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1 month ago | abc.net.au | Hayden Smith |Emily Smith |Katrina Tap |Nadia Mitsopoulos

A surfer is missing after a shark attack at a popular beach near Esperence in Western Australia's south. A relative has confirmed the missing man was visiting from Melbourne. A search in the area will continue today but his family say they don't expect he'll be found. The family of a surfer who is missing after a shark attack off WA's south coast say they do not expect he will be found.

2 months ago | abc.net.au | Katrina Tap |Emily Smith |Ivo Da Silva

The West Australian Opposition has conceded that a newly-approved marine park on the south coast could impact its "ambitious" proposal to pipe water to the Goldfields region. The WA Nationals have pledged more than $100 million for a desalination plant in Esperance with a view to piping water to Kalgoorlie-Boulder if the party is elected on March 8.

Jan 22, 2025 | abc.net.au | Katrina Tap |Jarrod Lucas

A subsidiary of a Perth-based engineering firm has been handed an almost $700,000 fine for the death of a 26-year-old employee in Kalgoorlie. Haydyn Charles Grubb was killed at a workshop of Monadelphous Engineering Associates Proprietary Limited, after a heavy metal frame weighing 648 kilograms fell on him in March 2020. Mr Grubb sustained head crush injuries and was later pronounced dead at Kalgoorlie Health Campus.

Jan 10, 2025 | abc.net.au | Jarrod Lucas |Katrina Tap |Michelle Stanley

Rehabilitation provider Shalom House will close its Kalgoorlie-Boulder facility to focus on its Swan Valley operations near Perth. Shalom House is run by reformed drug dealer and former Australian of the Year finalist Peter Lyndon-James.   The only other residential rehabilitation provider in Kalgoorlie-Boulder says it has more than 150 people on a waiting list.

Nov 8, 2024 | abc.net.au | Mya Kordic |Katrina Tap

More than 300 people have faced legal action from the Australian Electoral Commission after they failed to vote in the Voice to Parliament referendum, with WA recording the highest number of matters taken to court. The 2023 Voice to Parliament referendum set out to establish a permanent advisory body of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and was ultimately unsuccessful.