Alys Marshall

2 months ago | abc.net.au | Michelle Stanley |Alys Marshall |Verity Gorman |Rosanne Maloney

Record-breaking rainfall from Tropical Cyclone Zelia has closed major transport routes and left supermarket shelves in some areas stripped of goods. A section of Great Northern Highway has been closed since Thursday, and it's unclear at this stage when roads will reopen.  Authorities are deploying more resources across the flood-affected areas to support the clean-up around Port and South Hedland and at nearby pastoral stations.

Dec 27, 2024 | abc.net.au | Alys Marshall

When plans for a gap year overseas turned sour during the pandemic in 2021, Jaz Stewart found herself driving across Australia to a cattle station kitchen. At 19 years old, her cooking experience was limited at best, her exposure to cattle even more so, but on a whim she said yes to the role of station cook. "My dad always joked that I didn't know how to make toast, which probably wasn't far from the truth," Ms Stewart said.

Dec 17, 2024 | abc.net.au | Alys Marshall |Rosanne Maloney

Seafood giant Tassal and the Mayala Inninalang Aboriginal Corporation have formed an Indigenous Land Use Agreement (ILUA) for the sea country along Western Australia's remote northern coastline. An ILUA is a voluntary agreement between native title parties and other stakeholders about the use and management of areas of land or waters. The agreement, which is pending approval by the Native Title Tribunal, encompasses Tassal's current barramundi operations and proposed expansion.

Dec 15, 2024 | abc.net.au | Esse Deves |Alys Marshall

Over the past decade, more than 2,000 foreign fishing boats have been caught operating illegally in waters off Australia's northern coastline stretching from Western Australia's Kimberley region to Queensland's far north. Onboard are mostly Indonesian nationals and fishers from Papua New Guinea who have been intercepted in the Torres Strait. Covering more than 33,000 square kilometres, the protected coastline is patrolled by Australia's Border and Defence Forces.

Dec 10, 2024 | abc.net.au | Joanna Prendergast |Alys Marshall |Alistair Bates

Pastoralists across Western Australia are labelling the state government's proposed changes to pastoral leases "anti-agriculture" and a move to push smaller, family-run operations off the land. Negotiated between the government and individual pastoralists, the leases govern the use of the state's 85 million hectare pastoral estate. Pastoral lease terms and conditions had previously been set out in schedules attached to now-obsolete legislation.