Two pilots die in WA cattle station helicopter tragedy

Two pilots die in WA cattle station helicopter tragedy

A 29-year-old man and a 30-year-old man have died after their helicopters collided shortly after take-off at a cattle station in WA’s far north.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt

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State swings axe on iconic Kimberley Horizontal Falls experience
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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.

  • byHamish Hastie
A brutal landscape blessed with the most pristine places to get wet

A brutal landscape blessed with the most pristine places to get wet

Full of red rock and clear water,this brutal,arid landscape is replete with an oversupply of that simplest human luxury – natural swimming pools.

  • byJames Woodford
Pilots’ strike cancelled as cyclone threat gathers strength off WA coast

Pilots’ strike cancelled as cyclone threat gathers strength off WA coast

The cyclone,anticipated to be a category 2 system,is expected to make landfall on Saturday.

  • byHamish Hastie
Dutton defies Border Force rebuke as more asylum seekers discovered

Dutton defies Border Force rebuke as more asylum seekers discovered

A second group of asylum seekers has been discovered in remote Western Australia,adding to Anthony Albanese’s border security headache.

  • byLisa Visentin
Police,Border Force investigate boat arrival in WA as Sovereign Borders commander warns Dutton

Police,Border Force investigate boat arrival in WA as Sovereign Borders commander warns Dutton

About 30 Pakistani nationals were spotted by locals near the remote community of Beagle Bay,about 100 kilometres north of Broome,on Friday morning.

  • byHamish Hastie,Angus Thompson andJames Massola
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From Black Mountain to a molehill:Kimberley fracking hopeful de-lists

From Black Mountain to a molehill:Kimberley fracking hopeful de-lists

The US-led company wanted to use the controversial fracking drilling technique,was fined for greenwashing and once considered making bitcoin in WA’s Kimberley.

  • byPeter Milne
Heatwave warning with parts of WA set to swelter in the new year

Heatwave warning with parts of WA set to swelter in the new year

Thermometers at one local RSL registered 51 degrees over the past few days in WA’s north.

  • byJacob Shteyman
How a Kimberley cop helped tackle the youth crime crisis

How a Kimberley cop helped tackle the youth crime crisis

Dan Major saw an opportunity at the height of a juvenile crime wave in Australia’s north-west. Now his out-of-the-box brainwave has earned statewide recognition.

  • byRebecca Peppiatt
Fitzroy River Bridge reopens after devastating Kimberley floods

Fitzroy River Bridge reopens after devastating Kimberley floods

Destroyed by WA’s worst ever floods in January,the new bridge has been completed six months ahead of schedule.

  • byAlex Condon
How a media mix-up revealed WA Police’s regional booze ban wishlist

How a media mix-up revealed WA Police’s regional booze ban wishlist

Police want the state liquor licensing director to look at harsher alcohol restrictions in the Kimberley,Pilbara,Mid West and Goldfields. But that request was never meant to be aired in public.

  • byHamish Hastie