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Rare gold specimens unearthed at WA mine compared to 'finding a needle in a haystack'

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Published On :: Thu, 06 Jun 2019 09:30:00 +1000

King Midas has left his mark again on the same Western Australian gold mine which made global headlines last year after producing some of the biggest gold specimens ever seen.


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Emu gold mine disaster still leaves hearts broken three decades after fiance's death

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Published On :: Thu, 13 Jun 2019 19:46:00 +1000

The fiance of a 27-year-old man killed in one of Australia's worst mining disasters is still heartbroken, saying the "pain is still there" on the 30th anniversary of his death.


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

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Published On :: Thu, 20 Jun 2019 09:48:00 +1000

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

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Published On :: Wed, 26 Jun 2019 12:33:00 +1000

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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Published On :: Mon, 01 Jul 2019 18:53:00 +1000


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Geologist John Donaldson

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Published On :: Mon, 01 Jul 2019 18:53:00 +1000

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

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Published On :: Mon, 01 Jul 2019 21:44:00 +1000

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

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Published On :: Tue, 09 Jul 2019 09:59:00 +1000

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

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Published On :: Tue, 09 Jul 2019 16:11:00 +1000

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

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Published On :: Sat, 13 Jul 2019 12:52:00 +1000

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

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Published On :: Fri, 26 Jul 2019 18:24:00 +1000

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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