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First day of summer bushfires damages arboretum home to 100yo trees

The 800-hectare Helms Arboretum is a popular destination for weddings and nature lovers, but will remain closed for major rehabilitation works after bushfire ripped through much of the area.
Smoke and flames appears in the background of land across the water creating an orange glow in the night sky.

Published: Source: ABC EsperanceTopic: Firesby Tara de Landgrafft and Hayden Smith

A mega energy project would bring 8,000 workers to the outback. What are the odds of it going ahead?

Plans lodged with WA's Environmental Protection Authority this month will bring wild transformation to an ancient desert landscape. Experts, who note the proposed scale is "incredible", say the idea has a lot going for it.
Road across Nullarbor Plain

Published: Source: ABC EsperanceTopic: Alternative Energyby Emily JB Smith

'Friendly' Vietnam vet still missing months after checking in to country caravan park

Three months after he disappeared, the family of William Wadsworth are desperate to know what happened to the 76-year-old Vietnam veteran and, as the days go by, they believe foul play should not be ruled out.
An older man smiles at a baby

Published: Source: ABC EsperanceTopic: Missing Personby Hayden Smith

Scientist concerned massive green energy hub could cause widespread damage to Nullarbor

The new South Coast Marine Park has a hole in it to facilitate a yet-to-be-approved renewables project in a region some scientists believe warrants inclusion on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
Traditional Indigenous art in Nullarbor Caves.

Published: Source: ABC EsperanceTopic: Alternative Energyby Emily JB Smith

Rex urged to settle outstanding bills in WA after $80m Commonwealth lifeline confirmed

Community leaders in WA say Rex Airlines needs to improve its poor service record and pay its outstanding bills after being thrown a lifeline.
Plane on tarmac
Duration: 2 minutes 5 seconds

Published: Source: ABC PilbaraTopic: Air Transport Industryby Charlie Mills and Alistair Bates

'It's frustrating': Grain farmers are losing signal and connectivity since Telstra's 3G shutdown

It's been one week since the 3G network was switched off in Western Australia and farmers in the middle of the grain harvest say connectivity has suffered.
A man's hand holds a phone. A row of silos are in the background.

Published: Source: ABC Midwest & WheatbeltTopic: Telecommunications Services Industryby Joanna Prendergast and Tara de Landgrafft

Stacey kept her 12yo daughter off social media. Then the child was put on a 'hate page'

A WA mother says her daughter was abused online despite not being allowed to use social media — and she says she fully supports the federal government's proposed ban for children under 16.
A teenage girl with blonde hair holds a mobile phone with both hands, with the phone in focus and her face obscured.

Published: Source: ABC EsperanceTopic: Social Mediaby Hayden Smith and Nadia Mitsopoulos

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The faces of a tiny West Australian school

On Western Australia's remote south coast, Jerdacuttup Primary School has only six students enrolled. But the teachers, parents and children are determined to keep the doors open.
Duration: 1 minute 56 seconds

Source: ABC Esperance

Inside Australia's first nickel mine

A rare glimpse inside Australia’s first nickel mine - the Silver Lake shaft at Kambalda - as this ABC News story from 1968 discusses the “latest magic metal of Western Australia”.
Duration: 2 minutes 57 seconds

Source: ABC Goldfields

South Coast Marine Park final plans released after divisive process

The planning process for a new 1.3-million-hectare marine park off WA's coast has been divisive, angering fishers but exciting supporters with the prospect of new tourism and job opportunities and improved protections for marine species.
Duration: 1 minute 57 seconds

Source: ABC Esperance

Residents protest controversial waste facility in 2004

There has been a long history of residents living with offensive odours in Boulder, which resulted in large protests in 2004.
Duration: 1 minute 20 seconds

Source: ABC Goldfields

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