Andrew Chounding
Andrew Chounding is a journalist at ABC Goldfields, based in Kalgoorlie. He previously worked in Tasmania as The Examiner's state health reporter.
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Musician visits country town to find a rare guitar and winds up buying the pub
On a trip to the West Australian town of Boyup Brook, musician John Matthews was searching for a guitar, but found much more.
Young chase big bucks in West Australian shearing sheds amid workforce shortfall
Jak Rice went to shearing school hoping to build a career in wool, but what started as a necessity quickly became a passion as he works to improve his daily tally.
Transport sector calls for regional roads to become 'national priority' after rollover on 'treacherous' road
After a truck rollover killed more than 200 sheep in Western Australia's South West, a transport lobby group says the state of regional roads affects more than just the freight sector.
Outback medical service angers creditors after pushing ahead with a third GP clinic while owing thousands in wages
A country medical service facing liquidation angers creditors by offering them 30 per cent of what they are owed to escape a half-a-million-dollar debt while pushing ahead with plans for a new clinic.
Could these tiny ants swollen with honey hold the key to new medical treatments?
Aboriginal people have used honeypot ants to treat everything from cuts to colds for generations. Now modern science is catching up, finding the ants could hold the key to new medical treatments.
WA government backflips on Goldfields' grandmother's pre-Christmas eviction
The Department of Communities says it never had any intention of evicting 74-year-old Melba Munmurrie from public housing in Coolgardie, despite telling her she would be evicted on Wednesday.
Grandmother faces eviction from state housing in outback town despite advocate's pleas for delay
The 74-year-old woman says she will be forced to live on the streets if evicted weeks out from Christmas, while WA's housing minister calls it a matter for the courts.
Bushfire threat downgraded in WA's Mid West as firefighters work to contain blaze
Milder conditions have today assisted firefighters, who are working to contain a bushfire in and around Chapman Valley and Northampton that has burned more than 1,085 hectares since Sunday.
Council posts promising profit after controversial purchase of tiny town's only supermarket
The Shire of Dundas says the profits from Norseman's IGA, which it purchased for $1.43 million, will be reinvested into the community.
Rain dampens bushfire threatening key highway as storms batter outback WA
Heavy rain comes to the aid of firefighters battling a bushfire that has already burned more than 18,000 hectares in WA and has been threatening the main sealed road in and out of the state.
Native title recognised over area where communities grew after nuclear tests, rail development
Historic events of the past 120 years were among the factors that led people to Cundeelee, in WA's Goldfields, where a large native title claim has just been determined.
Restaurants will soon be required to tell you where their seafood was caught, under new country of origin rules
State and federal consumer affairs ministers vote to implement compulsory country of origin labelling of seafood in all hospitality venues.
Shooter pushed to the brink by 'hoons' and 'gangsters' avoids jail as jury finds him not guilty
Jurors deliberated for about two hours before finding 57-year-old Shane Plunkett acted in self-defence when he shot a 38-year-old man last year after a violent altercation.
Court hears 'Wild West' outback shooting was act of self-defence
The trial of a man who claims he shot another man in self-defence has heard from the shooter for the first time after his police interview was played to the jury.
Alleged axe attack during heated argument the catalyst for shooting injury of man days later, court hears
A West Australian man claims he shot another man in self-defence in the days after an alleged axe attack in a small outback town.
Man who shot another in the stomach didn't aim for head as he 'didn't want to kill him', court hears
The stoush between a West Australian man who'd 'had enough' of hoons driving around his property and the man who he shot with a stolen firearm has been heard in a district court trial.
Shire with single GP considers renewing support after replacement FIFO service hits financial trouble
The Shire of Dundas considers reversing its decision to cut support to its Norseman-based GP of 17 years after the FIFO medical service it backed to replace him runs into financial trouble.
High fashion hits the stage in tiny outback town better known for gold mining
Previously, when tourists stopped at Coolgardie's visitor centre for souvenirs, there were none. It gave Rose Mitchell the idea of making some. Then, with her town's support, her dream of creating wearable art, and a high-end fashion show, became a reality.
Households across Western Australia face thousands in costs to replace 'defective' power poles
Hundreds of households could be forced to pay thousands of dollars to replace private power poles on their property after Western Power deemed them "defective".
'Staggeringly unlikely': Outback newsagent's six division one lotto winners a statistical phenomenon
Mathematician Adam Spencer says the string of lucky wins is a statistical aberration. It comes almost a year to the day a syndicate of 20 Kalgoorlie miners won a $53 million jackpot that saw them each take home about $2.6m.
Government reforms spark long delays for WA council election results
WA's Electoral Commissioner concedes the move to preferential voting and the direct election of mayors has left candidates and communities across the state waiting longer than usual for local government poll results.
Fishermen rescued off south coast of WA after shark punctures inflatable dinghy
A shark hooked by the group bit the front of the boat causing it to partially deflate and take on water, damaging the fuel lines and engine.
Day's competition cancelled after rider in his 50s killed in outback Kalgoorlie Desert Race
The rider in his 50s was competing in the Kalgoorlie Desert Race just outside the city — about 600km east of Perth — when he crashed at about 9.30am AWST.
Kalgoorlie health service I-Medical Australia accused of failing to pay thousands in wages to locum doctors
A WA medical practice is at the centre of a pay dispute with doctors and medical service providers who say they are owed thousands of dollars in unpaid fees.
Man charged over decapitation of bronze statue of Goldfields pioneer Paddy Hannan
Police have charged a 38-year-old man in connection with the vandalism, after the statue's head was cut off overnight.