David Weber
David filed his first court report in 1985 while on work experience with 2 Double O radio in Wollongong. He first started working with the ABC in the Illawarra region in the early 1990s, after completing a degree with Wollongong University.
His varied experience included stints with SBS, Agence France Presse, newspapers and commercial radio. David has reported on major stories in Australia for all the ABC News & Current Affairs platforms, and has filed from overseas, including during the 2016 US election.
David won a United Nations Peace Prize in 2005, and a range of WA Media Awards and other industry accolades.
Latest by David Weber
Former WA Liberal Party leader David Honey loses preselection battle for Cottesloe to Sandra Brewer
The property council chief wins the preselection battle for the Liberal heartland seat of Cottesloe, defeating former WA Liberal Party leader David Honey.
Police say 69yo Perth man bashed after trying to stop group throwing rocks at neighbour's house
An 11-year-old boy is charged after allegedly assaulting a 69-year-old man who police say was repeatedly punched and kicked by a group of males and left lying injured in the street outside his Bentley home.
Western Australia's severe summer heatwave breaks records as parts of Perth hit 45C
The heat peaked before it even hit midday for many spots around metropolitan Perth, with scorching mid-40 degree temperatures experienced across the city.
Corruption watchdog recommends prosecution of Perth hospital biomedical engineer over alleged $281,000 fraud
WA's Corruption and Crime Commission recommends the prosecution of a man who allegedly gained nearly $300,000 through fraud while working at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital.
'Freak storm' blamed for massive power, water blackouts in WA with massive towers 'crumpled like tin foil'
Power is starting to return to Kalgoorlie-Boulder after a summer storm toppled massive transmission towers, causing extended outages to the city's water, fuel, internet and phone services.
Widespread phone, internet and electricity outages reported in wake of severe summer thunderstorm
A summer storm has pummelled WA's Wheatbelt and eastern parts of Perth, with Western Power warning it could take days to restore services to all affected customers.
Former church youth worker pleads not guilty to dozens of child sex offences
Police say 35-year-old Phillip Gordan Ronald Salt met two of his alleged victims through a youth engagement role at a church.
Homicide detectives charge Bridgetown man over alleged murder of Raymond Smith
Bridgetown man Kevin Allan Craig Potter has been charged over the alleged murder of Raymond Smith.
East coast investors with no intention of moving west are fuelling Perth's latest property boom
Perth house prices are being boosted by growing interest from east coast buyers, many of whom have no plans to relocate interstate — and a local settlement agent says she has never seen anything like it.
'Prices have just ballooned': Three-bedroom Perth home fetches $300,000 profit in just a few years
Armadale resident Tom Kelly has just sold his modest property in Perth's south for more than double what he paid five years ago, with home values in the area rising 25 per cent in the past 12 months alone.
'Money talks': Saudi-backed elite tennis tournament inevitable says top US player
Top ranked American tennis player Jessica Pegula believes a Saudi-backed LIV-style tennis tour — similar to that of golf — is "inevitable".
Father of baby who died after being shaken suggests other child could have caused injury
The mother and father of a baby who died after being shaken both deny killing the child, despite police believing that one of them did. WARNING: This article contains details that readers may find distressing.
More than 300 fires deliberately lit in WA over past two months
WA has been hit by 1,600 bushfires over the past two months, a 70 per cent increase on last year, and more than 300 of them have been deliberately lit.
Baby girl died after being 'severely shaken' and neglected in 'unliveable' home, inquest told
An inquest is examining the brief life of a five-month-old baby girl, who died after suffering brain injuries just months after her mother tried to terminate the pregnancy. WARNING: This article contains details that readers may find distressing.
‘A brutal solution’: Premier defends propping up failing coal mine with $220m
The WA government has extended a taxpayer-funded lifeline to the failed foreign-owned Griffin Coal mine south of Perth so it continues to supply the state's biggest electricity system.
WA premier sees 'most technically proficient cabinet member' resign as energy minister steps down
Western Australia's Energy Minister Bill Johnston announces he is stepping down from cabinet and will not seek re-election in the 2025 state election.
Premier digs into Lord Mayor over women’s safe space closure, as dozens protest outside council house
The loss of a critical women's shelter in East Perth will leave women with little choice but to return to violence or sleep rough, according to those who have worked with victims of family violence.
WA government says sorry to Indigenous people for decades of discriminatory work practices, stolen wages
The WA Premier makes an official apology in parliament on behalf of the state to Aboriginal people, who worked for little or no pay for decades.
Fire crews facing 'dangerous' conditions as residents flee blazes amid unseasonal spring heatwave
A perfect storm of scorching hot and windy conditions are making it difficult for firefighters to control a massive blaze threatening lives and homes north-east of Perth, as the city enters a third day of an "unprecedented" spring heatwave.
Dropped charges over live export deaths amounts to 'government-sanctioned torture', activists say
Emanuel Exports will no longer face prosecution over the deaths of more than 2,000 sheep from heat-related stress during a 2017 voyage from Fremantle to the Middle East as part of Australia's lucrative live export trade.
Youth detainees spending up to 21 hours a day in cells following Cleveland Dodd's death in custody
Children at WA's only youth detention centre are being locked in their cells for extended periods due to staffing issues that have emerged after the high-profile death of a 16-year-old boy in custody, a regional court has heard.
'I finished him': Court hears how prison murderer wrote of pride after killing child sex offender
A court has heard details of the final moments of convicted child sex offender Ashley Bropho, and how the man who pleaded guilty to his murder wrote of his pride after the killing.
Perth mother jailed after holding children's heads underwater in blow-up pool
A Perth woman who held the heads of both her young children underwater in an inflatable pool is jailed, and banned from ever contacting them again.
'A chapter of his life he needs to put behind him': Former hospital boss jailed for online child sex offences
The former head of one of Perth's largest hospitals, Kempton Cowan, is sent to prison for five months for online child sex offences.
Man admits kidnapping 9yo girl as she walked to school in Perth's south
A 38-year-old man pleads guilty to kidnapping a young girl as she walked to school, an act that triggered a frantic search for her in Perth's southern suburbs.