Rebecca Trigger
Rebecca Trigger is a journalist and producer for ABC News. She has worked for the state newsroom in Perth and the National Investigations Team in Sydney.
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Latest by Rebecca Trigger
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.
Agriculture department forbids 16,000 livestock stranded in Perth being re-exported to Israel
About 16,000 livestock will stay stranded on a ship in Perth after the federal agriculture department forbid them from being re-exported.
Calls for agriculture minister to resign over returned sheep ship, as department blames exporter for delay
The Australian government says the exporter responsible for a shipment of more than 15,000 Australian sheep and cattle that have been stranded off the WA coast delayed its application to re-export the animals.
As heatwave grips Perth, plan hatched to remove some livestock from stranded ship and re-export the rest
Some of the animals on board the controversy-plagued live export ship MV Bahijah will be offloaded in Western Australia and the rest sent back to the Middle East, under a plan put forward by the export company.
'It's going to smell pretty bad': 15,000 animals stranded at sea during heatwave amid biosecurity risks
The animals have been at sea for 25 days on board the MV Bahijah after it was ordered by the federal government to turn back from its voyage to the Middle East due to security concerns in the strife-torn Red Sea.
More than three weeks after leaving Fremantle, thousands of livestock remain stuck on ship off WA coast
Questions are being asked about what will happen to thousands of sheep and cattle on the live export ship MV Bahijah, which was turned around due to the deteriorating security situation in the Middle East.
'It's not about celebrity': WA premier says he's not nervous about Basil Zempilas's political tilt
Western Australia's Premier Roger Cook dismisses the suggestion he is nervous about high-profile Liberal hopeful Basil Zempilas's plan to run in the 2025 state election.
Perth Lord Mayor defends himself after women's tennis comment goes viral
Basil Zempilas was engaged in a conversation with a journalist, talking about reading the news during a tennis final, when an off-the-cuff comment triggered a social media storm.
With mines closing and FIFO jobs on the line, WA's government throws a lifeline to nickel miners
Nickel miners could pay less to mine in WA, as the government holds crisis talks with the resources industry as mines shut and hundreds of jobs are lost.
Stranded live export ship forced to return to Australia amid deteriorating Middle East security
The federal government orders a live export ship carrying thousands of Australian sheep and cattle to turn back after it was diverted due to the deteriorating security situation in the Middle East.
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.
WA Premier says redevelopment of Perth convention centre would 'right an historic wrong'
Plans are unveiled for a major redevelopment of Perth’s Convention Centre, a building that has long been criticised for being ugly and not taking advantage of its prime riverside location.
'Rich-listers' playground' plan in limbo after fire destroys property on land earmarked for $100m country club
A bushfire north of Perth has torn through a property that was earmarked for a luxury $100 million country club marketed towards high-rolling international tourists.
It's an industrial precinct that contributes $15 billion into WA's economy, but what lies in store for Kwinana?
The chief executive of a peak body says the Kwinana industrial area in Perth's south must undergo drastic change if it is to meet state government emissions targets.
Impact of Alcoa refinery closure laid bare as cost to WA economy put at $650 million annually
As US mining giant Alcoa says it will close its refinery in Kwinana in Perth's south, an expert warns the hit to Western Australia's economy will run into the hundreds of millions of dollars.
'One carton per day': WA government reveals proposed crackdown on liquor sales in two regional towns
The director of liquor licensing issues a show cause notice to liquor retailers in Broome and Derby to provide reasons why they should not implement the stringent new restrictions from February 23.
The millions in 'dark money' creating a 'stench' in WA politics
Would you spend close to $30,000 for a chance to rub shoulders with those in charge of WA? Those with cash to splash have been doing just that — and many donations can remain hidden due to a legal loophole.
Family ‘forever broken’ after 20-year-old volunteer firefighter dies battling Boxing Day blaze
Volunteer firefighter Harry Stead is remembered as a caring and "down-to-earth" young man after he died while responding to a bushfire near Esperance.
'I fell straight into its mouth': Wing foiler bitten on leg by shark north of Perth relives encounter
A wing foiler tells of the moment he came off his board and fell on a shark which promptly latched onto his leg at Wedge Island, north of Perth.
'Everything is gone': WA fire crisis eases for the night after homes lost
A bushfire emergency that gutted at least two houses in Perth's hills eases, as blazes burning in Toodyay and Eaton are downgraded.
Radioactive waste from nuclear AUKUS submarines will be stored in Perth. Is there any cause for concern?
Experts weigh in on plans for low-level radioactive waste to be stationed at a Perth defence base, as the Premier suggests it can be sent elsewhere.
Crowds flock to beach after whale strands itself again, shark warning issued
A whale that has stranded itself twice in the past two days south of Perth may need to be euthanised, WA authorities say.
Fremantle Port will be dismantled and moved to free-up 'prime' land, but there's still no cost or timeframe
The WA government says it is one step closer to moving commercial shipping from Fremantle port to Kwinana, freeing up 260 hectares of prime water-front land for redevelopment.
Firefighters bring destructive Perth bushfire under control, as more relief payments announced
A fire that has been burning in Perth's north since Wednesday has been contained and controlled, after it was announced victims of the devastating blaze could receive some much-needed financial aid.
'Critical' day for Perth bushfire emergency with likely wind change as temperatures ease
Fire crews are into their third day battling a large bushfire in Perth's north-east, with better conditions overnight offering some respite for residents and authorities — but a forecast wind change is causing concerns.