The West Live Podcast

On today's show, a new scam is targeting West Aussie holidaymakers and our resident doctor Simon Torvaldsen is back for the weekly check-up.

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For years, experts have been saying perth needs to go up, not out.

High density and Urban infill are the buzzwords we hear all the time… but I gotta say high density doesn’t sound nearly as appealing as a house with a backyard.

And that’s probably why the good folk of Perth don’t seem that interested in apartment living, when a 3 by 1 in the burbs beckons.

But that doesn’t come without consequences.

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It’s time for your weekly check up with chair of General Practice at the Australian Medical Association Dr Simon Torvaldsen.

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Imagine this you’ve booked an overseas holiday with your family on booking.com, you’re planning it, you’re excited to be getting away and then an email lands in your inbox from booking.com. It has your booking reference, the name of the hotel your staying at  and a link to click to confirm your booking… Sounds legit, right? 
Well, West Aussies have been getting an email just like that this week, but instead of confirming their booking the link is a scam  and they’ve been done for hundreds of dollars and had the hassle of cancelling all their credit cards.

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It seems like another lifetime ago, but do you remember when a very young Justin Timberlake and Britney Spears were the hottest celebrity couple on the planet?

The pop star duo dated in their late teens between 1999 and 2002.

Well a new memoir from Spears is about to bring that relationship back into the spotlight.

And the most explosive revelation we’ve had before the release is that Britney had an abortion after getting pregnant with Justin Timberlake.

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New Mexico prosecutors intend to recharge actor Alec Baldwin with involuntary manslaughter in connection with the fatal 2021 Rust shooting.

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Councillors will be banned from meddling in approvals for standalone homes as part of a sweeping overhaul of WA’s planning laws designed to turbocharge the delivery of new housing.

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A woman in Parkwood has been charged over the stabbing of a 14 year old boy.

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Hundreds of people are believed to be dead following a strike on a hospital in Gaza. Palestinian officials blamed ongoing Israeli airstrikes for the lethal incident, while a spokesperson for the Israel Defense Forces said a Palestinian Islamic Jihad group is responsible for a “failed rocket launch” that hit the hospital.

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WA Police are investigating an allegation that “explicit images” were shared between a woman who worked at exclusive private boys’ school Aquinas College and multiple students.

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