The West Live Podcast

Cyclists are getting back in the saddle for Australia’s biggest charity ride this weekend, the MACA RIDE FOR RESEARCH.

It’s a 200km 2-day ride from Optus Stadium to Mandurah and back and this year, in the 12 year of the event, nearly 2000 riders are hoping to raise a whopping 9 million dollars.

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NASA has finally released images and information about A pristine asteroid sample that could serve as a time capsule from the early days of our solar system.

The sample, from the 4.5 billion-year-old near-Earth asteroid Bennu, was collected in October 2020 by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission.

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The International Monetary Fund has warned us this week that China’s messy property market will be a big risk for the world’s economy.

That’s a problem for us here the West, because the Asian powerhouse’s enormous property sector, has been a big driver of demand for WA’s commodities. You know, like iron ore. IT’s kinda a big deal in these parts.

So how much do we really have to worry about China’s property problems?

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Detectives have charged a 17 year old boy with murder over the death of a woman who was found on a Balcatta road in the early hours of Wednesday morning believing she was the victim of a hit-and-run.

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Despite security concerns, more than one thousand people gathered at a Perth synagogue on Wednesday night in an emotional display of solidarity with Israel after the Hamas militants’ bloody attack on the country.

Supporters joined together at the Perth Hebrew Congregation to pray, sing hymns and hear from community leaders as they grapple with the violence unfolding in Israel.

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The State’s biggest builder, BGC Australia, has claimed an extraordinary $700 million cost to fix troubled pipes in WA homes, and issued a warning that nearly 12,000 properties could be impacted.

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A blackmail scam is using instant loan apps to entrap and humiliate people across India and other countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. At least 60 Indians have killed themselves after being abused and threatened. A​ BBC undercover investigation has exposed those profiting from this deadly scam in India and China.

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It was the slap that was heard around the world? Will Smith stormed the stage at the Oscars last year, and slapped host Chris Rock, for making a joke about his wife Jada Pinkett Smith.

Well, Jada Pinkett Smith has revealed in a new interview that she and her husband Will Smith have been separated since 2016.

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Channel 7's Europe Bureau Chief Hugh Whitfeld with the latest on the attack on Israel.

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On Today's show... the death of a bikie boss, killings of orangutans in Borneo is on the rise plus should fatty foods be labelled as addictive, and our resident doctor Simon Torvaldsen is back.

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