HeyJaredGeorgia Loney
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
- 9
- Latest publication
- Sep 16, 2026
- Outlet visibility, for ABC Australia
- Top 5K sites
- Earliest in this view
- Jul 6, 2026
Latest articles
Country police dangle $20 reward for sober drivers (opens the original)
Read excerpt
Police in Manjimup are handing out $20 vouchers to drivers who blow zero when breath tested during September. Local police say they are trying to reward good driver behaviour amid a horror year on West Australian roads. A criminologist says the effectiveness of the novel approach still needs to be assessed. Police patrolling the streets of a small town in southern Western Australia are taking a novel approach to reward good drivers, offering a $20 reward to those blowing zero when breath tested.
Country council says four-day week has been a game-changer (opens the original)
Read excerpt
The Shire of Boyup Brook says a trial of a compressed four-day work week is helping attract and retain staff. Staff at the council, 260km south of Perth, work 9.5 hours across each of four days. The WA Local Government Association says small shires are using a range of ways to attract workers. A small country shire in southern Western Australia says its decision to adopt a four-day work week has almost solved the challenge it faces in attracting and keeping key workers. The Shire of Boyup Brook
$20m avocado packing shed upgrade halves workforce with robots (opens the original)
Read excerpt
The owner of one of WA's largest avocado packing sheds says it has replaced almost half its casual workforce with robots. The nine Japanese-made machines installed at the Avocado Collective's Manjimup facility cost $17 million. Peak grower body Avocados Australia says manual labour will always be a critical step in the production process. In a nondescript fruit packing shed in regional Western Australia, nine giant Japanese-made robots demonstrate their skills. The huge machines are scanning, st
New Bunnings store rejected by WA Planning Commission (opens the original)
Read excerpt
Bunnings' plan for a new store in Capel, 10km from an existing store, has been refused by the WA Planning Commission. Bunbury businesses argue the move would have undermined the city's status as a major regional centre and affected housing supply. The WA Planning Commission said the application represented a significant departure from the local structure plan. Planning authorities have rejected a fiercely contested multimillion-dollar Bunnings development 10km from its existing site in the West
'People don't talk about it': When pregnancy loss support is lacking (opens the original)
Read excerpt
A Western Australian mother is drawing attention to the need for more support services for regional women experiencing pregnancy loss. Experts say limited access to regional support compounds the trauma women face. The WA government has launched a perinatal loss pilot service in the South West to offer more support for families. Psychologist Heidi Lynn Welsh knows the pain of pregnancy loss only too well. Warning: This story contains content relating to pregnancy loss and neonatal loss, which so
Publishing over time
Last 90 days. Choose a month to open its work.
Recurring subjects
Named in the text we hold. One piece can cover several.
Audience
Top 5K sites
For ABC Australia, the outlet · Measured Aug 1, 2026
Website popularity band, not a count of readers or article views.
About this data
Counts cover the work we have indexed. Tone needs enough text and a confident classification. Excerpts and episode notes are not full articles or transcripts.
Identity or attribution wrong? Suggest a correction.