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Perth childcare worker found guilty of scratching children in her care, but acquitted of most charges
A childcare worker accused of assaulting preschoolers at an early learning centre in Perth's north is found guilty of just five of the 32 charges she was facing.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Courts and Trials
Dean Cox resists lure of West Coast coaching job, opts to stay in Sydney
West Coast club legend Dean Cox rules himself out of the running for the Eagles vacant coaching role, opting instead to stay in Sydney with the Swans.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Sport
'Cold War' fears for residents south of Perth as nuclear waste facility clears hurdle
Rockingham residents express alarm at the prospect of a radioactive waste facility at HMAS Stirling naval base on Garden Island, following a decision by the nuclear safety watchdog to approve a plan to prepare a site for one.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Nuclear Issues
'Utterly unacceptable': Airline industry under fire after Fremantle flew for hours with no working toilets
The AFL is investigating exactly what took place after Fremantle players were forced to fly home with no working toilets due to a plane running out of water half an hour into a four-hour journey.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: AFL
'A surge of life': why some people experience an end-of-life rally
During his career in aged care, Ian Simms has witnessed some extraordinary moments as people who are dying experience a sudden burst of energy. Is it to take care of unfinished business?
Published: Source: ABC Radio PerthTopic: Death and Dying
Duration: 11 minutes 46 seconds
'Twiggy is not walking back from hydrogen': Forrest plays down impact of Fortescue job cuts
Mining magnate Andrew Forrest says a move to slash 700 jobs from Fortescue is not a sign he is pulling away from his green hydrogen ambitions.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Hydrogen Fuel
Duration: 11 minutes 1 second
Cold case review sees pensioner charged with sexually assaulting teen girls 30 years ago
A pensioner accused of sexually assaulting two teenage girls more than 30 years ago is released on bail after being arrested in a cold case review.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Crime
Customers in limbo after Perth home builder loses legal authority to undertake construction works
A Perth home builder with scores of unfinished projects on the books is no longer able to legally undertake construction works.
Published: Source: ABC Radio PerthTopic: Construction and Real Estate Industry
'I didn't even know that 29-year-olds could have strokes'
Evie had a stoke in her late twenties. Now, she hopes to spread awareness as an advocate for young stroke survivors.
Published: Source: ABC Radio PerthTopic: Stroke
Duration: 3 minutes
'Feel like a bushfire victim': Pensioner forced to leave WA due to unaffordable rents
74-year-old Phillip Jones has been forced to start again in New South Wales because it costs too much to live in WA.
Published: Source: ABC Radio Perth
Duration: 7 minutes 51 seconds
Spotlight: what is the future of Perth's groundwater?
Water Minister Simone McGurk and an expert panel tackle some tough questions from a live audience on one of our most precious, and limited, resources.
Published: Source: ABC Radio PerthTopic: Water
Duration: 51 minutes 32 seconds
Joey Vines drowned quietly in a neighbour's pool. Years later, his family is finally smiling again
Joey's family had just moved into their new rental home and were waiting for removalists to deliver their furniture, but when they arrived he had disappeared.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Family
Man due to face court over South Perth stabbing after being charged by police
A 20-year-old man is arrested and charged over a stabbing in South Perth which left another man in hospital with serious injuries and forced the closure of a section of Canning Highway.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Crime
Brittany Higgins's $2.4m Commonwealth payout at risk after Linda Reynolds wins court ruling
Senator Linda Reynolds wins a legal bid to access the details of a protective trust into which Brittany Higgins put funds from her $2.4 million settlement with the Commonwealth.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Courts and Trials
Andrew Forrest's Fortescue slashes 700 jobs amid green technology commitment
Andrew 'Twiggy' Forrest will axe 700 jobs from mining company Fortescue by the end of July to streamline business.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Mining and Metals Industry
Murder trial hears man deliberately stabbed partner to death after domestic violence
Christopher Tomas Dimer fatally stabbed his partner of four years in Perth after she suffered abuse at his hands, a WA court hears.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Domestic Violence
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