Tim Carrier
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Social Media Producer for ABC Perth. Sharer of news. Lover of cricket,
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Hundreds of thousands of dollars have been spent catching fewer than a dozen drunk skippers on West Australian waters.
Drug and alcohol testing catches just 11 drunk skippers on WA waters
Hundreds of thousands of dollars have been spent catching fewer than a dozen drunk skippers on West Australian waters.
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August 28, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Hundreds of thousands of dollars have been spent catching fewer than a dozen drunk skippers on West Australian waters.
Former West Coast Eagles defender Mitch Brown has become the first openly bisexual man in AFL history, saying he hopes his story helps create the "safety, comfort, and space" for others to come forward.
Ex-West Coast defender Brown becomes AFL's first openly bisexual player
Former AFL player Mitch Brown creates history by becoming the first person in the league's 129-year history to reveal he is bisexual.
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August 27, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Former West Coast Eagles defender Mitch Brown has become the first openly bisexual man in AFL history, saying he hopes his story helps create the "safety, comfort, and space" for others to come forward.
Broadcaster turned-Perth Lord Mayor Basil Zempilas has completed his rapid rise through Liberal ranks to become the party's new leader.
Mr Zempilas was elected to the position unopposed at a party room meeting. Former leader, Libby Mettam, will serve as his deputy.
Mr Zempilas was elected to the position unopposed at a party room meeting. Former leader, Libby Mettam, will serve as his deputy.
Newly-minted MP Basil Zempilas voted in unopposed as WA Liberal's new leader
After winning his seat by an extremely thin margin, newly minted Churchlands MP and Perth Lord Mayor, Basil Zempilas, has been voted by his colleagues as leader of the WA Liberals.
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March 25, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Broadcaster turned-Perth Lord Mayor Basil Zempilas has completed his rapid rise through Liberal ranks to become the party's new leader.
Mr Zempilas was elected to the position unopposed at a party room meeting. Former leader, Libby Mettam, will serve as his deputy.
Mr Zempilas was elected to the position unopposed at a party room meeting. Former leader, Libby Mettam, will serve as his deputy.
The WA Greens say strengthening the government’s climate change legislation will be a top priority after they seize the balance of power in the upper house. #ABCNews #PerthNews #WAPol
As Labor loses total control, WA's upper house is set to get interesting
The WA Greens say strengthening the government’s climate change legislation will be a top priority after they seize the balance of power in the upper house.
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March 12, 2025 at 1:56 AM
The WA Greens say strengthening the government’s climate change legislation will be a top priority after they seize the balance of power in the upper house. #ABCNews #PerthNews #WAPol
As WA's major parties make significant election pledges to address the housing crisis, in one part of Perth where suburbs are bursting at the seams and homelessness is rising, services are pleading for urgent help.
#WAStateElection #WAElection2025 #WAPol #Housing #Homelessness
#WAStateElection #WAElection2025 #WAPol #Housing #Homelessness
Abandoned bush campsite in Perth's south-east a symbol of housing crisis
As the WA election draws promises to address the housing crisis, in one part of Perth where suburbs are bursting at the seams and homelessness is rising, services are pleading for urgent help.
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March 6, 2025 at 2:39 AM
As WA's major parties make significant election pledges to address the housing crisis, in one part of Perth where suburbs are bursting at the seams and homelessness is rising, services are pleading for urgent help.
#WAStateElection #WAElection2025 #WAPol #Housing #Homelessness
#WAStateElection #WAElection2025 #WAPol #Housing #Homelessness
WA Premier Roger Cook has called US Vice-President JD Vance a "knob" during a leadership forum in Perth.
Cook was participating in a rapid-fire "finish the sentence" game with a reporter.
JOURNALIST: JD Vance is a …
ROGER COOK: Knob.
STORY: bit.ly/3F598AL
Cook was participating in a rapid-fire "finish the sentence" game with a reporter.
JOURNALIST: JD Vance is a …
ROGER COOK: Knob.
STORY: bit.ly/3F598AL
March 4, 2025 at 3:13 AM
WA Premier Roger Cook has called US Vice-President JD Vance a "knob" during a leadership forum in Perth.
Cook was participating in a rapid-fire "finish the sentence" game with a reporter.
JOURNALIST: JD Vance is a …
ROGER COOK: Knob.
STORY: bit.ly/3F598AL
Cook was participating in a rapid-fire "finish the sentence" game with a reporter.
JOURNALIST: JD Vance is a …
ROGER COOK: Knob.
STORY: bit.ly/3F598AL
On the first weekend of election campaigning, WA Labor and Liberals have announced their health policies days after a damning report into ambulance ramping in WA.
Labor has promised a $104m upgrade to Royal Perth Hospital, while the Liberals have committed $91m to funding more urgent care clinics.
Labor has promised a $104m upgrade to Royal Perth Hospital, while the Liberals have committed $91m to funding more urgent care clinics.
WA Labor, Liberals reveal health policies after damning ambulance ramping report
In the first weekend of election campaigning, Labor is promising a multi-million-dollar upgrade to Royal Perth Hospital's emergency department, while the Liberals are committing $91m for urgent care c...
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February 10, 2025 at 2:04 AM
On the first weekend of election campaigning, WA Labor and Liberals have announced their health policies days after a damning report into ambulance ramping in WA.
Labor has promised a $104m upgrade to Royal Perth Hospital, while the Liberals have committed $91m to funding more urgent care clinics.
Labor has promised a $104m upgrade to Royal Perth Hospital, while the Liberals have committed $91m to funding more urgent care clinics.
The report found that in December 2024, the Broome–Perth route had the lowest percentage of on-time arrivals (47.9%) and the lowest percentage of on-time departures (39.7%) in Australia.
The Broome International Airport also recorded the lowest percentage of on-time departures (39.7%).
The Broome International Airport also recorded the lowest percentage of on-time departures (39.7%).
Broome to Perth flights most delayed in the nation — again
Travellers call on airlines to fix delays that have left some people stranded for hours at Broome airport as the community worries about the impact on tourism.
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February 7, 2025 at 3:49 AM
The report found that in December 2024, the Broome–Perth route had the lowest percentage of on-time arrivals (47.9%) and the lowest percentage of on-time departures (39.7%) in Australia.
The Broome International Airport also recorded the lowest percentage of on-time departures (39.7%).
The Broome International Airport also recorded the lowest percentage of on-time departures (39.7%).
Three parents and seven kids crammed into a four-bedroom house with bunk beds stacked on top of each other like Tetris.
It's realities like this that illustrate the pressures being experienced by West Australians currently grappling with a housing crisis.
It's realities like this that illustrate the pressures being experienced by West Australians currently grappling with a housing crisis.
Ten people living under one roof. This is the reality of WA's housing crisis
Three parents and seven kids crammed into a four-bedroom house with bunk beds stacked like Tetris — Rebecca Nickels' living situation is the reality for too many West Australians grappling with the ho...
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February 6, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Three parents and seven kids crammed into a four-bedroom house with bunk beds stacked on top of each other like Tetris.
It's realities like this that illustrate the pressures being experienced by West Australians currently grappling with a housing crisis.
It's realities like this that illustrate the pressures being experienced by West Australians currently grappling with a housing crisis.
Unable to find a rental, 53-year-old single mother Kerry is sleeping by her son's bedside in a Perth hospital after he was diagnosed with stage five kidney failure.
FIFO worker Kerry had it all. Now she's living in her son's hospital room
Perth's housing crisis is so dire, Kerry Mitchell-Bathgate is using her son's hospital room as a makeshift bedsit while she struggles to find a roof to put over her head.
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February 6, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Unable to find a rental, 53-year-old single mother Kerry is sleeping by her son's bedside in a Perth hospital after he was diagnosed with stage five kidney failure.
Former West Coast Eagles AFL premiership player Adam Hunter has died aged 43.
Hunter was found dead in his hometown of Bunbury in Western Australia.
Hunter was found dead in his hometown of Bunbury in Western Australia.
Breaking: Former West Coast Eagles premiership player Adam Hunter dies
Former West Coast Eagles player Adam Hunter is found dead in his hometown of Bunbury aged 43, the latest incident in a tragic week for the AFL community.
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February 5, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Former West Coast Eagles AFL premiership player Adam Hunter has died aged 43.
Hunter was found dead in his hometown of Bunbury in Western Australia.
Hunter was found dead in his hometown of Bunbury in Western Australia.
Whether home batteries will ever become a solar-style success story in Western Australia remains to be seen,
but there seems to be a rare political consensus on how to speed things up.
#WANews #PerthNews #WAPolitics #Energy #Batteries
but there seems to be a rare political consensus on how to speed things up.
#WANews #PerthNews #WAPolitics #Energy #Batteries
As WA bets on big batteries, it faces pressure to offer home battery help
Whether home batteries will ever become a solar-style success story in Western Australia remains to be seen, but there seems to be a rare political consensus on how to speed things up.
www.abc.net.au
February 4, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Whether home batteries will ever become a solar-style success story in Western Australia remains to be seen,
but there seems to be a rare political consensus on how to speed things up.
#WANews #PerthNews #WAPolitics #Energy #Batteries
but there seems to be a rare political consensus on how to speed things up.
#WANews #PerthNews #WAPolitics #Energy #Batteries
With adjustable speed limits and traffic signals at on-ramps, authorities boast the $200 million new 'smart freeway' technology shaves 10 minutes off the morning commute.
But some residents in Perth's north say it's made their journey times longer by pushing congestion back into the suburbs.
But some residents in Perth's north say it's made their journey times longer by pushing congestion back into the suburbs.
Perth's new smart freeway was meant to cut commute times. Is it working?
The state government spent $200 million on creating a 'smart freeway' to the city from Perth's northern suburbs, but motorists are yet to be convinced by the new technology.
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February 4, 2025 at 1:45 AM
With adjustable speed limits and traffic signals at on-ramps, authorities boast the $200 million new 'smart freeway' technology shaves 10 minutes off the morning commute.
But some residents in Perth's north say it's made their journey times longer by pushing congestion back into the suburbs.
But some residents in Perth's north say it's made their journey times longer by pushing congestion back into the suburbs.
"The sad reality is that had my father come to the correct location and murdered my mum and me, we would have become just another domestic violence statistic that disappears with little further investigation," Ms Bombara said.
Ariel Bombara delivers powerful wake-up call after Floreat murders probe
The WA Labor government has put tackling family and domestic violence at the top of its agenda. In spite of this, eight police officers did not perform their duties in lead-up to the Floreat murders, ...
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February 1, 2025 at 3:29 AM
"The sad reality is that had my father come to the correct location and murdered my mum and me, we would have become just another domestic violence statistic that disappears with little further investigation," Ms Bombara said.
The Perth parents who starved their only child, causing the emaciated teenager to suffer serious health complications in an apparent bid to keep her a little girl forever, have been jailed.
The father was sentenced to 6-and-a-half years, while the mother received a 5-year jail term.
The father was sentenced to 6-and-a-half years, while the mother received a 5-year jail term.
'Simply unfathomable': Perth parents jailed for starving daughter
The Perth parents who deliberately starved their only child, causing the emaciated teenager to suffer serious health complications, are jailed.
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January 31, 2025 at 11:18 AM
The Perth parents who starved their only child, causing the emaciated teenager to suffer serious health complications in an apparent bid to keep her a little girl forever, have been jailed.
The father was sentenced to 6-and-a-half years, while the mother received a 5-year jail term.
The father was sentenced to 6-and-a-half years, while the mother received a 5-year jail term.
"We told you he was going to murder us. So did you not believe us? Or did you just not give a sh*t?"
An internal investigation into the actions of WA Police officers in the weeks before Mark Bombara killed two women in the Perth suburb of Floreat has found eight officers did not perform their duty.
An internal investigation into the actions of WA Police officers in the weeks before Mark Bombara killed two women in the Perth suburb of Floreat has found eight officers did not perform their duty.
Probe finds eight police officers at fault before Floreat murders
An internal investigation into the actions of WA Police officers in the weeks before Mark Bombara killed two women in the Perth suburb of Floreat finds eight officers did not perform their duty.
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January 31, 2025 at 9:24 AM
"We told you he was going to murder us. So did you not believe us? Or did you just not give a sh*t?"
An internal investigation into the actions of WA Police officers in the weeks before Mark Bombara killed two women in the Perth suburb of Floreat has found eight officers did not perform their duty.
An internal investigation into the actions of WA Police officers in the weeks before Mark Bombara killed two women in the Perth suburb of Floreat has found eight officers did not perform their duty.
WARNING: This story contains distressing content.
A young woman who was at risk of death after her parents starved her as a teenager has made an emotional appeal to a Perth judge to spare her parents further punishment, saying she blames herself and the media for their predicament.
A young woman who was at risk of death after her parents starved her as a teenager has made an emotional appeal to a Perth judge to spare her parents further punishment, saying she blames herself and the media for their predicament.
Woman starved by parents as a teenager blames herself, court told
A young woman who was at risk of death after her parents starved her as a teenager makes an emotional appeal to a Perth judge to spare them further punishment.
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January 30, 2025 at 10:26 AM
WARNING: This story contains distressing content.
A young woman who was at risk of death after her parents starved her as a teenager has made an emotional appeal to a Perth judge to spare her parents further punishment, saying she blames herself and the media for their predicament.
A young woman who was at risk of death after her parents starved her as a teenager has made an emotional appeal to a Perth judge to spare her parents further punishment, saying she blames herself and the media for their predicament.
Judge Joana Fuller said the drugs had first been imported to Western Australia hidden inside luxury buses on a cargo ship before the Australian Federal Police and Australian Border Force removed the packages and replaced them with "an inert substance", before surveilling them to South Australia.
Pair labelled 'muppets' jailed over attempted 'astronomical' cocaine import
Two young Victorian men who were involved in the attempted importation of more than 100 kilograms of cocaine into South Australia have been sentenced to three years in jail with a non-parole period of...
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January 29, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Judge Joana Fuller said the drugs had first been imported to Western Australia hidden inside luxury buses on a cargo ship before the Australian Federal Police and Australian Border Force removed the packages and replaced them with "an inert substance", before surveilling them to South Australia.
Four homes have been lost with fears for more after a series of bushfires tore through southern Western Australia overnight.
#ABCNews #WAFires #Bushfires
#ABCNews #WAFires #Bushfires
Four homes lost as WA bushfire emergency continues
Within two hours, major blazes broke out across the state as gusty winds and a heatwave combined for a dangerous outbreak.
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January 25, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Four homes have been lost with fears for more after a series of bushfires tore through southern Western Australia overnight.
#ABCNews #WAFires #Bushfires
#ABCNews #WAFires #Bushfires
"When it started heading towards us, I knew it was going to have a bit of a crack, so I swung my board around and it took a bite out of the back. I jumped off the back of the surfboard. I didn't swim off, I didn't want to splash too much. I got back on my board and caught the next wave in."
Surfer who could see shark 'was going to have a crack' tells of narrow escape
A West Australian surfer says he is extremely lucky to escape injury after a shark charged at him and bit a chunk out of his surfboard.
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January 23, 2025 at 2:33 AM
"When it started heading towards us, I knew it was going to have a bit of a crack, so I swung my board around and it took a bite out of the back. I jumped off the back of the surfboard. I didn't swim off, I didn't want to splash too much. I got back on my board and caught the next wave in."
Western Australia's Department of Transport has revealed it's working through a backlog of 73,000 traffic infringements, sparking concern that people whose licences should have been suspended are continuing to drive.
#ABCNews #PerthNews
#ABCNews #PerthNews
Fears traffic infringement backlog is delaying licence suspensions
WA authorities are sitting on a backlog of more than 70,000 traffic infringements, sparking fears people could be driving when their licences should have been suspended.
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January 22, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Western Australia's Department of Transport has revealed it's working through a backlog of 73,000 traffic infringements, sparking concern that people whose licences should have been suspended are continuing to drive.
#ABCNews #PerthNews
#ABCNews #PerthNews
Over the past three months, residents in Morawa, 350 kilometres north-east of Perth, have reported a number of pets dying in similar circumstances.
In each case, the animal has been left for a short period of time, only to be found suffering vomiting, lethargy, lockjaw, seizures and diarrhoea.
In each case, the animal has been left for a short period of time, only to be found suffering vomiting, lethargy, lockjaw, seizures and diarrhoea.
Fears pets are being deliberately killed in country WA town
Residents in Morawa in the state's Mid West have reported a number of pets dying after shootings and suspected baitings.
www.abc.net.au
January 22, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Over the past three months, residents in Morawa, 350 kilometres north-east of Perth, have reported a number of pets dying in similar circumstances.
In each case, the animal has been left for a short period of time, only to be found suffering vomiting, lethargy, lockjaw, seizures and diarrhoea.
In each case, the animal has been left for a short period of time, only to be found suffering vomiting, lethargy, lockjaw, seizures and diarrhoea.
Public transport fares would drop to a flat fee of $2.80 for smart rider holders, under a one-zone system WA Labor would roll out if re-elected.
#ABCNews #PerthNews #WAElection #Politics #PublicTransport #CostOfLiving
#ABCNews #PerthNews #WAElection #Politics #PublicTransport #CostOfLiving
Public transport slashed to $2.80 flat fee under re-elected Labor government
Public transport fares would drop to a flat fee of $2.80 for smart ride holders, under a one zone system WA Labor would roll out if re-elected.
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January 19, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Public transport fares would drop to a flat fee of $2.80 for smart rider holders, under a one-zone system WA Labor would roll out if re-elected.
#ABCNews #PerthNews #WAElection #Politics #PublicTransport #CostOfLiving
#ABCNews #PerthNews #WAElection #Politics #PublicTransport #CostOfLiving
A spate of drownings at remote West Australian beaches have raised concerns about how Western Australia's remote locations are being advertised.
Experts say marketing campaigns on beach safety are not targeting the most at-risk groups.
#ABCNews #WANews #Tourism #WaterSafety
Experts say marketing campaigns on beach safety are not targeting the most at-risk groups.
#ABCNews #WANews #Tourism #WaterSafety
Drownings at holiday hotspots raise calls for tourism marketing re-think
Experts are calling for better education surrounding the perils of WA beaches to be included in tourism advertising.
www.abc.net.au
January 18, 2025 at 11:59 PM
A spate of drownings at remote West Australian beaches have raised concerns about how Western Australia's remote locations are being advertised.
Experts say marketing campaigns on beach safety are not targeting the most at-risk groups.
#ABCNews #WANews #Tourism #WaterSafety
Experts say marketing campaigns on beach safety are not targeting the most at-risk groups.
#ABCNews #WANews #Tourism #WaterSafety
West Australians are bracing for heatwave conditions from Sunday as residents in the state's north are urged to prepare for wild weather as a cyclone forms off the Pilbara coast.
#PerthNews #WANews #Cyclone #Heatwave #TCSean #TropicalCyclone #Weather
#PerthNews #WANews #Cyclone #Heatwave #TCSean #TropicalCyclone #Weather
WA braces for 'prolonged' heatwave, damaging winds as cyclone forms off coast
West Australians are bracing for heatwave conditions from Sunday as residents in the state's north are being urged to prepare for wild weather as a cyclone forms off the Pilbara coast.
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January 18, 2025 at 11:39 AM
West Australians are bracing for heatwave conditions from Sunday as residents in the state's north are urged to prepare for wild weather as a cyclone forms off the Pilbara coast.
#PerthNews #WANews #Cyclone #Heatwave #TCSean #TropicalCyclone #Weather
#PerthNews #WANews #Cyclone #Heatwave #TCSean #TropicalCyclone #Weather