Ashleigh Davis
After working across WA in both regional bureaus and the state newsroom, Ashleigh is now the multi-platform reporter for the Wheatbelt.
She particularly enjoys public interest investigations, reporting on human rights issues and feel-good community news.
If you would like to get in contact, drop her an email – Davis.Ashleigh@abc.net.au or secure tips to ashdavis933@proton.me
Latest by Ashleigh Davis
People urged to flee to beach as emergency bushfire cuts off coastal town north of Perth
Residents and holiday makers in two small towns in WA's Wheatbelt are warned to act immediately to survive as bushfires threaten Lancelin and parts of West Toodyay.
Transport couple caught out by 'relatively unsophisticated' doctored invoices in cattle rustling case
A couple who own a Moora-based livestock transport company had planned their attempted deception, a court has heard, but it just wasn't very well thought out.
'It's magic': How gliding has given Godfrey a thrilling new perspective on life after his wife's death
At 76, rookie glider Godfrey Lowe concedes he's got a lot to learn, but says his new hobby is "absolutely magical" and has given him a new perspective on life.
Couple accused of defrauding country town's community centre face court
A former employee and her ex-councillor husband have been charged with misappropriating funds from their local community resource centre.
Farm worker recovering in hospital after getting leg caught in potato harvester
He jumped in to stop machinery after his colleague's leg was caught in a potato harvester.
Police charge woman with defrauding regional WA community centre
A former employee has been charged with misappropriating funds from the York Community Resource Centre as the local council seeks to buy it from creditors.
'Unconscionable': WA government slammed over lack of visa warning for overseas police recruits
The WA Police Force needs to recruit more officers from foreign shores, but some highly qualified international applicants are learning too late that they can't get the necessary visa.
Police lay charges over alleged hit and run that left 3yo boy in WA hospital during March
A 47-year-old Geraldton man is facing several charges, including drug driving, six months after a young boy was struck with a car while playing on the verge at his home.
We urgently need his dad's skills, but Australia says it can't afford to let this four-year-old in
With nine years' experience and a strong desire to contribute to Australian society, Jonathon Wales is exactly the kind of person WA Police are looking for. But the Scottish's officer's son has autism, and that is a deal-breaker for the government.
Behind each genteel 'sky giant' is a team that becomes 'family'
This high-tech sport may be the world's calmest to watch, but it's powered by a supportive, tight-knit, passionate community.
'Lucky bastard': Farmer recounts terrifying encounter with gunman who murdered co-worker
Kellerberrin farmer Rob Linto says he's lucky to be alive after a bullet fired at him by murderer Lachlan Bowles came within 50 centimetres of his head.
Father Terry Czernowski officially identified as victim of WA workplace fatal shooting
The tight-knit WA community of Kellerberrin faces a long road to recovery after a father was shot dead by another well-known local resident, sparking a manhunt and police stand-off that forced the town into lockdown.
Gunman dead following fatal workplace shooting and police stand-off
A siege that followed a fatal shooting in WA's Wheatbelt has ended with the 25-year-old gunman turning the weapon on himself.
One person dead, two rescued after boating accident off Perth coast
A man is dead following a serious boating mishap off the coast north of Perth, after an upturned vessel was spotted offshore.
Would you travel 240km for your banking? These regional Australians are being forced to do just that
It's been six months since the town of Carnamah in Western Australia lost its only bank. Locals have told a senate inquiry into bank closures how they're now travelling hours to access financial services.
As the Avon Descent celebrates its 50th anniversary, Charlie has been there for nearly all of them
Having recently ticked skydiving off his bucket list, 83-year-old Charlie Elliott has become the oldest competitor in the famously difficult 124-kilometre-long two-day river race.
Road trains on renewables? Green hydrogen hub set to service heavy vehicles in WA
A company building a green hydrogen plant near Perth says rubbish trucks, buses and big rigs in the state could be running on renewable energy in less than two years if the project proceeds as planned.
WA school at centre of fight against education segregation memorialised after burning down
With his people fighting in WWI, Noongar man John Kickett believed they had a right to public education, a successful battle that has now been honoured with a commemorative park.
Prototype of satellites destined for International Space Station tested by scientists outside Perth
Curtin University scientists launch a dummy satellite in a chilly field in York, testing technology to be launched from the International Space Station designed to protect satellites from radiation.
With WA's mystery space junk secured, there are calls to put it on permanent display
With a rocket part that washed up on a WA beach now under lock and key at a "secret" location, governments are in talks over what will happen to it, while experts warn of more space junk to come.
As negotiations continue over WA's mystery rocket part, is this a sign of more space junk to come?
As authorities weigh up what to do with the large "foreign object", an expert says there is an increasing risk of space debris landing outside what's known as the "spacecraft cemetery".
Australia's migration law labelled discriminatory, but entirely legal, because of this major caveat
Lisa is one of thousands of British police officers looking to move to Australia, but because her daughter has Down syndrome her visa application is likely to be rejected — a feature of the Migration Act.
Scrap of clothing in mine shaft prompts fresh search eight years after prospector's body found
A scrap of clothing found by a member of the public has prompted police to re-examine a mine shaft where the body of amateur prospector Ray Kehlet— whose wife remains missing — was found eight years ago.
A killer's on the loose and Britney thinks the clues are in this desert
Three people went prospecting in the West Australian outback — only one came home. Now the family are taking the investigation into their own hands.
Investigation into Kehlet outback mystery given $2 million boost under new WA cold case rewards
An additional 60 unsolved missing and murdered persons cases in WA, including those of amateur prospectors Raymond and Jennie Kehlet, will attract rewards of $1 million each for information that results in a conviction.