian country roads in just 24 hours, with fatal crashes in the Pilbara and the Wheatbelt on Sunday adding to the soaring regional road toll.
Topics: road, police, rural, paraburdoo-6754, wa, jennacubbine-6401, boyanup-6237, fitzroy-crossing-6765
Concerns for missing 85yo woman in Perth's southern suburbs
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Police are concerned about the welfare of an 85-year-old Perth woman who has been missing for two days.
Topics: missing-person, willetton-6155, perth-6000
Body found in search for missing 70yo woman in WA's South West
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Police searching for a 70-year-old woman missing from her caravan near Manjimup in Western Australia discover a body, near where her husband was found wandering in bushland.
Topics: missing-person, police, manjimup-6258
Next adventure looms for record-breaking Russian hot air balloonist
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Just one day after breaking the world record for the fastest hot-air balloon circumnavigation of the Earth, Fedor Konyukhov is already looking ahead to his next adventure and this one also involves Australia.
Topics: human-interest, offbeat, northam-6401, bonnie-rock-6479, russian-federation, australia
Epilepsy group urges change after fatal crash driver jailed
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The case of a man jailed for causing a fatal crash while having an epileptic fit highlights the need for urgent changes to the system, according to the Epilepsy Association of WA.
Topics: courts-and-trials, epilepsy, kelmscott-6111, wa, perth-6000
'Visited by hate': Firebombing, anti-Islam graffiti attack at Perth mosque (photos)
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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull joins Islamic leaders in condemning an attack that saw a vehicle firebombed and anti-Islam graffiti sprayed outside a mosque and school in Perth.
Topics: police, race-relations, islam, religion-and-beliefs, thornlie-6108
LandCorp officer engaged in serious misconduct: CCC
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A senior LandCorp officer engaged in serious misconduct by using confidential, inside information for personal gain, when he purchased land at the Australian Marine Complex in Perth's south, the CCC says.
Topics: corruption, perth-6000
WA emergency department overuse sparks education campaign
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The WA Government launches a $600,000 three-year advertising campaign to discourage people with non-urgent medical problems from turning up at hospital emergency departments for treatment.
Topics: government-and-politics, healthcare-facilities, wa
Blood dispatch texts sent to boost repeat donations (photos)
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Blood donors at risk of not making repeat donations will be sent a text to tell them when their blood has been dispatched to a hospital under an initiative to boost reserves.
Shark hunt resumes after fatal attack off Perth
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Baited drum lines have been reset off Mindarie in Perth's north in the hunt for a suspected five metre shark which killed a diver - the second fatal attack in Western Australia in a week.
Topics: animal-attacks, shark, mindarie-6030
Methotrexate linked to eight deaths since 2000: research
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A drug used to treat rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis and inflammatory bowel disease is linked to at least eight deaths in Australia since 2000, new research finds.
Hoffman's LSD find leads to Bicycle Day and ongoing drug research (video)
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Bicycle Day celebrates Swiss scientist Albert Hoffman's discovery of LSD in 1943 as the use of the illegal drug in psychotherapy continues to push boundaries.
Topics: drug-use, drug-education, diseases-and-disorders, psychology, drugs-and-substance-abuse, mental-health, perth-6000, curtin-university-of-technology-6102
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