Joseph Dunstan is a journalist at ABC North West WA in the Pilbara.
Originally from Melbourne before jumping into regional Victoria, Joseph spent his first few years with the ABC producing the Statewide Drive program in Ballarat, where he learnt how to spell town names like Upotipotpon and Quambatook, and zoom from Gippsland to Sunraysia without leaving the desk.
But after a couple of years, new adventure called and in late 2015 he moved to the dusty red soils of the Pilbara, where he enjoys presenting local stories and debates across North West WA between 9 and 11am on air.
If you want to get a story to him, you can find him on Twitter @josephdunstan.
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BHP's mines boss has warned that the WA mining industry could end up like car manufacturing if new taxes are imposed.
Topics: mining-industry, tax, rural, mining-rural, government-and-politics, elections, karratha-6714
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| UpdatedScientific and fishing communities are calling for more research into the dangers posed to marine life by seismic surveying, as Western Australia's coast is combed for offshore gas projects.
Topics: oil-and-gas, fishing-aquaculture, fish, exmouth-6707
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| UpdatedFormer One Nation candidate Dane Sorensen takes aim at Pauline Hanson's chief of staff James Ashby.
Topics: one-nation, political-parties, government-and-politics, elections, geraldton-6530, karratha-6714
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| UpdatedA tropical low has delivered the second wettest day on record for the city of Karratha in WA's north.
Topics: floods, rainfall, weather, lifestyle-and-leisure, travel-and-tourism, karratha-6714, broome-6725, exmouth-6707, onslow-6710, port-hedland-6721, roebourne-6718
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| UpdatedA Western Australian Liberal candidate breaks party ranks to rebuke comments by his leader, critical of a campaign by mining companies against a proposed iron ore tax increase.
Topics: elections, liberals, mining-industry, karratha-6714
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Comments by a Western Australian One Nation candidate attacking "lazy" single mothers hark back to the pre-World War II era and are not acceptable, a peak national body says.
Topics: government-and-politics, one-nation, political-parties, port-hedland-6721, karratha-6714, wa
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| UpdatedFederal Labor frontbencher Anthony Albanese calls for one of Pauline Hanson's WA election candidates to be dumped for disparaging comments about single mothers.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, political-parties, family-and-children, one-nation, wa
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| UpdatedOne Nation's candidate for the seat of Pilbara in the West Australian election stands by an article he wrote saying taxpayers should not support single mums who are "too lazy" to attract and hold a mate.
Topics: one-nation, elections, karratha-6714, wa, perth-6000
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| UpdatedPauline Hanson's One Nation party has confirmed a controversial geologist will run against WA Nationals leader Brendon Grylls.
Topics: political-parties, elections, indigenous-policy, climate-change, science-and-technology, community-and-society, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, perth-6000, karratha-6714, port-hedland-6721, newman-6753, wa
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Western Australia's peak recreational fishing group lodges its opposition to scrapping size limits for commercial fishers on some species, such as red emperor.
Topics: fishing-aquaculture, port-hedland-6721
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The sacked CEO from a regional West Australian council has apologised to ratepayers for signing a contract without a tender process.
Topics: local-government, corruption, exmouth-6707
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| UpdatedWheatstone construction workers say it is unfair they cannot leave their FIFO site for New Year's Eve.
Topics: oil-and-gas, industrial-relations, unions, building-and-construction, onslow-6710
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| UpdatedA crumbling waterfront wall sparks calls from Carnarvon businesses for an inquiry into the shire.
Topics: local-government, carnarvon-6701
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| UpdatedThe entire Exmouth Shire Council in north-west Western Australia is facing suspension, with the Local Government Minister vowing to sack members after recent corruption watchdog hearings exposed wrongdoing.
Topics: local-government, corruption, states-and-territories, exmouth-6707, wa
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| UpdatedMining giant Rio Tinto has ruled out ever using drones to keep tabs on its staff after a contractor was quoted endorsing the idea.
Topics: mining-industry, mental-health, tom-price-6751
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| UpdatedRescue dogs from remote WA will be among the first to see the prequel film to Red Dog, after they walk the red carpet this weekend.
Topics: film, comedy-film, karratha-6714, dampier-6713
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| UpdatedThe Western Australian Government could lose $120 million in revenue if the major miners challenge a proposed $5-a-tonne fee on iron ore exports in court.
Topics: mining-industry, iron-ore, tax, constitution, perth-6000, karratha-6714
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Nationals MP Vince Catania renews calls for an independent investigation into the Shire of Carnarvon, after a former employee alleged she experienced bullying during her time at the shire.
Topics: bullying, local-government, carnarvon-6701
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A Greens politician has suggested an administrator be appointed to a north west council while bullying claims are investigated and resolved.
Topics: local-government, bullying, mental-health, carnarvon-6701
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Local councils in Western Australia's north want a State Government investigation into the factors driving high airfares for customers in the North West.
Topics: air-transport, tourism, travel-and-tourism, karratha-6714
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A native title claim on mining land in the Pilbara will continue after a rival claim from a neighbouring group was dismissed by the Federal Court.
Topics: native-title, mining-industry, roebourne-6718
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The North West Festival loses $250,000 in sponsorship after a development company defaults on an agreement, according to the Town of Port Hedland council.
Topics: carnivals-and-festivals, port-hedland-6721
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A new generation of young Aboriginal men are embracing their traditional songs and dances in the Pilbara.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, aboriginal, aboriginal-language, indigenous-culture, roebourne-6718
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The WA town of Carnarvon is celebrating a council decision to fly the Aboriginal flag during NAIDOC week despite the shire president opposing the move.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, local-government, carnarvon-6701
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A site in the Pilbara regains its status as an Aboriginal sacred site several years after it was withdrawn by the State Government and a year after the Supreme Court ruled in its favour.
Topics: indigenous-culture, port-hedland-6721