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The look of future communities and roadhouses - cutting the use of millions of gallons of expensive polluting diesel in remote locations?

'“By integrating solar, battery storage and intelligent controls, we’ve created a microgrid that doesn’t just reduce costs, it brings energy independence, reliability, and environmental leadership to one of the most iconic parts of the Pilbara,”

#Pilbara #WesternAustralia #Solar #Energy

https://www.pv-magazine-australia.com/2025/11/11/genoffgrid-builds-solar-lithium-diesel-microgrid-for-top-end-roadhouse/

GenOffGrid builds solar, lithium, diesel microgrid for Top End roadhouse

Microgrid developer GenOffGrid has launched a solar, lithium and diesel microgrid to power the Auski Munjina Village roadhouse in the Pilbara, Western Australia, over 1,300 kilometres northeast of Perth.

pv magazine Australia

Scientific Frontline Nov 11

New Curtin University research has found #invasive cane #toads are on track to reach Western Australia’s #Pilbara region within the next 10 to 20 years, threatening to cause widespread losses among #native species and significant cultural and economic harm.
#Ecology #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2025/11/eco11112502.html

New study reveals devastating impact of cane toads approaching the Pilbara

The Pilbara regions' permanent water sources make it an ideal habitat for the invasive species

Jo the Neenish Tart Nov 3

Welcome to another episode of Billionaires Behaving Badly... Twiggy wants to build weirs on a sacred site and keep the water for his mining

Billionaire Forrest begins fresh legal bid to alter sacred river in WA's north
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-04/andrew-forrest-traditional-owners-in-sat-ashburton-river-plan/105966594

#Twiggy #AndrewForrest #Pilbara #Minderoo

Andrew Forrest's plan to alter sacred Ashburton River under fresh legal scrutiny

Mining billionaire Andrew Forrest's controversial plan to alter the natural river system on his large outback WA cattle station is under renewed legal scrutiny.

ABC News

EshaHaber Oct 21

Uzaydan dünyaya düştü! Gizemli Nesne, Avusturalya'yı ayağa kaldırdı...: Batı Avustralya’daki Pilbara Çölü’nde keşfedilen büyük bir metal parçasının, atmosfere yeniden giren bir uzay aracının yakıt tankı olabileceği açıklandı. Uzmanlar, uzay çöplerinin giderek artan tehlikesine dikkat çekti.

MADEN İŞÇİLERİ BULDU, POLİS SORUŞTURMA BAŞLATTI

Kesin bir teşhis henüz konmamış olsa da, ilk incelemeler… https://www.eshahaber.com.tr/haber/uzaydan-dunyaya-dustu-gizemli-nesne-avusturalya-yi-ayaga-kaldirdi...-265701.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon EshaHaber.com.tr #Uzay #GizemliNesne #Avustralya #Pilbara #UzayAracı

News Beep Oct 17

Replica of destroyed Juukan Gorge being built five years after Rio Tinto blast

A full-scale replica of the Juukan Gorge cave, destroyed in 2020 by mining company Rio Tinto to an…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #AU #Australia #juukangorge #juukangorgedisaster #juukanrockshelterreplica #perthnews #pilbara #PKKP #PuutuKuntiKurramaandPinikura(PKKP)AboriginalCorporation #RioTinto #VirtualReality #vr #wanews
https://www.newsbeep.com/191451/

News Beep Sep 27

Clive Palmer ordered to pay more than $13 million after foreign investor claim dismissed

Mining billionaire Clive Palmer has been ordered to pay more than $13 million after an international tribunal dismissed…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #AU #Australia #clivepalmer #federalgovernment #federalpolitics #high-court #InternationalLaw #internationaltribunal #ironore #mining #pilbara
https://www.newsbeep.com/149015/

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Peter Riley Aug 23

May 1, 1946 Pilbara Strike - Walk off
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilbara_strike

Story of
https://www.pilbarastrike.org/

Doco film about
https://vimeo.com/529139143

#FirstNations #Pilbara #Strike #Workingclasshistory

Pilbara strike - Wikipedia

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Peter Riley Jul 20

“This is the epicentre of wealth creation—not just in Australia but probably the globe,” Yu said. “Yet down the road, we’ve got a prison full of Aboriginal faces. I use the term ‘economic apartheid,’ and I think that’s what it represents.”

https://www.ngaardamedia.com.au/news/i-use-the-term-economic-apartheid-aboriginal-acadmic-speaks-at-pilbara-summit

#BHP #economicapartheid #firstnations #Ngaardamedia #PeterYu #Pilbara #rioTinto #Woodside #Yawuru

'I USE THE TERM, ECONOMIC APARTHEID': ABORIGINAL ACADEMIC SPEAKS AT PILBARA SUMMIT — Ngaarda Media

BY TANGIORA HINAKI

Ngaarda Media

cath Jun 19

I really need to do a re-introduction but until then, my favourite photos of the non-work parts of last week’s trip to #Pilbara country in Western Australia.