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Mining companies, towns brace for second WA pilot strike in six months

Network Aviation pilots will stop work for 24 hours on Thursday impacting passengers across regional Western Australia who fly with the Qantas subsidiary.
FIFO workers disembarking from a plane.

'I heard this terrible screaming': Five years on, has anything changed since 13 children and young people died by suicide?

It's been five years since an inquest laid bare the chaotic lives of children, including a 10-year-old girl, who took their own lives in outback Australia. Are kids any safer now? 
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Community legal centres desperate for funding as some close books to new clients

With its lawyers forced to live in hotels and caravan parks, Kimberley Community Legal Services says a lack of resources is forcing it to turn vulnerable people away.
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A hand pushing a white door open which has a sign that says Kimberley Community Legal Services.

Man granted bail despite being found guilty of trying to lure children into McDonald's toilet

A man found guilty of encouraging girls as young as seven to engage in sexual behaviour at a Broome McDonald's is granted bail so a psychological assessment can take place before his sentencing.
The outside of the McDonald's restaurant in Broome, WA

Police investigating after woman run over by car is flown to Perth with serious injuries

WA Police say they were called to Broome Hospital around 3am on Thursday after a 41-year-old woman presented with chest injuries.
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The front of a hospital

Zero cattle exports from Darwin as industry awaits Indonesian permits for 2024

The ABC understands there are a few thousand cattle held up in yards around the Northern Territory's Top End, and two live export vessels anchored off Darwin, as the industry waits for the permit issue to be resolved.
An aerial view of a wharf part of the Darwin Port, with the city of Darwin in the distance.

Drivers returning to Cable Beach after closure asked to watch for turtle hatchlings

The two-month vehicle ban on Broome's famous beach is hailed a success with no reports of turtles injured by vehicles and more than 70 nests identified.
A turtle on the beach

As pilots bring this plane up to the wall of the hurricane, it starts to shake like 'an old wooden rollercoaster'

Each year, a team of scientists flies directly into the eyes of some of the world’s biggest storms as they try to solve one of meteorology's greatest forecasting fears — the rapid intensification of life-threatening hurricanes and cyclones.
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The view from the eye of a hurricane

Transport costs and low prices hurting northern WA growers, but some say Coles, Woolworths aren't to blame

While the inquiry will put Coles and Woolworths in the spotlight, producers in the Gascoyne and Kimberley regions say other factors deserve close examination too.
A farmer stands in three rows of capsicum plants with netting in the background

Major rebuild underway at Kimberley national park, after Fitzroy River floods altered the landscape forever

Danggu Geikie Gorge National Park is expected to reopen to visitors just in time for the 2024 dry season after being all but washed away by last year's once-in-a-century floods.
A boat cruising along the Fitzroy River, with the backdrop of red dirt cliffs and bushland

After he was caught doing 205kph, a 26-year-old's luxury Lexus is the new face of a road safety campaign

A forfeited Lexus is turned into a roving anti-speeding advertisement to encourage drivers to slow down, as WA's South West region records the worst regional road toll in the state.
The numberplate on a black car, which says '4fited'

Dispirited by the Hollywood writers' strike, this American screenwriter found solace in WA's outback

Exhausted by the prolonged strike, Emmy-nominated writer Azie Dungey travelled halfway across the globe to pursue another passion.
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Azie Dungey in Kimberley bushland

What you can do in your own backyard to help minimise the spread of cane toads

Here's what you can do to prevent cane toads from making themselves at home on your property and how to humanely euthanase any you do find in your garden.
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A close-up of a cane toad standing side-on to the camera, surrounded by blades of grass.

Plummeting critical mineral prices are causing near panic. What's behind it and what comes next?

Plummeting critical mineral prices have pushed WA's major industry players to mothball their mines, workers to lose jobs and the government to all but panic. What's the fallout and what comes next?
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Ardea Goongarrie Hub rock

With mines closing and FIFO jobs on the line, WA's government throws a lifeline to nickel miners

Nickel miners could pay less to mine in WA, as the government holds crisis talks with the resources industry as mines shut and hundreds of jobs are lost.
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A person holds a handfull of ground nickel

Man sentenced to four-and-a-half years' jail for raping intellectually disabled woman

Ray Yeeda appeared before the WA District Court after he was found guilty of rape at trial.
Police car parked in front of rocky outrcrop

Illegal fishers reportedly savaged by crocodiles no deterrent to those willing to risk northern waters

The threat of crocodile attacks in the Kimberley is being used by Australian Border Force to deter illegal fishers from Indonesia, with reports that three men have been killed by the reptiles since September.
 a yellow and black graphic of a crocodile with no fishing sign

Outback band makes a 4,000km journey to return to Tamworth Country Music Festival after three years

After cancelling previous tours to Tamworth due to pandemic lockdowns and unprecedented flooding, Kimberley Gold is back to perform and busk.
Four men, two with guitars and hats and matching shirts sitting on rocks, smiling at the camera.

Victims in live export class action 'denied justice' as federal government rejects latest multi-million-dollar settlement

The National Farmers Federation says claimants are unable to put behind them the financial and emotional pain of the unlawful live export ban in 2011, as the government rejects another offer to settle.
A truck of cattle is parked next to a large boat, ready to loaded for export

Residents count high cost of living as prices for goods and services soar in WA towns

Living in regional Western Australia remains a costly enterprise, with prices consistently higher than Perth for basics including groceries and fuel.
Lady's hand holding cash over the till

Broome community promised overnight space for at-risk youth after police take 800 kids off the streets

A new space to house young people who have been roaming the streets of the Kimberley town at night will soon open with the aim of keeping them safe while easing pressure on police.
The silhouette of young people on the street at night

Former Catholic Bishop released without charge after child abuse detectives raid Broome home

A former Catholic bishop from Western Australia's north has been released without charge after speaking with detectives investigating historic child sex abuse claims.
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bishop saunders gives a speech

Hitchhiking cane toad sparks race to trap pests before 'frontline' reaches WA tourist town

A 15cm-long cane toad found in Broome is believed to have travelled there in a vehicle from an infested area, and authorities expect there will be more.
A cane toad next to a measuring tape, measuring almost 15 centimetres long.

Potential threat to Cocos Keeling Islands as Tropical Cyclone Anggrek intensifies

A blue alert has been issued for the remote islands, with the newly declared cyclone expected to intensify over the course of the day.
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An island with palm trees surrounded by turquoise water.

Former home of Broome Catholic Bishop Christopher Saunders raided by police

Police say detectives are in Broome as part of an ongoing investigation into historic child sex offences.
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Police remove a black and yellow suitcase from a home