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Pingelly aged care model seen as the answer to keep patients in their own homes and communities

A volunteer organisation says it has found the future of aged care in regional areas, by connecting ageing residents with local workers.

ABC News · Apr 20, 2023

Scientists scan York cemetery for old, unmarked burial sites dating back to the 1850s

Archaeologists and geophysicists are mapping the ground beneath this cemetery to find burial sites dating back to the 1850s.

ABC News · Apr 2, 2023

Toodyay landholder risks jail time for building creek crossing in alleged breach of Heritage Act

A Toodyay landholder has been threatened with nine months' jail and a $20,000 fine for building a creek crossing in an alleged breach of the state's Aboriginal Heritage Act.

ABC News · Mar 10, 2023

Thousands of homes sit vacant in WA shires amid worsening regional housing crisis, Census data reveals

Two shires in Western Australia have some of the highest rates of unoccupied housing in the country — but for two very different reasons.

ABC News · Jul 20, 2022

Indigenous elder tells court of 50-hour work weeks at New Norcia Mission

Glenys Yarran says she was 12 years old when she was taught how to clean maggots from a sheep's head, to be placed in a big black pot and made into soup for lunch. This week she gave evidence at a class action over stolen wages.

ABC News · Jul 10, 2022

York art exhibition by Tim Burns taken down after Indigenous appropriation claims

A renowned artist whose exhibition was dumped after some members of the Indigenous community expressed offence says "total censorship of the interaction between Indigenous and white artists" is a big problem.

ABC News · Jun 8, 2022

Shire of York agrees to ratepayer's request asking WA Premier Mark McGowan to end vaccine mandates

The Shire of York will write to WA Premier Mark McGowan on behalf of its ratepayers, who are demanding an end to Covid-19 vaccine mandates.

ABC News · May 25, 2022

Ghosts of Castle, Settlers hotels and Old York Hospital spook and delight tourists in WA town

York is the oldest inland town in Western Australia — and some locals say it’s also the most haunted.

ABC News · May 19, 2022