Loved ones have paid tribute to a young man who died while working at a mine site in Western Australia’s Goldfields region. Eli Kelly, 21, was employed as a contractor at the St Ives gold mine when he died onsite about 2.30pm on Tuesday. His partner Lydia Higgins took toContinue Reading
On the night a teenager became the first child to die a self-inflicted death in custody in Western Australia he threatened to take his own life eight times and custodial officers managed several other detainees who self-harmed or threatened to self-harm, an inquest has heard. Cleveland Dodd, 16, died inContinue Reading
Two of the seven people who were found alive after being missing for days in the flooded outback have been revealed as celebrated artist Lennard Walker and Mr Rictor, whose family is the last known group of Aboriginal people to live a traditional nomadic life in Australia. Mr Walker, 74,Continue Reading
Thousands of people will be without power for a week after severe storms wiped out lines connecting entire towns to the energy grid. About 15,000 West Australian homes and businesses in Merredin, Kellerberrin, and Kalgoorlie have been left in the dark after Tuesday’s storms, with authorities warning the outage couldContinue Reading
A convicted killer and rapist is on the run in Perth after police said he cut off his electronic ankle monitoring bracelet. Paul James Carr, 55, was last seen about 2.45pm Wednesday in the Fremantle area, sparking a police manhunt. Carr was released on a strict supervision order last yearContinue Reading
A man has been charged after he allegedly cut off the head of the statue of a Goldfields pioneer on Kalgoorlie’s main street. Police allege the 38-year-old man decapitated the statue of Patrick ‘Paddy’ Hannan between 11pm Wednesday and midnight along Hannan St – named after the man whose statueContinue Reading
More than 20 people have died in car crashes across the country over the holiday weekend despite pleas by police for motorists to slow down. Six of the country’s eight states and territories reported road fatalities over the Labour Day weekend, with the most recorded in Queensland. As many asContinue Reading
A man “advanced on” police officers before he was fatally shot in an incident in the Western Australian city of Kalgoorlie. WA Police on Saturday provided an update as their investigation into Friday afternoon’s shooting continues. It happened after officers were called to an alley off Whitlock St after reportsContinue Reading
A man has been shot and killed by police in Kalgoorlie. Officers were called to an alley off Whitlock St after reports of a man armed with a gun about 12.15pm Friday. Shots were fired during the incident, with the man understood to have been hit in the chest byContinue Reading
An Australian gold mining company says its stockpile of once worthless rubble is now worth $2 billion dollars after a fall in the cost of processing gold. The value of Northern Star’s rubble has been revised after its Supermit mill expansion in Kalgoorlie, WA was approved, lowering gold processing costsContinue Reading