There was no room in the labour ward of a Perth hospital when San-Mari Andrea Krugel turned up after feeling contractions. "It's like a birth centre, a midwife-led unit where they've got all the life saving equipment … it just means you don't have caesarean section facilities and doctor input," she said. "WA hospitals work together to ensure all birthing …
Julie Williams lost her job in January just as supply shortages hit West Australian supermarkets and fuel prices started climbing to record highs. "There's definitely been an increase in new clients coming in that haven't previously needed help," she said. But with the cost of living on the rise, St Vincent de Paul Society's financial counselling services manager Suzanne Long …