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What keeps Fremantle's purple army going?
By Sam Tomlin, Ivo da Silva, Chris Lewis, Neve Brissenden, Natasha Clark, and Natasha Harradine
Struggling for success and on the cusp of what might be a maiden flag, Fremantle supporters reflect on what's kept them going.
#AFL #AustralianRulesFootball #RegionalCommunities #HumanInterest #SamTomlin #IvodaSilva #ChrisLewis #NeveBrissenden #NatashaClark #NatashaHarradine
Mining boom leaves little room for tourists in Australia's gold capital
By Nicholas R Ward and Ivo da Silva
Demand for accommodation for mine workers throughout Kalgoorlie-Boulder has tour operators worried there are not enough rooms available for other visitors.
#TourismandLeisureIndustry #MiningandMetalsIndustry #RegionalCommunities #NicholasRWard #IvodaSilva
Negotiations over 'Australia's biggest shortcut' near an end
By Jarrod Lucas, Nicholas R Ward, and Ivo da Silva
Years of complex land access negotiations with multiple traditional owner groups appear to be nearing an end, paving the way for the sealing of an outback highway dubbed "Australia's biggest shortcut".
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-06/wa-section-of-outback-way-remains-in-limbo/107112428
Earthquake shakes remote Nullabor roadhouse overnight
By Ivo da Silva and Katrina Tap
A worker at WA's Cocklebiddy Roadhouse is shaken awake by a 4.7 magnitude earthquake in the early hours of Wednesday.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-12/earthquake-at-cocklebiddy-roadhouse/107027228
Mining cities concerned census fails to count FIFO 'ghost population'
By Jarrod Lucas, Ivo da Silva, Mikki Cusack, and Kimberley Putland
Mining cities across Australia say the count fails to acknowledge the increasing pressure the nation's growing fly-in fly-out workforce puts on communities.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-10/fifo-ghost-population-worries-mining-cities-census/106950408
#Census #MiningandMetalsIndustry #EmploymentStatistics #RegionalCommunities #FederalGovernment #JarrodLucas #IvodaSilva #MikkiCusack #KimberleyPutland
Australia's biggest gold miner called to help stabilise WA's power issues
By Jarrod Lucas and Ivo da Silva
Australia's biggest gold miner is being asked to carry a bigger load to resolve decades of power capacity and reliability woes on what WA Energy Minister Amber-Jade Sanderson has described as the "largest and most isolated grid in the world".
#ElectricityProductionandDistribution #EnergyIndustry #Gold #StateandTerritoryGovernment #RenewableEnergy #JarrodLucas #IvodaSilva
Students living in tents, couch surfing to study at school of mines
By Jarrod Lucas and Ivo da Silva
A damning report has found accommodation shortages at Kalgoorlie's century-old WA School of Mines are being "felt most acutely" by international and postgraduate students.
#Universities #RentalHousing #HousingPolicy #JarrodLucas #IvodaSilva
Paul Kelly to meet prison inmates who recorded bilingual cover of How to Make Gravy
By Hayden Smith and Ivo da Silva
Fourteen months after First Nations inmates at Eastern Goldfields Regional Prison covered his famous Christmas ballad, the singer-songwriter will visit them in jail.
#MusicArtsandEntertainment #IndigenousMusic #PrisonsandPunishment #People #HaydenSmith #IvodaSilva