Rebecca Carmody has been a long time reporter with the ABC across all media platforms. She is a former state political reporter and former presenter of Stateline WA. Rebecca has also reported for ABC Radio current affairs including AM, PM and The World Today.
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| UpdatedThe State Opposition accuses the Premier Colin Barnett of working behind the scenes to ease gambling restrictions in Western Australia to boost the sale price of the TAB.
Topics: gambling, broome-6725, wa, karratha-6714
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| UpdatedThe West Australian Government faces the prospect of widespread industrial unrest in the lead up to next year's election, with one public sector union refusing its "miserly" pay offer and others expected to do the same.
Topics: police, states-and-territories, perth-6000, wa
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| UpdatedOil and gas giant Chevron is accused by ACTU president Ged Kearney of denying FIFO workers their basic right to vote by refusing to allow onsite polling for its employees on election day.
Topics: federal-elections, unions, human, perth-6000, wa, barrow-island-6712
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Unions vow to fight a ruling by the Fair Work Commission, which will see workers at a coal mine in WA's south-west have their pay cut by 43 per cent as of next month.
Topics: coal, mining-industry, collie-6225
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| UpdatedUnions say the decision to award WA workers on the minimum wage a $13-per-week pay rise will lead to growing numbers of working poor.
Topics: industrial-relations, unions, business-economics-and-finance, perth-6000
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Unions accuse the West Australian Government of being out of touch with workers, after it recommended a pay rise of $8.50 per week for people on the minimum wage.
Topics: industrial-relations, work, unions, wa
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| UpdatedPerth property developer Nigel Satterley is strengthening his ties with the WA Labor Party ahead of next year's state election, endorsing Opposition Leader Mark McGowan as the state's next Premier.
Topics: government-and-politics, political-parties, elections, wa
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| UpdatedDiscarded Liberal MP Dennis Jensen announces he will contest the West Australian seat of Tangney as an independent candidate at the federal election.
Topics: federal-elections, federal-government, federal-parliament, perth-6000, melville-6156, applecross-6153, willetton-6155, leeming-6149, rossmoyne-6148
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| UpdatedAn ally of former Liberal turned independent MP Rob Johnson is preselected by the Liberal Party to contest the safe seat of Hillarys.
Topics: political-parties, elections, hillarys-6025
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| UpdatedThe WA Liberal Party is to meet next weekend to determine the order of its Senate ticket, amid concerns a drop in voter support could leave one of its senators out of a job.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-election, wa
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| UpdatedAfter years of public feuding with the Premier, outspoken Hillarys MP Rob Johnson resigns from the Liberal Party, declaring he is not prepared to be one of the crew onboard "Barnett's Titanic".
Topics: government-and-politics, wa, hillarys-6025
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| UpdatedLabor's plan to put Aboriginal elder Pat Dodson into the Senate is in limbo, with the man he is set to replace, Joe Bullock, yet to officially tender his resignation.
Topics: alp, federal-parliament, wa
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| UpdatedFederal West Australian Liberal MP Dennis Jensen says he is the victim of an "absolute smear campaign" after being dumped by party preselectors in a ballot in Perth.
Topics: federal-government, wa
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The WA Government flags changes to the state's motorcycle laws following a review into a spate of fatalities.
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| UpdatedWA Premier Colin Barnett will announce a major Cabinet reshuffle after Easter in a bid to revive his Government's stocks, after admitting he was taken aback by polling that has him losing next year's election.
Topics: government-and-politics, liberals, wa
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| UpdatedA preselection battle among the WA Liberal Party for the electorate of Bateman will go ahead, with Transport Minister Dean Nalder and backbencher Matt Taylor both nominating for the seat.
Topics: political-parties, state-parliament, bateman-6150
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| UpdatedThe centrepiece of Perth's justice precinct — a 33-storey tower located on Cathedral Square — is named in honour of the late former chief justice David Malcolm.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, perth-6000
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| UpdatedThe Greens make their first pitch to Fremantle voters ahead of the federal election, urging them to vote for someone who will stand up for what they believe in.
Topics: elections, fremantle-6160
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Maverick Liberal MP Rob Johnson takes aim at his party once again, claiming it has done nothing to stop "religious cults" seizing control of the federal division of Moore, in Perth's northern suburbs.
Topics: government-and-politics, elections, hillarys-6025
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| UpdatedWest Australian Education Minister Peter Collier urges parents to stop blaming schools for their children's deficiencies and start doing more educating at home.
Topics: education, children---preschoolers, primary-schools, wa
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Departing federal Labor MP Alannah MacTiernan confirms she wants to contest a state Upper House seat at next year's election.
Topics: state-parliament, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, perth-6000
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| UpdatedWest Australian Liberal MP Rob Johnson lashes out at Premier Colin Barnett once more, predicting he will be dumped by colleagues by the end of the year if he does not go voluntarily.
Topics: state-parliament, states-and-territories, polls, perth-6000, wa
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WA nurses will not demand hefty pay rises from the Government but will take action to protect conditions, the union says, as the deadline to thrash out a new three-year pay deal looms.
Topics: health, industrial-relations, wa
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| UpdatedLockridge residents hold an impromptu protest outside a Disability Justice Centre from which two inmates escaped on New Year's Eve.
Topics: courts-and-trials, mental-health, lockridge-6054, caversham-6055
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The WA Prison Officers' Union thumbs its nose at the State Government's wages policy and will lodge a claim for a 10.5 per cent pay rise for members over the next three years.
Topics: prisons-and-punishment, states-and-territories, business-economics-and-finance, perth-6000, wa