Alex Govan

Nov 24, 2024 | abc.net.au | Alex Govan

A lack of aged care facilities in the Pilbara means many older residents in the region must leave to find other options. For Indigenous Australians, this means leaving their country and culture behind. An aged care facility in the town of Roebourne is allowing elders to now stay and see out their lives immersed on country. In an area of remote Western Australia twice the size of Victoria, finding an aged care facility is a considerable challenge.

Nov 20, 2024 | abc.net.au | Alex Govan

A man who survived a sting from the world's most venomous fish has likened the experience to being kicked by an elephant. Kacper Krupa, 26, decided to go swimming at Hearson's Cove, a popular beach near Karratha about 1,500 kilometres north of Perth. While swimming in waist deep water about 100 metres offshore he lowered his left hand onto what he thought was the sand. "Something stung me on my finger … I just took the hand out of the water and it was bleeding a little bit," he said.

Oct 30, 2024 | abc.net.au | Alistair Bates |Alex Govan

On a hot summer night in a remote Western Australian town, ghouls, vampires, and witches line the street. There are blood-curdling screams, yelps of excitement, and the grinding roar of a chainsaw. It's a sign that Halloween season has returned to the popular tourist town of Exmouth, more than 1,200 kilometres north of Perth. While some lament the recent growth of the American tradition in Australia, residents in Exmouth have been celebrating the holiday for decades.

Oct 23, 2024 | abc.net.au | Alex Govan |Keane Bourke

Western Australia Premier Roger Cook has labelled a councillor in WA's north an "embarrassment" and has urged him to resign after a controversial appearance on Russian television. Town of Port Hedland councillor Adrian McRae appeared on Russian-state-owned Sputnik TV in an interview on Sunday, in which he quoted a former Nazi party member and attacked Australian and Western media.

Oct 21, 2024 | abc.net.au | Alex Govan |Jessica Shackleton

Two mining contractors and a mine operator have been charged over the deaths of two workers in separate mine site incidents in regional WA. A 59-year-old man was killed at the Karlawinda gold mine in the Pilbara in October 2022, just days after the death of a 37-year-old man in a separate incident at the St Ives underground mine near the Goldfields town of Kambalda. Worksafe WA has started legal action against three companies over the death of the two men.