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Energy giant Woodside backs away from $80 billion merger deal with Santos

The combined business would reportedly have had an LNG (liquefied natural gas) capacity of 16 million tonnes a year.
Three buildings in a city skyline

Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Oil and Gasby Rachel Pupazzoni and Cason Ho

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.

Published: Source: ABC PilbaraTopic: Wages and Benefitsby Charlie McLean and Michelle Stanley

Struggling nickel sector asks for urgent support, but analysts say 'folly' to give a taxpayer-funded lifeline

Nickel prices have plummeted in recent months due to a glut in the market, but some analysts say it's part of the "boom and bust" nature of the industry.
Two Caucasian hands holding a large rock, person wearing jeans and hello and grey mining shirt, dirt and grass behind.

Published: Source: ABC RuralTopic: Nickelby Tom Robinson, Alys Marshall and Tara de Landgrafft

Remote teachers' unforgettable trip to school by plane after floodwaters cut off Pilbara town

Two British teachers are flown to their first day of school in Western Australia's outback, assisted by police and ADF, after flooding forces road closures.
Four people pose for a selfie inside a plane at Newman airport.

Published: Source: ABC PilbaraTopic: Teachersby Michelle Stanley and Charlie McLean

Calls for investigation after pensioner charged $54k for home insurance on 'asbestos cottage'

There are calls for an ASIC investigation after an Indigenous pensioner was charged an annual insurance premium of almost $10,000 by QBE for an asbestos-clad home in a remote town in Western Australia.
A composite image of Leonard O'Meara and a drone shot of his house in Derby, WA.

Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Insuranceby Michael Atkin and Emily Laurence

The shocking death of a 16-year-old in police custody 40 years ago continues to reverberate in this outback town

John Pat's death at just 16 inside an outback police lock-up sparked national outrage and a royal commission. Forty years later, what is his legacy in his hometown?
A collage of printed colour photos of a brown red outback town

Published: Source: StatelineTopic: Black Deaths In Custodyby Jesmine Cheong and Nicolas Perpitch

Dirt roads and dynamite: How an aviation pioneer's sacking inspired an outback trucking legacy

John Morgan's time spent hauling high explosives over rough roads were among the many audacious deliveries he made working for a company that opened up a remote corner of the country.
A man leaning on a truck with a high explosives sign on the front

Published: Source: ABC PilbaraTopic: Air Transport Industryby Rosemary Murphy and Xander Sapsworth-Collis

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Teenager catches huge sawfish off Port Hedland beach

Owen Wells, 17, says it took him over two hours to reel in a five to six metre green sawfish.
Duration: 24 seconds

Source: ABC Pilbara

The costs of suspended birthing services in Carnarvon

163 mothers have been forced to travel out of town since birthing services were suspended in Carnarvon in February last year.
Duration: 1 minute 22 seconds

Source: ABC Pilbara

Tropical low hits Newman.

The Fortescue River and Gingianna Pools have both broken their banks as Newman receives the brunt of a tropical low system.
Duration: 49 seconds

Source: ABC Pilbara

'Australia's hottest town' falls short of record streak of scorching days

Marble Bar experienced 26 days over 43 degrees since Christmas – one day and half a degree short of breaking its own record.
Duration: 2 minutes

Source: ABC News

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Urn containing ashes reunited with family who'd stored them in microwave sent to flood victims

The urn containing ashes was lost in Cairns two weeks ago after being stashed in a microwave that had been donated to flood victims. It took a little help from local radio before it could be reunited with the family.
woman and man holding ornate glass urn

Published: Source: ABC Far NorthTopic: Human Interestby Brendan Mounter, Charlie McKillop and Amanda Cranston

Three men plead not guilty to murder of drug dealer in robbery gone wrong

A Supreme Court jury is told a known ice dealer was gunned down in his car as he fled a "drug rip" — the ripping off of a drug dealer — north of Newcastle. 
A man in a singlet taking a selfie in the mirror.

Published: Source: ABC NewcastleTopic: Crimeby Giselle Wakatama

Environmentalist slams approval of one of largest proposed greenfield coal mines

Whitehaven Coal's Winchester South coal mine in central Queensland's Bowen Basin plans to extract up to 17 million tonnes of coal a year for about 30 years.
Mine infrastructure in a coalfield, blue sky.

Published: Source: ABC CapricorniaTopic: Mining (Rural)by Katrina Beavan

Police recover 4WD vehicle from WA cliff crash that killed two men

Authorities have recovered the wreckage of a four-wheel drive after it plunged over a steep cliff at a remote WA beach, killing Matthew Farr and Louis Eeles, and seriously injuring a third.
Two young men with long hair smiling holding big fish.

Published: Source: ABC Midwest & WheatbeltTopic: Policeby Alice Angeloni

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