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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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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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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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How a mining town mum learnt to be an LGBT ally when her daughter came out

Kirsty Brooks felt she lacked the insight to be as supportive as possible when her daughter began navigating a queer life in Kalgoorlie, so she started educating herself. "And so many pennies dropped," she says, urging other parents to do the same.

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Nurses union, St John condemn 'abhorrent' assaults on Kalgoorlie health workers

After separate court cases this week, health officials say their staff are not "punching bags" for a public they are "devoting themselves to care for".

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Questions over regional WA blood supplies after hospital runs out of blood during Kalgoorlie mine worker's cancer treatment

Cancer patient Nick Fardell was told halfway through his regular blood transfusion that Kalgoorlie Hospital had run out of his blood type, prompting questions about availability in Regional WA.

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Teenager charged over alleged sexual assault and robbery of woman in Kalgoorlie

A 16-year-old boy was arrested and charged following the alleged attack late on Thursday.

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Residents fear Laverton Hospital upgrades won't go far enough

Residents who have been waiting 20 years for upgrades to their remote WA hospital fear a planned redevelopment won't be enough to stop them having to travel for care.

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WA's great – and less-than-great – gold plots unearthed as price hits record high

As long as gold has been mined people have tried to steal it. As the precious metal hits a record price, let's take a look back at some of the mad, bad and downright dumb ways crooks have tried to pocket the "miner's privilege".

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Lawyer says WA gold stealing trial will take toll on lives of accused, despite not guilty verdict

A defence lawyer for one of the five people acquitted says they will bear the burden of court costs and ongoing impacts from the four-week trial.

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