Piper Duffy
Piper Duffy is a multi-platform reporter with ABC News. She joined the ABC while finishing her journalism degree at Curtin University.
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Two men injured after catamaran collides with whale off WA coast
A 39-year-old and a 69-year-old have been hospitalised after police and emergency services were called to an incident off the coast of Kalbarri involving a boat believed to have been struck by a whale.
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'No empathy': Indigenous leaders seek greater cultural understanding from police amid fatal shooting inquest
Aboriginal leaders in Geraldton are calling for cultural change within WA Police following a week of coronial hearings into the fatal shooting of a First Nations woman in the Midwest.
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Police officer who fatally shot Indigenous woman rejects assertions he breached police policy four times, inquest hears
By Piper Duffy and Alice Angeloni
Giving evidence on the fourth day of a coronial inquest into the death of an Indigenous woman in WA's Mid West, Senior Constable Brent Wyndham says everything he did on the night she died "was right".
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Officer failed to negotiate with Indigenous woman JC before fatally shooting her in Geraldton, inquest hears
By Alice Angeloni and Piper Duffy
A coronial inquiry has heard police internal affairs found an officer failed four times to follow the WA Police use of force policy when shooting an armed Indigenous woman in the Mid West city of Geraldton in 2019.
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Cultural, mental health training unlikely to have prevented fatal shooting of Aboriginal woman, inquiry told
By Piper Duffy, Alice Angeloni, and Rebecca Trigger
A policewoman who saw a fellow officer fatally shoot an Aboriginal woman with known mental health issues tells a coronial inquiry additional training was unlikely to have prevented the victim's death.
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Coastal erosion forces demolition of marine rescue HQ less than a decade after it opened
Officials in Geraldton decided to bring down the $880,000 build after rain and high tides this week left it at risk of falling into the ocean.
Six-day Telstra mobile outage leaves residents in country WA at boiling point
Residents of Dongara and Port Denison have been without phone coverage since blackouts last Friday, accusing the telco of leaving the community in the dark about repair efforts.
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Teenagers arrested after allegedly kicking elderly woman during retirement village home invasion
CCTV played to a children's court showed an 86-year-old woman allegedly being kicked after she confronted teenagers who were stealing her car.
After years of delays and cost blowouts, work finally underway on Geraldton hospital upgrade
The WA Auditor-General found the upgrade works to be the state's most delayed project, but Premier Roger Cook has finally turned the sod after years of frustration.
Woman charged after 19-year-old dies in alleged hit and run north of Perth
Police say the teenager was standing next to a van parked on the side of the road early on Sunday morning when she was hit by a vehicle.
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Former pub owner guilty of nearly $3m theft from Aboriginal charitable trust after eight-day retrial
After an eight-day retrial a jury finds Geraldton man Thomas 'Graham' Greenaway guilty of 33 counts of stealing from the Yugunga-Nya People's Trust while he was trustee.
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Man jailed for sexually abusing 12-year-old girl at abandoned hotel
Georgie Windie, 41, will serve at least 13 months in jail after giving the 12-year-old girl alcohol and sexually assaulting her at an abandoned motel in Geraldton.
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Man who torched government building after his dog was impounded gets 7-year jail sentence
Anthony John Kruger set fire to Geraldton's Department of Communities office in August last year after leaving his dog tied up there while seeking assistance for another issue.
This regional town is challenging leadership stereotypes by showing 'women are welcome in the bush'
Rural Australia has more men than women, but in this outback town in Western Australia women are dominating senior community roles.
Man arrested after allegedly firing rifle inside WA country pub and threatening staff
A 41-year-old man is charged with more than a dozen offences including threatening to kill after he allegedly fired a shot inside the pub at Mogumber in Western Australia's Wheatbelt.
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Rock lobster fishers 'treading water' waiting for China to lift live exports ban
While winemakers are celebrating the Chinese government's decision to lift punishing tariffs, rock lobster producers say they aren't feeling confident about a similar move for their industry.
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It's a familiar phrase, but 'let me know if you need anything' might not be the best thing to ask a sick friend
Lois Garner could predict the physical battle breast cancer would pose, but she wasn't prepared for the mental toll and says a familiar phrase made her feel more isolated.
Former prisoner angry over 'backwards' move to boot women out of purpose-built jail
Denni Boddington says programs at Greenough prison changed her life for the better and fears the effects of women being pushed out to make room for men.
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Law firm lodges human rights complaint over removal of Indigenous children
First Nations woman Lisa* was removed from her family when she was six. She relived the trauma when her six-week-old daughter was taken from her. She wants the cycle to stop.
Snake's last supper reveals new threat to endangered lizard species
Roadkill beside the sandy tracks of remote Western Australia isn't unusual, but the contents of this venomous snake's stomach have provided scientists with new information about a skink with an uncertain future.
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'Worst it's ever been': Shortage of qualified skippers hurting marine tourism
Skyrocketing mining wages have left marine tourism businesses fighting a losing battle for qualified staff, sparking calls for change.
Small town gardeners 'pinking up the hood' with everlasting flowers for spring
When Geraldton's Jo Bunker put a call out on Facebook for help to beautify the local environment with everlasting flowers, she was overwhelmed by the response.
Terrifying late-night axe attack on traveller seeking shelter from the storm
Police are investigating after Sam Entwistle says his LandCruiser was rammed by a man who attacked him with an axe on a remote WA highway before vanishing into the night.
Regional road so 'atrocious' ambulance drivers will not take spinal patients on it, meeting hears
St John Ambulance volunteers tell a community meeting attended by Main Roads WA that the road between Mingenew and Morawa is so bad it is affecting their services, while locals air concerns about increasing truck traffic and the road's narrow width.
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'The price is going to go up': Warning over WA government decision to increase recreational fishing limits
The WA Fishing Industry Council says it's been blindsided by the state government's decision to increase the recreational catch limit of demersal fish at the expense of the commercial sector.
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