Leaky pipe saga goes back decades,traumatised WA home owners warn

Leaky pipe saga goes back decades,traumatised WA home owners warn

Families traumatised by decades of what they describe as “ticking time-bomb” plumbing pipes are pleading for compassion after being excluded from a deal to remediate newer homes.

  • byClaire Ottaviano

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WA’s population is booming,but it’s not thanks to our birth rate

WA’s population is booming,but it’s not thanks to our birth rate

Western Australia’s population has grown by 89,000 people in the past year,according to the latest Australian Bureau of Statistics data.

  • byClaire Ottaviano andSarah Brookes
Medical imaging delays add to bed lock pain at WA hospitals

Medical imaging delays add to bed lock pain at WA hospitals

Long wait times for medical imaging is putting lives at risk,says the Health Services Union WA.

  • byClaire Ottaviano
As it happened:WA news on Friday,September 13

As it happened:WA news on Friday,September 13

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  • byHolly Thompson,Claire Ottaviano andEmma Young
WA leaky pipes fix could hit $1 billion:BGC
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WA leaky pipes fix could hit $1 billion:BGC

New figures the home builder has released have blown previous cost estimates out of the water.

  • byClaire Ottaviano
Locals nab gutted,derelict Gosnells home for half a million dollars

Locals nab gutted,derelict Gosnells home for half a million dollars

It went for $100,000 more than the asking price that made it Perth’s cheapest standalone property – but even the inflated price is well below the “new normal”.

  • byClaire Ottaviano
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Flavour of the month:Perth leaps onto international tourism radar

Flavour of the month:Perth leaps onto international tourism radar

The state’s tourism industry is being kept alive by consumers seeking “stories,not stuff”.

  • byClaire Ottaviano
‘More than paint,less than a bulldozer’:This rundown property is Perth’s cheapest

‘More than paint,less than a bulldozer’:This rundown property is Perth’s cheapest

At $399,000 this stand-alone Gosnells home is the cheapest in Perth - but buyer beware,she comes with baggage.

  • byClaire Ottaviano
‘Time-bomb of leaks’:WA homeowners irate at Iplex leaky pipes mess

‘Time-bomb of leaks’:WA homeowners irate at Iplex leaky pipes mess

The government has allocated $30 million to fix leaking WA homes with pipe manufacturer Iplex chipping in $155 million. But will that be enough?

  • byClaire Ottaviano
‘A failure has occurred’:Perth teen takes own life at youth prison

‘A failure has occurred’:Perth teen takes own life at youth prison

There are calls for the police minister to resign as a youth has taken his own life inside the Perth facility;the second ever to do so,with both tragedies occurring within the past year.

  • byJesinta Burton,Claire Ottaviano andHolly Thompson
Yes it rained in August,but Perth,get ready for a long dry spell

Yes it rained in August,but Perth,get ready for a long dry spell

A rainy August and a typical start-of-spring forecast cannot turn the clock back on 50 years of continuous drying,meteorologists say.

  • byClaire Ottaviano