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A grieving son is calling for energy companies to do more after his mother, who was on life support, died during a power outage in the NSW Central West.

Gloria Shea, 80, relied on a life support machine for oxygen while suffering from emphysema at her home in Dubbo.

The great-grandmother's machine switched off during an unexpected blackout while she was sleeping about 5am on May 8.

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Neither Shea nor her son Brian, who lives on the same property, were notified by their energy company or the network provider Essential Energy.

"She wasn't ready to die," Brian said.

"She was full of life and energy, she had planned what she was doing the next day.

"If there was some sort of automated system that sent out a text message, I could have been there in 30 seconds, in under a minute."

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"We could have assisted her, we could have got her oxygen bottles to her.

"She does have oxygen bottles in the home but at night you rely on the oxygen generator."

The oxygen machine was rented and didn't come fitted with a back-up battery.

If there is a planned energy outage, providers need to give customers using life support four days' notice but in the case of an unexpected blackout, they aren't required to make contact.

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Instead, they urge vulnerable customers when they first sign up to have a back-up battery or generator and to call triple-zero in an emergency. 

An Essential Energy spokesperson said the team had personally contacted the family to extend their "deepest condolences".

"On Monday 8 May 2023, an unplanned power outage occurred around 5am when a member of the public contacted our 24/7 Customer Contact Centre to report sparks from a transformer on a power pole," the spokesperson said.

"To ensure public safety, Essential Energy remotely de-energised the local network.

"A field team was dispatched to the site and undertook repairs so that power could be restored as safely and quickly as possible.

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"The power supply was interrupted twice for short durations and was fully restored approximately one hour after the fault was first reported."

The spokesperson advised customers who rely on continuous power supply to seek advice from their medical practitioner and have "contingency plans in place".

The energy provider said about three per cent of their 880,000 customers were registered life support customers.

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A man has been charged with the alleged rape and assault of nine women he met on dating websites in Western Australia.

The 23-year-old man has been charged with 64 offences, including 12 counts of aggravated sexual penetration without consent, two aggravated threats to kill and six counts of aggravated assault causing bodily harm.

Police said the alleged incidents took place between 2016 and 2023, starting when the man was a teenager.

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Detectives raided the man's home in the Perth suburb of Treeby and seized electronic storage devices, cameras and computers.

Police said one mobile phone allegedly contained more than 232,000 images and 9300 videos of women.

The man will also face charges of stealing, trespassing, burglary and criminal damage.

He is due to appear in Perth's Magistrates Court on Thursday.

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Investigators are hoping dozens of decades-old unsolved murders and missing persons cases in Western Australia will be resolved after the government announced $1 million rewards.

There are now 64 open investigations with a $1 million incentive for information that leads to an arrest and conviction in the cold case homicides.

For 39 of those cases, it's the first time a reward has been offered while 21 others had smaller amounts attached.

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The government hopes the reward will encourage people to come forward with crucial information to help solve the cases.

"These significant rewards give people who have vital information one million reasons to come forward," Police Minister Paul Papalia said.

"The financial incentive will hopefully ensure those responsible for these heinous crimes are brought to justice and assist grieving families in finding closure."

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Police Commissioner Col Blanch said police never give up on unsolved homicides but the $1 million rewards may help provide the missing pieces to the puzzle in these cases.

"For those families who have lost loved ones and are still waiting for justice, we hope this reward money is able to deliver the closure they deserve," he said.

"We know there are people in the community who are able to provide valuable information on these unsolved cases, which is why we need you to contact us – so here is a million reasons why."

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Blanch said there are people in the community who know what happened in these crimes.

He added advances in forensic technology can also help solve the cases.

Here is the full list of unsolved homicides that now have a $1 million reward attached.

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A light plane has crashed at Melbourne's Essendon Airport this afternoon.

Authorities say the Cessna 172 Skyhawk flipped onto its roof near runway 26 about 3.50pm.

An Essendon Fields spokesperson said the pilot of the aircraft was safe, with no other passengers on board. 

Emergency services are on scene providing assistance.

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