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WA space launch station promise, premier Roger Cook, Emergency Services Minister Stephen Dawson. Picture: WAtoday

WA outback to get rocket launch pad under Labor election pledge

Labor has promised $2 million to develop a business case for a WA Space Launch Facility – a common-user spaceport to allow businesses to launch satellites and spacecraft into orbit.

  • Hamish Hastie

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WA Liberal candidate for the seat of Kimberley Darren Spackman and a Facebook post he made in 2022. Pictures: Facebook

Kimberley Liberal candidate described pub break-in as a ‘welcome to country’

Gulliver’s Tavern publican Darren Spackman made the remark in a Facebook post accompanying a picture of a smashed window at his venue in 2022.

  • Hamish Hastie
A region with scope for a soaking – King George River falls.

Get drenched by WA’s most photographed falls in this extreme region

Falls are a headline attraction of True North’s voyage, and many of the numerous seasonal torrents that we’ll see will dry up in a matter of weeks.

  • Rob McFarland
Gulliver’s gas wells on the shores of King Sound.

They came, they drilled, they left: Fears over Kimberley gas wells as explorer bows out

Dangerous and damaged oil and gas infrastructure has been left in WA’s north. Now it’s for sale – cheap, with free double pluggers thrown in.

  • Emma Young
Killa: Pindan to plate at Perth Festival. Lead image.

Kimberley cattle, and tradition, star in Perth Festival’s ‘nose to tail’ culinary event

A time-worn tradition that puts meat on the plates of many Aboriginal families in WA’s north is the focus of a Perth Festival installation.

  • Victoria Laurie
Edward Whisson was the skipper of the Falls Express that crashed into rocks at Horizontal Falls in May 2022.

Horizontal Falls skipper, boat company fined over horrific crash

Edward Whisson was the master of Falls Express, a tour boat with 25 passengers on board in May 2022, when it hit rocks at the popular tourist destination. On Thursday he and the company he worked for were fined over the incident.

  • Rebecca Peppiatt
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Zodiac excursion to King George Falls.

Every day is a surprise in this remote part of Australia

Along Western Australia’s remote Kimberley coast, time and tides rule everything.

  • Kerry van der Jagt
The incident happened at Horizontal Falls in the Kimberley.

Skipper of high-speed Horizontal Falls boat crash pleads guilty

On an eco-tour of Talbot Bay in the Kimberley in 2022, with 25 passengers and two crew on board, Falls Express hit the rocks, seriously injuring 12 people.

  • Rebecca Peppiatt
Cherylene Noketta on location at Purnululu National Park.

Virtual reality bites: How Perth tech gave one movie producer ‘the most engrossing cinematic experience in years’

A Perth-based production company is pushing the boundaries of immersive storytelling with their patented world-first VR technology.

  • Mark Naglazas
The blocky cliffs along the Hunter River are some of the oldest rocks in the Kimberley.

Enjoy rock-star treatment along this wild and ancient coastline

Watching living dinosaurs between sips of champagne? This crazy juxtaposition of luxury in a prehistoric wilderness is a hallmark of my Kimberley cruise on Scenic Eclipse II.

  • Carolyn Beasley

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