Jackson Worthington is a producer for the ABC Perth Breakfast program. He started his career as a general news and features reporter at The Examiner in Launceston after graduating from Curtin University in 2019. He has also produced programs for ABC South West.

Margaret River's clarion call for mental health resources after string of suicides

Lauren Healy's husband Craig took his own life less than a week after returning home from more than a month of treatment for depression. Now she wants something to change so others don't have to travel hours for support.
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Charli travels hours for life-saving care but there's hope it will soon come to her door

People with eating disorders living in regional Australia face an uphill battle to access services but a new study is hoping to deliver care right to their door.
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'I'm just in shock': Tour operators hit hard as fire rips through WA's premier tourist region

It is the busiest time of the year for tourism operators in Western Australia's South West, but business has been put on hold for many working in Boranup, where a bushfire has destroyed large swaths of the area's unique forest.
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The Examiner •

Veterans and first responders open up about work, trauma and recovery

Brett Wright served as a paratrooper in the Australian Defence Force for 6 years. He has jumped out of planes, been injured, and lost friends all in the name of service. Mr Wright knew his work was impacting him while serving, but it wasn't until after he left that he understood the full extent of his trauma.
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Logging of WA native forests to be banned but industry says 'rushed decision' will cost jobs

The WA government has moved to end logging in native forests by investing in softwood timber plantations, a plan Premier Mark McGowan says will save around 400,000 hectares that would otherwise have been at risk of being felled.
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The Examiner •

People 'will go blind': concern over proposed Medicare changes

Every 10 weeks, 74-year-old Russell Sibbison gets an injection in each of his eyes. Without them his diabetes would slowly cause him to go blind. Right now the procedure costs him nothing thanks to his private health cover and the Tasmanian Eye Institute. But that could change if the federal government accepts a recommendation made during the review of Medicare item numbers.
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