'Suck it up': Goldfields residents adjust to major power blackouts
By Macey Turner, Ivo da Silva, and Andrew Williams

Business owners and locals in Western Australia's Goldfields have dealt with the first power blackout of the season while waiting for a long-term energy solution.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-25/kalgoorlie-power-outage-frustrates-residents/105813042

#ElectricityProductionandDistribution #SmallBusinesses #RegionalCommunities #Utilities #MaceyTurner #IvodaSilva # #AndrewWilliams

Man accused of hitting 42yo with vehicle in Kalgoorlie to appear in court
By Jarrod Lucas and Macey Turner

A 29-year-old man is set to face court today after detectives from WA Police's Homicide Squad charged him with murder, two days after the death of a man in the state's Goldfields.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-23/detectives-from-major-crime-investigate-kalgoorlie-man-s-death/105801802

#Police #JarrodLucas #MaceyTurner

How a forgotten village in the city of gold decayed into such squalor
By Cason Ho and Macey Turner

There's an eerie silence in Ninga Mia, a once thriving community on the edge of Kalgoorlie. The Aboriginal reserve is a microcosm of the cycle of displacement endured by many First Nations people.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-21/ninga-mia-kalgoorlie-mining-aboriginal-reserve-homelessness-gold/105774862

#HousingPolicy #IndigenousAustralians #Homelessness #Aboriginal #IndigenousPolicy #LocalGovernment #RentalHousing #CasonHo #MaceyTurner

WA shire accused of 'gross mismanagement' makes final plea for future
By Macey Turner and Jarrod Lucas

The embattled Shire of Coolgardie waits to hear whether it will be suspended ahead of local government elections over concerns about financial and managerial mismanagement.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-16/shire-of-coolgardie-show-cause-notice-response/105774072

#LocalGovernment #LocalElections #MaceyTurner #JarrodLucas

Housing crisis leaves health worker on verge of homelessness
By Macey Turner

Indigenous mental health worker Bill Ring says Kalgoorlie's housing shortage and a lack of support from the WA Country Health Service have left him struggling to find a permanent home.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-10/wachs-employee-potentially-homeless-kalgoorlie/105747424

#RentalHousing #RegionalCommunities #MaceyTurner

Kalgoorlie's 'maverick' politician Graeme Campbell dies aged 86
By Macey Turner

Former West Australian politician Graeme Campbell is being remembered as a "colourful character" whose style left a big legacy in Kalgoorlie politics.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-18/kalgoorlie-remembers-former-federal-mp-graeme-campbell/105662674

#HumanInterest #GovernmentandPolitics #RuralandRemoteCommunities #MaceyTurner

Women in mining say industry missing out on female leadership talent
By Macey Turner and Ivo da Silva

While women play an increasingly large role in the mining industry, it is not reflected in management roles or prominent positions at conferences like Diggers and Dealers.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08-14/women-in-mining-industry-not-filling-top-level-positions/105619692

#MiningandMetalsIndustry #Women #Work #MaceyTurner #IvodaSilva

Former minister says 'stroke of a pen' enough for council takeover
By Jarrod Lucas, Ivo da Silva, and Macey Turner

Tony Simpson says it is well within the WA government's power to authorise the effective takeover of the Shire of Coolgardie by the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-24/minister-keen-coolgardie-kalgoorlie-takeover-resolution/105562212

#LocalGovernment #StateandTerritoryGovernment #RegionalCommunities #JarrodLucas #IvodaSilva # #MaceyTurner

Outback council rejects minister's push for merger
By Jarrod Lucas, Macey Turner, and Ivo da Silva

A debt-laden regional council has threatened legal action in defiance of a WA government push for it to amalgamate with a much larger neighbour.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-22/shire-of-coolgardie-set-to-defy-local-government-minister/105550534

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