New deep space facility opened in WA
A new multi-million dollar space monitoring facility has been switched on at New Norcia, 150 kilometres north of Perth in Western Australia.
View ArticleWA station to play key role in Mars mission
Western Australia will play a key role when the first European mission to Mars blasts off from Russia early on Tuesday.
View ArticleFirst messages sent to Mars probe
The European Space Agency's (ESA) ground station at New Norcia, north-east of Perth, has sent its first series of commands to the Mars Express space probe.
View ArticleThree feared missing on Meekatharra trip
Police are concerned for the welfare of three people who left Perth for Meekatharra in Western Australia's mid west on Tuesday but have not been in contact with their families since.
View ArticleSearch for missing trio stepped up
An air and ground search is under way in the Murchison region in Western Australia's mid-west for three people who disappeared while travelling to a mine site near Meekatharra.
View ArticlePassenger killed in highway crash
One person has been killed and another is seriously injured after a crash near New Norcia, north of Perth.
View ArticleAustralia's last Spanish Benedictine monk dies
The man believed to be Australia's last remaining Spanish Benedictine monk has died aged 99.
View ArticleAustralia's last Spanish Benedictine monk dies
The man believed to be Australia's last remaining Spanish Benedictine monk has died aged 99.
View ArticleDom Paulino Gutirrez
Dom Paulino Gutirrez, the last Spanish-born Benedictine monk at Australia's only Monastic town of New Norcia in Western Australia, poses for a photo atop his lawnmower. Mr Gutirrez died at the age of...
View ArticleWine bottles to get health warning
In what is believed to be an Australian first, the WA Benedictine community of New Norcia has begun labelling its wine bottles with health warnings.
View ArticleMan killed in New Norcia fire
Authorities have discovered the body of a man after being called to a fire at a business just north-east of New Norcia.
View ArticleGovernment questioned over funds for dangerous road
The State Opposition says the Government needs to reveal whether it has made safety upgrades to Great Northern Highway a priority in its application for Federal funding.
View ArticleWAFF airs sandalwood theft worries
The Western Australian Farmers Federation (WAFF) says pastoralists have the right to know that the sandalwood on their properties is secure.
View ArticleMilitary bishop charged over sex offence in 1969
The Bishop of the Australian Defence Force has been charged with a sex offence dating back to 1969.Bishop Max Davis is believed to be the most senior clergyman in the Catholic Church, and the first...
View ArticleRosetta spacecraft on final approach to comet landing
Australians are playing a central role in the most complex space mission since the Moon landing, an attempt to land a spacecraft on a comet.
View ArticleThe Invincibles: Shining a light on WA cricket's unsung heroes
Not many Australians know about The Invincibles - an Indigenous cricket team in the late 19th century which won most of their matches.
View ArticleCatholic bishop 'abused boys under pretence of medical exam'
The former head of the Australian Defence Force's Catholic diocese allegedly abused five students under the pretence of giving them medical examinations, a charge he denies, a Perth court hears.
View ArticleFormer WA Catholic college student 'too embarrassed to report abuse'
A former student at a Catholic college in WA tells a Perth court he never spoke to anyone after he was sexually abused 45 years ago because he was "too embarrassed".
View ArticleSpacecraft to be tracked from antenna in small monastic WA town
A small monastic community in Western Australia is about to be joined by new equipment also tasked with looking at the heavens, but from a scientific angle.
View ArticleVideo shows Catholic Bishop respond to 'horrifying' child abuse claims
A Perth court hears a Catholic Bishop tell police he found it "distressing" and "horrifying" to have been accused of child sexual abuse dating back more than 45 years.
View ArticleCatholic Bishop of ADF denies abusing boys
Max Davis, the Catholic Bishop of the Australian Defence Force, testifies in a Perth court that he never sexually abused teenage boys at a boarding school 45 years ago.
View ArticleCatholic Bishop of ADF cleared of abusing boys
The head of the Australian Defence Force's Catholic diocese Max Davis is found not guilty of sexually abusing five students more than 40 years ago at New Norcia, north east of Perth.
View ArticleEx-ADF bishop cleared of child sex charges mulls future
The former head of the Australian Defence Force's Catholic diocese is yet to decide if he will resume his role in the military after being cleared of child sex allegations.
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