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'We accept the sentence': Miner fined after worker's spinal injury

A subsidiary of Australia's biggest gold miner, Northern Star Resources, has been fined $750,000 after a worker suffered serious spinal and leg injuries while working on heavy machinery.
A piece of mining machinery with twin booms.

Published: Source: ABC GoldfieldsTopic: Workplace Accidents and Incidentsby Jarrod Lucas

Indigenous man dies in custody at Goldfields prison

Western Australia's Department of Justice says the 31-year-old Aboriginal man was found unresponsive in his cell at Eastern Goldfields Regional Prison.
The fences around the prison project shadows.

Published: Source: ABC GoldfieldsTopic: Black Deaths In Custodyby Hayden Smith

Majority of Western Australian exports exempted from sweeping US tariffs

Former deputy ambassador Paul Myler said broad exemptions on gold, copper, critical minerals and energy meant the state was less likely to be impacted.
Gold pour in Kalgoorlie
Duration: 4 minutes 3 seconds

Published: Source: ABC Radio PerthTopic: Tradewith Nadia Mitsopoulos

Party time — for some — as gold price surges to record $5,000 an ounce

Australia's "gold capital" celebrates the metal hitting a once-unthinkable price for the first time, but Kalgoorlie-Boulder leaders hope the whole community, struggling with cost of living pressures, sees the benefits.
Perth Mint gold

Published: Source: ABC GoldfieldsTopic: Mining and Metals Industryby Jarrod Lucas

79yo bird-lover's solo pilgrimage across the country

Struggling after the death of her husband, Christina Sobey had her health checked and her blue station wagon serviced before travelling west to Australia's oldest and most remote bird research station. 
A woman smiles in a bush setting. She wears an Akubra hat and a backpack.

Published: Source: LandlineTopic: Human Interestby Hayden Smith and Emily JB Smith

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Meet the man who makes dessert wine in the desert

Many people are surprised to find a winery more than 800 kilometres inland from Western Australia's coast, but veteran Kalgoorlie winemaker Geoff Paynter says they shouldn't be.
A man holds a bunch of grape in a vineyard.
Duration: 1 minute 41 seconds

Published: Source: ABC GoldfieldsTopic: Viticultureby Katrina Tap and Robert Koenig-Luck

'Doesn't pass the pub test': Pick of city-based ministers for regions under fire

The appointment of state ministers for each of WA's regions receives mixed reactions.
Reecy Whitby

Published: Source: ABC South West WATopic: Regional Communitiesby Jacqueline Lynch, Rosemary Murphy and Kate Forrester

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Remote Bird Watching: Australia's most remote bird research station

The Eyre Bird Observatory on Western Australia's Nullarbor Plain is Australia’s oldest and most remote bird research station. It's managed by a revolving team of volunteer caretakers.
Duration: 7 minutes 27 seconds

Source: ABC News

Meet the man who makes dessert wine in the WA desert

Many are surprised to find a winery more than 800 kilometres inland from Western Australia's coast, but veteran Kalgoorlie winemaker Geoff Paynter says they shouldn't be.
Duration: 1 minute 41 seconds

Source: ABC News

Surfer missing off WA coast after shark spotted in area

A surfer is missing after a possible shark attack at a popular beach in Western Australia's remote south-east.
Duration: 1 minute 7 seconds

Source: ABC News

Police search for man who stole two cars with children inside in less than an hour

Kalgoorlie detectives are searching for a man who stole two cars in a 15 minute window, each with children inside. The children were found safe a short time later.
Duration: 18 seconds

Source: ABC News

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