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FOGO bin system on verge of collapse among early adopters

As more Perth councils bring in a third bin for food and organic waste, some of the early adopters of the system in WA's South West are just months away from potentially scrapping the system.

Published: 11h agoSun 7 Sep 2025 at 11:00pmSource: ABC South West WATopic: Recycling and Waste Managementby Jacqueline Lynch

Recreational shooter says culled WA deer look to have suffered

A South West recreational shooter has criticised the WA government's deer aerial cull program after finding several deer with multiple bullet wounds on crown land.

Published: FriFri 5 Sep 2025 at 12:02amSource: ABC South West WATopic: Agricultural Pest Controlby Pip Waller

Here's how wet it got this winter, and what WA can expect for spring

Western Australia's winter was foggy, rainy and even featured a tornado, along with several snow flurries on Bluff Knoll. Here are the pictures that illustrate the season.

Published: ThuThu 4 Sep 2025 at 5:39amSource: ABC NewsTopic: Weatherby Kenith Png

Down 10 police officers, country town takes concerns to WA government

The Shire of Harvey says Australind police station is running at half of its full capacity due to a shortage of officers, prompting concerns for public safety.

A police sign standing in front of trees at a station.

Published: ThuThu 4 Sep 2025 at 2:29amSource: ABC South West WATopic: Policeby Pip Waller and Bridget McArthur

Aussie apple exports to Canada easier as restrictions relaxed

Australia apple growers will have easier access to the Canadian export market following trade negotiations between the nations.

Published: TueTue 2 Sep 2025 at 6:56amSource: ABC RuralTopic: Trade Agreementsby Annie Brown

Watchdog rules Alcoa claims about jarrah forest rehabilitation not true

US aluminium giant Alcoa made inaccurate or misleading claims in an advertisement about its rehabilitation of the forests it mines in, Australia's advertising watchdog finds.

A large concrete office building with glass windows on a cloudy day, with Alcoa written in large letters.

Published: TueTue 2 Sep 2025 at 1:31amSource: ABC NewsTopic: Mining Environmental Issuesby Cason Ho and Grace Burmas

'I can't stand you': Ex-AFL players targeted in lower leagues

Many AFL players look forward to going back to playing the sport for fun after they leave the professional league. But it's not always a warm welcome back into the lower leagues.

Close-up of a man with a bruised and puffy face with tubes in his nose

Published: TueTue 2 Sep 2025 at 12:29amSource: ABC NewsTopic: AFLby Bridget McArthur

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Inside the world of fantasy footy

As final season approaches, AFL teams are vying to make the top eight and have a chance at premiership glory. But off the field, hundreds of thousands of Aussies are playing a different version of the game through fantasy sport.

Duration: 3 minutes 58 seconds

Source: ListenTopic: AFLby Louise Miolin

Alpin and Laura have a love that goes back centuries

By day, Alpin Grant works for a mining company in WA — but the rest of the time he spends doing "medieval things" with his wife Laura, like brewing, crafting, and combat.

A couple dressed as vikings in leather armour sitting on a hill in the sunshine.

Duration: 3 minutes

Source: Listenby Ezra Kaye and Bridget McArthur

Putting a relationship to the ultimate test

West Australian riders Lucy and Brandon Fiore have finished as the third team in the 2025 Mongol Derby, the world's toughest horse race.

The Fiore's share a kiss on horseback during the ride.

Duration: 4 minutes

Source: Listenby Amelia Searson

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Pig hunters fined in landmark case

Examples of the footage posted to social media by hunters Riley Lang and Marie Parker which saw them fined for animal cruelty. Supplied: Bunbury Magistrates Court

Duration: 53 seconds

Source: ABC News

Swarms of butterflies have been hanging around in Nannup for weeks

Swarms of butterflies have been hanging around in Nannup for weeks. Supplied: Angela Rasmussen, Tom Nelson and Faye Arcaro

Duration: 48 seconds

Source: ABC News

Top scientists sound alarm over damage caused by prescribed burns

A group of Australia's top environmental scientists call for changes to prescribed burning after government documents confirm hundreds of trees in an ecological hotspot have been destroyed by a government-lit fire.

Duration: 2 minutes 45 seconds

Source: ABC News

Top scientists sound alarm over damage caused by prescribed burns

Duration: 2 minutes 45 seconds

Source: ABC News

Features

Scenic country towns capitalise on gravel cycling boom

The lure of red dirt roads lined by fields of green and gold draws thousands of "gravel grinders" to WA as off-bitumen cycling events grow in popularity worldwide.

Three men cycle on a red dirt road surrounded by green paddocks.

Source: ABC Midwest & WheatbeltTopic: Cycle Sportby Chloe Henville

Service dog helps others heal after giving veteran his life back

A specially trained service dog brought joy back to Gary Crombie's life. Now the veteran is calling for more recognition of the work service dogs do in everyday life.

Source: ABC South West WATopic: Veteransby Kate Forrester

Stolen Generations members ineligible for redress deliver blunt message

Not all West Australians harmed by the forced removal of First Nations children in the 20th century will see reparations under a long-awaited redress scheme.

Two Indigenous women sit in a dark room looking straight at the camera

Duration: 2 minutes 1 second

Source: ABC South West WATopic: Stolen Generationsby Bridget McArthur and Samantha Goerling

End of the road for Australia's first electric vehicle-charging project

The RAC in Western Australia pulls the plug on its "electric-highway" project, 10 years after it pioneered regional electric vehicle-charging networks.

An electric vehicle ultra rapid charging station with a car parked in front.

Source: ABC Radio PerthTopic: Electric Vehiclesby Emma Wynne

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Published: 9 Dec 2024Mon 9 Dec 2024 at 5:23amSource: ABC EmergencyTopic: Bushfires

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The storylines to define the NRL finals

In the industry, they call it the 'second season'. Only eight teams remain as the NRL gears up for a finals series rich with storylines. What are the narratives that will define finals time?

Tom Starling jumps on Corey Horsburgh, who is hugging Hudson Young after scoring an NRL try.

Duration: 14 minutes 54 seconds

Source: ListenTopic: Sport

Molloy wonder goal stuns the crowd as Fish stars for Swans

Chloe Molloy kicks a stunner and Zippy Fish stars as the Swans account for the Dockers in the AFLW.

Source: ABC NewsTopic: AFL Women’s

Fyfe bows out after Freo loss, saying 'I don't think I needed anything else'

After 248 games, two Brownlow Medals, two AFL Most Valuable Player awards, three All-Australian nods — but no premiership — Nat Fyfe makes a graceful exit from football in the wake of Fremantle's finals loss.

Fremantle star Nat Fyfe applauds the fans as he stands on the ground after the final game of his AFL career.

Source: ABC NewsTopic: AFL

Time to knock big brother off Gabba perch, Hardwick says after Suns big finals win

Having lost their past 10 games at the Gabba, the Gold Coast Suns are confident they can buck history in the QClash semifinal against Brisbane after downing Fremantle in Perth.

Gold Coast Suns coach Damien Hardwick laughs as he stands in the rooms after a finals win.

Source: ABC NewsTopic: AFL

WA News

Man critically injured in Perth workplace incident

A man in his 40s has been critically injured in a workplace incident in Perth's north-east.

Front entrance of a building marked "Hoffman Engineering"

Source: ABC NewsTopic: Accidents and Emergency Incidents

Development framework overhaul sparks climate, accountability concerns

New legislation aimed at fast-tracking priority energy and defence projects in Western Australia could put the environment at risk and lead to less transparent government, experts say.

Premier Roger Cook wearing a suit and tie delivers a speech at a lectern.

Source: ABC NewsTopic: State and Territory Governmentby Blake Kagi, Nicolas Perpitch and Lauren Smith

Labor divisions grow over Burswood racetrack, with two Federal MPs at odds

Federal Resources Minister Madeleine King backs the WA government's controversial Burswood racetrack plan, after her Labor colleague Patrick Gorman slammed the idea.

Mid shot of Madeleine Kind wearing a white blazer talking in front of media microphones

Source: ABC NewsTopic: State and Territory Governmentby Courtney Withers and Rhiannon Shine

Winemaker shares devastation after lithium battery fire guts warehouse

A long-time winemaker says he opened his door to explosions and a black ball of smoke as a fire caused by a cordless screwdriver destroyed a lifetime collection of tools and machinery.

Rob Wignalls leans against his home behind warning tape.

Source: ABC Great SouthernTopic: Industrial Firesby Andrew Collins, Samantha Goerling and Andrew Chounding

National News

Chatbots expected to be banned from talking sex or suicide with Australian kids

Australian children will be prevented from having sexual, violent or harmful conversations with AI companions in a world-first move expected on Tuesday.

Julie Inman Grant looking down the barrel of the camera in a portrait.

Published: 2m agoMon 8 Sep 2025 at 10:41amSource: 7.30Topic: Internetby Neve Brissenden Neve Brissenden and Sarah Ferguson

Man critically injured in Perth workplace incident

A man in his 40s has been critically injured in a workplace incident in Perth's north-east.

Published: 22m agoMon 8 Sep 2025 at 10:21amSource: ABC NewsTopic: Accidents and Emergency Incidents

'Smoke in the cockpit': Plane's emergency landing after mayday call

The British Airways passenger flight BA16 was on its way to Singapore and made the emergency return to Sydney Airport about an hour after take-off this afternoon.

Published: 21m agoMon 8 Sep 2025 at 10:22amSource: ABC NewsTopic: Air Incidentsby Jean Kennedy

Bulldogs prop forced to move out of home on eve of NRL finals

Max King has been living with a mould infestation at home that he is glad to have finally escaped in the lead-up to Friday's qualification final at Melbourne.

Max King of the Bulldogs running with the NRL ball

Published: 1h agoMon 8 Sep 2025 at 9:08amSource: ABC NewsTopic: NRL

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FOGO bin system on verge of collapse among early adopters

Recreational shooter says culled WA deer look to have suffered

Here's how wet it got this winter, and what WA can expect for spring

Down 10 police officers, country town takes concerns to WA government

Aussie apple exports to Canada easier as restrictions relaxed

Watchdog rules Alcoa claims about jarrah forest rehabilitation not true

'I can't stand you': Ex-AFL players targeted in lower leagues

ABC South West WA Local News

Inside the world of fantasy footy

Alpin and Laura have a love that goes back centuries

Putting a relationship to the ultimate test

ABC Radio SOUTH WEST WA

Live. Australia Wide

Connect with ABC South West WA

Pig hunters fined in landmark case

Swarms of butterflies have been hanging around in Nannup for weeks

Top scientists sound alarm over damage caused by prescribed burns

Top scientists sound alarm over damage caused by prescribed burns

Scenic country towns capitalise on gravel cycling boom

Service dog helps others heal after giving veteran his life back

Stolen Generations members ineligible for redress deliver blunt message

End of the road for Australia's first electric vehicle-charging project

Australia Votes: Your Vote, Your Say

Top 100 Books of the 21st Century

Know your ABCs in an emergency

Download our free ABC listen app

The storylines to define the NRL finals

Molloy wonder goal stuns the crowd as Fish stars for Swans

Fyfe bows out after Freo loss, saying 'I don't think I needed anything else'

Time to knock big brother off Gabba perch, Hardwick says after Suns big finals win

Man critically injured in Perth workplace incident

Development framework overhaul sparks climate, accountability concerns

Labor divisions grow over Burswood racetrack, with two Federal MPs at odds

Winemaker shares devastation after lithium battery fire guts warehouse

Chatbots expected to be banned from talking sex or suicide with Australian kids

Man critically injured in Perth workplace incident

'Smoke in the cockpit': Plane's emergency landing after mayday call

Bulldogs prop forced to move out of home on eve of NRL finals

Other ways to listen

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