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.
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| UpdatedThe 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
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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
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| UpdatedAll 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
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| UpdatedThe 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
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| UpdatedWhether 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
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| UpdatedJunior 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
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| UpdatedA 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
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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
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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
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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
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| UpdatedTwo 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
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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
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| UpdatedWA 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
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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
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| UpdatedDetectives 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
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| UpdatedWestern 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
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| UpdatedOrganisers 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
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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
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| UpdatedThe 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
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| UpdatedThe 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
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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
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| UpdatedPerth 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
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| UpdatedChristmas 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
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| UpdatedIt 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
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| UpdatedA 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