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Pilbara traditional owners push back on Rio Tinto, state government water extraction from sacred sites
Traditional owners in WA's Pilbara are pushing back against the ... Last year, the Robe River Kuruma Aboriginal Corporation (RRKAC) asked hydrologist Ryan Vogwill to take a closer look at how ...
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This Pilbara water desalination project is no small feat
A unique partnership between LWID, Ngarluma Aboriginal Corporation (NAC) and French energy giant Suez aims to mitigate that. Due to commence construction in 2027, the $6 billion Ngarluma Water ...
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Remains of murdered Australian Aboriginal man repatriated by British university
The skull of an Aboriginal man who is thought to have been killed by colonizers in the early 19th century has been returned for burial in Tasmania from a British university. The remains of the ...
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Peruvian fisherman rescued after 95 days at sea survived on diet of cockroaches, fish and turtle blood
It was my life.” At one point, he even had to hunt a turtle – not for its meat but for its blood since he didn’t have anything else to drink. Not long after that, a hopeful sign finally arrived.
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Chinese national sentenced to prison for smuggling turtles from US to Hong Kong
A Chinese citizen has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for smuggling more than 2,000 turtles from the U.S. to Hong Kong over about five years, federal prosecutors said. Sai Keung Tin ...
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Fisherman found alive after drifting over 90 days at sea says he survived eating birds, turtles and cockroaches
He told local media in a tearful interview that he survived at sea by eating cockroaches, birds and turtles. "I didn't want to die, for my mother. I have a two-month-old granddaughter — I clung ...
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WA and Perth weather: Tropical low forming off Pilbara coast as temperatures soar in metro area
The Bureau of Meteorology is forecasting a weak system will form northwest of the Pilbara by 8am on Thursday. The BoM says the system is “associated with an increase in monsoonal flow to the ...
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WA government failing to provide Closing the Gap data, native title holders say
But the Yamtji-Marlpa Aboriginal Corporation (YMAC), which represents traditional owners in the Midwest and Pilbara, said the state government had not handed over data it requested in July last ...
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‘I ate cockroaches, birds and turtles’: Peruvian fisherman found alive after 94 days lost at sea
He told local media in a tearful interview that he survived at sea by eating cockroaches, birds and a turtle. “I didn’t want to die, for my mother. I have a two-month-old granddaughter — I clung to ...
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Two die in Pilbara motorbike-ute crash, closing major WA highway
The crash happened near Roebourne in WA’s Pilbara region.Credit: Main Roads WA “The driver of the utility was not injured. “Major crash investigators will be attending the scene this ...
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Disease rates halved, kids in school: Inside the towns where a local pool has changed lives
It is a Monday night in Western Australia’s largest remote Aboriginal community ... Children in remote communities in the Pilbara and Kimberley were arriving at school with ear, nose and ...