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| UpdatedPolice believe a 20-year-old man whose body was recovered from the ocean this morning north of the Western Australian town of Augusta may have fallen off rocks.
Topics: disasters-and-accidents, augusta-6290, wa
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An archaeological dig in the town of Augusta uncovers artefacts including coal remnants and broken chess pieces believed to be from early West Australian settlers.
Topics: history, archaeology, augusta-6290
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A West Australian stuttering expert hopes a new study identifies stuttering genes.
Topics: speech, genetics, augusta-6290
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| UpdatedA Western Australia winery sets ducks to work instead of using snail baits.
Topics: viticulture, sustainable-and-alternative-farming, rural, denmark-6333, augusta-6290
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After more than 10 years in the planning abalone are finally being harvested from artificial reefs established in waters off Augusta in Western Australia. Read more
Topics: fishing-aquaculture, food-processing, food-and-cooking, augusta-6290
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| UpdatedRemarkable drone footage of a rare white baby southern right whale frolicking in waters off the southern West Australian coast with other whales is captured by researchers from Perth's Murdoch University.
Topics: conservation, mammals---whales, augusta-6290
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| UpdatedTwo years after the first juvenile abalone were placed on a series of artificial reefs off the coast of Western Australian, an Australian-first invention is proving to be a winner.
Topics: fishing-aquaculture, rural, work, food-processing, food-and-cooking, augusta-6290, wa
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An ambitious project to relocate dozens of Western Swap Tortoises from Perth to the South West hopes to secure of future of the animal, which is Australia's most endangered reptile.
Topics: animals, conservation, wa, northcliffe-6262, augusta-6290
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Water use across Western Australia's south-west has significantly dropped over the past 15 years, a new study has found.
Topics: water-management, water, water-supply, augusta-6290, dunsborough-6281, pemberton-6260, waroona-6215
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| UpdatedIn the pristine waters of Flinders Bay in Western Australia, abalone are being bred in a world-first sea ranching enterprise.
Topics: fishing-aquaculture, rural, augusta-6290
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If you had to start a four-day multi-stage mountain bike race anywhere, under the watchful eye of Cape Leeuwin lighthouse in Augusta surely is as good a spot as any.
Topics: sport, extreme-sports, racing, rural-tourism, augusta-6290, yallingup-6282, margaret-river-6285
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| UpdatedWhale watchers in south-west Western Australia say the 2015 season is the best they have ever experienced.
Topics: animals, travel-and-tourism, mammals---whales, endangered-and-protected-species, augusta-6290, busselton-6280, dunsborough-6281
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| UpdatedA network of electrical charging stations dotted throughout WA's South-West forms the country's first extended road route for electric vehicles.
Topics: environment, environmental-impact, human-interest, climate-change, wa, bunbury-6230, augusta-6290
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Abalone producer Brad Adams says a free trade agreement with China will reduce production costs for the Australian seafood industry.
Topics: fishing-aquaculture, trade, augusta-6290
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Police seize hundreds of cannabis plants with an estimated value of more than $1 million from bushland in Western Australia's South West.
Topics: drugs-and-substance-abuse, drug-offences, augusta-6290
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| UpdatedWA races to build Australia's first electric car highway with planned network of charging stations throughout the South West.
Topics: environmental-technology, road-transport, wa, margaret-river-6285, augusta-6290
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Work has begun to repair historic jetty ruins at Hamelin Bay near Augusta.
Topics: urban-development-and-planning, history, hamelin-bay-6288, augusta-6290, busselton-6280
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| UpdatedThe Flinders bay marina in the West Australian, south west coastal community of Augusta was officially opened on Friday.
Topics: fishing-aquaculture, marine-biology, augusta-6290