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Laverton's nocturnal cow problem and the two men who took matters into their own hands

When an outback town in WA was faced with the unusual problem of cows leaving their paddocks and roaming their streets by night in search of food, two men were tasked with doing something about it.





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Irlen syndrome, the condition medical experts say doesn't exist, promoted to school teachers

According to medical experts, a condition that requires coloured glasses does not exist, yet WA and NSW teachers have attended training sessions on it.




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Super Pit gold mine




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Geologist John Donaldson

A billion dollars of investment in new WA mining jurisdictions is set to bring jobs and education opportunities for traditional Aboriginal land owners.







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Gruyere the big cheese as analysts warn Australia's lack of new gold discoveries threatens future output

Australia's biggest new gold mine, the $621 million Gruyere project in WA's Great Victoria Desert, pours its first gold bar as the precious metal continues to trade near record highs but the mood in the industry is not all good.












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Kalgoorlie's 'Pink House' the last brothel standing on Hay Street's historic red-light district

The closure of an historic brothel has provided another nail in the coffin for one of Australia's most famous red-light districts, which has operated illegally for more than a century.





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In a far-flung mining town, its basketball team has an unlikely but welcome boost: American players

American college basketballers are increasingly turning to opportunities to play in regional Australian towns, but in Kalgoorlie they have long been a part of the town's rich basketball culture.




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Squalid homes demolished, residents relocated from Aboriginal reserves, in shadow of big-money mines

People are living in squalor right next to the richest mines in the country, and no-one's prepared to take responsibility for maintenance.




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Gold miner fined $150,000 over death of worker, the third fatality in six-year span at Central Norseman mine

The owners of the mothballed Central Norseman gold mine in WA have been fined over the death of a worker fatally crushed in 2016.






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Driver missing after explosives truck blows up near Sandstone in outback Western Australia

A search is underway for missing 67-year-old Tony Hickey whose explosives truck caught fire and blew up near Sandstone in Western Australia's Mid West, with police unable to find him at the scene.




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Tourists arrive disappointed to find Pink Lake isn't pink. Scientists say they can change that

A team of scientists in Western Australia will investigate how to turn an iconic lake pink in a project believed to be an Australian first.




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'It's time': End of an era as brothel madam puts historic Kalgoorlie bordello on the market

Seven years after closing the doors of her famous Kalgoorlie brothel, madam Mary-Anne Kenworthy has listed the property for sale, marking the end of an era for the historic red-light district.






















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Golden girls of Kalgoorlie's Super Pit represent changing face of Australian mining

When Kalgoorlie's Super Pit gold mine started 30 years ago, there was not a single female employee. Today, the workforce is 30 per cent women, nearly double the mining industry average.




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Aboriginal communities sue Federal Government over 'racially discriminatory' work-for-the-dole scheme

Remote WA Aboriginal communities are suing the Federal Government in a landmark action over its controversial work-for-the-dole scheme which they argue is unlawful.




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Gold is booming but mining towns are failing to cash in as miners' wages fly out

Business is booming for the gold mining industry as the price of the precious metal sets new benchmarks almost every day, but not everyone in mining towns like Kalgoorlie is taking a shine to the recent "mini gold rush".




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Kalgoorlie-Boulder council votes to give staff access to ratepayer funds for defamation cases

A council in regional Western Australia is the latest to join the list of local governments around the country to allow ratepayer money to fund defamation action against members of the public.