Tom Wildie

• Perth Freight Link opponents stage final pre-election stand (photos)

  By Tom Wildie

  Posted March 05, 2017 16:41:30

  Hundreds of East and North Fremantle residents stage what they say is their last stand against the Liberal Government's controversial Perth Freight Link project, before next Saturday's West Australian election.

  Topics: road-transport, government-and-politics, fremantle-6160, east-fremantle-6158, north-fremantle-6159

• Home care funding changes set to help older Australians (photos)

  By Tom Wildie

  Posted February 27, 2017 15:06:32 | Updated February 27, 2017 15:10:33

  Florence Northern has been using home care for three years after suffering a fall while getting out of bed — and now changes to the way it is funded could benefit her and thousands of other older Australians.

  Topics: aged-care, federal-government, perth-6000, wa, australia

• Are the days of the iconic Carnaby's cockatoo numbered in Perth?

  By Tom Wildie

  Posted February 24, 2017 12:37:01 | Updated February 24, 2017 15:38:33

  Western Australia's iconic Carnaby's cockatoo could be lost from the Perth metropolitan area if pine plantation clearing in the city's north is not halted, WWF Australia warns.

  Topics: birds, environment, animal-behaviour, animal-science, perth-6000, wa

• Australian scientists make breakthrough in fight against superbugs

  By Tom Wildie

  Posted February 15, 2017 09:18:27

  Researchers discover the three-dimensional structure of a protein responsible for multi-drug resistant bacteria, in a major step forward in the battle against antibiotic resistance.

  Topics: health, infectious-diseases-other, diseases-and-disorders, wa, australia

• Fears Northam sewage spill could wash downstream to Perth (photos)

  By Tom Wildie and Graeme Powell

  Posted February 13, 2017 09:58:25 | Updated February 13, 2017 10:10:19

  There are fears sewage from a town upstream of Perth could wash down the Swan River and contaminate the waterway, a situation caused by major flooding in Western Australia over the weekend in the wake of a tropical low.

  Topics: storm-disaster, disasters-and-accidents, wa, northam-6401, perth-6000, ravensthorpe-6346, gibson-6448, esperance-6450

• Flood warnings remain as WA braces for more heavy rain

  By Tom Wildie

  Posted February 10, 2017 22:45:19 | Updated February 11, 2017 09:09:32

  Towns across southern Western Australia are preparing for more rain with severe weather warnings still in place for large portions of the state, after heavy downpours caused widespread flooding and left some residents cut off.

  Topics: weather, floods, wagin-6315, northam-6401, albany-6330, jerramungup-6337, katanning-6317, gnowangerup-6335

• Rooftop solar growth could send WA power tariffs soaring: study (photos)

  By Kathryn Diss and Tom Wildie

  Posted February 08, 2017 09:04:36

  West Australian consumers could face huge power price hikes in the coming years unless the State Government starts to factor in the exponential growth of renewable energy, a new study finds.

  Topics: solar-energy, electricity-energy-and-utilities, energy, states-and-territories, bunbury-6230, busselton-6280, wa

• NASA robot set for work on WA oil and gas projects

  By Tom Wildie

  Posted February 02, 2017 19:41:29 | Updated February 02, 2017 23:02:55

  A West Australian petroleum company will use a NASA humanoid robot to explore how the technology could be used to improve safety, reliability and efficiency in high-risk and remote environments.

  Topics: robots-and-artificial-intelligence, science-and-technology, mining-industry, wa, perth-6000

• Remote WA to host Hollywood outback adventure film from producer of Juno

  By Tom Wildie

  Posted January 30, 2017 09:12:02 | Updated January 30, 2017 09:33:40

  Western Australia is set to play host to three major screen productions this year, with two films and a television series to be filmed in the state.

  Topics: film-movies, perth-6000, wa

• 'People don't want to do it': WA farmers walking away from sheep

  By Tom Wildie

  Posted January 25, 2017 22:59:33 | Updated January 26, 2017 14:05:05

  Sheep numbers in Western Australia fall to their lowest level in 20 years, sparking concerns the state will not be able to capitalise on rising international demand.

  Topics: sheep-production, livestock, trade, perth-6000, wa

• No extra prison time for 'Postcard Bandit' over Fremantle jailbreak

  By Tom Wildie

  Posted January 16, 2017 15:09:12 | Updated January 16, 2017 18:34:48

  Notorious bank robber and prison escapee Brenden Abbott is handed a five-month concurrent jail term for breaking out of Fremantle prison in Perth almost 30 years ago.

  Topics: courts-and-trials, prisons-and-punishment, armed-robbery, perth-6000, fremantle-6160, wa

• Scarborough Beach deal struck with Roe 8 contractor (photos)

  By Tom Wildie

  Posted January 14, 2017 15:28:10 | Updated January 14, 2017 21:50:06

  The West Australian Government awards a $51 million contract for the redevelopment of Scarborough Beach in Perth, with work scheduled to begin in the coming weeks.

  Topics: lifestyle-and-leisure, states-and-territories, scarborough-6019, perth-6000

• Warning to WA home builders as complaints rise

  By Tom Wildie

  Posted January 12, 2017 12:18:09 | Updated January 12, 2017 15:48:51

  An increase in builder-related complaints in the last financial year has prompted a warning for homeowners from WA's building regulator, which says it is amazed at how many people are rushing into projects.

  Topics: building-and-construction, consumer-protection, perth-6000, wa

• Man rushed to hospital after stabbing in Perth

  By Tom Wildie

  Posted January 11, 2017 00:45:22 | Updated January 11, 2017 00:51:07

  A man is rushed to hospital and a large area near the Wesley Church is cordoned off after a stabbing in Perth's city centre.

  Topics: crime, perth-6000

• Move to expand Perth's Guildford Road sparks anger from locals

  By Tom Wildie and David Weber

  Posted January 06, 2017 10:36:09 | Updated January 06, 2017 16:01:49

  One of the major roads used to access the Perth airport and the city's east is due to be significantly widened, triggering concerns from residents and businesses that have been told their properties will be partially demolished.

  Topics: urban-development-and-planning, maylands-6051, wa, bayswater-6053, perth-6000

• Man's car seized after alleged illegal haul of 255 abalone

  By Tom Wildie

  Posted January 05, 2017 20:25:31

  A man has his car impounded and faces fines of up to $400,000 and four years in jail after allegedly being caught with 17 times the legal limit of abalone in Western Australia.

  Topics: law-crime-and-justice, illegal-fishing, wa, perth-6000

• Perth Airport worker critical after tanker mishap

  By Tom Wildie

  Posted January 03, 2017 14:35:06 | Updated January 03, 2017 18:34:10

  A fuel tanker hits a worker on the tarmac at Perth Airport, leaving him in hospital with critical injuries.

  Topics: accidents, perth-airport-6105

• More 24/7 police stations promised by WA Labor

  By Tom Wildie

  Posted January 02, 2017 16:16:23

  The WA Government dismisses Labor's election promise of more 24-hour police stations as "shallow politics", but the Opposition says it is responding to public demand.

  Topics: police, crime, states-and-territories, perth-6000, wa, ellenbrook-6069

• Anti-stab vests proposed for WA hospital security staff

  By Tom Wildie

  Posted January 01, 2017 18:47:00

  WA Labor promises to introduce anti-stab vests for hospital security staff if it wins the March election, but the Premier resists making a similar pledge.

  Topics: healthcare-facilities, doctors-and-medical-professionals, wa

• Lift your game, WA Premier tells motorists as two more killed

  By Tom Wildie and Graeme Powell

  Posted January 01, 2017 17:39:00 | Updated January 02, 2017 14:15:53

  Colin Barnett issues a stern warning to WA motorists and urges them to take responsibility for their actions after a 20 per cent jump in the annual road toll, as two people die in crashes on the first day of the year.

  Topics: disasters-and-accidents, road, death, wa

• WA meth purity at highest level

  By Tom Wildie

  Posted December 30, 2016 19:35:59

  The purity of methylamphetamine in WA is at the highest level ever recorded, prompting a warning from health authorities.

  Topics: drugs-and-substance-abuse, police, community-and-society, wa

• Preparation key to recovering from disaster, experts say

  By Tom Wildie

  Posted December 27, 2016 15:39:01

  How can people who are directly impacted by a natural disaster such as a bushfire recover any sense of normality following the loss of homes, livelihoods, and even life?

• Lifeline counsellors working hard over Christmas

  By Tom Wildie

  Posted December 25, 2016 12:49:25

  While most people will be enjoy spending Christmas with their loved ones, for some people the festive period is the most difficult time of the year and Lifeline's WA counsellors are expecting a call every 32 seconds.

  Topics: charities-and-community-organisations, suicide, mental-health, perth-6000

• Suburban street rocked by arrest of accused Claremont serial killer

  By Tom Wildie

  Posted December 23, 2016 17:03:47 | Updated December 23, 2016 18:54:36

  On a quiet street in a semi-industrial suburb of Perth, residents went about their lives unaware a suspected killer was living among them.

  Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, law-crime-and-justice, community-and-society, wa, kewdale-6105, claremont-6010

• WA prisons overcrowded, report finds

  By Tom Wildie

  Posted December 19, 2016 18:30:11

  West Australian prisoners are being held in cells that fall short of national and international standards in overcrowded prisons, according to the Office of the Inspector of Custodial Services (OICS).

  Topics: prisons-and-punishment, government-and-politics, wa

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