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Anglo-Australian mining corporation Rio Tinto admits blowing up the 46,000-year-old Juukan Gorge caves in Pilbara, Western Australia, on May 24. The firm issues an apology to Aboriginal Australians who are the traditional owners of the site, saying "We are sorry for the distress we have caused".
2020-05-31

The High Court of Australia rules that Rod Culleton was ineligible for election as a candidate for Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party in Western Australia in the Federal election and is ineligible to serve in the Senate of Australia.
2017-02-3

Western Australia's Pilbara region braces for the impact of Cyclone Stan, which is expected to make landfall as a Category Three storm.
2016-01-30

Tropical Cyclone Stan gathers strength as it heads towards the Pilbara and Kimberley regions of Western Australia.
2016-01-29

Tropical Cyclone Olwyn intensifies with the potential to reach Category 3 on the Saffir-Simpson scale before making landfall in Western Australia's Pilbara region on March 13.
2015-03-12

Cyclone Christine makes landfall in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, causing evacuations in Port Hedland and winds over 170 km-h in Roebourne
2013-12-30

Severe Tropical Cyclone Lua is upgraded to a Category 4 cyclone as it hits the town of Pardoo on the northwest coast of Western Australia.
2012-03-17

A tropical cyclone warning is issued for Western Australia's Pilbara and Kimberly regions as Cyclone Lua approaches at Category 3 strength.
2012-03-16

Tropical Cyclone Carlos wreaks damage in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, with reports of four tornadoes striking the mining town of Karratha.
2011-02-22

Rio Tinto Group and BHP Billiton announce that they have scrapped a proposed $120 billion joint venture in the Pilbara region of Western Australia due to regulatory problems.
2010-10-18