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As officials consider a ban on most takeaway alcohol in northern WA, what do people on the ground say?

As communities search for solutions to alcohol-fuelled violence and harm, a proposal to severely restrict takeaway grog is subject of a hotly contested debate.

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WA Education Minister Sue Ellery apologises to Halls Creek residents over botched truancy plans

A report tabled in parliament on the plans found there were "multiple points of failure" in the Education Department's efforts to get students back to school in the remote Kimberley town of Halls Creek.

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Future of pub in Kimberley that had licence revoked due to Covid breaches

There had also been public disorder

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Drug sting in WA's Kimberley uncovers major meth haul and alleged kingpins

An alleged drug network wreaking havoc in northern WA has been dealt a major blow by Kimberley detectives after a series of busts uncovered more than $100,000 worth of methylamphetamine.

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Roebuck Bay Hotel in the Kimberley on the market for the first time in decades

With skimpies, himpies, wet T-shirt competitions and pearlers in its history, a beloved West Australian institution is up for sale and locals hope it keeps its traditions.

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WA police commissioner Col Blanch gives in-principle support for northern booze ban

Full and mid-strength takeaway alcohol sales could soon be banned in WA's north. Community leaders fear the measure would "marginalise" residents.

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‘Silent extinction’: myrtle rust fungus spreads to WA’s Kimberley

Researchers fear spread of invasive disease could be disastrous for Australia’s diverse plant life and are calling for urgent national response

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WA biosecurity threats put Ord Valley agricultural region on edge

It's a nervous time for WA's easternmost farmers with myrtle rust officially in the Kimberley and other biosecurity threats creeping closer to the state border.

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Argyle diamond mine's future hangs in balance as Rio Tinto negotiates with traditional owners

After the Juukan Gorge scandal, Rio Tinto and traditional owners are in tough negotiations about what's left behind at Argyle in Western Australia's Kimberley region following 37 years of mining diamonds.

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Koolendong military exercise set to wrap up in the Kimberley, with experts divided on its significance

As the latest annual Koolendong exercises come to a close in Western Australia, a soldier says his brigade learned lessons — but experts are divided on its significance.

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Boat strike on whale filmed in WA as researchers urge people to steer clear of humpbacks

Whale researchers are "distressed" by footage of a boat hitting a whale at high speed off Broome and urge people to keep clear of humpbacks migrating north along Western Australia's coastline to a key breeding zone.

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Shell drops plans to lock out Prelude workers from Western Australian offshore gas facility

The Anglo-Dutch energy giant says a lockout aboard their facility off the Kimberley coast will not proceed due to safety and emergency response concerns, as industrial negotiations with the union grind to a halt.

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WA government accused of failing at-risk Kimberley students over plans to address school truancy

WA's Education Minister Sue Ellery once described efforts to address a truancy crisis in Halls Creek as "amazing". Now her department is investigating as families accuse the government of botching school attendance plans.

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Liquor restrictions debate rages on in northern WA as inquiry moves behind closed doors

Changes in the NT and an ongong inquiry into banning bottleshops from selling everything but light beer will test the way forward for potential liquor restrictions in the Pilbara and Kimberley.

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Environmental groups step up push for WA fracking ban as Theia Energy pulls pin on Kimberley project check

An environmental assessment of a fracking project in the Kimberley has been terminated by its backers amid a lack of government guidance on how the wells should operate.

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Cold snap leaves residents, tourists in Western Australia's tropical north shivering

Residents and visitors in WA's Kimberley region have shivered through some of the coldest July mornings on record.

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Health authorities push to suppress WA syphilis outbreak as disease heads south

Health authorities say they are in a race to control a syphilis outbreak that started in northern Australia.

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COVID-19 false positives that sent Kimberley communities into lockdown likely caused by contamination

The investigation began after Bidydanga and Beagle Bay were locked down earlier this year following 55 false positive cases across both communities.

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Gold prospecting hobbyists find moving further afield in the Kimberley still pays handsomely

More than 10 years ago around 1,400 WA Miner's Right documents were issued in a year. Now, two years into the pandemic, that has increased nearly threefold, and expansion continues to turn over nice nuggets.

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Flu surges across the Kimberley after successive years of very low case numbers during COVID-19

Worrorra man Pete O'Connor says he was "definitely the sickest" he'd ever been when he got the flu this season, in a region where about 10 per cent of cases have resulted in hospitalisation.

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Kimberley stockman in class action tells Federal Court 'we didn't get any money' for wages

A class action against the WA government to recoup wages allegedly never paid to Aboriginal station workers, domestic staff, and labourers begins hearings in a makeshift federal courthouse.

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Women convene for West Kimberley Strong Women Business Gathering at Birdwood Downs station

Under the starry skies of Birdwood Downs Station on the Gibb River Road, about 200 women have gathered to talk about their past and future in the Kimberley.

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Juvenile offender numbers surge towards four-year high in the Kimberley

Figures tabled in WA parliament on Tuesday show how the Kimberley's youth crime crisis has emerged since the pandemic.

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Cane toads collected, bagged, frozen for university by inquisitive Kimberley holidaymakers

"Squeals of delight and disgust" is how a Kimberley holiday lodge manager describes her guests' most recent toad collecting expedition.

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Kimberley military base, hospital and cinema among old dreams abandoned to the bush

From an abandoned hospital with nothing but the wind for company, to a drive-in cinema swallowed by shrubs, the Australian bush is reclaiming big dreams that saw a bustling town erected in the Western Australian desert.

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