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‘Absurd’: Toxic chemical risks in Kimberley fracking plan ‘downplayed’, environmentalists say
The Kimberley’s sparse population was cited as a reason the risk to human health from a fracking project was deemed low – but what about pastoralists and traditional owners who use groundwater in the area?
- Holly Thompson
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8000 appeals: Kimberley fracking plan becomes most contested project in WA history
Plans by Black Mountain Energy received more than 11 times the number of appeals as Woodside’s Northwest Shelf project, making it the most contested project in WA’s history.
- Holly Thompson
Residents brace for heavy rain as Tropical Cyclone Luana heads inland
Tropical Cyclone Luana is running out of steam after making landfall, but West Australian residents in its path face damaging wind gusts and heavy rainfall as the system tracks inland.
- Robyn Wuth
Labor members want fracking completely banned in WA. But one project just got a major green tick
The decision sets the Cook government up for a showdown with Labor Party faithful, who voted to ban fracking at last year’s state conference.
- Hamish Hastie
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- Endangered species
‘It was like a dream’: How Australia’s rarest bird of prey was found in WA’s north
The hunt for the red goshawk has delivered an early Christmas gift.
- Victoria Laurie
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- Environmental protection
Labor members vote to ban fracking across WA
Oil and gas companies could soon be barred from fracking in Western Australia entirely, as WA Labor members voted in support of extending an already wide-ranging ban.
- Holly Thompson
Remote Kimberley luxury lodge to reopen with a new look
The exclusive Berkeley River Lodge has had a facelift and will offer transfers from Darwin as well as Perth.
- Julietta Jameson
Meet the woman who owns Europe’s biggest collection of Aboriginal art
When she walked into a Paris gallery 20 years ago, Bérengère Primat was instantly captivated by what she saw. It was the start of an obsession.
- Rob Harris
Is a Kimberley cruise too wild for a nervous traveller? I found out
I’m not a fearless traveller. When a crew member warns there are crocodiles everywhere we will cruise, I consider staying on the ship for the next 10 days.
- Kristie Kellahan
More than 100 donkeys to be shot after Kimberley station owner loses long-running court battle
Chris and Jacqueline Henggeler have argued that the donkeys have been useful to restoring ecosystems on their 78,000 hectare cattle property and have spent years trying to protect them.
- Rebecca Peppiatt