Eliza Borrello
Eliza Borrello reports for AM, The World Today and PM from Perth. Before this she spent five years as one of the ABC's federal political reporters in Canberra. Eliza has also worked in the press gallery in the Parliament of Western Australia. Her first job with the ABC was in the Broome bureau. She began her reporting career as a cadet at the Broome Advertiser.
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Potential South China Sea conflict highlights Australia's fuel 'import vulnerability'
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US President Donald Trump has created a more volatile global security situation, which could spell trouble for Australia's energy supplies, experts say.
Topics: oil-and-gas, trade, defence-and-national-security, foreign-affairs, world-politics, government-and-politics, australia, united-states, china
Eastern states should reserve natural gas for domestic use, Barnett says
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West Australian Premier Colin Barnett says the eastern states should follow WA's lead and reserve some of their natural gas for domestic use to curb energy shortages.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, consumer-finance, consumer-protection, economic-trends, oil-and-gas, regulation, government-and-politics, australia, wa
Albany wave power plan 'a good opportunity', renewables firm says
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Renewables company Carnegie Clean Energy confirms it is interested in developing WA Labor's proposal for a wave power farm in Albany, in Western Australia's Great Southern.
Topics: tidal-energy, energy, elections, states-and-territories, albany-6330, perth-6000, wa
Frydenberg flags CEFC funding for carbon capture technology
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The Government is considering lifting a ban on allowing the Clean Energy Finance Corporation to invest in carbon capture and storage, as well as low-emission coal-fired plants, but Labor says there will not be any support from the market.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, environmental-policy, environment, energy, climate-change
Indigenous council calls for Adam Bandt not to use Native Title Act in Adani debate
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Greens MP Adam Bandt is criticised for saying changes to the Native Title Act were rushed through Parliament to benefit the Adani coal mine in Queensland.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, indigenous-policy, community-and-society, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, perth-6000
Are lupin flakes the next big superfood?
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A West Australian company hopes to crack into Australia's lucrative wellness market with what they hope will be the next super food to take health conscious consumers by storm — lupin flakes.
Topics: health, food-and-cooking, lifestyle-and-leisure, wa, australia
Turnbull declines 'royal' invite as Prince Leonard prepares to cede throne
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After 47 years on the throne, the self-declared sovereign of Hutt River is due to hand over the reins of Australia's oldest micro-nation to his son in an abdication ceremony — but the Prime Minister will not be there to witness it.
Topics: royal-and-imperial-matters, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, perth-6000, geraldton-6530, wa
MH370 'highly likely' to be north of suspended search zone: ATSB
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The head of the Australian Transport Safety Bureau says the wreckage of missing Malaysia Airlines flight is likely north of the area where the search is now suspended, but the Australian Transport Minister says no one knows for sure.
Topics: air-transport, accidents, perth-6000
'Hanson has nothing against Asians', says One Nation WA candidate
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A Chinese-Australian man running for Pauline Hanson's One Nation in the West Australian election defends the party leader's comments, saying her "views are not reflective of what they are today".
Topics: government-and-politics, state-parliament, pauline-hanson, one-nation, wa, australia
Culleton granted more time to get financial affairs in order
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Disqualified West Australian senator Rod Culleton is granted more time to get his financial affairs in order after he was declared bankrupt in December.
Topics: courts-and-trials, government-and-politics, federal-parliament, perth-6000
Ken Wyatt's supporters say he could be next Indigenous affairs minister
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West Australian Indigenous MP Ken Wyatt's supporters are welcoming his new ministry but say he would be well qualified to become the federal Indigenous affairs minister, replacing Senator Nigel Scullion.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, government-and-politics, indigenous-policy, federal-government, parliament, wa, australia
Perth man extradited to US accused of child porn offences
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West Australian man Christopher Lobban arrives in Florida to face child pornography charges and could spend 25 years in jail after losing a long battle to prevent his extradition.
Topics: child-abuse, sexual-offences, crime, perth-6000, wa, united-states
Justice Minister called on to block Perth man's extradition over child porn charges
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Perth man Christopher Lobban is about to be extradited to Florida on child pornography charges, and his lawyer is warning it should serve as a cautionary tale.
Topics: child-abuse, community-and-society, law-crime-and-justice, perth-6000, wa, australia, united-states
Locals react to developments in Claremont killings case
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Locals at the Claremont Hotel, the bar where two of the Claremont serial killer's victims were last been seen on the nights they vanished in the 1990s, spoke to ABC reporter Eliza Borrello about hearing news of developments in the cases of the murdered women.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, crime, police, missing-person, community-and-society, law-crime-and-justice, claremont-6010, wa, australia
One Nation to target Brendon Grylls' seat
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The WA Nationals leader's Pilbara seat is one of three lower house electorates One Nation will target in next March's state election, Pauline Hanson says.
Topics: elections, one-nation, nationals, wa
Hanson to personally screen WA candidates amid Culleton chaos
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One Nation leader Pauline Hanson will fly to Perth today to vet potential candidates for the upcoming state election, two days after West Australian Senator Rod Culleton quit the party.
Topics: one-nation, states-and-territories, state-parliament, federal-parliament, government-and-politics, courts-and-trials, perth-6000, wa
Coroner findings on Ms Dhu death in custody to be handed down
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The West Australian coroner will today hand down her findings into the death of a 22-year-old Aboriginal woman and decide if footage of her final hours should be released.
Topics: black-deaths-in-custody, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, death, community-and-society, wa
WA to trial parenting lessons to keep Aboriginal children out of care
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The WA Government wants to trial parenting lessons for Indigenous families as part of a new pilot program that will go "back to the basics" and help reduce the number of Aboriginal children in state care.
Topics: children, parenting, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, wa
Perth start-up develops real-time data platform for lawyers
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A Perth start-up develops technology it is likening to a "Bloomberg terminal" for lawyers, where they can access real-time data including court cases and government documents.
Topics: information-technology, robots-and-artificial-intelligence, judges-and-legal-profession, perth-6000, wa
Drugs, boredom likely behind youth detention centre violence: detainee
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A detainee inside Perth's Banksia Hill Detention Centre tells the ABC boredom and drugs are behind recent violence inside the juvenile facility.
Topics: youth, law-crime-and-justice, crime-prevention, wa, perth-6000
Leyonhjelm's party looks to contest WA election
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New South Wales senator David Leyonhjelm applies to register his Liberal Democratic Party to run in the March 2017 West Australian election.
Topics: elections, political-parties, wa
WA prison to get $15k for every female prisoner who does not return
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A private firm will be paid a bonus by the West Australia Government for every woman who does not return to jail two years after leaving.
Unions join campaign against Grylls' mining tax
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The union movement adds its voice to the campaign against the West Australian Nationals' proposed mining tax, flagging fears the plan risks jobs and could lead to pay cuts for workers.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, industry, government-and-politics, unions, wa
Former WA premier Richard Court named ambassador to Japan
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Former West Australian Liberal premier Richard Court will be Australia's next ambassador to Japan and is expected to take up his post early next year.
Topics: foreign-affairs, government-and-politics, japan, wa, asia
WA NDIS trial has serious shortcomings, lawyer says
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A Perth lawyer, whose brother is part of the West Australian National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) trial, says it has serious policy shortcomings.
Topics: disabilities, health, federal-government, federal---state-issues, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, health-policy, carers, wa, australia
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