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