Fran Rimrod
Fran Rimrod is a journalist based in Perth. She has previously worked for WAtoday and the ABC.
The best value suburbs for university students to live in
How much does it cost to get a rental in a convenient location these days and where can you get a better deal by sharing with friends?
- by Kate Burke, Melissa Heagney-Bayliss, Jim Malo and Fran Rimrod
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Four Perth students reveal how achieving a perfect ATAR has shaped their path
As students around WA anxiously wait for the score they believe will make or break their future, four former students who managed that elusive perfect ATAR result tell how their achievement shaped their future.
- by Fran Rimrod
Study, eat, sleep, repeat: Have you got what it takes to study medicine?
Sky-high marks are only the start of a gruelling admission process to study medicine in WA, and getting in is only the start of the battle. So why do they do it?
- by Fran Rimrod
Perth babysitter used online ads to sexually abuse children, police claim
An infant is among the victims of a man who allegedly used a babysitting website to rape sexually abuse and film children who were left in his care.
- by Fran Rimrod
‘My body didn’t hold up’: One of Freo’s favourite sons hangs up footy boots
Fremantle Dockers great Stephen Hill has retired after an injury-plagued year.
- by Fran Rimrod
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Coronavirus pandemic
More Perth exposure sites revealed after FIFO worker tests positive
Three shops at the Greenwood Village Shopping Centre are now on the list, while at least eight intrastate Qantas flights in Western Australia were cancelled.
- by Fran Rimrod
Storm wreaks havoc for Perth commuters with debris covering roads and train tracks
Damaging winds and buckets of rain overnight have caused traffic hazards all over Perth and cause flights and train services to be cancelled.
- by Fran Rimrod
First front leaves Perth unscathed as ‘tornado’ rips roof off Eagle Bay property
It’s too early to call the predicted storm a ‘fizzer’, according to a Bureau of Meteorology duty forecaster, after the first edge of the massive front crossed the coast on Monday morning.
- by Fran Rimrod
‘We could be the big losers’: WA Premier warns of China discord ahead of PM’s Perth speech
WA’s Premier said he did not understand Scott Morrison’s foreign vision on trade with China just hours before the Prime Minister is due to deliver a speech ahead of flying to the UK for a meeting with G7 nations.
- by Fran Rimrod
First India repatriation flight touches down on back of new WA hotel quarantine transmission case
WA Premier Mark McGowan addresses the media as the first repatriation flight from India, carrying 150 passengers, touched down in Perth.
- by Fran Rimrod
Parents’ concern scored at ‘zero’ by hospital staff on night Aishwarya died
Aishwarya Aswath’s parents have shared further details from Perth Children’s Hospital’s internal report on what happened the night she succumbed to infection.
- by Fran Rimrod
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