WA’s Burrup rock art guardians split over Woodside cash

WA’s Burrup rock art guardians split over Woodside cash

The head of the Indigenous body charged with caring for World Heritage-nominated rock art in WA’s Pilbara has denied claims his organisation is compromised by accepting funds from Woodside.

  • byPeter Milne

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Friday brings 8000 new cases,free RATS to regions

Friday brings 8000 new cases,free RATS to regions

Thousands of free RATs will be distributed across regional and remote WA,as state again tops 8000 new cases and announces two more people to die with COVID.

  • byHolly Thompson
Last remaining Wittenoom properties to be demolished in bid to deter danger-seeking tourists

Last remaining Wittenoom properties to be demolished in bid to deter danger-seeking tourists

Wittenoom will be demolished,a move the state government hopes will reduce the attraction for tourists who ignore warnings of asbestos fibres on the ground and in the air at the town.

  • bySarah Brookes
Pilbara rock art custodians want WA government,Woodside to hit pause on Burrup projects

Pilbara rock art custodians want WA government,Woodside to hit pause on Burrup projects

Traditional Owners of Murujuga want to be able to take care of their heritage on the Burrup Peninsula without industry support – and want a pause on Woodside’s Scarborough LNG project until they can properly consider its impact.

  • byPeter Milne
Runaway iron ore train investigation points to BHP,not driver

Runaway iron ore train investigation points to BHP,not driver

BHP’s failures caused a 3-kilometre-long train to race driverless across the Pilbara until they had to stop it by derailing it,a regulator’s report has found.

  • byPeter Milne
FIFO killer’s seven-year sentence ‘a slap in the face’:victim’s sister
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FIFO killer’s seven-year sentence ‘a slap in the face’:victim’s sister

The victim’s sister,who has been campaigning for the crime to receive the maximum penalty,has said she feels gutted and let down by the court’s decision.

  • byHolly Thompson
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WA COVID case numbers could be higher than recorded as one in five PCR tests come back positive

WA COVID case numbers could be higher than recorded as one in five PCR tests come back positive

WA Health figures to 8pm on Sunday revealed there were 109 people with COVID-19 in hospital,with 25,775 active cases in the state and 4037 new positive cases.

  • byPeter de Kruijff
Pilbara mine supervisor thought colleagues were talking to him telepathically when he killed fellow worker

Pilbara mine supervisor thought colleagues were talking to him telepathically when he killed fellow worker

Maintenance supervisor Troy Adam Hausler thought his colleagues were with spy agency ASIO and communicating with him telepathically when he killed a fellow worker on a Pilbara mine site.

  • byPeter de Kruijff
Paddler’s snake find a ‘rare and exciting’ piece for Exmouth puzzle

Paddler’s snake find a ‘rare and exciting’ piece for Exmouth puzzle

Exmouth Gulf is considered a sea snake biodiversity hotspot,but researchers have still been amazed by the discovery from a scientist out for a casual paddle.

  • byPeter de Kruijff
Pilbara rock art versus $4.5b fertiliser plant:Ley intervenes in clash

Pilbara rock art versus $4.5b fertiliser plant:Ley intervenes in clash

The federal government will assess whether to protect one million ancient rock engravings in WA’s Pilbara region where Woodside and Rio Tinto operate and further development is planned.

  • byPeter Milne
‘We are in the exponential phase’:New COVID-19 cases triple in WA overnight

‘We are in the exponential phase’:New COVID-19 cases triple in WA overnight

The number of people in hospital has also risen from two to five,but no one is in intensive care.

  • byHeather McNeill