Hayley Roman

Hayley Roman is a cross media reporter based in Perth. She is the 2013 cadet journalist. Prior to joining the ABC Hayley worked in government policy. She has also studied and worked overseas with a focus on international relations and advanced reporting.

• How to get the best photos of tonight's super blue blood moon eclipse

  By Hayley Roman

  Posted January 31, 2018 15:21:15 | Updated January 31, 2018 20:17:32

  The celestial event happening tonight last took place more than 35 years ago in Australia, so it's the perfect opportunity to capture some stunning insta-worthy photographs. But it's not just a matter of point and click …

  Topics: astronomy-space, photography, perth-6000

• Welcome to the 'dormitory suburbs': Experts question quality of life on the fringe

  By Hayley Roman

  Posted January 29, 2018 20:33:17

  A population boom is predicted for Perth's outer suburbs, but while you gain a big backyard and a shiny new house, what do you give up by moving there?

  Topics: housing-industry, housing, community-and-society, urban-development-and-planning, perth-6000

• Drug overdose backpackers to be hit with big hospital bills (photos)

  By Hayley Roman

  Posted January 05, 2018 08:06:12 | Updated January 06, 2018 14:50:26

  All but one of the nine foreign nationals, aged in their 20s, will be required to pay for their life-saving treatment at WA's public hospitals.

  Topics: health, travel-health-and-safety, drugs-and-substance-abuse, victoria-park-6100, wa

• What is hyoscine? The common travel sickness drug linked to a mass overdose

  By Hayley Roman

  Posted January 04, 2018 18:03:37 | Updated January 06, 2018 14:50:26

  The drug linked to the overdose of nine backpackers in Perth is typically used to treat travel sickness, but has also been likened to the date rape drug rohypnol due to its ability to incapacitate.

  Topics: drugs-and-substance-abuse, health, victoria-park-6100, wa

• Wishing for a low-waste Christmas and a sustainable new year

  By Hayley Roman

  Posted December 25, 2017 10:39:41 | Updated December 25, 2017 15:14:55

  Whether it's food, alcohol or gifts, the holiday season is typically a time of excess. But there's a growing appetite from shoppers for gifts and packaging that won't leave as much of a mark on the environment.

  Topics: christmas, sustainable-living, recycling-and-waste-management, community-and-multicultural-festivals, perth-6000

• 8yo drag car driver dies after Perth Motorplex crash

  By Hayley Roman and Charlotte Hamlyn, wires

  Posted November 12, 2017 14:25:36 | Updated November 13, 2017 08:46:49

  Junior driver Anita Board dies in hospital after she was critically injured when her junior dragster hit a concrete barrier during a "licensing pass" at Perth Motorplex on Saturday.

  Topics: accidents, motor-sports, perth-6000, kwinana-beach-6167, wa

• Water Police advise to avoid the ocean as wild weather approaches the south-west (photos)

  By Hayley Roman

  Posted July 29, 2017 17:33:59 | Updated July 29, 2017 19:58:21

  A storm is expected to hit the south-west of WA including Perth around 8:00pm Saturday night bringing destructive winds.

  Topics: weather, emergency-incidents, calista-6167, perth-6000

• Half-full or half-empty? What's happening with Perth's empty shopfronts

  By Hayley Roman

  Posted July 09, 2017 21:19:35

  While the shopfront vacancy rate in Perth's CBD is at a 20-year high, there is reassurance that re-development is "imminent".

  Topics: retail, urban-development-and-planning, perth-6000, wa

• WA business lobby push for privatisation amid rising debt

  By Hayley Roman

  Posted March 13, 2017 09:24:15

  Western Australia's business sector hopes a new Labor government will consider a broader privatisation agenda for state assets, as the state's debt levels mount.

  Topics: business-economics-and-finance, privatisation-and-deregulation, government-and-politics, elections, wa

• WA to weigh in on High Court anti-protest challenge

  By Hayley Roman

  Posted March 10, 2017 11:36:30

  The West Australian Government is intervening in a High Court challenge against Tasmania's anti-protest laws by former Australian Greens leader Bob Brown.

  Topics: government-and-politics, wa

• Protesters rally as Pauline Hanson gives speech at Perth pub

  By Hayley Roman

  Posted March 10, 2017 00:27:54 | Updated March 10, 2017 09:07:40

  Two people are issued move-on notices as a protest erupts outside a Perth pub on Thursday night, where One Nation leader Pauline Hanson was giving a pre-election speech.

  Topics: police, one-nation, pauline-hanson, perth-6000, mount-hawthorn-6016

• Push to boost funding for volunteer land care

  By Hayley Roman

  Posted March 09, 2017 12:37:03

  Western Australia is forgetting to maintain the land which provides much of the state's wealth as it faces "unparalleled" flooding, salinity and erosion, a peak volunteer land management body says.

  Topics: volunteers, community-and-society, environment, government-and-politics, environmental-impact, environmental-policy, environmental-management, wa

• PM delivers funding blow as WA parties launch election pitch

  By Nikki Roberts and Hayley Roman

  Posted February 19, 2017 11:49:58 | Updated February 19, 2017 12:05:43

  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

• Beachgoer behaviour key to home burglaries (photos)

  By Hayley Roman

  Posted January 08, 2017 17:40:03

  WA police warn thieves are stealing keys from the beach, gaining access to cars, then using navigation devices then to commit burglaries.

  Topics: law-crime-and-justice, police, cottesloe-6011, scarborough-6019

• Arsonists cause $200k damage to Perth primary school

  By Hayley Roman and Laura Gartry

  Posted January 07, 2017 12:54:32 | Updated January 07, 2017 16:15:33

  Detectives seek a group of teenagers believed to have lit a fire which caused significant damage to a primary school in Perth's southern suburbs.

  Topics: fires, primary-schools, schools, arson, melville-6156

• Perth Modern tops WA at ATAR scores

  By Hayley Roman

  Posted January 07, 2017 12:24:00 | Updated January 07, 2017 14:19:20

  Western Australia's only academically selective school, Perth Modern, tops the state's main academic league table as figures also reveal fewer Year 12 students are are graduating with their WA Certificate of Education.

  Topics: education, public-schools, secondary-schools, perth-6000, wa

• Falls Festival makes WA debut after injuries, assaults mar east coast tour

  By Hayley Roman

  Posted January 06, 2017 21:42:16 | Updated January 07, 2017 00:14:45

  Organisers pledge to ensure the security of patrons as the popular Falls Festival arrives in Fremantle following a crowd stampede in Victoria and sexual assault incidents at the Tasmanian event.

  Topics: carnivals-and-festivals, events, arts-and-entertainment, fremantle-6160, wa

• Where's summer? Perth hit with 'winter-like' weather

  By Hayley Roman

  Posted December 29, 2016 22:31:50

  An unusually mild start to summer leaves Perth's air conditioners sitting idle and beachside businesses concerned about a drop in trade.

  Topics: weather, perth-6000, wa

• Gift for eager students as WACE results go online a day early

  By Hayley Roman

  Posted December 28, 2016 12:34:57 | Updated December 28, 2016 13:25:40

  The stressful wait for final examination results ends a day early for thousands of WA Year 12 graduates, but some like Banele Mkhwanazi say they are relaxed about their mark after putting in the hard work.

  Topics: secondary-schools, secondary, university-and-further-education, perth-6000, wa

• Extra $5,000 for first home buyers in bid to kickstart WA economy

  By Hayley Roman

  Posted December 27, 2016 17:02:05 | Updated December 27, 2016 18:05:50

  The first home owners grant for West Australian buyers purchasing new properties will increase from $10,000 to $15,000 in the new year, the State Government announces.

  Topics: states-and-territories, building-and-construction, house-and-home, government-and-politics, perth-6000, wa

• Teenager killed in quad bike crash south of Perth

  By Hayley Roman

  Posted December 27, 2016 13:34:21

  A 16-year-old boy dies and two other people are critically injured in a quad bike crash near Dwellingup south of Perth, prompting Major Crash officers to appeal for witnesses.

  Topics: road, police, death, marrinup-6213, perth-6000

• Boxing Day sales draw big Perth crowds, retailers say WA economy 'holding up'

  By Hayley Roman

  Posted December 26, 2016 16:35:36 | Updated December 26, 2016 17:21:39

  Perth shoppers flock to the annual Boxing Day sales where West Australians are predicted to part with $226 million after spending less than interstate counterparts in the lead-up to Christmas.

  Topics: retail, business-economics-and-finance, community-and-society, perth-6000, wa

• Spectacular Christmas lunch for Perth's less fortunate (photos)

  By Hayley Roman

  Posted December 25, 2016 19:37:09 | Updated December 25, 2016 23:26:31

  Christmas feasts are being held across Australia today, but few are as big as Mission Australia's charity lunch in Perth which saw 2,300 gather for a festive lunch.

  Topics: community-and-society, charities-and-community-organisations, lifestyle-and-leisure, perth-6000

• Claremont murders changed the mood of a carefree city

  By Hayley Roman

  Posted December 23, 2016 21:11:37 | Updated December 23, 2016 21:29:32

  It has been 20 years since the Claremont murders, but the memories of a city shaken by the killings have not dimmed.

  Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, law-crime-and-justice, local-government, community-and-society, claremont-6010, perth-6000

• Charges laid over woman found dead in Perth home

  By Hayley Roman

  Posted December 20, 2016 11:14:00 | Updated December 20, 2016 11:38:12

  A man is charged over the death of a Dianella woman who was found at a house in Bedfordale, in Perth's south-east.

  Topics: law-crime-and-justice, bedfordale-6112, wa

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