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What to do with plants that get hot?

If you forgot to water your plants during a heatwave, can you bring them back from the brink? 
a backyard with three pot plants with dry leaves
Duration: 1 minute 40 seconds

Published: Source: ABC Radio PerthTopic: Gardeningwith Sabrina Hahn

Killer rapist who took lives of pregnant mum and toddler son set to be freed from jail

Kingsley Pickett, who killed pregnant mother Margaret Blurton and her baby son in a 1991 high-speed crash and earned a reputation as WA's worst serial offender, is being released on a supervision order.
Headshot of a young man with a moustache wearing prison greens.

Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Courts and Trialsby Joanna Menagh

Energy giant Woodside backs away from $80 billion merger deal with Santos

The combined business would reportedly have had an LNG (liquefied natural gas) capacity of 16 million tonnes a year.
Three buildings in a city skyline

Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Oil and Gasby Rachel Pupazzoni and Cason Ho

Trains to go slow, tradies to down tools and schools to keep kids inside during second Perth heatwave in two weeks

More scorching hot weather is on the cards for Perth, just days after another heatwave broke weather records across Western Australia.
Members of the public at a crowded beach during sunset.

Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Weatherby James Carmody

Struggling nickel sector asks for urgent support, but analysts say 'folly' to give a taxpayer-funded lifeline

Nickel prices have plummeted in recent months due to a glut in the market, but some analysts say it's part of the "boom and bust" nature of the industry.
Two Caucasian hands holding a large rock, person wearing jeans and hello and grey mining shirt, dirt and grass behind.

Published: Source: ABC RuralTopic: Nickelby Tom Robinson, Alys Marshall and Tara de Landgrafft

The Music of Melanie Safka

Her music career spanned seven decades starting at Woodstock and taking her around the globe. 
Jon Faine, Melanie Safka, Jackie Wrafter
Duration: 23 minutes 47 seconds

Published: Source: ABC Radio MelbourneTopic: Music (Arts and Entertainment)with Michael Pavlich

'I heard this terrible screaming': Five years on, has anything changed since 13 children and young people died by suicide?

It's been five years since an inquest laid bare the chaotic lives of children, including a 10-year-old girl, who took their own lives in outback Australia. Are kids any safer now? 
suicide inquest graphic

Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Healthby Erin Parke

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Premier Roger Cook speaks WA's state political reporter Keane Bourke on Stateline.

Unpacking two key issues confronting his government — the cost of living and youth justice — Roger Cook gives some hints about the kind of leader he is, and what West Australians might be able to expect from him ahead of the 2025 election.
An image of a man in a suit with the words 'not chasing votes' superimposed.
Duration: 6 minutes 43 seconds

Source: ABC News

Roger Cook says youth justice is too important to politicise.

WA Premier Roger Cook says his government is determined to make meaningful, lasting change in youth justice.
Duration: 1 minute 22 seconds

Source: ABC News

Roger Cook did not give much away on specific measures to ease WA's cost of living crisis.

WA Premier Roger Cook defends his government's efforts to ease the state's cost-of-living crisis.
Duration: 1 minute

Source: ABC News

Roger Cook 'not chasing votes' with youth justice policies

Premier Roger Cook insists he’s on the right path with juvenile justice and won’t bow to political pressure for a ‘tough on crime’ approach, despite the looming 2025 state election.
Duration: 2 minutes 42 seconds

Source: ABC News

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Urn containing ashes reunited with family who'd stored them in microwave sent to flood victims

The urn containing ashes was lost in Cairns two weeks ago after being stashed in a microwave that had been donated to flood victims. It took a little help from local radio before it could be reunited with the family.
woman and man holding ornate glass urn

Published: Source: ABC Far NorthTopic: Human Interestby Brendan Mounter, Charlie McKillop and Amanda Cranston

Three men plead not guilty to murder of drug dealer in robbery gone wrong

A Supreme Court jury is told a known ice dealer was gunned down in his car as he fled a "drug rip" — the ripping off of a drug dealer — north of Newcastle. 
A man in a singlet taking a selfie in the mirror.

Published: Source: ABC NewcastleTopic: Crimeby Giselle Wakatama

Environmentalist slams approval of one of largest proposed greenfield coal mines

Whitehaven Coal's Winchester South coal mine in central Queensland's Bowen Basin plans to extract up to 17 million tonnes of coal a year for about 30 years.
Mine infrastructure in a coalfield, blue sky.

Published: Source: ABC CapricorniaTopic: Mining (Rural)by Katrina Beavan

Police recover 4WD vehicle from WA cliff crash that killed two men

Authorities have recovered the wreckage of a four-wheel drive after it plunged over a steep cliff at a remote WA beach, killing Matthew Farr and Louis Eeles, and seriously injuring a third.
Two young men with long hair smiling holding big fish.

Published: Source: ABC Midwest & WheatbeltTopic: Policeby Alice Angeloni

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