The West Live Podcast

Carnarvon is in the grips of a teenage pregnancy crisis — and there are even girls as young as 12 about to become mothers.

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If you’re a person with ADHD, you’re already facing a number of challenges… But now one of those challenges could be obtaining the medication you need to treat your condition.

A key ADHD medication is in such short supply, people with the disorder are very concerned about how they’ll get through the next few months.

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People would be allowed to grow six marijuana plants for personal use and give their friends pot as a gift under a proposed law being introduced to the New South Wales parliament on Wednesday, as the government comes under more pressure to enact drug reform.

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Federal Health Minister Mark Butler has  announced some dramatic changes to vaping regulations and prescribing.

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A new COVID vax to become available Dec 11

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Former President Donald Trump’s legal team has laid out a strategy to argue at his upcoming criminal trial that he was right to doubt the results of the 2020 election, bringing his continued political broadside against his loss of the presidency into court as the former president alleges a vast government conspiracy against him.

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Most people probably think they deserve to be paid more for doing their job, but don’t hold your breath about that happening in 2024.

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There's only 3 sleeps until the Christmas Pageant. 

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Auroras, are caused by electrically charged particles that glow when they interact with the atmosphere and appear as dancing ribbons of green, blue or red.

But there’s a rarer type, that appears closer to the equator than auroras and is characterised by a purple-pink arch accompanied by green, vertical stripes.

It’s so rare that very few scientists that study auroras have ever seen one… And so no one bothered to give this phenomenon a name.

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On today's show, we find out why millennials are driving the nation’s mental health crisis, unpacking the Hamas hostage release and the dark clouds looming over European politics.

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