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Koala escapes serious injury after being dragged at high speed along Pacific Highway

Wazza the koala has left carers astounded after she was collected by a car and endured a 10km trip down a major NSW roadway, only to bolt up a tree afterwards.




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Surfing coach was told he'd never be able to ride the waves, but he's proving otherwise

Coach and former professional surfer Wayne 'Huddo' Hudson loves sharing his passion for the waves, but there was a time he was told none of it would be possible.





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New program encourages children to spend time outdoors, meditate and be more mindful

In today's busy and technology-driven world, children are increasingly suffering from anxiety, and there's often little time to reflect, or play outside. Two NSW women are hoping to change that.



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  • Australia:NSW:Port Macquarie 2444
  • Australia:NSW:Wauchope 2446

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Grafton and Kempsey bus crashes remembered 30 years after the tragedies

They were Australia's worst bus-crash tragedies and they happened within weeks of each other on the Pacific Highway. Fifty-six people were killed and 63 injured and 30 years on the pain still lingers for many.




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Should mining companies be responsible for coal emissions? The NSW Government doesn't think so

NSW Deputy Premier says asking mining companies to consider greenhouse gas emissions from Australian coal exports "doesn't pass the pub test"




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LGBTQI Indigenous young people urged to be true to who they are

Australia's reigning Indigenous Drag Queen says it's tough being Indigenous, gay, and drag but it's important to be true to who you are.



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  • midnorthcoast
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  • Australia:NSW:Coffs Harbour 2450
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Rural Fire Service member Liam Birrer skips HSC exam to fight bushfire

Student Liam Birrer was supposed to be sitting a HSC exam instead he was fighting a bushfire in his local community.





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Washing machine repairman Bill Spedding (r) being interviewed by Detective Justin Moynihan (l).



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  • midnorthcoast
  • Law
  • Crime and Justice:Police:All
  • Australia:NSW:Port Macquarie 2444

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Honey shortages predicted as beekeepers face worst conditions on record due to bushfires, drought

The honey industry is facing hard times along with other producers, having taken a battering over recent years from the drought and a string of natural disasters.




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Mysteries of pristine Kimberley wilderness are being unravelled at last

It's home to as much biodiversity as the Great Barrier Reef, but this remote area of Western Australia has been largely a mystery to scientists, until now.




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Suicide strikes remote Kimberley community for second time in two months

The suicides of two young Indigenous women in two months have sparked calls for immediate action.




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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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High Court to determine Aboriginal right to exclude public from popular camping beaches

Many Australians regard the beach as a place that belongs to everyone, where no-one can be excluded. But the truth of that notion will now be tested by the High Court.



  • ABC Kimberley
  • kimberley
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  • Community and Society:Indigenous (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander):Land Rights
  • Law
  • Crime and Justice:Rights:Native Title
  • Lifestyle and Leisure:Lifestyle:All
  • Australia:WA:Broome 6725
  • Australia:WA:Dampier Peninsula 6725


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Cape Leveque beach





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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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Wolfe Creek Crater in the East Kimberley



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  • darwin
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Wolfe Creek Crater in the East Kimberley



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  • Australia:WA:Halls Creek 6770


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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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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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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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Fracking, ports and oil pipeline project worth $77b proposed for west Kimberley

A network of oil wells that involve fracking in the Great Sandy Desert, connected by pipelines to new and existing ports, may become Australia's biggest oil-producing project, according to traditional owners negotiating with the private company.




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Taxpayers are funding Instagram influencers to promote tourism in the Kimberley

Government marketers are spending an increasing amount of money on bringing so-called influencers to Australia, but is it money well spent?




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Brodie 'Youngbloods' Moss quit his job as an electrician to become a full-time YouTuber

The changing media landscape has meant former electrician Brodie Moss has an audience of more than 1 million, a comfortable full-time income, and the freedom to go fishing whenever he wants.




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Police investigate theft of a baby crocodile from Kimberley wildlife park

Police are called in after 'Cinnamon', a 40cm-long saltwater crocodile, is stolen from Broome's Malcolm Douglas Crocodile Park.




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Dolphin stranding at Roebuck Bay beach in Broome sees all five dead

Five dolphins found stranded at low tide on a beach at Broome's Roebuck Bay have now died.




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Indigenous Broome author Brenton E McKenna's epic journey behind his graphic-novel success

In the process of becoming Australia's first-ever published Indigenous graphic-novel author and publishing his epic three-volume magnum opus, Brenton E McKenna was battered physically and emotionally.




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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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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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Kimberley locals fear youth crime and potential vigilantism could combine to spark a tragedy

Residents of northern Western Australia have issued a desperate plea for help, saying it is only a matter of time before a resurgent youth crime wave sees a child killed.




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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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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.