Ben Collins

A decade after the initial proposal caused huge controversy and division in the Kimberley, a plan for a gas processing plant north of Broome remains on the State Government's books. Story via @BB_Collins @abcperth @abcnews abc.net.au/news/2021-12-2…

Joy, excitement and fear - @BB_Collins captures reactions from all corners of the Kimberley to the news WA's hard borders will be coming down on February 5. @abcperth @abcnews @ABCIndigenous abc.net.au/news/2021-12-1…

TOWN BEACH CLOSED TO SWIMMING ⛔️ Shire Rangers have this morning closed Town Beach to swimming after a swimmer was stung by an Irukandji on Monday evening. #Broome #ShireofBroome

Vehicles to be banned from Cable Beach during peak turtle season from December 2022 in a bid to protect vulnerable hatchlings. Story via @BB_Collins, Vanessa Mills @abcperth @abcnews abc.net.au/news/2021-11-3…

Driving on Cable Beach in turtle nesting season set to be banned from 2022 #Broome #Kimberley abc.net.au/news/2021-11-3… via @ABCaustralia

Ngururrpa Ranger Clifford Sunfly joined an exclusive club this week - becoming one of just a handful of people to have seen a night parrot in the wild. Story via @madisonksnow @BB_Collins @abcperth @ABCIndigenous @abcnews abc.net.au/news/2021-11-2…

Facinating read about race relations and Chinese food in the #Kimberley from @BB_Collins @ABCIndigenous @abcnews abc.net.au/news/2021-11-1…

Six years after the Charles Perkins Freedom Rides, these men were arrested for entering a racially segregated restaurant in 1970s Australia. A privilege to work with the Edgar and Barunga families to celebrate Australian #CivilRights heroes. ab.co/3n4fS6q

Part of the West #Kimberley National Heritage Place, WA's mighty #Martuwarra (#Fitzroy River) sustains rich #biodiversity, #ecosystems and human #culture. This Northern Hub project aimed to determine the #environmental water needs of key plants and animals of the Fitzroy 1/

Actus Mer/Sea News: Via @EINSeafoodNews - Boats burnt, seafood seized in crackdown on illegal foreign fishing in Australian waters - @ErinParke2 @BB_Collins @abcnews dlvr.it/SC62cq

Environmental regulator investigating claim of illegal land clearing near the Kimberley's iconic Horizontal Falls. Story via @BB_Collins @abcperth @abcnews abc.net.au/news/2021-09-3…

Derby man Peter O'Dwyer says surgery he did not consent to has left him with a non-functioning arm. Story via @BB_Collins @abcperth @abcnews abc.net.au/news/2021-10-1…

The Federal Government's Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility investigating what Chinese buy-in means for its support for a proposed mineral sands mine between Broome and Derby. Story via @BB_Collins @abcperth @abcnews abc.net.au/news/2021-10-2…

Backers of proposed Broome floating jetty miss second key deadline. Story via @BB_Collins @abcperth @abcnews abc.net.au/news/2021-09-2…

Immensely proud boss moment - ABC Kimberley's @ErinParke2 @BB_Collins @HanBarry93 and @hinakoshiraishi all finalists at this year's WA Media Awards. It's a privilege to work with this team every day and see the amazing work they continuously put out. @abcperth @ABCMediaComms

"I believe it is time that we include the voices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women around the policy designing table ... and be informed by the lived realities of women from all of our diversity." – @June_Oscar #abc730

New dating technique suggests carvings on Kimberley rock art shelters could be up to 43,000 years old - amongst the oldest in the world. Story via @BB_Collins @abcperth @abcnews @ABCIndigenous abc.net.au/news/2021-08-2…

WA's environmental watchdog says it will take the latest IPCC report into account ahead of its next update to the state's greenhouse gas guidance due next year. Story via @BB_Collins @abcperth @abcnews @ABCscience abc.net.au/news/2021-08-1…

It's been a wild old news day here in the Kimberley. Check out the stories from @TedOConnor4 @HanBarry93 @BB_Collins @EdwinCowlishaw and Vanessa Mills - abc.net.au/radio/kimberle…

The screams of two young women being assaulted in a crowded Kimberley caravan park went unanswered as they were bashed by a group of teenagers with a metal chair and had their vehicle taken. Story via @BB_Collins @abcperth @abcnews abc.net.au/news/2021-08-1…