Smokes 'menu' a sign of illegal tobacco trade's growth in country WA
By Chloe Henville
Community leaders have called on the West Australian government to take concrete action as violence and crime associated with the illegal tobacco trade spreads to the state's Wheatbelt.
#Vaping #RegionalCommunities #Smoking #LawCrimeandJustice #ChloeHenville
Guns seized as hunt for alleged WA shooter continues
By Chloe Henville and Rhiannon Shine
Police say Kenneth Giles is not a licensed firearms holder, as the search for the 58-year-old continues across hundreds of thousands of kilometres of country WA.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-09/kenneth-john-giles-mullewa-manhunt-police-update/106211998
#Shootings #MissingPerson #Police #ChloeHenville #RhiannonShine
No sightings of shooting suspect as manhunt continues in WA's Midwest
By Chloe Henville and Bransen Gibson
Police have issued a "personal plea" for Kenneth John Giles to turn himself in, almost 24 hours after a shooting in Mullewa.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-08/mullewa-shooting-manhunt-continues-kenneth-giles/106209978
'If I was dying, I'd be dead': Calls for better backups as 000 calls fail
By Chloe Henville and Claire Moodie
Midwest WA residents could not reach Triple Zero amid a perfect storm of severe weather and fires, causing extended mobile and power outages.
#TelecommunicationsServicesIndustry #RegionalCommunities #EmergencyServices #ChloeHenville #ClaireMoodie
Multiple emergency bushfires blazing across WA as website crashes
By Chloe Henville
Western Australia's emergency warning system fails as multiple bushfires threaten lives and homes in the state's south.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-15/wa-regs-emergency-bushfire/106146320
Man jailed for hit-and-run that left 3yo in critical condition
By Chloe Henville and Brianna Melville
The boy was dragged under a car for more than 100 metres, with the judge saying she does not know how he survived.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-12/geraldton-man-sentenced-hit-and-run-young-child/106135848
#Courts #RoadAccidentsandIncidents #ChloeHenville #BriannaMelville
Fire fears as flares deployed in backyard during extreme conditions
By Brianna Melville and Chloe Henville
A woman in WA's Midwest says she found a lit flare in her backyard in the early hours of the morning during extreme bushfire conditions.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-11/flare-fire-resident-geraldton/106102690
#Fires #Arson #MarineTransportIndustry #BriannaMelville #ChloeHenville
'Motherships', corpses and 'comical' failures as drug smugglers try it all
By Chloe Henville
The alleged use of an international livestock ship to smuggle drugs into Western Australia last month prompted a media storm, but one expert says it is just one among a "dizzying variety" of methods criminals are trying.
The alleged use of an international livestock ship to smuggle drugs into Western Australia last month prompted a media storm, but one expert says it is just one among a "dizzying variety" of methods criminals are trying.
Community raises funds after two children charged over Geraldton fire
By Chloe Henville and Brianna Melville
While police say the investigation is over, the local community is still trying to move forward from the devastation.
'Decided to take some action': Town tired of waiting for state to develop social housing
By Chloe Henville
A small shire has taken housing for older people into its hands and taken land back from the state government.
#AgeingPopulation #AgedCare #PublicHousing #StateandTerritoryGovernment #LocalGovernment #ChloeHenville
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