Isabel Moussalli
Isabel Moussalli is a journalist with ABC Audio Current Affairs, based in Perth. She files stories for the AM, The World Today and PM programs. Isabel has previously worked as a multi-platform reporter and newsreader for the ABC's Darwin and Kalgoorlie bureaux.
Latest by Isabel Moussalli
'Like being washed in happiness': The formal-wear beach swim shoring up pleasure
By Isabel Moussalli and Michael Black for Make Me Feel Good
Every year these pleasure-seeking Australians take to the waves in suits and ball gowns to let off steam during the summer holiday silly season.
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'Sneaky' cane toad spotted in Broome a year ahead of pest's forecast march across Western Australia
A cane toad is spotted outside a Broome resort — the third local sighting in recent months — prompting fears more will arrive in the region soon.
Radioactive waste from nuclear AUKUS submarines will be stored in Perth. Is there any cause for concern?
By Rebecca Trigger and Isabel Moussalli
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.
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'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.
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Parents of children living with autism and ADHD plea for help as specialist and paediatrician wait lists blow out
Parents in Perth say they are facing an 18-month wait to see a public paediatrician and those in regional and remote areas are experiencing even longer delays.
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As demand for food charities surges, this food bank has come up with an unlikely solution
As Louise prepares charity food packs, she admits that for the first time in a while, she looks forward to waking up and coming to work. You can't tell but she's a little different to the other volunteers at the Perth Foodbank. Louise is a prisoner.
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Aliaa couldn't swim at her local pool, so she pushed for change
Women-only swimming sessions introduced by a Perth council are the latest in a growing list of programs being rolled out across the country to address the higher drowning risk in multicultural communities.
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Drink spiking test kits to provide forensic evidence for victims of sexual predators
By Kenith Png, Tabarak Al Jrood, and Isabel Moussalli
West Australian police unveil drink spiking test kits that can detect more than 600 drugs to provide victims of sexual predators with forensic evidence that has previously been lacking.
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Plibersek gives nod to fertiliser plant near huge sacred rock art collection, leaving some 'devastated'
A controversial multi-billion-dollar fertiliser plant will go ahead on the Burrup Peninsula in WA, with some traditional owners fearing it will destroy the world's oldest and largest rock art collection.
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Mark McGowan announces more exposure sites after new COVID case emerges in WA outbreak
By Nicolas Perpitch and Isabel Moussalli
Western Australia records one new local case of COVID-19, taking the total number of infections in its recent backpacker cluster to 14, with new exposure sites identified in Perth and the South West.
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Billie Eilish says porn 'destroyed my brain' at age 11, so how can parents prevent this?
Parents are being urged to have early conversations with their children about pornography, but it could soon become tougher to access it in Australia.
Rental affordability dropped in most cities during 2021, according to new report
Rents in Sydney and Melbourne remain more affordable than those in Hobart, according to the annual Rental Affordability Index. Perth has seen the greatest decline in affordability out of the capital cities.
This place kills its residents, but some are fighting to stay
After years of compensation offers, the WA government plans to forcibly remove the remaining properties at a former asbestos mining town.
Pensioners have called a Top End caravan park home for years. But soon they could be forced to move
Long-term residents of a Darwin caravan park say they are "terrified" as they await a planned redevelopment that could see them evicted and placed on the public housing waitlist.
How a one-of-a-kind rescue program is saving critically endangered sawfish in the Top End
Sawfish were regularly facing death in Top End waterways, but a ranger group and a researcher are turning that around with a rescue program believed to be the only one of its kind in the world.
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How do you get doctors to move to the outback? This town may soon have the answer
The Northern Territory town of Katherine has long faced a critical shortage of GPs, but now two clinics hope a new model can attract doctors and possibly convince them to stay.
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Territory Day 2021: Fires burn across the NT as crews battle blaze in Palmerston
By Steve Vivian and Isabel Moussalli
This year's controversial Territory Day firework celebrations begin after a months-long debate over fire concerns, with emergency services already responding to a number of firework-sparked spot fires.
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Crime and climate change are deciding votes in today's NT council elections
By Mitchell Abram and Isabel Moussalli
Many eyes are on Alice Springs in today's local government elections, where a new mayor will be elected for the first time in 13 years.
Census officers travelling vast distances to ensure half-a-million remote Australians are counted
As households prepare to complete the census tomorrow, some people in remote Australia have already completed the process, overcoming distances and language barriers.
Want to be in local politics? In the NT you’ve got a 50 per cent chance
In Darwin, the "Laksa Queen" is attempting to unseat the Mayor, but in other parts of the Northern Territory it's feared there will be a shortage of candidates for local government elections.
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Council warns against setting off tonnes of fireworks in 'severe' bushfire conditions
By Jano Gibson and Isabel Moussalli
The City of Darwin council calls for next month's cracker night — postponed earlier this year because of coronavirus lockdowns — to be delayed until April to reduce the risk of bushfires.
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'We can't make flight changes for you': Long lines at Darwin Airport as travellers flee COVID lockdown
By Chelsea Heaney and Isabel Moussalli
Interstate travellers have been lining up for flights out of Darwin, after a snap lockdown was announced yesterday, while those living rough have been told to stay put.
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How youth programs are turning things around for the Top End's vulnerable
Those working at the coal face of youth engagement in the Top End suburb of Palmerston are finding the more guidance and care given to local kids, the better it is for the broader community.
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Darwin COVID-19 vaccine bookings paused amid surge in demand from young people
A surge in demand from young people keen to get vaccinated against coronavirus has temporarily halted bookings in Darwin on the government's website.
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Union calls for release of Darwin port workers quarantined in 'bureaucratic overreaction'
By Jacqueline Breen and Isabel Moussalli
The maritime union is demanding the release of 13 port workers from mandatory quarantine, rejecting the claim the workers breached COVID safety rules.
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