Michelle Stanley

3 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Michelle Stanley

A West Australian man has faced Perth Magistrate's Court over allegedly hiding meth in an esky with beef mince in a bid to smuggle the drugs to Christmas Island. On November 15 last year Australian Border Force officers at Christmas Island Airport examined a large esky full of meat products which arrived from Perth by air freight. Border Force alleged its officers found a sealed plastic bag inside a bag of mince which contained 28 grams of methamphetamine.

4 weeks ago | abc.net.au | Grace Burmas |Michelle Stanley

Traditional owners and environmentalists have pledged to continue fighting Woodside's massive North West Shelf (NWS) project by switching their focus to the development of the Browse Basin gas fields off WA's Kimberley coast. The groups have long argued Woodside's industrial developments pose a threat to the ancient rock art in the Murujuga National Park on the Burrup Peninsula. On Wednesday, the federal government approved the company's proposal to continue its NWS operation until 2070.

Mar 26, 2025 | abc.net.au | Michelle Stanley

Parts of Western Australia's north are set for heavy rainfall over the weekend as tropical low 28U forms within the monsoon trough off the Kimberley coast. The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) is warning there is a moderate chance of the low developing into a tropical cyclone as the week progresses. The system is expected to cross the north-west Kimberley coast north of the Dampier Peninsula on Friday afternoon or evening and continue in a south-easterly direction towards Fitzroy Crossing.

Feb 16, 2025 | abc.net.au | Alistair Bates |Michelle Stanley |Sophia Alston

Port Hedland has resumed iron ore shipments after Tropical Cyclone Zelia battered WA's Pilbara. The port contributes more than $100 billion, or about four per cent, to the national economy each year. A supply chain expert warns the closure could have a "huge multiplier effect". As residents in Western Australia's north sift through the wreckage left by Tropical Cyclone Zelia, the "engine room" of the resource-rich region has purred back to life.

Feb 16, 2025 | abc.net.au | Michelle Stanley |Alys Marshall |Verity Gorman |Rosanne Maloney

Record-breaking rainfall from Tropical Cyclone Zelia has closed major transport routes and left supermarket shelves in some areas stripped of goods. A section of Great Northern Highway has been closed since Thursday, and it's unclear at this stage when roads will reopen.  Authorities are deploying more resources across the flood-affected areas to support the clean-up around Port and South Hedland and at nearby pastoral stations.