My career as a high school teacher across WA has been varied and, for the most part, enjoyable. I’ve worked at many schools either with the flying squad or in fixed-term positions but my current role is a permanent one, mainly because I have grandchildren here in the Pilbara andContinue Reading
A cluster of “abandoned” outback homes could help solve Australia’s housing crisis, a real estate agent has claimed. The Queensland town of Mount Isa, 1,800km outside of Brisbane, has 117 essentially abandoned properties. As dozens queue for rental properties in cities and first home buyers struggle to break into theContinue Reading
Homicide detectives will take over the search for a man missing for almost a month from a remote town in southwestern Western Australia. Raymond Smith was last seen about 5pm on December 7 in Greenbushes, a remote timber and mining town more than 240km from Perth. Police said the 63-year-oldContinue Reading
Single, straight women living in inner-city areas may struggle with dating, with Darwin the only capital city in Australia where men outnumber women. Darwin was the only capital city which reported a high ratio of men to women, with 105.8 males per 100 females. Elsewhere in the Territory women slightlyContinue Reading
A mother-of-five has shared her devastation after her fiance suddenly died, leaving their family without an “absolutely incredible man”. Jessica Thorne was engaged to David Darling, 48, with the pair living in a small mining town in Western Australia with their five children – aged between 16 months and 10Continue Reading
The lawyer for the eldest children of mining magnate Gina Rinehart has told a court her attitude towards Rose Porteous was a key reason she was dumped as a director of her father’s company. Christopher Withers SC is representing John Hancock and Bianca Rinehart in the Western Australian Supreme Court,Continue Reading
A 2km exclusion zone has been set up around the site of a crash in Western Australia’s Pilbara region, with potentially explosive material involved. The crash was reported about 6.09pm Wednesday, about 20km north of the mining town of Newman. The incident involved a vehicle carrying a quantity of ammoniumContinue Reading
An entire town is set to be bulldozed after existing for four decades, forcing hundreds of locals to find new homes in the midst of a housing crisis. The mining town of Glenden, southwest of Mackay in Central Queensland, is on track to be destroyed under a contractual obligation ofContinue Reading
A cyclone yellow alert has been issued for a now a category 3 cyclone bearing down on Western Australia’s northern coast. Tropical Cyclone Ilsa rapidly intensified over Wednesday, with the state’s Department of Fire and Emergency Services (DFES) issuing the yellow alert at 3.51pm, as the system continues to strengthen.Continue Reading
Communities in the potential path of what is now a category 1 tropical cyclone are evacuating as the storm heads closer to land. A tropical low, moving off Australia’s northwest coast, intensified to become Tropical Cyclone Ilsa on Tuesday afternoon. An update from the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) and theContinue Reading