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UNCOVERED: Kalgoorlie | History Defined

Kalgoorlie used a $10,000 grant to plant saplings and stabilise mine waste in the 1970s; 3,500 hectares of forest still shield the city today

Kalgoorlie-Boulder once suffered severe dust storms due to mining activities. A greening initiative began in the 1970s to combat this environmental problem. Thousands of hectares of forest now protect the city from windblown dust. This long-term project dramatically reduced dust levels over twenty years. The city now enjoys improved air…

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Vibe check for outback town as corporate suits descend

Laid-back residents of Australia's gold capital are about to be inundated by business types in suits and RM Williams boots as a mining forum comes to town.

AAP

Supermarket giant fights watchdog over new powers

Theories of harm used to block a major supermarket chain from opening a new store in a regional city were not substantiated, a judge has heard.

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Supermarket giant fights watchdog on mining store block

A major supermarket has launched a legal challenge to a landmark competition ruling blocking it from opening a second supermarket in a mining centre.

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Naked Man in Coma After Attack on Moving Ambulance, Seen Repeatedly Smashing Head in Windscreens

A naked man in Boulder is now in a coma at Fiona Stanley Hospital, after repeatedly bashing his head and punching on the windscreen of a moving ambulance in Kalgoorlie.

International Business Times UK

Fears FIFO work will turn gold towns into ghost towns

Miners and regional residents are calling for tax incentives and faster housing approvals to bring in more long-term workers and halt the decline of towns.

AAP

Bull market sends mining summit back to golden age

Up-and-coming miners will hope to strike it rich as they mingle with investors and competitors at Kalgoorlie's annual Diggers and Dealers forum.

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Inside the world of ‘skimpies’: the barmaids in bras who pour pints in Australia’s mining towns

Most skimpy bars have signs that say ‘no photos of the girls’ – but photographer M Ellen Burns earned the women’s trust to capture what their life is really like

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Broken Roads review

Descartes before the horse.

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WA floods: Seven people missing for days in remote area found ‘safe and well’, police say

Group including four children and two elderly drivers had set off from Kalgoorlie to Tjuntjuntjara on Sunday

The Guardian - AU

WA police seize 30 tonnes of gold-bearing ore at back yard refinery allegedly linked to bikies

Police charge 20 people with a total of 56 offences in three-day Kalgoorlie operation as part of crackdown on outlaw motorcycle gangs

The Guardian - AU

Heatwave scorches states from east to west as temperatures soar across Australia

Heat warnings have been issued to residents in NSW, South Australia and Western Australia about rising temperatures this weekend

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: US tells Israel ‘no reoccupation of Gaza’; WA’s Kalgoorlie faces week without power; and Madonna sued for late concert start

The US responds to Benjamin Netanyahu’s rejection of a two-state plan as Israeli forces advance further into southern Gaza’s main city

The Guardian - AU

Kalgoorlie faces a week without electricity amid heatwave due to WA power outages

Businesses close, and water supply, internet and fuel affected as outback town swelters in temperatures forecast to hit 40C

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Bushfire warning for WA highway downgraded

Travellers along parts of Western Australia's Goldfields Highway have been warned about an out-of-control bushfire.

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From Kalgoorlie to the catwalk at student fashion show

The student showcase at Melbourne Fashion Week features outfits inspired by the space race, and dresses made from shower curtains.

The Guardian - AU

Man charged after statue of goldfields pioneer decapitated in Australian gold mining town

Local council investigating how to ‘reattach’ and ‘repurpose’ head of town’s Paddy Hannan statue

AAP

Officers shot Kalgoorlie man, acted by the book: police

One police officer has fired two shots, and another fired one shot, during a fatal confrontation with an armed man in Kalgoorlie, WA Police say.

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Evolution Mining approves $250m expansion of Mungari mill at Kalgoorlie, scheduled for completion in 2026

Australia's third-biggest gold miner, Evolution Mining, has approved a $250 million expansion of its Mungari operations near Kalgoorlie, despite concerns about the overheated construction sector.

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Gloria Moyle runs for Kalgoorlie-Boulder mayor having survived council siege 31 years ago

A former council worker who survived a gunman's siege at the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder's administration building more than 30 years ago is set to run for mayor.

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Red Cross denies regional blood shortages despite cancer patient turned away twice in one month

The Australian Red Cross's Lifeblood service strongly denies there are blood shortages in regional Western Australia, despite a cancer patient on the Goldfields being turned away from transfusion appointments for the second time this month.

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Kalgoorlie man pleads guilty to manslaughter after stabbing brother to death in drunken brawl

A Kalgoorlie 19-year-old man pleads guilty to manslaughter after stabbing his brother to death in an alcohol-fuelled brawl.

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People 'keen to donate' in push to reopen Kalgoorlie blood donor centre a decade after closure

Outside of the state's south, there's almost nowhere to donate blood if you live in regional Western Australia, but residents in Kalgoorlie-Boulder hope to change that.

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WorkSafe to prosecute Kalgoorlie assay laboratory where four workers allegedly received lead poisoning

WorkSafe is set to prosecute the owners of a Kalgoorlie-based assay laboratory where four workers allegedly received lead poisoning, including one who was hospitalised for high levels of lead in their blood.

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Andrew Travis Giles sentenced to 32 years in prison after sexually assaulting three women in Kalgoorlie-Boulder

A WA man will spend at least three decades behind bars for breaking into three houses and sexually assaulting the female occupants during a rampage in Kalgoorlie-Boulder. WARNING: This article contains details that readers may find distressing.

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