After more than a century on AM, ABC Radio Perth is making the big switch to FM, in a move that will reduce interference and provide better audio for listeners. But why is the ABC making this move? 📝 by Pip Waller ABC AM services will continue in regional and remote WA areas, and the move to FM in Perth will not impact the ABC’s commitment to emergency and parliamentary broadcasting. | ABC Perth

A reporter's standard afternoon filming for TV news took a turn when an inquisitive budgie decided to take a closer look. ✍️ Brianna Melville via ABC Midwest and Wheatbelt | ABC Perth

#UPDATE: The fire has since been downgraded. A bushfire emergency has broken out in suburban Perth, with a quick-moving blaze putting dozens of homes and lives at risk. The bushfire broke out just before 3pm local time in a small pocket of bushland in Ellenbrook, about 30 kilometres north-east of Perth. The area is surrounded by more than 100 houses, tightly packed in a modern residential estate. An emergency warning is in place for people in an area bounded by The Broadway, Galatea Pass, Farman