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Dinosaur footprints could stymie Broome marina site chosen after decades of discussion

National Heritage-listed dinosaur footprints at the site recently chosen for a new Broome marina could upset plans that have taken decades to negotiate, according to a stakeholder group. An agreement was recently reached between government stakeholders and Indigenous traditional owners after a report found the site between Entrance Point and...

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Valuable Steinway baby grand piano found in 'tropical hell of Broome tip'

A clean-up at a resort in northern Western Australia has ended on a sour note when a baby grand piano was mistakenly turfed at a rubbish tip. Fortunately the historic Steinway & Sons piano previously owned by Lord Alistair McAlpine, an advisor to former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher was saved from destruction by an eagled-eyed...

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Brendon Grylls claims miners spent $5m to block tax

Former Nationals leader Brendon Grylls believes the mining industry spent up to $5 million to defeat his party's proposed mining tax at the ballot box. But he said the WA Nationals had been massively outspent by the mining lobby. "Quite clearly, we were up against a bigger opponent than Labor, Liberal, Shooters and Fishers, a...

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Liza Harvey condemns Liberal campaign, insists no leadership call made

Outgoing Deputy Premier Liza Harvey has condemned the Liberals' election campaign as "terrible" but insists she has made no decision about the party's leadership, as two more Liberal seats falls into Labor hands. According to the ABC election computer, Mental Health Minister Andrea Mitchell has become the seventh minister t...

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McGowan unveils Labor 'cabinet for the times' with Cook as deputy, Wyatt named treasurer

Incoming West Australian premier Mark McGowan says he has picked a "cabinet for the times", handing heavy responsibility to some of his most trusted MPs in a 17-member ministry, following Labor's emphatic win in Saturday's election. Ben Wyatt has been handed one of the heaviest workloads in the cabinet, taking on the treasu...

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Momentum builds for resurrecting Ord Valley cotton industry

Momentum is building to resurrect the cotton industry in the Kimberley's Ord Irrigation Scheme, with trials underway and more farming land being developed. The company developing stage two of the Ord has shelved its plans to grow sugar cane and is now focusing on cotton as its preferred broadacre crop. Kimberley Agriculture Investmen...

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