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Properties saved as bushfire threat downgraded

The threat from a bushfire burning near the West Australian town of Carnarvon has been downgraded, though firefighters are warning residents to stay alert.

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WA family keepers of Babbage Island Lighthouse's history share stories with Carnarvon visitors

After an idyllic childhood spent on its grounds, the love of this lighthouse is in Joan Seth's blood.

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Carnarvon residents begin adjusting to WA government's Banned Drinkers Register

Just 12 people in the Gascoyne have been added to the register, and fewer than 300 are on it across Western Australia as a trial of the scheme expands.

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Carnarvon business owner fed up with 'war zone' description, launches 'positives' campaign

A local Western Australian business owner angered by a "war zone" label for her town starts a social media campaign to showcase its better qualities, with its social problems largely confined to a small area.

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Cleo Smith's family still 'sad, hurt, scared, angry, terrified' over kidnapping at WA campsite

The mother of Cleo Smith, Ellie Smith, says her family remains angry and heartbroken after the sentencing of the man who snatched her five-year-old daughter from a remote WA campsite.

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Cleo Smith abduction: how a solitary ping to a mobile phone tower was key to finding child

WA police minister discloses fresh details in the capture of Terence Kelly, while Cleo’s parents reveal the lingering effects on the family

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Carnarvon liquor restrictions tougher than those in Alice Springs, WA Premier Mark McGowan says

Mark McGowan says alcohol limits imposed in the coastal town are necessary to prevent crime and ensure children are kept safer — and he makes "no apologies for that".

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Wife of late Queen's godson makes subtle dig at King Charles after Coronation snub

George Herbert, the Earl of Carnarvon, will not be inside Westminster Abbey to watch King Charles being crowned alongside Camilla, the Queen Consort - but instead watch the service from home

Daily Mirror

How the rescue of Cleo Smith and the jailing of her abductor Terence Darrell Kelly changed Carnarvon

Residents in the coastal town are reaching for closure and moving ahead from the kidnap case that gripped the world.

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How a police operation over 18 agonising days led to Cleo Smith's rescue and her kidnapper's jailing

The sentencing of Cleo Smith's kidnapper marks the closure of an important chapter in a case that captured the world's attention for 18 tense days.

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Terence Kelly sentenced over abduction of Cleo Smith near Carnarvon in WA's outback

Terence Kelly is sentenced to 13 years and six months in prison for kidnapping four-year-old Cleo Smith near Carnarvon in Western Australia's outback and holding her captive for 18 days.

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Liquor restrictions will be placed on Carnarvon unless watchdog can be convinced otherwise

Takeaway alcohol sales could be banned on Sundays and Mondays, as the liquor regulator seeks a raft of restrictions.

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Child suffers head injury during riot in outback WA

A nine-year-old boy remains in hospital after he was hit in the head by a flying object during a brawl in a Western Australia town.

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Billionaire Andrew 'Twiggy' Forrest and Nicola Forrest double mango footprint in Western Australia's Gascoyne

The Forrest family's Harvest Road Group will double its mango footprint in northern WA.

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Banned drinkers scheme expanded to WA tourist town

Western Australia's government will take immediate steps to roll out a banned drinkers register to the crime-affected tourist town of Carnarvon.

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Banned drinkers register expanded to Carnarvon in effort to reduce alcohol abuse

The Gascoyne town, 900 kilometres north of Perth, has been dealing with high levels of crime, with the new measures allowing police to put people on a list restricting their access to alcohol.

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New community foot patrol keeping kids safe, fed on Carnarvon streets

The foot patrol members help kids find a lift home and get some food in their bellies.

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WA police investigating two ram raids on Carnarvon stores as business owners count costs

The new owner of a Carnarvon supermarket says there have been three major incidents in the three weeks he has had the store.

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WA government eyes solution to Carnarvon booze problem

Any alcohol restrictions introduced in the West Australian tourist town of Carnarvon could eventually be extended to other regional communities.

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Carnarvon's historic NASA dish set for $10m refurbishment after decades of dormancy

Carnarvon's big dish will soon be used as a deep space radar for tracking satellites — decades after it was decommissioned.

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Carnarvon crime reaches new 10-year high with burglaries and assaults on the rise

Burglaries are up 35 per cent from a previous peak in the coastal WA town of Carnarvon, as community leaders say locals are living in fear.

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Cleo Smith's abductor Terence Darrell Kelly to be sentenced in December for kidnapping WA girl

The man who abducted Cleo Smith from her family's tent near Carnarvon in Western Australia's north-west is scheduled to be sentenced before the end of the year.

ABC News

Carnarvon residents invite WA Premier Mark McGowan to witness youth crime impacts for himself

Carnarvon's business community, residents and government officials say crime is threatening to drag a "bloody great town" under and that it's time the state's leaders saw for themselves just how bad the situation is.

ABC News

Unseasonal rain creates havoc in Western Australia's winter food bowl of Carnarvon

A month's rain for Carnarvon in a single day, and the wettest autumn in 22 years for the Gascoyne, sees split and rotting tomatoes and melons lining the paddocks of the state's winter food bowl.

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No end in sight for Carnarvon's maternity crisis amid doctor, midwife shortage

A shortage of midwives and obstetricians has led to the cancellation of maternity services at Carnarvon's Health Campus, meaning expectant mothers have to travel far from home, to Geraldton or Perth, as they approach their due date.

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