Cotton production set to dominate expansion of remote Australian agricultural region
One of Australia's remotest agricultural regions would almost double in size under an ambitious plan announced by the West Australian government.
Alys Marshall is the rural and resources reporter covering the Kimberley. Alys grew up on Kamilaroi land near Walgett in north-west NSW and worked as a rural reporter in southern Queensland before her big move up to croc country.
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