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1 week ago | abc.net.au | Katrina Tap |Jarrod Lucas

Jaxon Jai Trinidad, 19, is accused of severing his father's right arm with a samurai sword in Kalgoorlie on February 19.  His father, named in court as James Nybo, is yet to make a formal statement to police.    He is yet to enter pleas to four charges, the most serious being aggravated grievous bodily harm, and is due back in court in August.

2 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Jarrod Lucas |Katrina Tap

The WA Government will spend $543 million to increase the capacity of the pipeline which pumps fresh water from Mundaring Weir to Kalgoorlie-Boulder. The pipeline was commissioned in 1903 and the proposed upgrades will increase its capacity by about 10 per cent.   Work is expected to begin in early 2026 and should be completed by 2027.

1 month ago | abc.net.au | Katrina Tap |Jarrod Lucas

A cash-strapped regional shire in Western Australia's Goldfields is pushing on with plans to hike mining rates despite significant public backlash. The move has drawn the ire of industry titans in Perth and local prospectors. The Shire of Coolgardie, which was founded on the discovery of gold in 1892, has taken drastic steps since March when it revealed it was facing a $6.5 million budget deficit.

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

Rhonda Thorncroft's eyes start to fill with tears as she speaks to a remote school community for the last time. It is not every day most of the community's 200 residents can be found gathered at the school. But for principal Ms Thorncroft's last day, everyone has come to say goodbye. Inside the school's library, walls were adorned from floor to ceiling with photos of her time at the school.

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

Michael Stevens has gone a long time without a cigarette. The Spinifex man has worked as a health practitioner in the remote community of Tjuntjuntjara, 1,300 kilometres east of Perth, for a decade. Among the countless challenges he faces — from resourcing, to chronic illnesses, to his vehicles' broken windows — is the region's incredible rate of smoking. "I used to smoke. Not anymore," he says. "I don't know why people smoke."Across Australia, about 8.8 per cent of adults smoke every day.