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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.
Published: Source: ABC KimberleyTopic: Hip Hopby Esse Deves
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.
Published: Source: ABC KimberleyTopic: Policeby Hannah Murphy
Live cattle industry still waiting for Indonesian permits
It's the middle of February and Australia's live export trade to Indonesia remains in limbo.
Duration: 7 minutes 28 seconds
Published: Source: ListenTopic: Beef Cattleby Matt Brann
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.
Published: Source: ABC KimberleyTopic: Bushfiresby Ted O'Connor
'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.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Indigenous Policyby Loretta Florance and Kirstie Wellauer
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.
Duration: 36 seconds
Published: Source: ABC KimberleyTopic: Prisons and Punishmentby Hannah Murphy
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.
Published: Source: ABC KimberleyTopic: Policeby Erin Parke and Rosanne Maloney
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Live cattle industry still waiting for Indonesian permits
It's the middle of February and Australia's live export trade to Indonesia remains in limbo.
Duration: 7 minutes 28 seconds
Source: ListenTopic: Beef Cattleby Matt Brann
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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.
Source: ABC KimberleyTopic: Hip Hopby Esse Deves
'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?
Source: ABC NewsTopic: Healthby Erin Parke
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.
Source: ABC NewsTopic: Weatherby Tyne Logan
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Former WA Liberal Party leader David Honey loses preselection battle for Cottesloe to Sandra Brewer
The property council chief wins the preselection battle for the Liberal heartland seat of Cottesloe, defeating former WA Liberal Party leader David Honey.
Source: ABC NewsTopic: Government and Politicsby Rebecca Trigger, Cason Ho and David Weber
Factory fire that caused toxic smoke clouds may impact farmers ahead of seeding season, industry head warns
There are concerns a blaze which destroyed parts of an agricultural supplies warehouse may stretch fertiliser and chemical supplies thin for farmers across Western Australia ahead of the seeding season.
Source: ABC NewsTopic: Firesby Cason Ho
Freediver overcomes fear of ocean to recover precious items dropped from Australia's longest jetty
Peter Wissink struggled with a phobia of the ocean after his father died. Now, he's known around town as the man who saves people's precious items when they are accidentally dropped into the water.
Source: ABC South West WATopic: Oceans and Reefsby Amelia Searson
NSW bureaucrat suspended with pay pending corruption investigation into Sydney property deal
The senior planning department official purchased a property in the upper north shore suburb of Gordon within one of the government's planned Transport Oriented Development Zones before the policy was made public last year.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Corruptionby Maryanne Taouk
Former WA Liberal Party leader David Honey loses preselection battle for Cottesloe to Sandra Brewer
The property council chief wins the preselection battle for the Liberal heartland seat of Cottesloe, defeating former WA Liberal Party leader David Honey.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Government and Politicsby Rebecca Trigger, Cason Ho and David Weber
Australia's anti-doping chief issues grave warning over 'grossly irresponsible' Enhanced Games
Australian sport's anti-doping chief slams an Olympic-style event with no drug testing as "grossly irresponsible" and warns of severe ramifications for athletes taking part.
Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Doping in Sports
