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BHP halts Western Australia iron ore operations for a day after worker dies

The world's largest miner BHP Group has suspended its Western Australian iron ore operations for a day after a worker was struck by a train at its Port Hedland iron ore facility, it said on Wednesday.

Reuters

Thieves swipe rare orchids from WA conservation garden

Up to 900 of Western Australia's rarest orchids have been stolen from a conservation garden in a devastating blow for two species teetering on the brink.

AAP

Pilots miraculously walk away unharmed after Boeing 737 crash in Western Australia

‘The fact that two pilots walked away from the accident is simply amazing,’ says aviation analyst

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Pilots survive Boeing 737 water bomber crash while fighting bushfire in Western Australia

Investigators to examine wreckage and interview two pilots who were responding to a bushfire in the Fitzgerald River national park

The Guardian - AU

Miracle survival for pilots in 737 air tanker crash

A probe has been launched into a crash involving a 737 air tanker on the way to a bushfire in southern Western Australia.

AAP

Two pilots survive after 737 large air tanker crashes in Fitzgerald River National Park while battling bushfires

The pilots managed to free themselves from the wreckage after the plane came down in the Fitzgerald River National Park on WA's south coast yesterday afternoon.

ABC News

Girl killed in shark attack on Australia's west coast

A 16-year-old girl died on Saturday after being mauled by a shark in a river in Western Australia's state capital Perth after she jumped in the water to swim with a pod of dolphins.

Reuters

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Hero desperately tried to save girl, 16, killed by shark while jetskiing with friends

A group of teenagers were jetskiing along the Swan River in western Australia, when they reportedly jumped in to swim with dolphins - leading to one being brutally attacked and killed by a shark

Daily Mirror

Shark kills teen in Western Australia

A 16-year-old girl was killed on Saturday after being mauled by a shark as she swam in a river in Western Australia, officials said.

Bangkok Post

Bushfire emergency warning in southwest WA

Residents in parts of the shire of Nannup in Western Australia's southwest have been told a fast-moving bushfire is threatening lives and homes.

AAP

What the heck was that radioactive capsule emergency in Western Australia all about?

It began as the scarcely believable tale of a very tiny and very lost radioactive "Tic Tac" in the Australian desert, and ended up a planet-sized news story.

ABC News

WA eyes March 2024 end date for plastic coffee cups

Non-compostable takeaway coffee cups will be banned from sale in Western Australia by March 2024 as the state government cracks down on single-use plastics.

AAP

Australia's radioactive capsule: searching scientists were quietly confident

The task was daunting: find a tiny radioactive capsule that had fallen off a truck somewhere in Western Australia's vast outback sometime in January.

Reuters

Trend of banning mobile phones in Australian high schools 'not backed by research,' expert warns

NSW Opposition Leader Chris Minns on Thursday praised South Australia for joining Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia in banning the use of devices during school hours.

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Reuters

Australia's radioactive capsule en route to storage as investigation begins

A lost radioactive capsule found after a search along a 1,400 km stretch of the arid Western Australian outback is due to arrive in Perth on Thursday evening as investigators work on piecing together just how it fell from a truck.

AAP

Radioactive capsule site cleared of contamination

Authorities say there is no need to remediate the area where a dangerous radioactive capsule was found after falling off a truck in remote Western Australia.

The Conversation

The world’s oldest fossils or oily gunk? New research suggests these 3.5 billion-year-old rocks don’t contain signs of life

The Pilbara region of Western Australia is home to one of the most ancient surviving pieces of Earth’s crust, which has been geologically unchanged since its creation some 3.5 billion years ago.

ABC News

Staggering recovery of tiny radioactive capsule in Western Australia still leaves many questions unanswered

The Tic Tac-sized radioactive capsule arrives in Perth after its disappearance in Western Australia's outback sparked a frantic search.

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The Independent UK

Radioactive capsule that fell off truck found in Australia

Authorities in Western Australia have recovered a tiny but dangerous radioactive capsule that fell off a truck while being transported along a 870-mile highway last month

The New Daily

WA authorities find radioactive capsule on side of highway

The tiny radioactive capsule that sparked a massive hunt has been found just south of Newman in a remote area of Western Australia.

The Independent UK

Missing radioactive capsule found in Western Australia after massive week-long search effort

Tiny capsule containing caesium-137 emits dangerous amounts of radiation equivalent to receiving 10 X-rays in an hour

AAP

Dangerous radioactive capsule found in remote Western Australia

Search crews have found a tiny radioactive capsule which fell off the back of a truck while being transported from a mine in remote Western Australia.

Reuters

Lost radioactive capsule found in Australian Outback after huge search

Australian authorities on Wednesday found a radioactive capsule smaller than a coin that was lost in the vast Outback after nearly a week-long search involving around 100 people along a 1,400 kilometres (870 miles) stretch of highway, officials said.

Bangkok Post

Search for radioactive capsule lost somewhere in Australia

SYDNEY: Mining giant Rio Tinto has lost a tiny, toxic radioactive widget in Western Australia, somewhere along on a 1,400 kilometre stretch of isolated highway through the arid Outback.

WEKU

A tiny but dangerous radioactive capsule is found in Western Australia

The silver capsule the size of a pea had been lost in transit last month on the Great Northern Highway in Western Australia. "We have essentially found the needle in the haystack," one official said.

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