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Andrew Chounding

Albany, Launceston

News Reporter at ABC News (Australia)

ABC Great Southern Rural and Resources Reporter via ABC Kalgoorlie. [email protected]

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  • 1 week ago | abc.net.au | Andrew Chounding

    One of Australia's first community-owned wind farms plans to expand its production to meet growing demand. Hundreds of community-led projects have been developed as part of a growing national trend. Energy analysts say programs supporting renewable technology should be targeted towards regional communities. Atop a windy headland on the picturesque south coast of Western Australia is one of the country's first community-owned renewable energy projects.

  • 2 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Andrew Chounding |Andrew Collins

    A rest area in the Great Southern that was used as a dumping ground by travellers has been bulldozed and closed off. The closure is one of three implemented by Main Roads, which says limited resources contributed to its decision. The decision has been criticised by caravan and transport bodies that say there are already too few rest areas on the network. The West Australian roads authority has drawn fire for bulldozing and closing off a rest stop used as a dumping ground for illegal campers.

  • 2 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Andrew Chounding

    Reports that a meteorite had landed somewhere in Western Australia a week ago had scientists mapping out its likely path and searching the vast state for clues. In the end, it wasn't an expert who found where it ended up, but a country police officer. It wasn't the first time he'd tracked down a space rock.

  • 2 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Andrew Chounding

    A rock climber who was injured climbing on Bluff Knoll has been rescued after spending more than 24 hours stranded on one of the state's highest peaks. The rock climber fell and injured his ankle near the summit of Bluff Knoll, 400 kilometres south-east of Perth, about 6:30 pm on Saturday, Western Australia's Department of Fire and Emergency Services (DFES) said. The injured man and his female hiking partner were recovered from Bluff Knoll at about 9:20pm on Sunday night.

  • 2 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Andrew Chounding

    A country police officer has won the race to recover a meteorite that lit up the skies over southern Western Australia. It's believed the astronomical anomaly dubbed the Mother's Day Meteorite entered the atmosphere over the Central Wheatbelt about 6am on May 11, travelling south.

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RT @ProfRayWills: More on Ambrosia Wind Farm proposed in Shire of West Arthur, southern Western Australia on #Countryhour I spoke to @Andr…

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RT @SamTomlin539: Plans for WA's largest ever wind farm have been unveiled, with the 100 turbine facility set to be built southwest of Coll…