Kimberley
Kimberley MP lashes gas hub protesters
The first indigenous woman elected to an Australian parliament has come out swinging against Browse gas hub opponents, saying the Broome community is not divided over the proposal and it's only a...
Victorian woman killed in Kimberley cliff fall
A Victorian woman has died after plunging 60 metres from a cliff in Western Australia's Kimberley region.
PM highlights Kimberley's food credentials
Rebecca Le May Prime Minister Julia Gillard has highlighted the potential for Western Australia's Kimberley region to become the food bowl of Asia on the final leg of a three-day media blitz in the state.
Historic $1.5b native title deal reached over Kimberley LNG project
Courtney Trenwith An historic $1.5 billion agreement has been reached with native title claimants to allow a natural gas project to go ahead in the Kimberley.
WA election
WA stays with Barnett's Liberals
Rania Spooner West Australians have given Liberal leader Colin Barnett another four years at the helm in a commanding win the returning premier attributed, in part, to Federal Labor being "on the nose" in WA.
Perth's 'storm troopers' to fly to Pilbara ahead of cyclone
Robyn Preston Perth "storm troopers" are planning to fly to the Pilbara, putting themselves at risk to witness what may be the most powerful tropical cyclone so far this year.
Cyclone Rusty could hit WA coast with 100-kilometre wide eye and 200km/h winds
Aleisha Orr Cyclone Rusty could have a 100-kilometre wide eye and feature winds of more than 200km\h by the time its full force is felt on WA's North West coastline late on Wednesday.
Tiny Pilbara community dodges Rusty bullet
Rolling coverage of tropical cyclone Rusty as parts of WA's North West prepare for destructive winds and flooding.
Ultramarathon victims still learning full extent of their injuries on anniversary
Courtney Trenwith The state government is still yet to receive the insurance details for the ill-fated Kimberley ultramarthon a year after the event left two women with catastrophic burns.
Fake cop 'fascinated' by police force
Rhianna King and Courtney Trenwith The Police Minister has moved to assure the West Australian public that an incident involving a teenager who allegedly posed as a police officer and breached security at Perth Watchhouse would not...
'I won't be travelling too far from Broome': Bob Brown
Rania Spooner The iconic Greens senator on the proposal for a $35 billion gas hub at James Price Point, retirement and turning into a grey nomad.
Controversy halts Browse verdict
Rania Spooner West Australian environment minister Bill Marmion has qustioned the legality of the environment watchdog's review into a $35billion gas hub in the Kimberley proposal, throwing a spanner into plans...
Runners faced becoming 'human fireballs'
Aja Styles An ultramarathon runner, who was trapped in a bushfire that engulfed their competition course in Western Australia's Kimberley region, has described how he and three other competitors faced becoming...
Introduce elephants to solve bushfire risks: professor
Courtney Trenwith Australia should introduce elephants and allow dingoes to breed in packs as a radical, yet serious, solution to the country's rampant bushfire and feral animal problems, a Tasmanian environmental...
Live coverage: Perth launches CHOGM 2011
Get the inside scoop blow-by-blow from our journalists on the ground as Perth launches CHOGM 2011.
The curse of Moola Bulla station strikes again
Aja Styles Moola Bulla cattle station operator Nico Botha grabbed headlines with a threat to shoot 3000 head of cattle, but the story of the station itself is littered with carcasses of its previous owners,...
Woman dragged from crocodile's grasp
A young woman is lucky to be alive after she was mauled by a crocodile in the state's north on the weekend.
The mosquito virus killing one-quarter of its victims
Lucy Rickard A deadly mosquito-borne virus that has no cure and no vaccination, has claimed the lives of two Australians.
'They chose to create a future for their grandchildren': $1.5b native title deal
Courtney Trenwith The most significant native title agreement in Australian history - worth $1.5 billion - would set-up the Kimberley Indigenous population for generations to come, according to the head of the...
Road carnage: Baby, woman dead, children fighting for life after bird hits packed car
A five-month-old baby boy and a 33-year-old woman were killed in a horror crash last night involving a car packed with 11 people.
