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

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.

He's lived through two world wars, the Great Depression and at least two global pandemics but Perth retiree Gordon Ewers says he's nothing but grateful for his life. 

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

A group of teenagers catch the fish of a lifetime, reeling in one of the world's largest marine species.  

Living just six kilometres from one of the world's largest bulk export ports in Western Australia, Roger Higgins is used to a bit of dust. But he says recent levels are the worst he has seen in his 12 years in the town.

As another school year begins, the ABC speaks to 10 recent high school graduates from all over country Australia about their hopes, dreams and fears for the future. 

A shire president in regional WA says her council is under pressure to appease two sides of the debate around changing the date of Australia Day events, and wants more guidance from the federal government.

Living in regional Western Australia remains a costly enterprise, with prices consistently higher than Perth for basics including groceries and fuel.

Three nurses have been rushed out of the remote WA community of Jigalong, sparking calls for preventative steps to be taken to tackle youth crime.

The owners of Pardoo Roadhouse, which suffered millions of dollars' worth of damage during Severe Tropical Cyclone Ilsa last April, say they have been "devastated" by a string of break-ins hampering their rebuild.

Karl O'Callaghan is urging the state's director of liquor licensing to consider a police proposal to restrict the sale of alcohol in more regional areas, warning "children's lives at stake".

Mugarinya Community Association's $50,000 fine for animal welfare breaches "does not reflect the community standards and expectations put on the agricultural industry", claims feedlot operator Paul Brown.

Normal railway operations for Andrew Forest's Fortescue Metals Group are expected to be up and running again on Wednesday after an incident on the line between Newman and Port Hedland on Saturday suspended operations.

A former coal, oil and gas worker, Ray Middleton believes isolation shouldn't stop people from switching to electric vehicles.

Operators of a station in WA's Pilbara will be forced to pay a $50,000 fine over the death of 1,000 cattle suffering from neglect. 

The sole surviving native lizard species on one of Australia's most isolated territories faces a similar fate to its late relatives as researchers try to turn the tide.

A cattle industry survey shows millions of dollars in losses from deliberately lit fires, with pastoralists calling for more concrete action.

Australia's iron ore industry goes hand-in-hand with China. But it is a South Korean company looking to stump up billions of dollars for this green iron facility. 

Premier Roger Cook says the environmental approvals process in WA is "broken", but will his government's legislation to overhaul it create a free-for-all for resources companies? 

Thirty flatback hatchlings were rescued from a Port Hedland playground on Friday night, believed to have been attracted by the artificial lights.

After 30 turtle hatchlings were found lost in a beachfront playground, experts urge beachside towns to reassess artificial lights during nesting seasons.

Environmentalists say whales could go deaf during seismic surveys for offshore oil and gas. The reality is more complicated.

WA Police and some regional shires say 25 towns should be subject to similar liquor restrictions as Carnarvon due to levels of alcohol fuelled violence up to 104 times higher than the metropolitan area.

In a letter sent to the director of Liquor Licensing, Deputy Police Commissioner Allan Adams says "immediate intervention" is needed to address shocking rates of domestic violence and other forms of crime.