Jarrod Lucas
Reporter and Photographer at ABC News (Australia)
ABC reporter/professional photographer living in Kalgoorlie. Cricket and football tragic waiting for Adelaide Crows premiership. Views my own.
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1 week ago |
abc.net.au | Jarrod Lucas
A proposed realignment of rail around Kalgoorlie's Super Pit gold mine and the development of an intermodal transport facility has been mooted for decades. The project has been further complicated by the Labor government's plans to take back control of the state's rail freight network. A detailed business case was originally expected to be released last year but the feasibility study is now targeted for mid-2025.
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2 weeks ago |
abc.net.au | Jarrod Lucas
The head of Australia's biggest gold miner has described an incident in which a worker sustained serious spinal and leg injuries as an "unacceptable breach" of its safety procedures. Northern Star Mining Services Pty Ltd, a subsidiary of ASX-listed Northern Star Resources, was fined $750,000 on Wednesday after pleading guilty to two charges in the Perth Magistrate's Court.
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3 weeks ago |
abc.net.au | Jarrod Lucas
The price of gold has hit a record, topping $5,000 an ounce. Australia's gold mining city, Kalgoorlie, is celebrating the news but with some trepidation over how long it might last. The mayor and leading local figures say more money should be invested in the town as a result. Australia's "gold capital" is celebrating record prices for the precious metal, but there are concerns the hot streak conceals a two-speed economy with cost-of-living pressures rife.
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1 month ago |
abc.net.au | Jarrod Lucas |Tara de Landgrafft |Richard Hudson
Rawlinna Station on the Nullarbor has been sold to UK-owned Consolidated Pastoral Company. Neither the buyer or seller are disclosing the sale price. The sale needs the approval of the Foreign Investment Review Board and the WA government. Australia's biggest sheep station has sold for an undisclosed sum to a privately owned company based in the United Kingdom. The 1 million hectare Rawlinna Station was established on the remote Nullarbor in the 1960s and covers an area roughly the size of Sydney.
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2 months ago |
abc.net.au | Jarrod Lucas |Ivo Da Silva
A 30-year deal which has left one of Australia's biggest inland cities facing ongoing water shortages has sharpened Western Australia's major political parties' focus on regional water security ahead of next month's state election. Residents in the historic mining centre of Kalgoorlie-Boulder get their drinking water from a 122-year-old, 566-kilometre pipeline known as the Goldfields Water Supply Scheme.
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RT @SamTomlin539: WA Police Commissioner Col Blanch has confirmed a review is underway after bungled forensics allowed two alleged Kalgoorl…
City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder councillors have voted 1-5 against a plan to deregulate trading hours, but have agreed to extend retail hours in the city from 80 to 82 hours a week. https://t.co/w1HxnnVGEC
