WA coffers overflow with iron ore royalties in mid-year review
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WA coffers overflow with iron ore royalties in mid-year review

WA’s improved surplus has been driven mostly by an uptick in iron ore royalties,but those gains were offset by ramped-up spending.

  • byHamish Hastie

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  • byJesinta Burton
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.

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Woodside’s Pluto trucking contract shocks Pilbara traditional owners

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  • byHamish Hastie
Chevron workers at WA gas plants endorse pay deal and claim victory

Chevron workers at WA gas plants endorse pay deal and claim victory

Offshore Alliance says about 500 employees secured their key bargaining claims following months of negotiations and industrial action at the Gorgon and Wheatstone gas plants.

  • byAaron Bunch
Rio blast threatens Pilbara Indigenous heritage – again

Rio blast threatens Pilbara Indigenous heritage – again

Rio Tinto has apologised after iron ore blasting may have damaged a registered cultural heritage site,three years after the global Juukan Gorge scandal.

  • byPeter Milne
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Unions say sporadic strikes starting to hurt Chevron

Unions say sporadic strikes starting to hurt Chevron

Work bans and stoppages from one hour to 12 hours long have only been taken in selected areas like export terminals.

  • byHamish Hastie
WA’s gas supply takes a hit after pump fault shuts down Chevron plant

WA’s gas supply takes a hit after pump fault shuts down Chevron plant

The shutdown adds to the US LNG giant’s headaches in WA as it prepares for union-led work stoppages this week.

  • byHamish Hastie
WA dad charged after allegedly trying to drown son in Pilbara

WA dad charged after allegedly trying to drown son in Pilbara

A group exercising on the foreshore in WA’s Pilbara stepped in after a man allegedly tried to drown his young son on Monday morning.

  • byDaile Cross andSarah Brookes
Woodside and unions avert strike with last-minute deal

Woodside and unions avert strike with last-minute deal

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Yindjibarndi seek $500m compensation from Fortescue for mining their land

Yindjibarndi seek $500m compensation from Fortescue for mining their land

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  • byPeter Milne