Sick of waiting decades for repairs and new homes, an Indigenous community in WA pools funds to buy two houses, made in China from shipping containers, to house its most vulnerable residents.
WA gold mine suspends processing operations after tailings dam cracks detected
Newmont's Telfer gold mine is forced to suspend processing after "cracking and seeping" is detected at a tailings dam, about 200 kilometres east of Marble Bar.
A new kind of outback toilet gets a dry run, with 'huge possibilities' for remote tourism
A waterless loo that keeps the flies away could offer a healthy solution for a tricky problem in the Australian outback.
Why a 1960s surf rock classic is a dancefloor hit across outback Australia
The Surfaris' Wipe Out gets people of all ages up and dancing hundreds of kilometres from the coast.
Can Australia's hottest town become its hottest tourist destination?
Known for its scorching summers, residents say Marble Bar has plenty to offer visitors all year round and a new airport is set to help them show it.
Indigenous electoral enrolment jumps in WA but opinion on the Voice remains mixed
Aboriginal leaders in the state's north say communities need more information before they cast their vote on the Voice to Parliament, as Indigenous electoral enrolment in WA increases significantly.
Why the footy at this remote festival draws eagle-eyed AFL scouts from 1,800km away
On a red dirt oval in WA's Western Desert, barefoot players battle it out at one of the country's most remote football competitions — as West Coast Eagles scouts take note.
Major miners receive 'slap on wrist' after breaching environmental regulations in WA
Big mining companies Rio Tinto and Fortescue are revealed in Western Australia's parliament as those noted in a recent auditor-general report for breaching environmental regulations, with a lack of penalties or enforcement by government departments.
Engineers to assess how to cyclone-proof outback buildings as Ilsa clean-up gets underway
Structural specialists will assess the ability of buildings in remote inland Western Australia to withstand cyclonic weather as the clean-up from the passage of Severe Tropical Cyclone Ilsa continues.
'Four hours of hell': Roadhouse owner feels 'lucky to be alive' after Ilsa slams into WA coast
One of the owners of Pardoo Roadhouse in Western Australia's Pilbara says his business has been "wiped out" by the now former tropical cyclone Ilsa, after the category five system barrelled over the region in the early hours of Friday morning, before heading inland and deteriorating to a tropical low Friday night.
Cyclone Ilsa expected to impact Telfer as category 2 system
The weather bureau expects Tropical Cyclone Ilsa to weaken into a category 2 system as it continues inland, though it could still impact the town of Telfer.
With Tropical Cyclone Ilsa set to rip through Pilbara at strength, inland communities could face unprecedented risk
Inland Pilbara communities could be heading into uncharted territory with Severe Tropical Cyclone Ilsa looking set to rip through the region at sustained strength.
People in Severe Tropical Cyclone Ilsa's path ordered into lockdown as extreme 315kph wind gusts forecast
Severe Tropical Cyclone Ilsa has intensified into a category five storm ahead of reaching the Australian mainland tonight, making it one of the most powerful cyclones to make landfall in WA.
Cyclone Ilsa intensifies to severe category five system, set to pack 315 kph wind gusts as it hits WA coast
Communities along Western Australia's Kimberley and Pilbara coasts are preparing for destructive winds and heavy rain, with Tropical Cyclone Ilsa predicted to make landfall later tonight or early tomorrow morning as a category-four system.
'No excuse for not being prepared': WA braces for what may be strongest cyclone in a decade
Warnings of gale-force winds and heavy rainfall are issued for Western Australia's north as a potential severe tropical cyclone brews off the coast.
Telfer wildflowers in bloom (1988)
In 1988, bumper rains turned the Great Sandy Desert into a kaleidoscopic carpet of colourful wildflowers.
This is pure dingo Sandy Maliki. She's just helped answer a key question: Is she descended from wolves or dogs?
Researchers are claiming a major breakthrough in cracking the genetic code of an iconic Australian animal that has been the source of controversy for years.
Victim of dingo attack says $105,000 fine for miner inadequate
A woman mauled by dingoes at WA's Telfer mine site says the fine imposed on the company involved is inadequate, comparing it to Lorna Jane's $5 million fine for misleading COVID claims.
Newcrest fined after wild dingoes maul woman eating her lunch at Pilbara mine
Mining company Newcrest is fined after one of its contractors is stalked and mauled by a group of dingoes trying to get her sandwich.
This hunter's ancient skills could help control one of the nation's most destructive killers
Indigenous people have been hunting feral cats for food for more than a century and researchers say their ancient tracking skills could also help to control the destructive pests and save threatened species.
'Really sad the way he was treated': Man who discovered gold in Pilbara dies without recognition
A French prospector who claimed to have uncovered a huge deposit, which later became a multi-million-dollar gold mine, goes to his grave with the secrets of another big find.
