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Public consultation is opening on proposed changes Woodside says will minimise the environmental impact of its Browse gas plan. The Greens say the company is being "deceitful". This is what you need to know.

Labor is facing pressure from all sides as the deadline for a decision on the extension of Woodside Energy's North West Shelf looms. 

Despite a joint effort from governments and the resources sector, rents in a remote WA region have soared well past the nation's capitals.

While regional voters have bucked the Labor trend in Western Australia, they are also drifting away from both major parties.

What specifically can West Australians expect from another three years of a federal Labor government? 

The Liberals have conceded defeat in what was once one of WA's safest seats, with Teal MP Kate Chaney retaining Curtin.

A delegation of Pilbara traditional owners has accused Rio Tinto of not giving investors the full story about the environmental and social impacts of its WA mines.

Almost 6,000km from Canberra, voters on the Cocos (Keeling) Islands and Christmas Island say they're being treated as an afterthought – at best – by the candidates vying for their vote.

Bases in Australia's north, including in WA's Kimberley, are seen as the nation's first line of protection. As pressure from China and Russia looms, what's being done to boost the region's defences?

WA's premier says he "hasn't been advised" a lack of staffing has led to gaps in the tracking of some alleged domestic violence offenders, despite the Department of Justice actively recruiting to fill roles.

Iron ore is the lifeblood of Western Australia's economy, but the industry has a new competitor in the form of the Simandou mine in Guinea that holds one of the largest untapped high-grade deposits in the world.

As a storm brews over federal industrial relations changes, government critics say increased worker power will take the resource-rich Pilbara region back to the "bad old days" of union power. But how bad were they?

The future of remote WA surfing hotspot "Tombstones" hangs in the balance as locals hope the future buyer of the station connected to it will keep accommodation affordable.

Regional representation in WA's upper house has been reduced by more than a third, prompting calls for some of the state's metropolitan politicians to set up offices in the country.

As the national debate over the future of Woodside's North West Shelf gas plant heats up, opinions among the people living and working next to it are mixed. 

A stone's throw from several of Australia's most profitable mines, Aboriginal elders are sleeping rough or in overcrowded housing after travelling to access critical medical treatment.

More than 20 people have been left with unfinished dental implants, including a man who learnt in an ABC article that both his dentists had been suspended after he paid $55,500 for a major procedure. 

Mine worker Royce Castano swung his clubs more than 3,000 times and shed two kilograms while setting a new world record for virtual golf.

A class action launched by shareholders claims miner Mineral Resources breached its disclosure obligations around the time of an alleged tax scandal involving managing director Christopher Ellison.

From an election triumph, to a prayer for peace — the ABC's finest photographers roamed far and wide to capture these stunning images throughout the month of March.