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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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‘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

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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.

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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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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".

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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Concern grows over lack of COVID isolation accommodation in Pilbara town

Aboriginal people in the Pilbara are struggling to isolate in overcrowded houses after they test positive to COVID-19, Indigenous leaders say.

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Troy Hausler to spend at least five years in jail for manslaughter of Tobias Richter at WA mine site

Troy Hausler was mentally impaired when he killed Toby Richter at a Pilbara mine site because he wrongly believed he was a paedophile, a judge finds.

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Hedland charity's concerns over taxi strikes in reponse to youth crime

Taxi drivers in Hedland say they will go on strike again in four weeks if authorities do not address rock throwing vandalism in the Pilbara town.

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Eight-month-old baby among COVID-19 cases in Pilbara town outbreak

Aboriginal health authorities manage a growing cluster of more than 200 cases in three West Pilbara towns through telehealth, visiting households, and operating a clinic.

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Pilbara man fights to be buried in town he's called home for more than six decades

A West Australian man is fighting to be buried in the town he has called home for more than 60 years and wants an answer to his application before he dies.

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Growing demand for emergency packages as COVID-19 spreads in Pilbara town of Roebourne

Roebourne's community store has received nearly 500 requests for emergency packages from residents in isolation, as COVID-19 continues to spread in the Pilbara town.

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Crackdown on sly grogging as trial of banned drinkers register begins in the Goldfields

The Goldfields is the third region in Western Australia to try out the state government's register, joining the Pilbara and Kimberley in a campaign aimed at problem drinkers.

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As WA breaks COVID case record, virus spreads in Pilbara town of Roebourne

Indigenous leaders say they're concerned for the town's vulnerable residents, but authorities insist they are prepared to deal with the cluster.

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