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New research has found baby turtles making their first swim out to sea are more likely to become fish food if the nest they emerged from is too near a jetty.
Topics: animals, conservation, science-and-technology, regional, thevenard-island-6711, onslow-6710, exmouth-6707, ningaloo-6701, karratha-6714
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| UpdatedThe Bureau of Meteorology predicts Cyclone Veronica will strengthen into at least a category four tropical storm before reaching WA's Pilbara coast over the weekend, threatening communities from Port Hedland to Exmouth.
Topics: cyclone, weather, wa, onslow-6710, south-hedland-6722, port-hedland-6721, perth-6000
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The Pilbara community remains divided about harsh new alcohol restrictions, with businesses are fearing it will lead to higher costs.
Topics: alcohol, police, government-and-politics, travel-and-tourism, lifestyle-and-leisure, community-and-society, local-government, port-hedland-6721, roebourne-6718, karratha-6714, marble-bar-6760, newman-6753, tom-price-6751, onslow-6710, pannawonica-6716, paraburdoo-6754
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Topics: marine-parks, onslow-6710
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The Montebello Islands remain a nuclear radiation risk more than half a century after British bomb tests in the area, yet increasing numbers of people are risking their health by straying too close to the danger zones and even camping there.
Topics: nuclear-issues, marine-biology, marine-parks, onslow-6710, port-hedland-6721, broome-6725, karratha-6714, wa
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Tim Hunt and Marissa Speirs from the Parks and Wildlife Service carry out marine research in the Montebello Islands Marine Park.
Topics: marine-biology, science, conservation, onslow-6710, dampier-archipelago-6713
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| UpdatedMarine scientists conducting ongoing research confirm increasing sea temperatures are changing life at WA's north-west coral reefs.
Topics: environmental-impact, environmental-management, biology, marine-biology, onslow-6710, karratha-6714, broome-6725, port-hedland-6721
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| UpdatedThe Thalanyji Pastoral Company is creating employment and better outcomes for Indigenous communities through its own brand of beef.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, aboriginal, beef-cattle, cattle-feedlots, economic-and-social-development, business-economics-and-finance, onslow-6710, wa, gingin-6503
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Topics: beef-cattle, agribusiness, rural-media, agricultural-marketing, women-in-agriculture, perth-6000, kununurra-6743, darwin-0800, fitzroy-crossing-6765, toowoomba-4350, onslow-6710, broome-6725
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For years the agricultural industry has been trying to find ways to bridge the divide between city and pastoral life.
Topics: beef-cattle, agribusiness, rural-media, agricultural-marketing, women-in-agriculture, perth-6000, kununurra-6743, darwin-0800, fitzroy-crossing-6765, toowoomba-4350, onslow-6710, broome-6725
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| UpdatedChevron announces it will proceed with stage two of its multi-billion-dollar Gorgon gas project off WA, which is expected to create hundreds of jobs, as unions urge the company to employ local workers.
Topics: oil-and-gas, wa, onslow-6710
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Chevron starts liquified natural gas production at Wheatstone project, which will supply 8.9 tonnes of LNG to Asia.
Topics: oil-and-gas, onslow-6710
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| UpdatedPremier Mark McGowan is unconvinced about a WA Police proposal to ban the sale of takeaway full-strength beer across the Pilbara, while indigenous groups say they're puzzled by it.
Topics: karratha-6714, wa, roebourne-6718, port-hedland-6721, south-hedland-6722, newman-6753, tom-price-6751, onslow-6710
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The man well known for making his fortune through iron ore mining, Andrew 'Twiggy' Forrest, has turned his attention on home-station, Minderoo, to fruit and vegetables.
Topics: fruit, agricultural-crops, rural, vegetables, irrigation, mining-rural, beef-cattle, onslow-6710, talandji-6710
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| UpdatedMining magnate Andrew Forrest wins a High Court bid to keep sand miners off his family pastoral property in the Pilbara region of Western Australia in a case that could throw into doubt the validity of mining leases across WA.
Topics: courts-and-trials, mining-rural, onslow-6710
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| UpdatedLocals in one of Western Australia's sunniest towns are fed up with having their access to solar power restricted and say it is putting struggling homes and businesses under further financial pressure.
Topics: solar-energy, regional, regional-development, broome-6725, onslow-6710, carnarvon-6701
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If you've ever dreamed of living off the energy grid and you live in some of the more remote parts of Western Australia, you might find it's not that far out of reach.
Topics: solar-energy, alternative-energy, esperance-6450, onslow-6710, carnarvon-6701
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| UpdatedA new WA rangelands-branded beef line promises to be hormone and antibiotic free, animal-welfare friendly, and raised on the natural grasses of the north.
Topics: beef-cattle, agricultural-marketing, advertising-and-marketing, onslow-6710
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| UpdatedSandy Baraiolo, a former One Nation candidate for the southern Perth seat of Thornlie, says she has been threatened over the phone after being dumped by the party.
Topics: government-and-politics, political-parties, wa, thornlie-6108, paraburdoo-6754, cue-6640, denham-6537, tom-price-6751, meekatharra-6642, onslow-6710, exmouth-6707, carnarvon-6701
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| UpdatedPauline Hanson's One Nation officially disendorses two of its candidates for failing to reach required standards, just a fortnight out from the March poll, in what a political analyst describes as a rare move.
Topics: government-and-politics, political-parties, wa, thornlie-6108, paraburdoo-6754, cue-6640, denham-6537, tom-price-6751, meekatharra-6642, onslow-6710, exmouth-6707, carnarvon-6701
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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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| UpdatedPeople in parts of the Western Australia's Pilbara region are given the all clear regarding a tropical low, which may still develop into a cyclone but will not affect the coastline.
Topics: weather, cyclones, emergency-planning, karratha-6714, barrow-island-6712, onslow-6710, dampier-6713, whim-creek-6718, wickham-6720
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| UpdatedPeople from Port Hedland to Ningaloo in Western Australia's Pilbara region are being warned to brace for a possible cyclone as a tropical low bears down on the area.
Topics: weather, cyclone, wa, karratha-6714, barrow-island-6712, onslow-6710, dampier-6713, whim-creek-6718, wickham-6720
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Two construction workers from inside the Wheatstone Project told the ABC they believe they should be able to leave the site on New Year's Eve
Topics: building-and-construction, industrial-relations, unions, oil-and-gas, onslow-6710