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Nine-year-old among four killed in car crash in Western Australia
Three brothers and family friend died at the scene in Clackline in the state’s wheatbeltThree brothers,...
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First Nations boy, 10, dies in apparent suicide while in state care in Western Australia
Advocates say the boy took his own life, leaving his family ‘devastated’ and triggering a coronial...
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Woman attacked by shark off Sandland Island near Jurien Bay in Western Australia
St John Ambulance WA spokesperson says two rescue crews dispatched to town 220km north of PerthFollow...
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Bob Brown arrested at Tasmania logging protest – as it happened
This blog is now closedAlbanese signs WA GST pledge on reporter’s arm and signals possible support...
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Albanese signs WA GST pledge on reporter’s arm and signals possible support for state’s nickel miners
PM says federal government will make ‘no changes’ to Western Australia GST payments, which could hit...
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Asylum seekers taken to Nauru amid renewed political stoush over border arrivals
Move comes after second group found in Western Australia and believed to have arrived on same...
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Live export ship to remain in WA with 15,000 livestock after regulator blocks voyage to Jordan
Government says plan for MV Bahijah to sail around Africa to avoid Houthi attacks in Red...
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Stranded live export ship to offload some of 16,500 animals in WA before resuming journey to Middle East
Serious animal welfare concerns over exporter’s plan to resume journey, MP says, with animals set to...
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WA police seize 30 tonnes of gold-bearing ore at back yard refinery allegedly linked to bikies
Police charge 20 people with a total of 56 offences in three-day Kalgoorlie operation as part...
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Australia urged to quash convictions of all Indonesian children jailed as adult people smugglers
Exclusive: Leader of successful class action says government should ‘step in to overturn the convictions’, amid...
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Storms and wet weather forecast for northern Australia with Cyclone Kirrily expected to develop off Queensland
Heavy rainfall that could lead to flash flooding forecast across Kimberley, Northern Territory and much of...
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Thousands of Western Australian households left without power after wild storm
Heavy rain and winds hit central wheat belt, goldfields, south coastal and great southern districts shortly...
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Threat of another cyclone looms for Queensland as heavy rain continues across Australia’s north
Damaging weather and heavy rain pummels Darwin as BoM forecasts another cyclone could cross Queensland’s east...
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Australia weather: Queensland prepares for possibility of another cyclone as heavy rain hits much of the nation
Wet weather drenches Melbourne and Sydney as BoM forecast shows 55% risk of another Queensland cyclone...
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Enhanced DNA techniques help WA police charge man over alleged sexual assault in Jurien Bay hotel in 2014
Improved technology allows officers to lay charges in decade-old sexual assault case as well as an...
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Child abuse detectives reportedly search home of former Broome bishop Christopher Saunders
Saunders has not been charged with any offence and denies allegations he sexually assaulted and groomed...
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Perth bushfires: lives and homes under threat as heatwave worsens blazes near Chittering
Fire breaks out at RAAF base as firefighters battle four significant blazes in the Wanneroo and...
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Alcoa Kwinana alumina refinery shutdown will lead to hundreds of job cuts in resources minister’s electorate
Madeleine King says she is ‘extremely disappointed’ while the opposition criticises Labor for ‘embarrassing failure’ on...
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Perth overtakes east coast to become Australia’s hottest capital city property market
Buyers and renters compete for limited stock as the Western Australian capital favours sellers and landlords,...
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Woodside cuts all ties with Perth’s Fringe World festival after years of environmental protests
Festival will be free of fossil fuel sponsorship for the first time in decades after the...
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Two more immigration detainees arrested in wake of high court ruling
Seven of at least 148 people released after November judgment have since been rearrestedA further two...
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WA police chief says cop who punched man during New Year’s Eve arrest did not use excessive force
Commissioner Col Blanch says alleged offender appeared to be resisting arrest during incident at Perth pubFollow...
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WA bans commercial native logging in move state says could save 20,000 sq km of forest
New plan bans selling of native timbers and includes transition payouts to sawmills and towns to...
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New Year’s Day weather: flash-flood warnings for Queensland and NSW as Northern Territory swelters
BoM forecasts heavy rain for south-east Queensland and northern NSW, while across the far north temperatures...