Claire Moodie joined ABC News in Perth as a reporter in 1997 and has since reported for 7.30, produced the state current affairs program Stateline and spent eight years covering Kimberley issues based in Broome.
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| UpdatedOne Nation candidates in the WA election are threatening to disobey their own party on the controversial preference deal struck with the Liberal Party.
Topics: government-and-politics, elections, state-parliament, one-nation, states-and-territories, bullying, wa
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| UpdatedThe port city of Fremantle is set to effectively become a litmus test for the #changethedate movement when the local council holds its "culturally inclusive" alternative celebration to Australia Day two days later.
Topics: australia-day, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, fremantle-6160
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| UpdatedAn increase in emissions from nearby industry will accelerate decay at the world's largest rock art gallery, former public servant and conservation scientist Ian MacLeod says.
Topics: industry, indigenous-culture, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, burrup-6714
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An increasing number of Perth residents are resisting large homes in suburbia and opting for higher density living close to public transport, WA's land agency says.
Topics: urban-development-and-planning, land-management, perth-6000
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| UpdatedA West Australian council makes a pre-election plea for more jobs and infrastructure to service its rapidly expanding suburbs on Perth's northern fringes, but an academic warns the WA capital is sprawling too far.
Topics: urban-development-and-planning, lifestyle, house-and-home, housing, community-and-society, government-and-politics, wanneroo-6065
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| UpdatedIndustries from health care to the legal sector face being disrupted by the latest advances in robotics and artificial intelligence (AI), an expert warns, prompting a renewed warning in the wake of Donald Trump's US election victory.
Topics: computers-and-technology, unemployment, perth-6000
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| UpdatedAfter losing everything in the Yarloop bushfire, drummer Howie Johnstone gets the keys to a new home and heads back to the small West Australian town to re-create his castle.
Topics: human-interest, bushfire, yarloop-6218, mandurah-6210
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| UpdatedA surge in support for Pauline Hanson's One Nation in Western Australia could have a significant impact on the state election if the party fields candidates, polling finds.
Topics: state-parliament, elections, pauline-hanson, one-nation, perth-6000
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| UpdatedFormer local government minister Tony Simpson is at odds with the Premier over voluntary euthanasia, saying WA needs to have a conversation about it ahead of the state election.
Topics: euthanasia, state-parliament, political-parties, wa
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A Perth doctor investigated by police over the death of a woman with a terminal illness is working with the Greens on new end-of-life legislation, which would allow for assisted dying for adults with a life expectancy of six months or less.
Topics: euthanasia, state-parliament, perth-6000
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| UpdatedA reclamation is underway of former missions to transform them into places of cultural healing for families whose members were part of the Stolen Generations.
Topics: christianity, aboriginal, aboriginal-language, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, stolen-generations, wa, katanning-6317
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Father Peter Manuel is unusual in the Christian clergy; he is in favour of same-sex marriage and runs a weekly service for the LGBTI community in Subiaco.
Topics: gays-and-lesbians, religion-and-beliefs, anglicans, subiaco-6008
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| UpdatedWest Australian Nationals Upper House MP Paul Brown is refusing to remove campaign signage from his car, despite being warned it breaches parliamentary rules.
Topics: parliament, nationals, regional, geraldton-6530
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| UpdatedPolitical tension is brewing in the Mid West town of Geraldton, as an upper house National MP targets the seat of sitting Liberal Ian Blayney.
Topics: parliament, liberals, nationals, rural, regional, geraldton-6530
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| UpdatedResidents near Alcoa's alumina refineries south of Perth are unhappy about a plan to allow new residential subdivisions in an area they describe as an "industrial wasteland".
Topics: environmental-impact, environmental-management, mining-environmental-issues, mining-industry, yarloop-6218, wagerup-6215
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Dairy industry leaders launch a campaign to try to save the livelihoods of nine WA farmers after they were unable to secure new contracts with major processors Brownes and Harvey Fresh.
Topics: dairy-production, rural, agricultural-prices, harvey-6220, wa
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| UpdatedMore than 100 residents from the fire-ravaged West Australian town of Yarloop meet with lawyers to discuss a possible class action.
Topics: fires, bushfire, law-crime-and-justice, wa, yarloop-6218
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| UpdatedWA Drummer Howie Johnstone lost everything in the fire that tore through Yarloop in January, but is desperate to return to the town he calls paradise, and with a bit of help he just might make it.
Topics: human-interest, fires, community-and-society, yarloop-6218
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| UpdatedJobseekers are warned about a rise in the number of employment scams, with criminals targeting legitimate recruitment websites to steal identities and money.
Topics: consumer-protection, crime, wa
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| UpdatedThe family of a Perth girl is cautiously hoping a panel of experts will be able to diagnose the mystery condition which has baffled the 11-year-old's doctors for years.
Topics: diseases-and-disorders, doctors-and-medical-professionals, wa, perth-6000
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Transgender musician Anohni describes the proponents of a uranium mine in Western Australia's Pilbara as "desolate souls" after taking part in a protest march to the site of the proposed project.
Topics: uranium-mining, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, aboriginal, newman-6753, wa
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Health and jobs are the focus of candidates in the eastern Hills electorate of Hasluck, while swinging voters weight up issues including same-sex marriage, the economy and aged care.
Topics: federal-election, political-parties, kalamunda-6076, mundaring-6073, caversham-6055, wattle-grove-6107, maddington-6109
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A company exploring for tight gas in the WA's Mid West says its operations are safe, and has appealed to farmers to reconsider their opposition.
Topics: oil-and-gas, industry, rural, dandaragan-6507
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| UpdatedEvery year, a team of Perth swimming teachers flies out of their comfort zone, where learning to swim is almost a birth right, to Vietnam, where the drowning rate is staggering.
Topics: accidents, volunteers, community-education, perth-6000, vietnam
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The former Labor candidate for the troubled federal seat of Fremantle vows to clear his name and is still considering his legal options.
Topics: federal-elections, political-parties, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, fremantle-6160