The Goldfields
When Mother Nature created this part of Australia, she went all out
A splatter of blue – no: two, three, four shades – for the water, a drizzle of pure white for the sand, and a deep red for the soil. And why not some lakes of pink?
- Julie Miller
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The abandoned Aussie ghost town that lasted less than 20 years
Big Bell never had a chance to decline slowly. Its residents all swiftly departed, just 19 years after it was founded.
- Julia D'Orazio
State had two-year heads-up on Kalgoorlie’s weak turbines: opposition
The state could have acted in advance to avoid much of the suffering thousands of people are now suffering for days on end, says the opposition energy spokesman.
- Hamish Hastie
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- Weather
‘Look out for each other’: Third night without power for thousands across WA
Premier Roger Cook said on Friday that the storms were unprecedented in both ferocity and focus, and had crumpled 50-metre transmission towers “like tinfoil.”
- Holly Thompson
Gina Rinehart bolsters Liontown stake as $6.6bn takeover looms
The billionaire mining magnate has dropped another $132 million to bolster her stake, wrangling more power ahead of Albemarle’s planned $6.6 billion takeover.
- Jesinta Burton
Cute and horny: stink bug with tusks discovered in Western Australia
This little bug has major fashion sense, evolving stylish appendages to match its chosen habitat and, perhaps, triumph over its competitors in love and war.
- Peter Milne and Emma Young
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- Biodiversity
Bigger than Bali: WA’s newest national park on the desert’s edge
Western Australia has a new national park with a track record for combining science and Indigenous knowledge to save endangered species.
- Peter Milne
WA mayors call for return of cashless debit card
Regional areas including Laverton and Leonora are experiencing a spike in youth crime and violence.
- Tess Ikonomou and Maeve Bannister
As WA mining death toll rises, courts yet to rule ‘industrial manslaughter’
WA now has tougher laws, but investigation and prosecution rate is lagging far behind the death rate in workplaces subject to severe skills shortage pressures.
- Peter Milne
Labor hopeful cashless debit card could be abolished by next week
The Albanese government hopes the bill will pass the lower house by Wednesday, allowing about 17,300 cardholders to transition to a more relaxed scheme, or leave it completely by October 4.
- Hamish Hastie
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