Australia: How a tiny radioactive capsule was found in Australia’s vast outback

On 25 January, when mining company Rio Tinto reported that one of their Caesium-137 radioactive capsules had gone missing, Western Australian authorities faced a seemingly impossible task. They had to locate a pea-sized capsule anywhere along a 1,400km (870 mile) Read More …

Western Australia: Queens Park man to face court accused of detonating makeshift explosive in Leederville

Police have charged a 29-year-old man they say detonated a homemade bomb near two busy Leederville restaurants just hours before he allegedly sparked another scare with a second crude explosive device. The man, who was refused police bail, is due Read More …

Australia: Undetonated commercial explosives found by tourists in bushland near Norseman, WA

Trekking down a tourist trail 20 kilometres outside Norseman, in Western Australia’s Goldfields region, a couple were shocked to find explosives scattered around the area where they had stopped for lunch. The couple alerted Shire of Dundas CEO, Peter Fitchat, Read More …