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- Rare "Floating Gold" Discovery on Western Australian Beach Stuns Scientists and Historians
Published: Apr 30, 2026
Section: AXL News
A fisherman in Western Australia has made a once in a lifetime discovery after finding a rare piece of ambergris on a popular tourist beach. The substance, a waxy secretion produce...
- Western Australia Commits US$1 Billion to Massive Grid Expansion and Renewable Energy Infrastructure
Published: Apr 28, 2026
Section: Companies & Industry
The Cook Labor Government has announced the establishment of a AU$1.4 billion (US$1 billion) Clean Energy Fund to overhaul and expand the power grid across Western Australia. This...
- Ground-Penetrating Radar Identifies 12 Potential Indigenous Burial Sites on Rottnest Island
Published: Apr 25, 2026
Section: AXL News
Authorities on Rottnest Island have detected what are believed to be 12 additional burial sites following the discovery of human remains earlier this month. The findings were made...
- US and Australia Pledge $600 Million to Fast-Track Rare Earth Refinery Project
Published: Apr 13, 2026
Section: Companies & Industry
The United States and Australia have committed up to A$849 million ($600 million) in joint financing to support a rare earths refinery project led by Tronox Holdings. This coordina...
- Researchers Identify "Ancient Home" Microbe in Shark Bay Providing Visual Proof of Eukaryotic Origins
Published: Apr 10, 2026
Section: Research
A collaborative Australian study has isolated a new Asgard archaeon, Nerearchaeum marumarumayae, within the microbial mats of Western Australia’s Shark Bay. Using advanced 3D imagi...
- Evolutionary Missing Link Identified as 410-Million-Year-Old Lungfish Skull Bridges Gap in Vertebrate Transition to Land
Published: Mar 12, 2026
Section: Environment
Paleontologists from Australia and China have completed a high-resolution analysis of two significant Devonian-era fossils, offering fresh insights into the origins of land-dwellin...
- Rediscovered Australian Fossils Reveal Diverse Marine Amphibian Community From the Dawn of the Dinosaur Age
Published: Feb 24, 2026
Section: Research
A re-examination of 250-million-year-old fossils from Western Australia’s Kimberley region has identified a surprisingly diverse community of marine amphibians called trematosaurid...