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Weather balloons vital for climate science but pollution they create poses dilemma for BOM

They collect vital climate information, but weather balloons are also a daily contributor to plastic pollution levels it's a dilemma the Bureau of Meteorology is struggling to solve.




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National call for change after 20-hour Telstra outage that hit northern WA

A telecommunications consumer group wants enhanced back-ups and safeguards after the telephone network for 50,000 people was cut off in the Kimberley.





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Pool to pond as homeowners ditch salt and chlorine for urban wildlife waterholes

More than 2.7 million Australians live in a house with a swimming pool and with growing environmental awareness, residents across the country are converting their pools to ponds.




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Broome tourism businesses divided on Airbnb and other 'sharing economy' accommodation websites

Some Broome tourism businesses hope a parliamentary inquiry will lead to a crackdown on accommodation websites, while others say 'the sharing economy' needs support.




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Livestock Handling Cup celebrates animal welfare and stockmanship in WA's far north

In the dusty station country of northern Western Australia, a unique competition is highlighting the importance of animal welfare to cattle producers and attracting international attention.




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As WA's TAB is sold off, country racing clubs plan for a challenging future

Country racing clubs are pondering their futures as the Western Australian Government moves to sell off the nation's last state-owned betting agency.




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Police say driver in fatal crash near Wyndham in East Kimberley was 11 years old

Investigators reveal that an 11-year-old boy was the driver of a vehicle that overturned and killed a young girl in northern WA at the weekend.




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Students with disabilities leaving WA schools because of 'poor resourcing, training'

Dozens of children with disabilities are being pulled out of West Australian schools by parents who say they are not getting enough support in the classroom.




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After two caesareans, this GP took her own midwife to hospital for the birth of her third child

Emily Slattery, a doctor herself, describes the recent birth of her son George as "boringly normal", but in fact it was far from ordinary. By using an independent midwife instead of an obstetrician, she has become the first woman in WA to take advantage of a new option in maternity care.




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Chinese owners ordered to rehabilitate Yakka Munga cattle station in the Kimberley

A Chinese company has been given until the end of November to remediate land it cleared at a cattle station in the Kimberley, following a blockade by Aboriginal native title holders.







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Fracking applications now welcome in WA, but industry's biggest challenge could still be ahead

Now that Western Australia's moratorium on fracking has been lifted, can gas from the Kimberley prove that it is economically viable?




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The Christian converts who are setting fire to sacred Aboriginal objects

Aboriginal followers of a Tongan-born preacher set fire to artefacts considered sacred by many local elders, and dismantle and burn a spiritual law ground.



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Power company trials solar, batteries and controlling home air conditioning to manage regional grid

A power company is remotely turning home air conditioners off in a trial to manage peak electricity demand, but will consumers hand over the remote control?





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Arrest warrant issued after convicted rapist skips court

An arrest warrant has been issued after a man who served 12 years in prison for bashing and raping two tourists in WA's far north breached his post-sentence supervision order and failed to appear in court.




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Satellite captures rarely-seen atmospheric gravity wave phenomenon off WA's north

Satellite images have captured a usually invisible phenomenon known as atmospheric gravity waves pulsing through clouds off Western Australia's north-west.




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School-of-the-air enrolments drop as fewer families live on cattle stations in remote WA

For many families in remote parts of Australia, virtual classrooms provide a vital education but low enrolment numbers in some parts could spell trouble for schools of the air.




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A flying doctor and son have flown from Colorado to Broome in a 'gutsy' little plane

A life-changing adventure for a Broome based GP and his son: Dave and Tom Berger have flown 40,000km in a single-engine plane.




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Outback aged care demands see young women gain skills and jobs by looking after elders on country

Keeping Aboriginal people 'on country' in their later years has far-reaching community benefits, but poor resources often make that impossible. In WA's remote north, however, that is starting to change.




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Urgent review into Symmie and Sharyn's fight against WA Government ordered by Minister Simone McGurk

WA's Child Protection Minister orders an urgent review into her department's management of five-year-old Symerien Brooking, who has one of the rarest medical conditions on the planet.




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St Paul's Cathedral London shares a link with the church bell in pearling town of Broome

When Jack Baker pulled down a 116-year-old, 250kg bronze bell from a simple church in a remote, dusty town, he discovered a connection to one of the most famous cathedrals in the world.





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Mental at Mentos: WA man campaigns against confectionery giant's plastic wrapping

Ocean lover Adam Western was sick of picking up Mentos mint wrappers from his favourite beach so he decided it was time somebody challenged the global confectionery company.





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Live sheep exports could be banned after this federal election, but WA breeders warn against it

Some WA sheep breeders are worried a ban could damage the industry, but Labor says the science is clear and if they win government they'll end the live export trade.




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Murder charge for driver allegedly behind hit-and-run Easter crash in Warnbro, south of Perth

A 36-year-old man is charged with murder following an alleged hit-and-run attack on two men in Perth's south in the early hours of Easter Sunday.




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Anzac memorabilia collectors keep the story of WA's fliers and soldiers alive

Two of Australia's most unique private military collections are tucked away on WA's south coast, not far from Albany where thousands of soldiers departed for WWI.




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What could Newmont Mining's $14b merger with Goldcorp mean for Australian gold mines?

Two of the world's biggest gold mining companies have merged in a $14 billion deal. What does it mean for the Kalgoorlie Super Pit and other Aussie gold mines?







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World record 'Everest of shearing' conquered as 16-year-old title clipped on WA farm

Lou Brown used meditation and shear effort to clip about one sheep a minute for eight hours and claim the new world record.





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Australia's $19b gold industry on edge of 'production cliff' as mines run out of gold, analyst warns

Australia was built on gold rushes a century ago, but there is a warning it could slip from second to fourth on a list of the world's biggest gold producing nations by 2024.




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Two pedestrians dead after being hit by truck on Brookton Highway in Jelcobine near Perth

A man and a woman are dead after they were hit by a truck overnight on Brookton Highway in Jelcobine, almost 100 kilometres south-east of Perth, with police closing the road to investigate the crash.




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Live export industry braces for the cost of fewer cattle on ships

The number of cattle allowed onboard live export ships is about to be reduced. Industry says the new rule makes no sense and will cause financial pain.









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How WA is on track to have Australia's most advanced weather forecasting system

The weather serves as both a great unifier and obsession for most Australians and now the Bureau of Meteorology is about to bring in the next generation of online forecasting technology.






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Is corporate farming ruining the sense of community in small rural and regional towns?

Thirty per cent of the Shire of Westonia is owned by corporate agricultural companies and locals say they are worried it is ruining the "sense of community" in the shire's small rural towns.