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BHP bracing for rolling strikes by Pilbara ore workers

Workers at a BHP port are preparing to go on strike for a second time following stalled negotiations over wages and conditions.

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Here’s what’s at stake as BHP workers prepare for a historic strike

On Thursday, up to 200 workers at mining giant BHP’s Port Hedland export terminal will take protected industrial action for eight hours. This will mark the first strike action at the company’s iron division since 2000.

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FED:BHP accused of 'American-style' strikebreaker tactics

BHP stands to lose $120 million a day if workers follow through with threats to stop work at the mining giant's Port Hedland facility, unions say.

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BHP accused of 'American-style' strikebreaker tactics

BHP stands to lose $120 million a day if workers follow through with threats to stop work at the mining giant's Port Hedland facility, unions say.

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Towns face flood threat after escaping worst of cyclone

Residents in northwest Australia who escaped the worst of a tropical cyclone now face the possibility of being isolated by rising floodwaters.

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Cyclone Zelia makes landfall in Western Australia as residents told its ‘too late to evacuate’

Rapidly intensifying to the highest Category 5 level, Zelia packed wind speeds of up to 290kmph

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‘The shops are empty, all water is gone’: Cyclone Zelia hits Western Australia coast faster than expected

System downgraded to ‘strong category four’ but will still ‘pack a punch’ and bring very heavy rainfall, Bureau of Meteorology warns

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Regional hub spared as Cyclone Zelia brings rapid gusts

Tropical Cyclone Zelia has crossed the Australian coast, unleashing strong winds and heavy rain but a key mining hub has been spared the worst of the impact.

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‘Going to be a big one’: category five Tropical Cyclone Zelia and 320km/h winds headed for Western Australia coast

‘Top of the scale’ winds strong enough to take out complete houses, destroy power lines and cause widespread damage and disruption

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"Doesn't get any worse': towns brace for cyclone Zelia

Locals are preparing for Tropical Cyclone Zelia, which is being described as big, strong and unpredictable as it heads for coastal towns.

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Wild NSW weather expected to ease as WA’s Pilbara region braces for cyclone

Cleanup continues in parts of NSW as tropical low threatens heavy rain between Port Hedland and Ningaloo

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Milestone for renewable energy to power iron ore port

An energy project combining cyclone-busting solar panels and a big battery has been built in the Pilbara region to decarbonise iron ore port operations.

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Concerns Pilbara GP wait times will blow out further after clinics close in Port Hedland, Newman

With Sonic HealthPlus closing its clinics in South Hedland and Newman, residents fear they'll be unable to access a reasonable standard of healthcare.

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How Margaret Hawke came to murder her children in the rich export hub of Port Hedland in WA's north

As an inferno engulfs a home on the main street of a port town, Margaret Dale Hawke walks out the front door. She had just murdered her own children.

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Mum who stabbed and strangled her three kids to death before burning bodies jailed

Margaret Dale Hawke pleaded guilty to three counts of murder in the family's Port Hedland home and has been given a minimum non-parole period of 25 years by the Supreme Court in Perth, Australia

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Margaret Hawke gets life sentence for murdering her three children in Port Hedland

A West Australian woman who murdered her three young children because she was not coping with her responsibilities as a single mother is jailed for at least 25 years. WARNING: This article contains details that some readers may find distressing.

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As Margaret Hawke is sentenced, Port Hedland locals want mining profits spent on community aid

Margaret Hawke will learn of her punishment today for the murder of her three children, just hours after seeking support, in a tragedy prompting calls for more mining revenue to be channelled back into the Port Hedland community.

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WA mum pleads guilty to murdering and burning her three children

A mother stabbed, strangled and suffocated her three children before burning their bodies in a house fire in Port Hedland

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Margaret Hawke killed her three children in Port Hedland after being turned away from refuge, court told

A Perth court hears disturbing details of how Margaret Hawke murdered her three young children and then set their house on fire in the town of Port Hedland. WARNING: This article contains content that some readers may find distressing.

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Cyclone Ilsa just broke an Australian wind speed record. An expert explains why the science behind this is so complex

Tropical cyclone Ilsa has been downgraded to a category-three cyclone as it moves southeast through Western Australia. The storm first made landfall as a category-five cyclone, passing near Port Hedland around midnight.

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Cyclone Ilsa moves inland as WA residents urged to stay vigilant

Business hit by storm faces ‘massive-clean-up’ while forecasters warn parts of the Northern Territory should be alert for flash flooding

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Cyclone Ilsa hits Australia's northwest, misses iron ore export hub

A tropical cyclone smashed into Australia's northwest coast as a category 5 storm, setting new wind speed records, but has largely spared populated regions including the world's largest iron ore export hub at Port Hedland, authorities said on Friday.

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Cyclone Ilsa crosses coast, smashes wind speed record

Powerful Tropical Cyclone Ilsa has made landfall in WA, slamming the coast before midnight Thursday with extreme winds and intense rain.

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Cyclone Ilsa crosses WA coast, weakens to category four

Tropical Cyclone Ilsa, a category four system, has crossed the coast in Western Australia's northwest between De Grey and Pardoo Roadhouse.

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