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Father and son hip-hop artists spread message of hope

Award-winning Perth musician Flewnt is touring regional Western Australia with his 11-year-old son — and fellow hip-hop artist — Inkabee. Their message for young people? Chase your dreams.
Father and son hip-hop artists.

Man charged with child sex offences after allegedly leading girl from street in WA's far north

The 27-year-old man is alleged to have approached the young girl who had wandered from her house in Derby before taking her to an undisclosed location.
The main strip of Derby, a narrow road surrounded by red dirt and bushy trees.

Poor planning led to out-of-control prescribed burn that damaged WA wilderness retreat, report finds

A review obtained by the ABC finds preparation for the 2020 burn in the Kimberley was "underpinned by plans produced by a division based in Perth" and contained information irrelevant to the local landscape.
Image of a burned landscape stretching up to the side of a building in a remote part of the Kimberley.

'A horrid scam on the Indigenous community': Government to pay thousands of families after funeral insurance 'fiasco'

Thousands of Australians who collectively lost millions of dollars to failed funeral insurer Youpla could now get some of their money back, under a newly announced government scheme.
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Cheryl Fernando and Donald Craigie

Broome prison escapee who walked through unlocked door given additional four months' jail

Warrick Walkerbear, who is serving time for the manslaughter of his partner, Ms Waterloo, led police on a three-day manhunt after escaping Broome Regional Prison in 2021.
Custody photo of an Aboriginal man, staring directly into the camera.

Police return to former Bishop of Broome's home over child sexual abuse allegations

Child abuse investigators are scouring the home of former bishop Christopher Saunders for the second time in a month, as part of a long-running inquiry into sexual assault allegations made by young men.
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Two police walk towards the gate in a brick fence

Calls grow for tougher court sentences across regional WA — but would it help lower crime?

With Kalgoorlie-Boulder the latest city to receive emergency police resources, remote residents say WA's justice system needs a new approach to fix deep-seated problems.
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Police cordon off a train station

Mining companies, towns brace for second WA pilot strike in six months

Network Aviation pilots will stop work for 24 hours on Thursday impacting passengers across regional Western Australia who fly with the Qantas subsidiary.
FIFO workers disembarking from a plane.

'I heard this terrible screaming': Five years on, has anything changed since 13 children and young people died by suicide?

It's been five years since an inquest laid bare the chaotic lives of children, including a 10-year-old girl, who took their own lives in outback Australia. Are kids any safer now? 
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suicide inquest graphic

Community legal centres desperate for funding as some close books to new clients

With its lawyers forced to live in hotels and caravan parks, Kimberley Community Legal Services says a lack of resources is forcing it to turn vulnerable people away.
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A hand pushing a white door open which has a sign that says Kimberley Community Legal Services.

Man granted bail despite being found guilty of trying to lure children into McDonald's toilet

A man found guilty of encouraging girls as young as seven to engage in sexual behaviour at a Broome McDonald's is granted bail so a psychological assessment can take place before his sentencing.
The outside of the McDonald's restaurant in Broome, WA

Police investigating after woman run over by car is flown to Perth with serious injuries

WA Police say they were called to Broome Hospital around 3am on Thursday after a 41-year-old woman presented with chest injuries.
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The front of a hospital

Zero cattle exports from Darwin as industry awaits Indonesian permits for 2024

The ABC understands there are a few thousand cattle held up in yards around the Northern Territory's Top End, and two live export vessels anchored off Darwin, as the industry waits for the permit issue to be resolved.
An aerial view of a wharf part of the Darwin Port, with the city of Darwin in the distance.

Drivers returning to Cable Beach after closure asked to watch for turtle hatchlings

The two-month vehicle ban on Broome's famous beach is hailed a success with no reports of turtles injured by vehicles and more than 70 nests identified.
A turtle on the beach

As pilots bring this plane up to the wall of the hurricane, it starts to shake like 'an old wooden rollercoaster'

Each year, a team of scientists flies directly into the eyes of some of the world’s biggest storms as they try to solve one of meteorology's greatest forecasting fears — the rapid intensification of life-threatening hurricanes and cyclones.
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The view from the eye of a hurricane

Transport costs and low prices hurting northern WA growers, but some say Coles, Woolworths aren't to blame

While the inquiry will put Coles and Woolworths in the spotlight, producers in the Gascoyne and Kimberley regions say other factors deserve close examination too.
A farmer stands in three rows of capsicum plants with netting in the background

Major rebuild underway at Kimberley national park, after Fitzroy River floods altered the landscape forever

Danggu Geikie Gorge National Park is expected to reopen to visitors just in time for the 2024 dry season after being all but washed away by last year's once-in-a-century floods.
A boat cruising along the Fitzroy River, with the backdrop of red dirt cliffs and bushland

After he was caught doing 205kph, a 26-year-old's luxury Lexus is the new face of a road safety campaign

A forfeited Lexus is turned into a roving anti-speeding advertisement to encourage drivers to slow down, as WA's South West region records the worst regional road toll in the state.
The numberplate on a black car, which says '4fited'

Dispirited by the Hollywood writers' strike, this American screenwriter found solace in WA's outback

Exhausted by the prolonged strike, Emmy-nominated writer Azie Dungey travelled halfway across the globe to pursue another passion.
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Azie Dungey in Kimberley bushland

What you can do in your own backyard to help minimise the spread of cane toads

Here's what you can do to prevent cane toads from making themselves at home on your property and how to humanely euthanase any you do find in your garden.
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A close-up of a cane toad standing side-on to the camera, surrounded by blades of grass.

Plummeting critical mineral prices are causing near panic. What's behind it and what comes next?

Plummeting critical mineral prices have pushed WA's major industry players to mothball their mines, workers to lose jobs and the government to all but panic. What's the fallout and what comes next?
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Ardea Goongarrie Hub rock

With mines closing and FIFO jobs on the line, WA's government throws a lifeline to nickel miners

Nickel miners could pay less to mine in WA, as the government holds crisis talks with the resources industry as mines shut and hundreds of jobs are lost.
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A person holds a handfull of ground nickel

Man sentenced to four-and-a-half years' jail for raping intellectually disabled woman

Ray Yeeda appeared before the WA District Court after he was found guilty of rape at trial.
Police car parked in front of rocky outrcrop

Illegal fishers reportedly savaged by crocodiles no deterrent to those willing to risk northern waters

The threat of crocodile attacks in the Kimberley is being used by Australian Border Force to deter illegal fishers from Indonesia, with reports that three men have been killed by the reptiles since September.
 a yellow and black graphic of a crocodile with no fishing sign

Outback band makes a 4,000km journey to return to Tamworth Country Music Festival after three years

After cancelling previous tours to Tamworth due to pandemic lockdowns and unprecedented flooding, Kimberley Gold is back to perform and busk.
Four men, two with guitars and hats and matching shirts sitting on rocks, smiling at the camera.