Eliza Laschon

Eliza Laschon is a multi-platform reporter based in the Perth newsroom. She has also worked as a television reporter in the state’s South West region. Eliza has a Bachelor of Arts from Curtin University in WA. Follow Eliza on Twitter @e_laschon

• Online voting finally a thing for some electors in WA

  By Eliza Laschon

  Posted February 23, 2017 10:14:15 | Updated February 23, 2017 10:18:58

  People with an incapacity or disability that makes it difficult for them to vote at ballot boxes will be able to have their say at the March state election via the internet, a first for Western Australia.

  Topics: computers-and-technology, internet-technology, elections, government-and-politics, wa, perth-6000

• 'Heroes' recognised for courage, skill in emergencies

  By Eliza Laschon

  Posted February 22, 2017 18:56:51

  The emergency services workers who saved the life of a paramedic critically injured and trapped in an ambulance that was crushed in a head-on crash, are among the winners of St John Community Heroes Awards.

  Topics: awards-and-prizes, community-and-society, wa

• Poll win for Liberals not linked to One Nation deal, Francis says

  By Eliza Laschon

  Posted February 18, 2017 16:42:34

  The WA Liberal Party denies its surge in the polls is due to a preference deal with Pauline Hanson's One Nation, instead attributing the gain to a growing lack of faith in the Labor Party.

  Topics: government-and-politics, elections, wa

• Man jailed for 12 years over 'brutal' sex attacks in Perth, Albany

  By Eliza Laschon

  Posted February 17, 2017 14:46:47 | Updated February 17, 2017 18:22:34

  A man is sentenced to 12 years in prison for a series of attacks described in court as "terrifying" and "brutal" on young women in Western Australia in the early 1990s.

  Topics: sexual-offences, child-abuse, police, gosnells-6110, albany-6330, perth-6000

• It's a puggle's life — baby echidna introduced at Perth Zoo

  By Eliza Laschon

  Posted February 08, 2017 20:00:21

  Perth Zoo introduces a spikey new addition to its family — but four months after the short-beaked echidna's entry into the world, it remains a mystery whether it is a male or a female.

  Topics: zoos, animal-science, animals, perth-6000

• WA Labor's plan to scrap City Beach school in favour of CBD 'wrong' (photos)

  By Eliza Laschon

  Posted January 29, 2017 14:51:35 | Updated January 30, 2017 06:08:18

  Labor's announcement to scrap plans for a high school in City Beach and build a high-rise public secondary school in the city instead is "totally wrong", the WA Premier says.

  Topics: education, perth-6000

• WA to give teenagers free meningococcal vaccination

  By Eliza Laschon

  Posted January 29, 2017 10:03:39

  A "disturbing increase" in cases of W strain meningococcal has prompted the WA Government to offer free vaccinations to teenagers.

  Topics: meningococcal-disease, vaccines-and-immunity, perth-6000

• Perth Skyworks under review after fatal Australia Day plane crash

  By Eliza Laschon

  Posted January 27, 2017 20:23:22 | Updated January 27, 2017 21:42:21

  A major shake-up of Perth's Skyworks could be on the cards in the wake of the tragic plane crash on Australia Day, with Lord Mayor Lisa Scaffidi saying the event will be reviewed — but will continue "in some form".

  Topics: disasters-and-accidents, australia-day, perth-6000

• Perth Zoo throws Tricia the elephant an unforgettable birthday

  By Eliza Laschon

  Posted January 24, 2017 15:10:41 | Updated January 24, 2017 15:43:24

  One of the oldest elephants being cared for by an Australian zoo is celebrating its 60th birthday and is "doing well", with a daily massage keeping the stalwart fighting fit.

  Topics: animals, zoos, animal-science, perth-6000

• Sailor to face storm as she leaves Albany in world-record attempt to circumnavigate Antarctica (photos)

  By Eliza Laschon

  Posted January 22, 2017 17:06:37 | Updated January 23, 2017 07:48:20

  Queensland sailor Lisa Blair sets off from Western Australia's south coast town of Albany to attempt a world record circumnavigating Antarctica.

  Topics: oceans-and-reefs, sport, sailing, albany-6330, qld, antarctica

• Sarcoma diagnoses spark Perth cricket club campaign

  By Eliza Laschon

  Posted January 20, 2017 18:56:47 | Updated January 20, 2017 20:43:36

  After being rocked by the sarcoma diagnoses given to two of its young players, a Perth cricket club is holding matches across the city to raise awareness about the rare form of cancer.

  Topics: cancer, community-organisations, clubs-and-associations, perth-6000

• Helping hand offered to WA grandparent carers

  By Eliza Laschon

  Posted January 17, 2017 21:16:42

  A statewide research project aimed at providing more support to grandparents who care for their grandchildren full-time is launched in Western Australia — and for Lorraine Fitzgibbons, it could make a big difference.

  Topics: family-and-children, carers, older-people, perth-6000, wa

• Kalgoorlie baby did not have child protection case manager, inquest told

  By Eliza Laschon

  Posted January 16, 2017 20:05:45

  A 21-month-old toddler who died at Kalgoorlie hospital while in the care of WA's Department for Child Protection did not have an allocated case manager at the time, a coronial inquest hears.

  Topics: courts-and-trials, babies, child-care, children---toddlers, kalgoorlie-6430, boulder-6432, perth-6000

• Mobile phones found 'embedded' in crash victims' bodies

  By Eliza Laschon

  Posted January 04, 2017 19:27:58 | Updated January 04, 2017 19:54:46

  Emergency service workers are tired of pulling people from car wrecks with mobile phones embedded in their bodies, WA Acting Premier Liza Harvey says.

  Topics: disasters-and-accidents, road, wa, perth-6000

• Culleton goes to hospital after being served bankruptcy papers

  By Eliza Laschon and Laura Gartry

  Posted January 03, 2017 18:26:54 | Updated January 04, 2017 07:49:25

  Former One Nation senator Rod Culleton is discharged from hospital after a fracas outside a Perth court, as a man attempted to serve him papers.

  Topics: assault, government-and-politics, perth-6000

• WA mining stocks regain ground as commodities surge

  By Eliza Laschon

  Posted January 03, 2017 16:35:55 | Updated January 03, 2017 16:37:01

  After years in the doldrums, WA mining stocks are regaining ground with at least one company reporting a share price gain of more than 400 per cent in the past 12 months.

  Topics: mining-industry, iron-ore, gold, business-economics-and-finance, wa, australia

• Destruction on Perth street after alleged drunk driver crashes car into wall

  By Eliza Laschon

  Posted December 26, 2016 13:02:16 | Updated December 26, 2016 13:32:58

  Three people walk away with minor injuries after a serious car crash which leaves a trail of destruction along a Mount Lawley street in Perth's north-eastern suburbs.

  Topics: road, crime, police, mount-lawley-6050, perth-6000

• WA Christmas spending steady despite tough times

  By Eliza Laschon and Hayley Roman

  Posted December 24, 2016 21:17:50 | Updated December 24, 2016 21:19:28

  Western Australia's Christmas spending is not keeping up with increases seen across the country but is holding steady despite tough economic times, according to the retail industry.

  Topics: community-and-society, retail, perth-6000, wa

• Culleton declared bankrupt, Senate future hangs in balance

  By Eliza Laschon and political reporter Stephen Dziedzic

  Posted December 23, 2016 13:47:01 | Updated December 23, 2016 20:48:11

  Former One Nation senator Rod Culleton shouts "you just executed me" at a Federal Court judge as he is declared bankrupt, in a decision that leaves him facing being barred from serving in the Senate.

  Topics: federal-parliament, perth-6000, wa, canberra-2600

• Storm front builds in WA's north as Cyclone Yvette gathers strength

  By Eliza Laschon

  Posted December 22, 2016 12:35:38 | Updated December 22, 2016 13:06:41

  A huge storm front filled with red dust is looming over Western Australia's Pilbara as a tropical cyclone expected to make landfall over the Christmas weekend hovers off the coast.

  Topics: cyclone, weather, port-hedland-6721, south-hedland-6722, wa, broome-6725

• Man charged with murder over Perth courthouse stabbing (photos)

  By Eliza Laschon and Briana Shepherd

  Posted December 21, 2016 10:16:29 | Updated December 21, 2016 19:33:42

  A man appears in court accused of the murder of Sarah Marie Thomas who was stabbed in a Perth courthouse in a case that is shining a spotlight on security measures in the West Australian justice system.

  Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, law-crime-and-justice, wa

• Charities help feed the homeless at Christmas

  By Eliza Laschon

  Posted December 18, 2016 13:11:34 | Updated December 18, 2016 14:12:53

  With hundreds of people sleeping rough in Perth, charities are hard at work packaging up donated goods to help make their holiday season a little easier.

  Topics: charities, homelessness, community-and-society, family-and-children, perth-6000

• John McKechnie backs call for CCC powers to be curbed

  By Eliza Laschon

  Posted December 09, 2016 16:04:19

  The head of WA's corruption watchdog has embraced a recommendation that the agency be stripped of its power to prosecute crimes uncovered by its investigations.

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

• Perth juvenile offenders mainly from dysfunctional families: report

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  By Eliza Laschon

  Posted December 08, 2016 11:08:44 | Updated December 08, 2016 12:41:40

  Juvenile offenders are overwhelmingly from dysfunctional families, the WA Children's Commissioner finds, after interviewing 92 young offenders.

  Topics: prisons-and-punishment, youth, canning-vale-6155

• New code to crackdown on rogue WA builders

  By Eliza Laschon

  Posted December 05, 2016 19:36:00 | Updated December 05, 2016 20:05:09

  Builders in Western Australia could be banned from public projects if they do not comply with a new code of conduct introduced by the State Government, as subcontractors at major projects claim to be owed millions of dollars.

  Topics: building-and-construction, perth-6000

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