Jamie Thannoo is a news reporter with the ABC based in Albany, Western Australia. Jamie comes from a background in newspapers.
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When Rodney Mulder's family home burnt down he thought things couldn't get worse, then he found out his home insurance had been cancelled.
City of Albany councillors voted 8-3 not to remove sex education books Sex: A Book for Teens and not restrict access to the award-winning Welcome to Sex at its public library.
Regional and remote councils in Western Australia had to spend nearly $8 million to attract and retain doctors locally. Experts say state and federal governments need to help with the high cost.
Akin to the famous Van Gogh painting, the starry night peacock spider highlights the rare species' beauty. But some people are concerned not enough is being done to protect the arachnids.
Hundreds of Albany residents have voted to restrict children accessing sex education books in the city's library.
When nine-year-old Henry Witham suffered a traumatic brain injury in a fall at the family farm, no one was prepared for how hard it would be to find the medical helped he needed.
A day after arriving in hospital, Kaitlyn and her partner had a newborn baby in what's known as a cryptic pregnancy.
After seven years of caring for his mum in an Albany rental, Marek Roskiewicz received a 70 day notice to vacate under a "no-grounds eviction" that other states are moving to ban.
Mum Brooke Dean feels like one of the lucky ones after finding a spot for her children as Albany's newest childcare centre receives a flood of applications from desperate parents.
When people of WA's Great Southern come to support worker Danica Van de Wege for help she often has to tell them they are about to become homeless.
The craft of sign painting has taken a hit in the digital era but painters like Dave Johnson say computers cannot replicate the charm of hand-produced pieces.
In what the local government described as a "reprehensible" act, 69 jarrah and marri trees were poisoned with glyphosate along a gravel road in Redmond, near Albany on Western Australia's south coast.
The City of Albany has ordered councillor and WA Liberal party candidate Thomas Brough to take respectful and inclusive workplace training after comments linking the LGBTQIA+ community to paedophilia.
Renee Rutherford takes some comfort knowing her late husband had the best treatment possible after suffering cardiac arrest on a family holiday.
The 45-year-old stepfather also abused the victim's young sisters. He will be sentenced in WA later this year, but the case has raised disturbing questions about children's safety.
When Morrie Russell returned to the town he once lived in, a lot had changed. He spent more than three years capturing his beloved WA Wheatbelt town of Narrogin in miniature.
Albany football club Railways say it's even willing to let its rivals choose the name if they win an upcoming raffle to raise money for a major redevelopment at its home ground.
Young people in regional and remote areas need a driver's licence more than most, and thanks to a couple of community-minded AFL champions, that opportunity is now within easier reach.
Tucked away on a country road in southern Western Australia is a hidden monument to one family's love of their favourite TV doctor, which has become an unlikely tourist attraction.
Jordan Gareth Jones, who broke into a family's home and sexually assaulted an eight-year-old girl, has been found guilty after a trial in which the victim described the ordeal via recorded interviews.
As Ross Wall floated, unconscious, in Perth's Swan River as an 11-year-old in 1957, the quick-thinking actions of Graham Caporn, 10, saved his life, forging a lifelong bond.
More women are getting involved in the art of dog mustering. Who better to learn from than two experts with more than 70 years' experience?
After community concerns saw Gairdner Primary School lose its entire student population, hard work from staff re-engaging with parents has seen it turn the corner.
A divisive sign, reading "hometown not tourist town", was erected at Easter then pulled down again by those opposing it, but not before it brought national attention to a community debate.
The 36-year-old man slipped from rocks in Cape Arid National Park on Saturday afternoon and has not been seen since. Meanwhile, a woman has been rescued by a bystander near Albany.