Claire Ottaviano
Claire Ottaviano is a breaking news journalist with WAtoday, and has extensive experience in local government reporting.
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Roads
A drive down south is set to get about 20 minutes quicker
The 27km, four-lane stretch of highway connecting Forrest Highway to Bussell Highway has been named and is expected to open by the end of the year.
- by Michael Genovese and Claire Ottaviano
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Funding for dogs’ refuge sets tails wagging
The Shenton Park Dogs’ Refuge Home has been thrown a $2.3 million boost to revitalise centre.
- by Claire Ottaviano
Broome tradie guilty of cable-tying children walks free from court
Mat Radelic claimed he made a citizen’s arrest of the children, aged six, seven and eight, in March this year after finding them in a backyard swimming pool.
- by Rachael clifford and Claire Ottaviano
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Environmental protection
‘They’re an idiot’: Mayor lashes those behind Perth park tree carnage
Over the past two years, 56 trees planted in four separate occasions at a park in Ocean Reef have been poisoned or cut.
- by Claire Ottaviano
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Animals
Community in shock after WA’s beloved ‘dingo tour’ pair shot dead
The heartbroken handler of dingoes Eulalia and Steve has taken to social media to express grief over their loss.
- by Claire Ottaviano and Holly Thompson
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.
- by Claire Ottaviano
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.
- by Claire Ottaviano and Sarah Brookes
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.
- by Claire Ottaviano
As it happened: WA news on Friday, September 13
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- by Holly Thompson, Claire Ottaviano and Emma Young
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Construction
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.
- by Claire Ottaviano
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”.
- by Claire Ottaviano
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