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An iconic West Australian pub established in the 1890s will be flattened later this month, and BHP's plans for the site have left Port Hedland locals underwhelmed. 

An old oub with vehicles out the front and Pier Hotel signage on the roof.

Bases in Australia's north, including in WA's Kimberley, are seen as the nation's first line of protection. As pressure from China and Russia looms, what's being done to boost the region's defences?

Close up of blue street sign with Royal Australian airforce curtin

WA's premier says he "hasn't been advised" a lack of staffing has led to gaps in the tracking of some alleged domestic violence offenders, despite the Department of Justice actively recruiting to fill roles.

An ankle monitor used by WA Police

Iron ore is the lifeblood of Western Australia's economy, but the industry has a new competitor in the form of the Simandou mine in Guinea that holds one of the largest untapped high-grade deposits in the world.

Piles of reddish-brown iron ore at Rio Tinto's Cape Lambert port facility in the Pilbara.

The Pilbara is one of the few regions in the country where bilbies are still found. This pastoralist has been working to protect them on her station.

A small grey bilby with large ears is cupped in a person's hands.

As a storm brews over federal industrial relations changes, government critics say increased worker power will take the resource-rich Pilbara region back to the "bad old days" of union power. But how bad were they?

A man in a red polo sits on top of a bus in front of a red hill, with workers listening to him.

Mavis Rowles reveals her secret to living well as she celebrates turning 101 while still living independently in the town she has called home for more than 90 years. 

An elderly woman smiles as she sits in her kitchen with a cup of coffee.
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WA schoolboy Blayde Day says everything has gone to plan after he changed his outlook and set some goals after being bullied.

Young boy giving thumbs up to camera against an outback backdrop

The future of remote WA surfing hotspot "Tombstones" hangs in the balance as locals hope the future buyer of the station connected to it will keep accommodation affordable.

A surfer in a dark wetsuit skirts the centre crest of a wave, with white sea spray rising behind him.

Regional representation in WA's upper house has been reduced by more than a third, prompting calls for some of the state's metropolitan politicians to set up offices in the country.

An aerial shot of a town.

Australia's biggest gold miner Northern Star Resources has added a rich new discovery in WA's Pilbara to its portfolio after shareholders in De Grey Mining overwhelmingly voted in favour of a takeover.

A smiling man in high-vis leans against a large piece of equipment in front of a tunnel at a mine site.

Some competitors are thousands of dollars out of pocket after the Gascoyne Dash in regional WA was cancelled, which organisers blame on the hospital being full.

A person rides a motorbike with dust behind them as a white helicopter flies and follows nearby.,

Northern Australia's cattle industry is once again battling the government in the Federal Court, seeking compensation that reflects its losses from the export ban.

White cattle on red dirt stares at the camera with blue sky and low dry shrub in the background.

Preparations are under way in Western Australia's north for a tropical cyclone likely to form off the state's northern coast early on Sunday.

A map projecting the path of a tropical low forming into a cyclone on Sunday.

As the national debate over the future of Woodside's North West Shelf gas plant heats up, opinions among the people living and working next to it are mixed. 

Pilbara residents