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5 days 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 weeks 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.

3 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Emily Smith |Katrina Tap

Lennard Walker's eyes widen as he recalls the roaring desert rain. Last year the Spinifex elder, who was born in the Great Victoria Desert, spent four days stranded on a dirt track in one of the most remote parts of the country. Alongside him was Noli Rictor, who lived a traditional nomadic life in the bush with his family until 1986, the last known Australians to do so.

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

Goldfields Women's Shelter chief executive Suzie Williams says domestic violence perpetrators will move outside Perth to avoid being captured by electronic monitoring. WA's Justice Department conceded this week that it was unable to monitor people accused of serious DV offending outside Perth. Concerns have been echoed by domestic violence prevention groups across country WA.

2 months 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.