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Recreational shooter says culled WA deer look to have suffered

A South West recreational shooter has criticised the WA government's deer aerial cull program after finding several deer with multiple bullet wounds on crown land. 
Red deer wallowing in mud

Published: Source: ABC South West WATopic: Agricultural Pest Controlby Pip Waller

TV crew discovers two missing shipwrecks off West Australian coast

After more than a century missing off the coast of Western Australia, two famous shipwrecks have been located and captured on camera.
shipwreck under the water covered in coral and diver swimming close to it

Published: Source: ABC South West WATopic: Historyby Bridget McArthur and Peter Barr

Former soldier sentenced over two massive cocaine importation operations

A former Australian soldier who served in East Timor is given a 25-year jail sentence for picking up cocaine dropped in the ocean and transporting it to WA tourist towns. 
Five AFP and ABF officers stand at a media conference with plastic packages containing cocaine on a table and the ground.

Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Courtsby David Weber

Bumper year for southern right whale births along Great Australian Bight

It has been the most prolific year for southern right whale births on Australia's southern coastline in nearly a decade, according to researchers.  
A whale bursting through the surface of the ocean.

Published: Source: ABC Eyre PeninsulaTopic: Mammalsby Tim McGlone

Former Esperance school employee jailed for historical child sex offences

The former IT worker at a high school on WA's south coast has been given a 32-month prison term after being convicted of five historical charges.
Man wearing black jacket walking with back turned to camera, holding a bakcpack on one shoulder

Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Child Sexual Abuseby Katrina Tap and Hayden Smith

Shark shield 'very unlikely' to have saved surfer from great white, inquest finds

An inquest into the death of a man who was attacked by a great white shark off WA's south coast has found a repellent device is unlikely to have saved him.
Steven PAYNE photo

Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Shark Attacksby Madigan Landry

El Caballo sold for big loss on Perth's outskirts after failed housing plan

An Indigenous organisation is demanding $21 million in compensation from the trustee which oversaw the purchase of an ageing horse ranch after an investigation found the trustee "breached its duties".
The entrance of the El Caballo theme park.

Published: Source: ABC NewsTopic: Indigenous Australiansby Rebecca Trigger

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Indigenous man tasered by Kalgoorlie police

The WA corruption watchdog is reviewing police conduct over an incident where officers twice shoved a man to the ground before tasering him on a Kalgoorlie street.
Duration: 4 minutes 48 seconds

Source: ABC News

Early days of Kalgoorlie's Super Pit

The Super Pit began production in 1989, mining gold from Kalgoorlie's famous Golden Mile as a single open cut mine rather than the historical underground methods.
Duration: 6 minutes 53 seconds

Source: ABC News

Grey nomad strikes gold unearthing nugget in outback

A Victorian man has unearthed a gold nugget worth around $40,000 while filming a prospecting tutorial video in WA's Goldfields with his wife.
Duration: 28 seconds

Source: ABC Goldfields

Hay convoy of compassion

More than 80 trucks carrying 6,000 bales of hay and straw will leave WA bound for drought-stricken SA. ABC Great Southern: Tara Delandgrafft & Mark Bennett
Duration: 2 minutes 42 seconds

Source: ABC News

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