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Bidyadanga plays first home football game in two seasons with COVID travel bans eased

After two long years, the community of Bidyadanga can smell the grass and feel safe watching their first home game in two seasons.

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Kimberley 'meteor shower' is debris from a Chinese rocket falling out of orbit

A "meteor shower" that lit up the skies over northern Western Australia earlier this week was the wreckage of a rocket falling back to Earth.

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Cable Beach party sexual assault witnesses sought by Broome police

A woman was "a matter of metres" from where people were listening to music when she was bashed on the head and sexually assaulted. Detectives say they need help to find a man who attacked her.

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Horizontal Falls accident: 14 people in stable condition after boat capsizes at Western Australia beauty spot

Tourist boat is believed to have capsized at Talbot Bay, about 250km north-east of Broome

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Broome community shoulders cost of car theft and burnt out wrecks

A sharp rise in the number of stolen cars being torched in Broome in recent months has the community concerned they're consistently bearing the burden.

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Broome's 'staircase to the moon' effect a unique combination of tides, location and cosmic angles

The effect captivates thousands of tourists, locals and photographers annually, but it takes a unique combination of low tides, mud flats and the alignment of the earth and moon to create a regular spectacle in Western Australia's north.

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Seventeen cruise ship passengers isolating in Darwin after Covid outbreak

Cruise operator confirms guests have contracted coronavirus since ship departed from Broome almost two weeks ago

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Kimberley on-country residential facility for at-risk youth, package to combat crime, proposed by McGowan government

The Western Australian government will build a dedicated residential facility to house at-risk youth on country in the Kimberley as part of its latest attempt to tackle the region's youth crime crisis.

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Tiny Oz reveals Broome's Indigenous and multicultural heritage in miniature

After working on the project seven days a week for six months, Broome's heritage — in miniature — will finally be revealed.

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Broome's Japanese history uncovered with find of cocaine eye drop bottle

Ingrid Otaola Zarraga was wandering around the mangroves when she came across a small bottle that unearthed a big part of the WA town's multicultural past.

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Machine gun believed linked to WWII Japanese air raids on display in Broome museum

Close inspection of the weapon, pulled from the ocean floor off Broome by two unwitting fishers, shows bullets still inside, including an exploded cartridge believed to have come apart during an attack by the Japanese in 1942.

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COVID surge exposes 'disorganised' WA response in remote communities

Hundreds are sent into isolation in government-booked hotel rooms in remote northern WA, while others are forced to bunker down in houses with up to 18 people.

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NAIF adds $65m in support of Thunderbird mineral sands mine after probe into Yansteel link

The Thunderbird Mine between Broome and Derby has been on the cards for nearly four years, but a funding boost has instilled confidence that the project may finally go ahead.

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Housing crisis in hubs like Broome stifling dream of developing north, experts say

The lack of affordable housing in places like Broome is not only driving locals out of town — it's also stunting economic growth, experts say, and serious reform is needed to put the brakes on the crisis.

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'No excuse' for attacks on Broome ambulance officers by COVID patients, regional head says

Within the space of 48 hours, one woman allegedly spat at an ambulance officer and another allegedly assaulted two officers and a security guard at Broome Hospital.

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Baby goat 'Doug' goes on epic WA road trip after his rescue by four good Samaritans

Doug the baby goat has been to the beach, the pub, and some iconic tourist attractions after he was rescued by four men following a big storm near Kalbarri, and went on to join them on their holiday.

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Loss of culture, lack of legal support direct children to Banksia Hill detention while parents feel helpless

This mother has lived in the Kimberley for 30 years, but she cannot grow old in her own home because she is helping her children break the cycle of youth crime.

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Chronic worker shortage persists as peak tourism season approaches in WA paradise

Shayne Murray has spent $30,000 in the past year trying to attract 12 staff for his taxi company in Broome, but has filled just one vacancy. He's one of many scrambling to find workers ahead of peak season.

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Coroner urges quick action to save 'current generation' in findings into Child J's suicide in state care

An inquest finds that while everyone did all they could to help Child J, there were still missed opportunities to prevent the Kimberley teen from taking his own life in state care.

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Nine Indonesian fishermen feared drowned after boat capsizes off WA's far northern coast

Australian authorities have rescued three of the 12 aboard, with one man transferred from Broome to Perth in a critical condition.

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'Food-driven' Julia the pig turns 10 after making friends all over Broome

Julia is as happy as a pig in mud. Not only has she escaped the cooking pot, the "200-and-something" kilogram pet spends her time roaming the streets of Broome in search of food and friends.

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Broome's new sobering-up shelter location out of town leaves people opting to sleep rough

Some people are opting to sleep rough instead of heading to a new sobering-up shelter because it is a 10-minute drive out of town.

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Broome residents rescue hordes of long-footed frogs from swimming pools

When Stacey Larke woke to find more than 300 tiny brown frogs in her swimming pool, she was baffled.

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Fresh arrest warrants issued for convicted sex abuser Charles Batham, NSW police confirm

NSW police issue fresh arrest warrants amid a string of new abuse allegations as an ABC investigation uncovers the lies and double life that allowed fugitive paedophile Charles Batham to evade capture.

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When Sherrie's abuser Charles Batham became a fugitive, she used the internet to track him

The twists and turns, bizarre lies and missed opportunities in the global hunt for child sex abuser Charles Batham are revealed.

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