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Expert criticises move to let Rottweiler off leash before it mauled child

A dog behaviour specialist believes a Rottweiler which inflicted serious injuries on a four-year-old girl at a WA beach should not have been allowed to roam free, despite the beach allowing off-lead dogs.

A mother and daughter play at a table inside a home

Published: 10h agoWed 15 Jan 2025 at 8:23amSource: ABC Radio PerthTopic: Dog Attacksby Lauren Smith

After tragic day, authorities issue warning over spate of WA drownings

Drownings in Western Australia have been unusually high for the past three years and Royal Life Saving WA fears the trend is set to continue.

Police at a lake with trees and a hut in the foreground

Published: 11h agoWed 15 Jan 2025 at 7:22amSource: ABC NewsTopic: Drowningsby Ruby Littler

EV owners frustrated by unreliability of WA charging network

An EV owners group has blasted the WA government over the state's charging stations, saying its appalling and not fit for purpose.

A hand holds an electric vehicle charging plug against a car.

Duration: 1 minute 53 seconds

Published: 14h agoWed 15 Jan 2025 at 4:10amSource: ABC Radio PerthTopic: Electric Vehicleswith Nadia Mitsopoulos

Patient group queries costs of TV in Perth's public hospitals

The Health Consumers' Council of WA says TV access can help soothe patients during what can be an overwhelming experience.

Published: 14h agoWed 15 Jan 2025 at 3:36amSource: ABC Radio PerthTopic: Healthby Hilary Smale and Emma Wynne

Family holiday spot now 'place of fear' after 4yo mauled by dog

A four-year-old girl is recovering after being viciously mauled by a Rottweiler at a WA beach while on holiday with her family.

Published: 19h agoTue 14 Jan 2025 at 10:58pmSource: ABC NewsTopic: Dog Attacksby Charlotte Hamlyn

WA minister named as witness in lawsuit from survivor of alleged child sex abuse

WA government minister Don Punch is named in the District Court as being one of the people who, in the late 1980s, decided to return a young boy to his home where he was allegedly being sexually abused.

Published: YesterdayTue 14 Jan 2025 at 1:34pmSource: ABC NewsTopic: Government and Politicsby Joanna Menagh

'Everyone was in tears': Rescuer describes frantic efforts to save drowned teen

A teenage boy dies after being pulled from the water by emergency services at a public lake in Perth's east.

A fire truck parked on sand near water, with floatation devices seen nearby.

Duration: 1 minute 14 seconds

Published: 18h agoWed 15 Jan 2025 at 12:02amSource: ABC NewsTopic: Drowningsby Phoebe Pin and Grace Burmas

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EV owners frustrated by unreliability of WA charging network

An EV owners group has blasted the WA government over the state's charging stations, saying its appalling and not fit for purpose.

Duration: 1 minute 53 seconds

Source: ABC Radio PerthTopic: Electric Vehicleswith Nadia Mitsopoulos

Feed your fruit trees, they're hungry!

Jo and Sab get stuck into your summer gardening tips. 07:07 Why your passionfruit tree - and other fruit trees - are hungry in summer. 12:20 Bury your offal (unless you have a hungry dog). 17:47 Wondering when to prune your Hoya?

close up of oranges on a tree with sunlight in the background.

Duration: 24 minutes

Source: ABC Radio PerthTopic: Horticulturewith Jo Trilling and Sabrina Hahn

WA fire chief says LA fires unlike anything Australia has ever seen

Darren Klemm, WA Fire and Emergency Services Commissioner, says the spread of fire into suburban streets in Los Angeles is unprecedented.

An older man in a Department and Fire Emergency Services uniform points to a map on the screen

Duration: 3 minutes 26 seconds

Source: ABC Radio PerthTopic: Bushfireswith Nadia Mitsopoulos

Swim champion teaches people to feel confident in the ocean

Champion marathon swimmer Shelley Taylor-Smith is helping others feel confident in the ocean with a free swimming group that meets twice a week in North Beach.

A group of people standing waist deep in the ocean

Duration: 9 minutes

Source: ABC Radio PerthTopic: Swimmingwith Jo Trilling

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WA Treasurer Rita Saffioti has criticised the opposition over the cost of its election promises

After being criticised for its election promises costings process during the last election campaign, the WA Liberal party is again facing scrutiny of its potential spend if elected.

Duration: 2 minutes

Source: ABC News

Tragedy as teenage boy drowns in lake east of Perth

A teenage boy has died after being pulled from the water by emergency services at a public lake in Perth's east.

Duration: 1 minute 14 seconds

Source: ABC News

Police continue to investigate why a man was driving the wrong way down a Perth highway, killing four

Police are investigating whether a road crash that killed four people on a major Perth highway could have been a murder-suicide.

Duration: 2 minutes 17 seconds

Source: ABC News

AFP officers arrest a woman on the tarmac at Perth airport

Footage released by the AFP captures the moment a woman allegedly stabbed an AFP officer with a pen while being arrested at Perth airport.

Duration: 1 minute 28 seconds

Source: ABC News

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Expert criticises move to let Rottweiler off leash before it mauled child

Source: ABC Radio PerthTopic: Dog Attacksby Lauren Smith

Patient group queries costs of TV in Perth's public hospitals

The Health Consumers' Council of WA says TV access can help soothe patients during what can be an overwhelming experience.

Source: ABC Radio PerthTopic: Healthby Hilary Smale and Emma Wynne

Warning of history repeating as WA government spruiks ferry expansion

WA Labor says it will press ahead with plans to expand Swan River ferry services, extending connections to UWA and Applecross, despite concerns from sailing clubs about increased river traffic.

Passengers disembark a ferry in South Perth with the CBD and Swan River behind them.

Source: ABC Radio PerthTopic: Public Transportby Emma Wynne

Perth's entry to the jet age came with the glamour, and tension, of airport catering

The cocktail bar at Perth airport was once the only place in town to get a drink on a Sunday night, and locals made the most of it.

Source: ABC Radio PerthTopic: Historyby Emma Wynne

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Your chance to win in our Summer Giveaway

Listen to ABC Radio Perth all summer for your chance to win a selection of books perfect for your holiday reading! Lucky winners will also receive an ABC Perth tote bag and paddle fan.

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Published: 10 Dec 2024Tue 10 Dec 2024 at 2:27amSource: ABC PERTH

ABC Radio Perth’s Golden Ticket could be yours!

Want tickets to some of Perth’s biggest events and experiences? ABC Radio Perth has you covered. We are giving you the chance to win a fantastic prize package when we launch our Golden Ticket in January 2025!

Images of Roxette, Optus stadium, Cyndi Lauper, Jesus Christ Superstar cast and WASO

Published: MonMon 13 Jan 2025 at 2:33amSource: ABC PERTH

Join Mark Gibson for 'Breakfast by the lake'

We've taken you to the beach and the river - now we're taking you to some of Perth's best lakes! Join Mark Gibson for 'Breakfast by the Lake' as we broadcast live from some of the city's finest wetlands.

Lake Monger in background and Mark Gibson in the foreground

Published: 8 Jan 2025Wed 8 Jan 2025 at 1:50amSource: ABC PERTH

Hear every ball, all summer

Get ready for a huge summer of cricket, with ODI, T20 and Test cricket coverage, plus the men's and women's BBL. Join our expert commentary team including Jim Maxwell, Harsha Bhogle, Sunil Gavaskar and more.

Published: 21 Nov 2024Thu 21 Nov 2024 at 3:41amSource: Radio

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Tennis has found its Next Big Thing

He's 18 and just beat the ninth seed in his grand slam debut. He can serve 240kmph. Roger Federer's company has signed him up. He's softly spoken, but his game is loud. Joao Fonseca just announced himself as the Next Big Thing in tennis.

Duration: 14 minutes 45 seconds

Source: ListenTopic: Sport

Nick Kyrgios says he’s done, do we believe it?

Was this the end? Or at least the beginning of the end? That was certainly the feeling from Nick Kyrgios as he talked about being unlikely to return to the AO in a singles capacity.

Duration: 14 minutes 54 seconds

Source: ListenTopic: Sport

Who has the most at stake in Sri Lanka?

Australia's Test side beat India. They've qualified for the World Test Championship final. The Ashes are the 'Next Big Thing'. So, the tour of Sri Lanka could feel innocuous, only there's actually a lot at stake.

Duration: 14 minutes 19 seconds

Source: ListenTopic: Sport

Friends puzzled over disappearance of experienced yachtsman

A WA sailor who has not been seen since leaving Albany more than a fortnight ago had done the journey solo many times, according to a friend.

A yacht with a man on board in the water

Source: ABC Great SouthernTopic: Missing Person

WA News

WA Treasurer Rita Saffioti has criticised the opposition over the cost of its election promises

After being criticised for its election promises costings process during the last election campaign, the WA Liberal party is again facing scrutiny of its potential spend if elected.

Duration: 2 minutes

Source: ABC NewsTopic: Government and Politics

Expert criticises move to let Rottweiler off leash before it mauled child

Source: ABC Radio PerthTopic: Dog Attacksby Lauren Smith

After tragic day, authorities issue warning over spate of WA drownings

Drownings in Western Australia have been unusually high for the past three years and Royal Life Saving WA fears the trend is set to continue.

Source: ABC NewsTopic: Drowningsby Ruby Littler

Hopes for fresh start as Vatican appoints new Bishops in Broome, Bunbury

The union representing Australia's faith workers hopes the formal appointment of new bishops in Bunbury and Broome will help the Catholic church move on from a controversial period.

Source: ABC South West WATopic: Religious Leadersby Andrew Williams

National News

Residents want answers after Mornington Peninsula landslides

Residents yet to return home two years after a landslide on the Mornington Peninsula say their concerns have been ignored. It comes after another landslide destroyed a home and damaged two other properties on Tuesday.

A retaining wall on top of soil that has slipped away on the side of a cliff to the left of a house.

Published: 20m agoWed 15 Jan 2025 at 6:08pmSource: ABC NewsTopic: Landslidesby Mikaela Ortolan and Costa Haritos Costa Haritos

Live: Netanyahu denies reports Hamas, Israel have 'reached ceasefire deal'

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu denies reports his country and Hamas have agreed to a complex ceasefire deal that will see hostilities in Gaza end and hostages and prisoners released in stages. Follow live.

Children walk through a rubble-strewn street pictured from inside a truck filled with bedding

Published: 8m agoWed 15 Jan 2025 at 6:20pmSource: ABC NewsTopic: Unrest, Conflict and Warby Matthew Doran, Riley Stuart, Patrick Martin and Thomas Morgan

Russia plotted 'acts of air terror', Polish PM says

Donald Tusk says Russia had been seeking to conduct attacks on airlines belonging to Poland and other countries.

A plane coming in to land at sunset, against an orange sky, taken from the ground from behind.

Published: 4h agoWed 15 Jan 2025 at 2:01pmSource: ABC NewsTopic: Terrorism

How to see the rare 'Sun-skirter' comet entering our skies this week

The Sun-skirter comet C/2024 G3 is visible from the southern hemisphere this week as it makes its second-ever swing around our Sun.

A blue image of the comet as a white trail across the screen

Duration: 4 minutes 33 seconds

Published: 4h agoWed 15 Jan 2025 at 1:31pmSource: ABC NewsTopic: Astronomyby Aoife Hilton

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Expert criticises move to let Rottweiler off leash before it mauled child

After tragic day, authorities issue warning over spate of WA drownings

EV owners frustrated by unreliability of WA charging network

Patient group queries costs of TV in Perth's public hospitals

Family holiday spot now 'place of fear' after 4yo mauled by dog

WA minister named as witness in lawsuit from survivor of alleged child sex abuse

'Everyone was in tears': Rescuer describes frantic efforts to save drowned teen

EV owners frustrated by unreliability of WA charging network

Feed your fruit trees, they're hungry!

WA fire chief says LA fires unlike anything Australia has ever seen

Swim champion teaches people to feel confident in the ocean

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WA Treasurer Rita Saffioti has criticised the opposition over the cost of its election promises

Tragedy as teenage boy drowns in lake east of Perth

Police continue to investigate why a man was driving the wrong way down a Perth highway, killing four

AFP officers arrest a woman on the tarmac at Perth airport

Expert criticises move to let Rottweiler off leash before it mauled child

Patient group queries costs of TV in Perth's public hospitals

Warning of history repeating as WA government spruiks ferry expansion

Perth's entry to the jet age came with the glamour, and tension, of airport catering

Your chance to win in our Summer Giveaway

ABC Radio Perth’s Golden Ticket could be yours!

Join Mark Gibson for 'Breakfast by the lake'

Hear every ball, all summer

Tennis has found its Next Big Thing

Nick Kyrgios says he’s done, do we believe it?

Who has the most at stake in Sri Lanka?

Friends puzzled over disappearance of experienced yachtsman

WA Treasurer Rita Saffioti has criticised the opposition over the cost of its election promises

Expert criticises move to let Rottweiler off leash before it mauled child

After tragic day, authorities issue warning over spate of WA drownings

Hopes for fresh start as Vatican appoints new Bishops in Broome, Bunbury

Residents want answers after Mornington Peninsula landslides

Live: Netanyahu denies reports Hamas, Israel have 'reached ceasefire deal'

Russia plotted 'acts of air terror', Polish PM says

How to see the rare 'Sun-skirter' comet entering our skies this week

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