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Not-for-profit supermarket slashes grocery costs in the Pilbara

A not-for-profit supermarket is changing how remote Australians access affordable groceries, and its proponents say the model could be replicated elsewhere.

ABC News · Jun 30, 2022

Search for Michael Gill, 70yo missing in Pilbara, continues after Toyota found south of Newman

Police say they are searching the around where Michael Gill's grey Toyota Kluger was found. The missing man told his family more than a week ago that he had run out of fuel near Newman Airport.

ABC News · Jun 22, 2022

Roy Hill mine site alleged sexual assault sparks police probe as WA FIFO harassment report looms

Police investigate an alleged assault at a Pilbara mine site, days before a WA parliamentary inquiry into sexual harassment against women in the resources industry is due to be tabled.

ABC News · Jun 20, 2022

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Heavy industries in Australia’s regions could cut emissions by 80% and create a jobs bonanza, report says

Business leaders and decarbonisation experts say a high level of collaboration and coordination is needed for transition

The Guardian - AU · Jun 19, 2022

Pilbara stalwart remembers famous furry friend Red Dog

Decades since he last roamed the red dirt tracks of outback WA, Australia's favourite kelpie, Red Dog, is still alive in the hearts of Pilbara locals.

ABC News · Jun 19, 2022

Pilbara girl Ruby McKie in coma after being hit by spectator's vehicle at Finke Desert Race

Pilbara girl Ruby McKie is in an induced coma in Alice Springs Hospital, with significant facial fractures and other head and body injuries, after an incident on day two of the Central Australian motorsport event.

ABC News · Jun 17, 2022

Global fossil fuel giant BP buys 40% of US$30bn Pilbara renewable energy project

The company also plans to operate the Asian Renewable Energy Hub, which aims to generate up to 26GW of wind and solar energy

The Guardian - AU · Jun 14, 2022

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Onslow says no to iron ore export, fears dust pollution, heavy traffic will ruin pristine WA coastal town

This Pilbara town is pushing back against plans to export iron ore from the local port amid fears heavy traffic and dust pollution will damage the local tourism industry and lifestyle.

ABC News · Jun 10, 2022

Pilbara rain records tumble as unseasonal weather floods Northwest Coastal Highway again

As rainfall records for May across the Pilbara continue to tumble, the Bureau of Meteorology is warning another cloud band is expected to dump between 100 and 150 millimetres around Port Hedland.

ABC News · May 30, 2022

Rugby Union convert reaches rare footy milestone in Pilbara as Aussie Rules helps build community

The "money and the work" lured Kevin Walsh from New Zealand to Australia in the 1990s, but the community connections, including the local footy team, have made him stay.

ABC News · May 28, 2022

Australian chemical company EcoMag turning the Pilbara's waste into low-carbon plasterboard

An Australian company is working to turn industrial waste and sequestered carbon into building products like plasterboard.

ABC News · May 24, 2022

Liberal Melissa Price plans to stay the course in Durack, despite Kimberley and Pilbara slump

Melissa Price says she won't change her approach in northern Western Australia, despite losing nearly every community north of Carnarvon.

ABC News · May 23, 2022

Police seize 320kg of cocaine from campervan in Port Hedland, allege drugs smuggled in by boat

Two men with suspected links to organised crime are charged over a $128 million cocaine seizure in Western Australia's remote Pilbara region, with the drugs allegedly collected from a "mothership" off the coast.

ABC News · May 17, 2022

Operation Regional Shield identifies hundreds of at-risk children across WA's Pilbara region

Hundreds of at-risk children have been identified roaming the streets unsupervised at night in the Pilbara as part of renewed efforts to curb youth crime.

ABC News · May 12, 2022

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The Guardian - AU · May 12, 2022

This picture tells the story of a prison that was – and remains – medieval for Aboriginal inmates

Indigenous prisoners at Roebourne in the scorching Pilbara still suffer in cells without air-conditioning, like they did 120 years ago

The Guardian - AU · May 9, 2022

‘This is a protest painting’: Aboriginal artists speak out in show backed by mining giants

In a landmark exhibition supported by the resources sector, Indigenous artists from the Pilbara don’t hold back about dispossession and exploitation

ABC News · May 3, 2022

Highest number of nesting turtles on record at Bells Beach in WA's Pilbara region

This year's nesting season at a small, sandy beach in Western Australia's Pilbara region has seen the most mother turtles on record, according to a local monitoring program.

ABC News · Apr 27, 2022

Pilbara Preparatory family centre fined $13k by State Administrative Tribunal over barefoot child

A family centre in Western Australia's Pilbara region has been fined after a barefoot child, who was meant to be in its care, was left alone outside on an almost 30-degrees Celsius day.

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ABC News · Apr 21, 2022

Worker dies at Rio Tinto port facility at Cape Lambert in WA's Pilbara region

A spokesperson for the company said police and ambulance crews attended the Cape Lambert site but the person could not be saved after suffering a "medical episode".

ABC News · Apr 13, 2022

Escalating youth crime triggers large-scale police expansion to WA's Pilbara region

A large-scale police operation expanded to the Pilbara to address rising youth crime, but a local leader says policing alone won't stop antisocial behaviour.

AAP · Apr 8, 2022

WA dig unveils 50,000-year Aboriginal ties

A traditional owner-led excavation in the Pilbara has shown that Aboriginal people have been in the region for more than 50,000 years.

ABC News · Apr 5, 2022

Andrew Forrest snaps up Pilbara and Gascoyne cattle stations for green energy production

Andrew Forrest buys another three cattle stations in Australia's north-west to "send our sunshine around the world" and help decarbonise Fortescue mining operations.

ABC News · Apr 5, 2022

Traditional custodians undeterred as application to stop urea plant near Pilbara rock art rejected

An application to halt construction of a multi-billion-dollar urea plant is rejected by the federal government despite its location near the world's largest collection of ancient rock art.

ABC News · Mar 30, 2022

Regions tell Barnaby Joyce they need workers, houses, childcare before budgeted infrastructure

After reluctantly signing the net zero carbon emissions pledge, the Nationals leader amassed a $20 billion regional war chest. But local mayors and voters want funding closer to home, as well as promised infrastructure.

ABC News · Mar 28, 2022

Primary school-aged children waiting a year to see a clinical psychologist in regional WA

Mental health professionals are concerned about a lack of psychological services in parts of regional West Australia after it was revealed some children are waiting a year to see a clinical psychologist.

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