David is a senior cross media news reporter in Perth with more than 20 years experience. He first started working with the ABC in the Illawarra region in the early 1990s. Since then David has reported on all of the major stories in WA while working with radio current affairs at AM, PM and The World Today. He has also reported for ABC TV News, Stateline and The 7:30 Report. David has won numerous reporting awards, including a United Nations Peace Prize in 2005.
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| UpdatedThe threat level of a fire burning to the east of Esperance is downgraded to a watch and act, but the blaze is not contained or controlled and remains a possible threat to homes.
Topics: fires, bushfire, esperance-6450
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West Australian volunteers are knitting thousands of scarves and beanies to help keep Australian troops serving overseas warm during the winter.
Topics: defence-forces, community-and-society, australia
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| UpdatedWA Police set up a mobile policing facility in Fremantle as part of their investigation into the suspected murder of Rachel Michael.
Topics: death, murder-and-manslaughter, fremantle-6160
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A Perth woman who was bitten by a tiger snake questions why she was not given anti-venom after suffering a rare delayed reaction to the wound.
Topics: reptiles, healthcare-facilities, joondalup-6027, murdoch-6150
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| UpdatedThe Turnbull Government turns to a WA sustainability expert for advice on the future of public transport in the nation's cities.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, states-and-territories, transport, business-economics-and-finance, perth-6000, wa, australia
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Three independent delegates for WA's Environmental Protection Authority recommend approval for a liquefied natural gas precinct near James Price Point, north of Broome.
Topics: mining-industry, mining-environmental-issues, oil-and-gas, environmental-impact, environmental-management, broome-6725
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| UpdatedIn an exclusive interview with ABC News, WA Police Commissioner Karl O'Callaghan reveals ice addicts are unlikely to get clean in jail, and says he believes the battle against the ice epidemic will take years to win.
Topics: drug-use, drug-education, drug-offences, drugs-and-substance-abuse, wa
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| UpdatedWest Australia ice addicts speak about the destruction meth has wrought on their lives, as demand for ice or crystal meth rises across the state.
Topics: drug-use, drug-education, drugs-and-substance-abuse, addictive, perth-6000
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| UpdatedPearling company Paspaley plans to plead guilty to a charge of failing to provide a safe workplace in relation to the death of an employee off Broome three years ago.
Topics: workplace, courts-and-trials, broome-6725, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedA nationwide appeal for information regarding a former Navy sailor linked to the murder of one woman and the disappearance of another is issued by West Australian police.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, police
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| UpdatedPenalty rate cuts would damage the economy and leave vulnerable Western Australian workers worse off, Labor Senator Sue Lines says.
Topics: government-and-politics, industrial-relations, wa
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| UpdatedA West Australian organic farmer whose property was contaminated with GM canola is taking his legal fight to the High Court.
Topics: courts-and-trials, genetically-modified-food, agricultural-chemicals, agricultural-crops, kojonup-6395
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| UpdatedWestern Australia's shadow attorney-general accuses police of a cover-up, after it was revealed a weapon used in two notorious murders has been found despite being thought lost for many years.
Topics: police, law-crime-and-justice, judges-and-legal-profession, perth-6000, wa
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| UpdatedPart of the weapon used by Simon Rochford in the killing of his girlfriend, and suspected murder of Pamela Lawrence in 1994, is found in police possession after being thought lost for many years.
Topics: police, law-crime-and-justice, judges-and-legal-profession, perth-6000, wa
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| UpdatedThe Forest Stewardship Council responds to concerns about logging in WA's South West by telling worried groups they ought to contribute to the certification process.
Topics: forests, forestry, wa, perth-6000, bunbury-6230
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The Save Beeliar Wetlands group has lodged an application in the Supreme Court for a judicial review of the WA Government's approval of Roe 8.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, road-transport, government-and-politics, beeliar-6164, coolbellup-6163, fremantle-6160
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| UpdatedEnvironment groups renew calls for WA's Forest Products Commission to have its controlled wood accreditation withdrawn, saying karri logging is being wrongly endorsed.
Topics: forestry, forests, conservation, wa, perth-6000, albany-6330, bunbury-6230
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| UpdatedAt least 18 staff are likely to be made redundant under a proposed restructure at Perth's Edith Cowan University, the National Tertiary Education Union says.
Topics: university-and-further-education, unemployment, joondalup-6027, mount-lawley-6050, bunbury-6230
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| UpdatedWestern Australia's Major Fraud Squad charges a man who promoted a Mark Ronson performance in Perth that never happened.
Topics: courts-and-trials, music-industry, music, perth-6000
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Construction workers in Western Australia appeal to the Full Federal Court over a decision that could see dozens of workers fined more than $10,000 for attending a rally.
Topics: courts-and-trials, unions, perth-6000
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| UpdatedA rare plague of ladybugs blanketing the north-west Western Australian town of Carnarvon leaves locals scratching their heads.
Topics: entomology, carnarvon-6701
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The death of a man at a gold mine near the Western Australian town of Southern Cross yesterday will be investigated by the Department of Mines and Petroleum.
Topics: mining-industry, gold, disasters-and-accidents, southern-cross-6426
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| UpdatedThe Australian Medical Association calls for combat sports like boxing to be banned at the Olympic and Commonwealth Games, over concerns the sports are causing "irreversible injury".
Topics: boxing, sport, health, sports-injuries, australia
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Unions reach an agreement with employers at the Gorgon liquefied natural gas project on Barrow Island, averting proposed strike action.
Topics: unions, oil-and-gas, barrow-island-6712
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| UpdatedA WA organic farmer whose crop was contaminated with genetically modified (GM) canola from a neighbouring farm loses his court appeal for compensation.
Topics: genetically-modified-food, courts-and-trials, kojonup-6395, perth-6000