An award winning journalist, currently working with ABC News in Sydney.

In the pits: mental health in Australia’s biggest mining town

Winner: WA Media Award 2022, Audio News

Grieving families in Kalgoorlie are frustrated at the state government’s lack of action to address the region's "woefully inadequate" mental health unit, despite some of the highest suicide rates in the country.

Warnings deaths among rough sleepers could rise as cold weather and housing crisis bite

As the east coast endures a cold start to winter, there are calls for more to be done to help the growing number of people sleeping rough in New South Wales.

Sydney play raises awareness of people suffering with dementia

Featuring actors living with dementia, To Whom I May Concern aims to redefine perceptions of the disease and promotes kindness towards sufferers.

Fugitive Hong Kong politician reunites with man who saved him in Sydney

Former legislator and pro-democracy activist Ted Hui has reunited with the Danish politician who helped him flee Hong Kong in Sydney.

The two politicians, on opposite sides of the world, came up with a daring plan to smuggle Hui out of Hong Kong, under the nose of the Chinese government.

Melbourne couple rescued after ferry capsizes off Bali

A couple say they feared for their lives as they jumped from a sinking ferry off the coast of Bali.

Dino Medina Kaist and Carolina Castro say they’re angry at a lack of assistance from authorities.

Sitting on a gold mine: rattled residents offered a way out

Williamstown residents shaken by daily blasting are being offered a way out.

But they're yet to find out whether offers will be enough to replace their homes.

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Mine plan shifted but Elders fear sacred sites will be lost

The company behind a new lithium mine in WA’s Goldfields says it’s reached a new benchmark for engagement with Traditional Owners but some are worried for the future of cultural heritage sites.

NG Lands on high alert as incentives roll out

Authorities have detected COVID in wastewater in a community just over the South Australian border from the Ngaanyatjarra Lands

That has leaders in Warburton hoping new incentives will be enough to prompt people to get protected.

Sep 3, 2021

 

Vaccine misinformation in region with lowest rates

Yesterday, it was revealed that just seven percent of indigenous Australians in the south of regional Western Australia have been fully vaccinated. It's the lowest rate out of any region in the country.

Health experts are saying getting vaccination rates up in the area is now an urgent situation, and misinformation is still getting in the way.

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ABC News

Jan 14, 2021

 

Human rights lawyer says health system failed Miss T, her family could sue

The 16-year-old Aboriginal girl was discharged from Kalgoorlie hospital on Christmas Eve in 2016 with signs of infection but no diagnosis — she died of severe septic shock early the next day.

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ABC News

Oct 8, 2021

 

Footy and jabs: Making vaccines accessible in region with lowest rates

With just one in six eligible Indigenous people in WA's Goldfields double-dosed, health services think outside the box to kick vaccination goals.

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ABC News

Oct 24, 2021

 

Kalgoorlie Desert Race

Hundreds of competitors from across the state and the country came together, but locals were well represented on the leader board.

It was packed with thrills, and also some spills, with seven people taken to hospital by St John Ambulance over the weekend, four of those being seriously injured.

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ABC News

Oct 5, 2021

 

Cashless debit card hubs announced, but recipients say system's flawed.

Navigating the cashless welfare card system is hard for these medical students. They can't imagine how other people manage

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ABC News

Dec 16, 2021

 

Catastrophic fire danger warning for parts of WA

A catastrophic fire danger warning is in place for parts of Western Australia. This is the highest danger rating that Emergency Services can give.

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ABC News

November 26, 2020

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Sydney Morning Herald

Nov 26, 2020

 

Stage to sitting room

For much of 2020, live concerts have been impossible. Unable to perform to the usual crowds, the man once called the Bob Dylan of Arabic music, Marcel Khalife, opened his home in suburban Sydney to offer fans an intimate opportunity to reconnect and to heal.

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October 7, 2020

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October 19, 2020

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October 16, 2020

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October 12, 2020

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October 1, 2020

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September 27, 2020

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October 15, 2020

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The Citizen

Nominated for JERAA Ozzie Award for Student Journalism - Dart Centre for Journalism and Trauma

October 27, 2020

October 21, 2020

Bawinanga Aboriginal Corporation

Interviews, copy, logo design and photography by Sean Tarek Goodwin

October 27, 2020