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  1. Asbestos shamePremiumPetition calls for action on Wittenoom clean-up

  2. Community contributionPremiumYurra takes home Community Achievement Award

  3. Volunteer awardCommentsPremiumSAFE Karratha takes home RSPCA Gold award

  4. Get vaxxedPremiumPilbara pharmacy’s 1000th jab a sign of turning tide

  5. Karijini ExperienceCommentsPremiumKarijini Experience handed over to Traditional Owners

New beatPremiumSymphony Orchestra offers opportunities for local musos

Karratha musicians will be given the opportunity to work directly with WA’s largest performing arts organisation as part of a new arts and development program.

Cheyanne Enciso

Worker supportPremiumMental health trial seeks ‘go-to’ workers on site

The six-month Resourceful Mind trial has Lifeline crisis supporters dial in virtually to train people on site identified as natural listeners seen as go-to people when other colleagues need advice

Tom Zaunmayr

All brewed upPremiumBrew and the Moo a winner for festival-goers

Festival-goers enjoyed a winning combination of craft beers, tasty beef and good music at the sixth annual Brew and the Moo.

Cheyanne Enciso

New lawsPremiumMiners oppose Federal takeover of Indigenous heritage

The WA Chamber of Minerals and Energy has reiterated its opposition to a Federal parliamentary committee recommendation that overarching Federal legislation is needed to protect Indigenous heritage.

Stuart McKinnon

Laws comingPremiumPremier promises new Indigenous heritage laws soon

Premier Mark McGowan says the Government will introduce a Bill to Parliament in coming weeks that will strengthen the protection of Indigenous heritage sites and give Traditional Owners a greater say.

Stuart McKinnon

Water worksPremiumFree plumbing services for North West residents

Pilbara residents can now access free plumbing services as part of the Water Corporation’s 2021-22 Waterwise Towns program.

Alexander Scott

Story tellingPremiumPremiumActivist Sisonke Msimang to visit Roebourne

South African author and activist Sisonke Msimang will share her story with Roebourne residents when she visits the Pilbara next month.

Extra supportPremiumPremiumDDWA advocates for children with disabilities

Advocates from a not-for-profit organisation have spoken about ways children with disabilities could be better supported in a recent visit to Karratha.

Last of its kindPremiumPremiumUnique WA flavour to RFDS’ new wings

A Chamber of Minerals and Energy WA COVID-19 response readiness campaign raised $5.2m to fund the new plane, with the Federal Government tipping in an extra $2m

Volunteer awardCommentsPremiumSAFE Karratha takes home RSPCA Gold award

The hard work and dedication of a local non-profit to save animals in the North West has been recognised at the recent RSPCA awards.

Alexander Scott

Community contributionPremiumYurra takes home Community Achievement Award

The commitment of a Pilbara-based contracting company to provide employment and training opportunities for the people of Roebourne and the wider community has been recognised.

Cheyanne Enciso

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Rio’s unprecedented WA shutdown over sex assaults

The mining giant has pressed pause on sites across the State to address workers on the scourge, as well as racism and bullying.

Caitlyn Rintoul

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Police reveal the 730 outlaw bikie members across WA

The huge number of outlaw motorcycle gangs and feeder clubs in WA — as well as some of their most serious crimes — have been revealed in police report being used to justify tough new anti-bikie laws.

Peter Law

COMPREHENSIVE COVERAGE WA Draft Hub: Full stats, highlights and analysis

See video highlights, stats and profiles for our 20 leading draftee contenders.

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Wild streetsCommentsPremium‘Danger’: WA teens using stolen cars to ‘hunt’ police

The Kimberley’s top cop says police in the region are being ‘hunted’ by youths and issued a warning that if something drastic isn’t done tragedy will be unavoidable.

Sam Jones and Grace Hendry

Day sixVideo‘Please come home’: Cleo’s mum’s heartbreaking post

Cleo Smith’s mum Ellie has made a new gut-wrenching plea for her daughter to return six days after she disappeared from their tent near Carnarvon.

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ExtraditedPremiumFormer top swimming coach facing historic sex charges

A former elite swimming coach is set to be extradited to Queensland to face charges of historical child sex abuse dating back to the 1970s.

Carly Laden

Extended search areaVideoDesperate search for little Cleo enters sixth day

The search for missing four-year-old Cleo Smith has entered its sixth day — with police saying they have not given up hope of finding her alive — and that they would be casting the search net wider.

Hot weatherPremiumPremiumBroome set for scorcher week

As the tropical summer approaches and the wet season sets in, Broome is in for a scorcher this week with daily maximum temperatures set to reach as high as 41 degrees.

Camping heartbreakCommentsCommentsFamily honour ‘loved’ boy killed in Walpole drowning

The family of an eight-year-old boy who drowned near a Walpole camp site have broken their silence over his tragic death.

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Crime sceneCleo’s parents maintain heartbreaking vigil at camp

As the search for Cleo Smith nears its seventh day, the little girl’s mother and stepfather remain at the isolated camp site where she was last seen, hoping against the odds she will be found safe.

Brianna Dugan

Strong signalCommentsPremiumWA leaders of the future awarded

Being able to bring their full self to work has made all the difference to WA’s Lizzie Plotnek, who just won a major national prize for LGBTQIA+ leadership.

Adrian Lowe

Hardline stancePremiumPremiumUnvaccinated wharfies face job losses

A major Australian stevedore has become the first known blue collar employer to take a hardline stance on unvaccinated WA workers by warning their jobs could be terminated.

Investigation ‘wide open’VideoHow search for little Cleo turned Australia-wide

Police investigating the disappearance of four-year-old Cleo Smith from a Carnarvon campsite say they believe she was abducted - and are not restricting their appeal for information to WA.

‘My Princess’‘Where are you?’: Mum pleads with missing Cleo

Cleo Smith’s mum Ellie has made another desperate plea to her daughter six days after she disappeared from their tent near Carnarvon.

‘Wholly unnecessary’PremiumCourt told cop accused of JC murder ‘reckless’

A court has heard the actions of the police officer who drew his gun on an armed Yamatji woman in Geraldton deprived his colleagues a tactical advantage and cost a ‘disturbed’ woman her life.

Emily Moulton