Twenty-four parkruns in 24 hours no sweat for WA runner
By Paul Cook, Peter Barr, Stan Shaw, and Rosemary Murphy
An Albany man runs roughly three marathons in laps of a hilly parkrun to raise funds for a charity that helped him through a tough time.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-16/ben-castlehow-ran-24-parkruns-in-24-hours-in-albany/106229186
#ExerciseandFitness #Homelessness #RegionalCommunities #Charities #PaulCook #PeterBarr #StanShaw # #RosemaryMurphy
A career for all ages: Meet the truckies keeping Australia on the road
By Asha Couch and Peter Barr
At 83, truck driver Terry Bairstow says he would not change a thing after spending six decades behind the wheel carting grain and sheep.
#RoadTransportIndustry #VocationalEducationandTraining #Careers #AshaCouch #PeterBarr
Regional communities pull together amid cost of living pressures
By Rosemary Murphy and Peter Barr
The WA Council of Social Services has found single-parent families are falling short of covering the cost of basics by $90 a week, while the shortfall for renting pensioners is $70.
#CostofLiving #RegionalCommunities #RosemaryMurphy #PeterBarr
Residents' 6-day mobile outage leaves them without essential services
By Paul Cook, Peter Barr, and Samantha Goerling
Porongurup businesses are frustrated by what they describe as a lack of communications and urgency surrounding a 6-day mobile outage.
#MobileandInternetAccess #PaulCook #PeterBarr # #SamanthaGoerling
Boat found in search for fisherman missing off Albany
By Eliza Kavanagh, Peter Barr, and Samantha Goerling
Western Australian authorities search for a man who failed to return from a fishing trip off the Albany coast on Tuesday night.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12-03/man-fails-to-return-from-fishing-trip-off-albany/106096490
#MarineIncidents #ElizaKavanagh #PeterBarr # #SamanthaGoerling
Mother urges others to reach out after terrifying postpartum 'blackout rage'
By Amelia Searson and Peter Barr
When Ali Gossage gave birth a second time, she did not experience the constant joys of motherhood. Instead, she was sometimes filled with "terrifying" anger.
#Women #WomensHealth #MentalHealth #PregnancyandChildbirth #AmeliaSearson #PeterBarr
Safety warning over heritage machinery after doctor crushed
By Andrew Chounding and Peter Barr
What started as a routine day of chores for a country GP and his son became a life-or-death situation after he was crushed by a vintage tractor.
#Farmers #AgriculturalMachinery #OccupationalHealthandSafety #AndrewChounding #PeterBarr
Close whale and calf encounter renews calls for boats to keep back
By Rhys Jones , Eliza Kavanagh, Peter Barr, and Kate Forrester
The latest close encounter with a protected whale species has renewed calls for the public to give the animals space.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-15/boat-approaches-southern-right-whale-and-calf-wa/105893974
#EndangeredandProtectedSpecies #MarineBiology #RhysJones #ElizaKavanagh #PeterBarr # #KateForrester
Paddleboarder filming too close to whales in WA's south gets nudged
By Peter Barr and Rosemary Murphy
Drone footage shows a paddleboarder getting too close to film a southern right whale mother and calf, and nudged away, off Point Ann.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-23/paddleboarder-gets-too-close-to-whales-to-film-them/105801626
Wheelchair user left to fend for herself during six-hour Rex flight delay
By Andrew Chounding and Peter Barr
Albany woman Debby Butler says she had to ask strangers to help her to the bathroom after Rex delayed her flight home from Perth Airport and left her without a wheelchair.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-16/rex-passenger-issues-albany-perth-wheelchair-user-/105774708
#AirTransportIndustry #DisabilityAccess #RegionalCommunities #AndrewChounding #PeterBarr
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