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Rocky outcrops in the Great Sandy Desert




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Endangered species discovered clinging on in Great Sandy Desert 'island refuge'

The discovery of endangered quolls, bilbies, and rock wallabies on islands of habitat in the Great Sandy Desert offers a rare glimmer of hope for wildlife managers.




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Review finds more than a dozen West Australian stations at 'high risk' of cattle deaths

A review of WA's cattle stations finds at least a dozen are at risk of animal welfare issues in coming months because of a lack of food and water.





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Miriwoong dancers perform




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MG Corporation executive chairman Lawford Benning with Lands minister Ben Wyatt







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Yakka Munga station blockaded by protesters in fight to protect Kimberley land

Land clearing work at the Kimberley's Yakka Munga cattle station has ground to a halt as native title holders blockade the road and refuse contractors entry to the site.







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WA Government issues Chinese company a stop-work order over Kimberley land clearing

The WA Government has ordered Zenith Australia Investment Holding to stop clearing land at Yakka Munga station after a blockade by the area's native title holders.




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Aged care in regions a 'death sentence', as royal commission told of neglect and isolation

Stories of families not being told when elderly relatives have died, old people found surrounded by food scraps and with maggots these are reasons why some people regard aged care in the regions a "death sentence".




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Telstra facing investigation over selling 'unaffordable contracts' to vulnerable Australians

A "flood" of vulnerable Australians have been walking into Telstra shops looking to buy a cheap flip phone and walking out with contracts worth $250 a month. Now the consumer watchdog is investigating.






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Kelpie DNA study unravels mysterious origins of Australian working dog, but finds no dingo

The Australian kelpie's origins have long been shrouded in mystery, but new genetics research has found some vital answers to the iconic working dog's ancestry.





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Kiwirrkurra rangers



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Search for missing WWII planes off Broome, sunk in Australia's second-worst mainland attack

At least 80 people were killed in a Japanese attack on Broome in 1942, and now the search is on for the wrecks of the flying boats where they died.




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Inquest into death of Bran Nue Dae author Jimmy Chi reveals gaps in health services

A health facility able to meet the needs of acclaimed Aboriginal playwright Jimmy Chi was not available at the time of his death, a coronial inquest has heard.






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How Indigenous owned and run Roebuck Plains Station is changing lives in the Kimberley

Welcome to Roebuck Plains Station, where traditional owners and Indigenous people are taking back the reins, creating jobs, protecting country and forging a promising future, all while running a profitable and sustainable station.




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Why Wolfe Creek Crater attracts scientists, Indigenous traditional owners and horror movie fans

Rare audio recordings reveal Aboriginal people may have worked out how Wolfe Creek Crater was formed, years before scientists arrived and it become a destination for fans of the eponymous horror movie.




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$50/ha fines 'are not deterrents': Calls for tougher penalties for land clearing as Zenith investigated

Conservation groups want harsher penalties for illegal land clearing, as the WA Government investigates a Chinese-owned company over the mysterious clearing of 120 hectares at a cattle station.




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Earthquake in Indian Ocean felt from Broome to Perth

A magnitude-6.6 earthquake off the West Australian coast is felt across large parts of the state, but there are no reports of major damage.




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Earthquake near Broome may have released '100 times more energy' than Newcastle tremor

The 6.6 magnitude earthquake that rattled Broome was 100 times more powerful than the one which claimed 13 lives in Newcastle in 1989 but there were no deaths and very little damage.




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Earthquake panic in WA's north sparks calls for better emergency information

There are calls for clearer emergency information after residents fled their homes during the Kimberley earthquake.




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New bid to help connect distant Australians with hundreds of millions in lost super

In the Northern Territory, where much of the population is sparse and remote, there are still wide gaps in understanding superannuation.








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Electric car revolution drives Northern Minerals' search for rare earths at Browns Range project

The Browns Range pilot plant in remote Western Australia has been touted as a project that could have global significance, particularly if the US-China trade war escalates.





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Cane toad testicles becomes battle of the states, with Qld toads' testicles 30pc bigger than NSW, WA counterparts

WA and NSW cane toads are bigger, stronger and can travel further, but they lag behind Queensland toads in one significant feature testicle size.




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It survived ice-ages and the rise and fall of oceans how has Indigenous rock art lasted so long?

While the world has lost artworks by Rembrandt, da Vinci, and Van Gogh in just a few hundred years, some Indigenous art has lasted more than 30,000 years. So what is the secret?







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Bush pilots pull off risky remote aeroplane rescue near Derby, WA

Two pilots have pulled off a risky retrieval operation in remote WA, dangling a 1-tonne aeroplane beneath their chopper and flying it almost 100 kilometres to the nearest town.





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WA's most remote distillery and brewery team up to create the state's first local corn beer

A remote WA distillery has teamed up with a brewery 4,000 kilometres away to create the state's first corn beer, direct from paddock to keg.




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Cult leader James 'Taipan' Salerno jailed for repeated sexual abuse of teenage girl

James Gino Salerno, who was once based in the Adelaide Hills, is jailed for at least eight years for repeatedly sexually abusing a teenage member of the group. His victim says other girls still in the cult "can sleep easy now".





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Critically endangered sawfish deaths on cattle station drew fears of 'negative story', FOI reveals

There have been calls for greater transparency on remote cattle stations after a FOI request revealed a push to keep the mass death of a critically endangered species under wraps.




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Balgo's remote artists hope footy-themed bonnet art can transform community

Where some people have seen wrecked cars in the desert, artists in a remote WA community saw a blank canvas. Rocked by two deaths, the people of Balgo have set about doing something special.