Jarrod Lucas
Mine worker buried alive for more than two hours, court hears
A court has heard a 53-year-old mine worker was buried alive after the floor of an open pit collapsed into a massive...
Kalgoorlie mine workers evacuated after more than 100 seismic events in one day
Workers were evacuated from an underground mine in Western Australia’s Goldfields after more than 100 seismic events were recorded in a single...
Firefighters called to two ‘freak’ accidents caused by cigarettes in 12-hour period
Firefighters have issued a warning to cigarette smokers after two “freak” accidents in the regional mining hub of Kalgoorlie-Boulder over the weekend....
WA mine delivers $15 million gold bonanza in four days
Miners in outback Western Australia have unearthed rare gold specimens that geologists are calling a “once-in-a-lifetime discovery”. Workers at the Beta Hunt mine...
No end in sight for Australia’s longest-running gold rush on Kalgoorlie-Boulder’s Golden Mile
Two prospectors in 1893 thought they had discovered something special when they found a small patch of ground in outback Western Australia,...
Man fined $50 a day for living on his own property
It’s like something out of The Castle: a man living in a caravan on land he owns in outback WA facing eviction...
Giraffe Kitoto crosses Nullabor to join Perth Zoo breeding program
A six-year-old giraffe named Kitoto is on the final leg of an epic 4200-kilometre journey across the Nullarbor to Perth Zoo. Kitoto,...