The Kimberley and Broome
Labor should admit WA's lost Inpex gas plant: Barnett
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The Liberal Leader, Colin Barnett, says the Premier must come clean and tell voters Western Australia has lost a multi billion dollar gas project to the Northern Territory.
Man jailed over child sex abuse
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A 59-year-old man from Kununurra, in northern Western Australia, has been sentenced to a year in prison for sexually abusing a 10-year-old girl.
Indigenous group rejects uranium mining ban proposal
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Premier Alan Carpenter has been accused of failing to consider the impact on native title holders of his proposal to legislate to ban uranium mining.
Nationals campaign against Inpex plan
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The Nationals' candidate for the seat of Kimberley says, if elected, he will do everything in his power to ensure Inpex is not allowed to build a gas plant on the Maret Islands.
Another WA gas project in doubt
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A cloud is hanging over another WA gas project with Woodside threatening to cut back spending on a gas resource off the Kimberley if the Federal Government does not overhaul its draft emissions trading scheme.
NT rejects reports of Darwin Inpex project plan
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Northern Territory Treasurer Delia Lawrie has dismissed reports in Western Australia that Darwin has secured the Inpex gas project.
Big jump tipped in Pilbara fly-in, fly-out workers
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New figures suggest the number of fly-in, fly-out workers in the Pilbara is set to triple in the next seven years.
AMA casts doubt over super clinic push
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The Australian Medical Association (AMA) says the creation of a super clinic is not the answer to the GP shortage in the Kimberley.
Indigenous lobby group rejects prisons plan
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An Aboriginal lobby group based in Fitzroy Crossing says the Liberal Party should be looking at ways to reduce the Indigenous incarceration rate rather than pledging to build new prisons.
Man dead, three children injured in Port Hedland fatality.
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Two children are being flown to Perth in a serious condition after a car crash which killed their father in the Pilbara.
Nearly half of Australia still undamaged by humans: study
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New study says more than 40 per cent of Australia remains undamaged by humans.
WA has lost $20b gas plant: Barnett
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The Opposition Leader, Colin Barnett, is calling on the Treasurer, Eric Ripper, to come clean on whether Western Australia has lost the support of the Japanese company Inpex to build a liquefied natural gas plant in the Kimberley.
Liberals call for school food programs to combat indigenous malnutrition
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The Liberal candidate for the Kimberley has suggested increasing publicly funded, school based food programs to reduce malnutrition amongst indigenous children.
Kimberley MP demands food price explanation
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The Labor Member for the Kimberley has called on her federal counterparts to assess why a Commonwealth run agency is allowing remote community stores to charge exorbitant prices for fresh produce.
Family flee burning house
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Police say a family is lucky to be alive after a house fire in South Hedland on the weekend.
Mandurah man killed at a Pilbara mine site
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A 29-year-old Mandurah man has been killed at a mine site in the Pilbara.
Horse cull prompts RPSCA concerns
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The RSPCA has renewed calls for a ban on the shooting of feral animals from helicopters as it investigates a horse cull carried out by the Department of Agriculture and Food.
Call for community work order scheme audit
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There are calls for a review of the Justice Department's community work order scheme.
Broome-Cape Leveque rail plan criticised
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The head of the One Arm Point community has labelled as "a joke" a plan to build a railway line from Broome to Cape Leveque.
Kimberley pastoral station passed in at $38 million
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One of the Kimberley's largest pastoral stations, Ruby Plains, has failed to sell at auction, passing in at $38 million.
WA set to lose $25 billion gas plant: Barnett
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The Opposition leader, Colin Barnett, has criticised the State Government's handling of a proposed liquefied natural gas plant for the Kimberley.
Business owner to contest Kimberley
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A 78-year-old Broome man is running for the seat of Kimberley for the Citizens Electoral Council.
Shire gives conditional backing to alcohol ban proposal
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The Shire of Wyndham East-Kimberley has given conditional support to Labor's commitment to ban liquor at the Oombulgurri community.
AMEC backs exploration incentive scheme
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The Association of Mining and Exploration Companies (AMEC) has commended the Nationals' proposed exploration incentive scheme.
MP rejects 'ridiculous' drinking licence plan
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Kimberley MP Carol Martin has opposed calls to introduce drinking licences in the region in attempt to curb alcohol abuse.
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