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The American dream: WA Indigenous stockmen train for college rodeo

A group of young Indigenous Kimberley stockmen is following the American Dream competing on the professional bull riding circuit in the US.




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World's largest wooden clock gives WA town hope of tourism revival

A 15-year journey to build the world's largest wooden clock hit several hurdles, but the biggest was finding somewhere to put the 6-metre tall wooden timepiece.




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Residents near Albemarle's WA lithium refinery fear jobs are going to city workers

An American company building WA's largest lithium refinery has received pushback from locals in WA's South West, amid concerns it is sourcing most of its workers from Perth.







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Indian family's dream crushed after truck driver's split-second loss of concentration

The widow of a keen Indian cyclist killed on an Australian highway said her husband had been happy to settle here because he felt more confident about road safety.






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WA town of Cookernup wins fight to reinstate its postcode

To many, a postcode is just four numbers that direct your mail. To the small community of Cookernup it's the town's identity.




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Illegal pig semen racket busted, with WA pig farmers jailed

Two West Australian pig farmers involved in the smuggling of Danish pig semen hidden in shampoo bottles are jailed to three and two years' jail respectively.





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Meet the Western Australians who took on the Mongol Derby, the world's toughest horse race

Imagine navigating a 1,000km journey across the vast Mongolian wilderness atop a feisty horse, racing 40 others to finish first.




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WA sport cuts ties with alcohol and junk food advertising

Surfing WA's Mark Lane is leading a growing charge of West Australian sporting organisations fighting off unhealthy sponsorships deals in sports.





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Aussie school students are planning to skip class and join a global climate strike

Bunbury student strike leaders BellaBurgemeister and Lachlan Kelly say they're doing it to show politicians that urgent action is needed.




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How to make a compost shower



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Knickers the giant steer makes a packet for Blue Tree Project in brief return to limelight

One year on, 2018's most unlikely internet sensation, Knickers the giant steer, has put his big hoof forward for a good cause, raising more than $14,000 in the process.





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Coal industry in crisis as takeover of Collie's Griffin Coal looms, MP warns

One of WA's biggest electricity generators is making moves to ensure it has the power to take control of a loss-making coal mine, sparking fears for jobs and energy security.




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Anna Bagshaw is working to help soldiers transition to civilian life.



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Bunbury prison in full lockdown as raid nets 'significant quantity' of drugs

A prison in WA's South West remains in full lockdown as a three-day raid uncovers a significant haul of drugs and syringes.




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Baykali Ganambarr and Aisling Franciosi in The Nightingale




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Older Australians 'dying' waiting for home-care packages, advocates say

Joan Webb has already been approved for a government-subsidised home-care package. At 93 years of age, she's now facing an 18-month wait. She's not alone.





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Tasmanian Labor Party vows never to make 'mistake' of working with Greens again

Opposition Leader Rebecca White vows to ditch the Greens as party faithful meet in Burnie for Labor's first Tasmanian gathering since suffering a bruising federal election defeat.




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Heavy smokers 'will spend $10,000 a year', with addicts saying tax hike won't stop them

Alice says the tobacco tax increase won't act as an incentive to break the addiction because smoking already has a "hold" on her life.




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Speaker Sue Hickey says her $190,000 salary isn't enough, calls for pay rise

Sue Hickey draws ire from fellow parliamentarians saying Tasmanian speakers like herself deserve to earn more than their $190,000 annual salary.




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Sue Hickey says her $190,000 pay doesn't cut it. Is she right?

They're some of the most senior figures in the country and are elected to represent the people, but are our politicians earning too much?




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Tasmania 'losing' its penguins as authorities grapple with spate of dog attacks

More than 170 little penguins have been mauled to death by dogs in Tasmania in the past year. Experts say the attacks are leaving the state's population in a "tenuous" position.




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Tasmanian news: Speaker Sue Hickey pauses parliament over pay row, police officer to plead guilty over strip search

DAILY BRIEFING: Tasmania's Speaker pauses parliament as tensions run high over her bid for a pay rise, and a police officer charged over the strip search of an 11-year-old boy indicates she'll plead guilty.




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Tasmanian news: Sue Hickey's mayoral pay rise bid, health razor gang fears

DAILY BRIEFING: Controversial Speaker Sue Hickey wanted a pay rise when she was Lord Mayor, and the Opposition accuses the Government of sending in a health budget razor.






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Croissants are 30 per cent pure butter, so these producers are making sure it's good

Australians love and will pay top prices for proper coffee, stinky cheese, and top-of-the-range wines and olive oils. Now butter has joined that list.





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Beekeepers preparing for pollination keen to put shocker season behind them

The heat is on beekeepers to deliver healthy hives for pollination this spring and into the summer.




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Burnie Show into its hundredth year, thanks to generations of farming families

A typical show day for Gary Clarke involves getting up early to wash and blow-dry his Hereford cattle before the crowds arrive. It is dedication like this which has helped the humble Burnie Show reach its 100th year.




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Tasmanian elective surgery delays sees child victim of arson attack wait 15 months for skin grafts

Spencer Connelly, 11, was supposed to have his third round of skin graft surgery within 90 days. But he's been waiting 15 months as Tasmania's elective surgery waiting list blows out.




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Tulips proving popular with tourists in north west Tasmania but it's the soil where the real work is going on

Tourists flock to this tulip farm to see the flowers, but it is under the ground where the serious farming is happening.




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Inside the working farm that inspired the father of Australian colonial art, John Glover

When Carol Westmore bought a farm near Launceston 15 years ago, she inadvertently embarked on a mammoth heritage-restoration project.





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Accused Claremont serial killer pleads guilty to historic attacks on women

The accused Claremont serial killer, Bradley Edwards, has pleaded guilty to attacks on two women in the years leading up to the disappearance of Sarah Spiers.








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Flinders Island's young entrepreneurs grow adventure tourism and foodie haven to keep economy moving

Tourism operators on one of Tasmania's breathtaking islands are riding a wave of untapped beauty and are reeling in visitors with locally grown produce.




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Arborists at Calstock

Climb a 40 metre elm tree to see arborists at work at Deloraine's historic Calstock