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Gantheaume Point, Broome.

Port guide: Broome, Australia

This isolated West Australian town and gateway to the Kimberley has quirky character, multicultural history and a spectacular beach.

  • Brian Johnston

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Former Broome bishop Christopher Saunders arrives at Broome Magistrates Court on Monday.

Ex-Broome bishop to plead not guilty to new sex assault charges

Christopher Saunders faced Broome Magistrates Court on Monday for the first time since being charged with five more historical offences.

  • Cameron Myles and Jamie Freestone
Temperatures are rising to dangerous levels this weekend, but a cool change is on the way.

A white-hot Christmas? Not quite. But as for the weekend before...

Perth is staring down two days of 40-plus over the final weekend before Christmas even as coral bleaches in Broome – but then things take a cooler turn.

  • Cameron Myles and Emma Young
Former Bishop of Broome, Christopher Saunders.

Former Broome bishop faces fresh sex assault charges

Christopher Saunders has been charged with five more offences of historical sex assault, allegedly committed against a 24-year-old man in 2016.

  • Rebecca Peppiatt
Snake on Virgin Australia flight Perth to Broome

‘Might go watch it’: Shipwreck hunter who removed snake from plane has never seen the movie

The Virgin Australia flight was due to take off at 10.30am before a snake was found on the flight.

  • Hamish Hastie
Mat Radelic and the three children he allegedly tied up (inset).

Broome man had four break-ins before he cable-tied trespassing kids

Mat Radelic, 45, denies he committed the offence of assault after he cable-tied three young Indigenous children he found swimming in his backyard pool in March.

  • Rebecca Peppiatt and Amber Wilkinson
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Perth investor blacklist

‘Residential dustbowls’: The Perth postcodes on an investor blacklist

Suburbs on Perth’s ever-expanding outer fringe feature heavily on a national list of the riskiest postcodes to invest. Investors are warned to avoid them.

  • Sarah Brookes
Erosion at Mettams Pool before extensive sandbagging works in 2022

Lifeline for WA beaches under threat from rising sea levels

With 20,000km of coastline, Western Australia is facing a battle on all fronts against coastal erosion.

  • Claire Ottaviano
Broome ED nurse Rebecca Smith in Gaza.

WA nurse in Gaza: Smell of blood is unbearable as bodies lie everywhere

Broome nurse Rebecca Smith speaks from Gaza, where she is volunteering in a hospital packed with dead and injured women and children after heavy bombings.

  • Sarah Brookes
Boats will not be allowed to traverse the Horizontal Falls from 2028.

State swings axe on iconic Kimberley Horizontal Falls experience

All but one tourism operators in the region will not be allowed to take their boats through the falls from 2026 – and the experience will end completely in 2028.

  • Hamish Hastie

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