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MYSTERIOUS: Kununurra - What They Never Told You

Eyes of the energy world on local vanadium battery tech

Australia's vanadium deposits could displace world supplies and solve the challenge of off-grid energy needs as a remote community trials homegrown technology.

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‘An Aussie icon’: burnt-out car wreck begins 4,356km journey across Western Australia

The 1975 Mazda ute has been transformed into a wall-of-sound instrument and canvas for Gija stories as part of a 12-stop production travelling from the Kimberley to Perth

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Man and child injured after bull escapes, charges through crowd at Kununurra rodeo

Two people are injured after a bull escaped from an enclosure at Kununurra Rodeo on Saturday night, terrifying spectators.

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Indigenous leader who runs social programs wants tougher consequences for parents of young offenders

An Indigenous organisation head who signed a joint letter to WA's leaders highlighting Kununurra's youth crime crisis wants child protection workers to come down harder on parents of children who roam the streets at night.

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Indigenous fashion showed off in Kununurra amid big dreams for emerging scene

Indigenous artists in Western Australia's East Kimberley talk up the future potential of fashion design, as young people explore new ways of expressing one of the oldest cultures on earth.

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Fuel line fire likely to blame for flight that killed nurse in Kununurra

The outback milk-run flight turned to tragedy after a fire filled the cockpit with smoke causing the plane to crash near a runway in Kununurra.

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Youth crime crisis meeting in Kununurra calls for funding accountability for agencies, programs

Youth crime has long been a problem in Kununurra, but a recent spate of car thefts and attempted police car rammings has leaders worried about children committing serious offences while out on bail.

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East Kimberley leaders call for federal investigation into impact of Cashless Debit Card's removal

East Kimberley leaders say the federal government needs to examine how struggling Indigenous families are coping without the income management scheme.

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'We haven't got anybody': new research reveals how major parties are dying in remote Australia

On the eve of the 2019 federal election, a Labor Party politician made a panicked phone call to someone they knew in Kununurra, a remote town of over 5,000 people in Western Australia. As the person later recalled to us during an interview for our research, the conversation went something…

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Calls for state government, Coles to learn from 'shortcomings' after Kununurra food crisis

An outback shire president has called on his state government and Coles to learn from "shortcomings" in their response to a food crisis earlier this month.

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Lack of fresh food on Kimberley supply flight Coles' fault, government says, after days of empty shelves

Premier Mark McGowan has blamed a supermarket giant for a lack of promised fresh food sent on a military plane to the flood-isolated East Kimberley.

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Australian Defence Force to help re-supply East Kimberley amid food shortage due to NT flooding

Roads closed by flooding in the NT have prevented fresh food deliveries to the region for days, leaving locals to "get what you can, and hope for the best".

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Evacuees wait to return to flood-hit NT remote communities as transport links severed by rising rivers

Residents of several remote communities say they still do not know when they will be allowed to return home, as flooded transport links cause empty supermarket shelves across the border in Western Australia.

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The Australian towns where the nearest bank branch is nearly 1,000km away

With nearly 100 regional branches either closed or soon to close, getting to the bank is becoming increasingly difficult for Australians in remote areas

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Flooding in Kalumburu, Wyndham and Kununurra causes road closures, disrupts supply of goods

The only sealed road into the the region is now closed in both directions, as residents deal with wild weather and empty supermarket shelves.

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Rent increases by almost 50 per cent in Kimberley town as housing crisis deepens in Western Australia

Kununurra's median rental price is now $635 per week. Broome, meanwhile, has seen prices rise by almost 40 per cent.

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Two officers sustain injuries after police car rammed in Kununurra

Two police officers have been been treated for injuries after a stolen ute rammed their vehicle in Kununurra, a Kimberley town with high rates of youth crime.

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Kununurra resident takes 4,770km journey home from airport after record-breaking WA floods

Record-breaking floods mean one Kununurra resident's journey home from the airport has blown out to over 4,700 kilometres, and it's taking him past some of Australia's most stunning scenery.

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Long way around: Australian man’s epic 5,000km detour to get his car back home

After the way home was cut off by floods, Chris English set off on an alternative route further than driving from Madrid to Moscow

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Warrick Walkerbear pleads not guilty to allegedly murdering woman in Kununurra

A man accused of killing a 31-year-old woman whose body was found in bushland will defend the charge in the Supreme Court.

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East Kimberley businesses grappling with huge freight hikes fear they may miss out on flood subsidies

As Kimberley businesses watch their freight bills double following damage to key roads caused by catastrophic flooding, it remains unclear exactly who will be covered by the state government's latest subsidy scheme.

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Floss the dog goes on epic Australian road trip to find home, with animal shelters inundated amid rental crisis

A truckie with a big heart saves Floss the border collie cross from certain death and takes her on an epic journey around Australia to find her forever home in Perth.

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Police called to Indigenous organisation MG Corporation meeting to remove critics who want leadership change

MG Corporation is Kununurra's main native title organisation, but there's anger among members over the appointment of directors and the use of police to remove some vocal traditional owners from meetings.

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WA's Indigenous groups want 'white elephant' failed $12 million Kununurra student hostel repurposed

The Commonwealth-run student hostel has closed after a troubled decade. Indigenous organisations want to use it to address chronic social issues such as youth crime and overcrowding.

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Housing crisis in Kununurra rolls on as government fails to lure buyers to build on subsidised blocks

Some of these residential lots were released in Kununurra eight years ago but no houses have ever been built, despite a state government subsidy program.

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