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| UpdatedWest Australian farmers say they feel excluded from the Prime Minister's current discussions about the impact of the drought.
Topics: drought, agricultural-policy, grain, federal-government, wa
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Aboriginal communities in northern Western Australia are being asked to make submissions to a Federal Government inquiry into alcohol-related harm.
Topics: drugs-and-substance-abuse, programs-and-initiatives, federal-government, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, wa, karratha-6714, broome-6725
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University of Western Australia (UWA) researchers have warned of the potential for "very large extinction rates" among marine life unique to southern WA due to climate change.
Topics: oceans-and-reefs, university-and-further-education, climate-change, wa, albany-6330, bunbury-6230, esperance-6450, kalgoorlie-6430
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| UpdatedA woman who survived a shark attack has thrown her support behind the WA Opposition's call to use shark shields as an alternative to the government's catch and kill policy.
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| UpdatedWestern Australia has claimed a four-wicket Sheffield Shield win over Tasmania.
Topics: cricket, sport, perth-6000, wa, australia
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| UpdatedOne of New South Wales's most wanted men has been arrested over a stabbing in Sydney's west earlier this month.
Chinese student Gongcheng Chen was stabbed to death in his apartment at Auburn.
Chen's flatmate became the prime suspect in the murder but had not been seen since the night of the attack.
Last night detectives were told the man had been arrested in Perth.
Topics: police, law-crime-and-justice, murder-and-manslaughter, crime, auburn-2144, nsw, wa
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| UpdatedThe NBL clash between Perth and Adelaide was marred by a wild brawl at the end of the game.
Topics: basketball, sport, perth-6000, wa, australia
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| UpdatedFormer Australia cricket coach Mickey Arthur will head up the Western Force's expanded rugby development program.
Topics: cricket, sport, rugby-union, super-rugby, perth-6000, wa, australia
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An eastern Wheatbelt farming group says it is extremely frustrating for struggling growers in the region to see limited demand for a Government support package.
Topics: programs-and-initiatives, states-and-territories, activism-and-lobbying, wa, muntadgin-6420, albany-6330, denmark-6333, katanning-6317, geraldton-6530, esperance-6450, kalgoorlie-6430
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| UpdatedThe Drug and Alcohol Office is touring regional Western Australia in an effort to improve substance abuse prevention, treatment and support.
Topics: drugs-and-substance-abuse, wa, albany-6330, denmark-6333, katanning-6317, bunbury-6230, geraldton-6530, esperance-6450, kalgoorlie-6430, broome-6725, northam-6401, kununurra-6743
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| UpdatedA strange S-shaped phenomenon which appeared on the weather bureau radar off the West Australian coast was caused by a military exercise, the Department of Defence has confirmed.
Topics: defence-and-national-security, defence-forces, weather, human-interest, wa, australia
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| UpdatedRio Tinto has posted a 10 per cent increase in earnings, but write-downs and foreign exchange losses hurt its net profit.
Topics: mining-industry, business-economics-and-finance, coal, iron-ore, company-news, australia, wa
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The Western Australian Opposition is calling on the State Government to revisit the eligibility criteria for its concessional farming loans because of limited demand so far.
Topics: programs-and-initiatives, states-and-territories, activism-and-lobbying, wa, albany-6330, denmark-6333, katanning-6317, bunbury-6230, geraldton-6530, esperance-6450, kalgoorlie-6430
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| UpdatedThe chairman of the Federal Government's Indigenous Advisory Council wants Indigenous teenagers in juvenile detention to be moved to jobs and training.
Warren Mundine says Western Australia has agreed to run a pilot program on the idea and he wants a national rollout if it proves successful.
He says Indigenous juvenile detention rates in the last decade have risen by 100 per cent nationally.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, indigenous-policy, prisons-and-punishment, nt, wa
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Ricky Ponting says Andrew Symonds lost trust in Cricket Australia after its handling of the the 'Monkeygate' scandal.
Topics: cricket, sport, race-relations, community-and-society, perth-6000, wa, australia, india
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| UpdatedAncient coral off Western Australia's Pilbara coast has been decimated and bleached by marine heatwaves, scientists say.
Topics: environment, environmental-impact, oceans-and-reefs, oil-and-gas, industry, business-economics-and-finance, science-and-technology, earth-sciences, barrow-island-6712, wa, australia
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A business analyst says conditions are improving in the nickel sector but it is too early to declare that the industry has 'bottomed out'.
Topics: mining-industry, economic-trends, wa, albany-6330, denmark-6333, katanning-6317, geraldton-6530, esperance-6450, kalgoorlie-6430, karratha-6714
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Hugh McMeniman set to make his rugby return for Western Force 'A' team.
Topics: super-rugby, rugby-union, sport, perth-6000, wa, australia
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| UpdatedThe Member for O'Connor says he will be urging the Federal Government to remember struggling parts of Western Australia's grain belt in talks over drought assistance.
Topics: activism-and-lobbying, drought, programs-and-initiatives, federal---state-issues, states-and-territories, wa, albany-6330, geraldton-6530, south-yilgarn-6426, westonia-6423, southern-cross-6426
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Topics: cricket, sport, perth-6000, wa, australia
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| UpdatedDavid Williams provided Melbourne Heart's winner for a second straight week in the hottest match in A-League history.
Topics: a-league, soccer, sport, albury-2640, nsw, melbourne-3000, vic, perth-6000, wa, australia
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The Melbourne Heart celebrate after scoring the first goal of the game against Perth Glory at Lavington Sports Ground in Albury, February 9, 2014.
Topics: a-league, soccer, sport, albury-2640, nsw, australia, melbourne-3000, vic, perth-6000, wa
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| UpdatedPerth Heat claimed their third Australian Baseball League premiership in four seasons with a 2-1 win over Canberra Cavalry.
Topics: baseball, sport, perth-6000, wa
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| UpdatedThree women remain in hospital following yesterday's escalator accident at a city train station.
Two of the women are in a serious, but stable condition, while the other is in a stable condition.
13 people were taken to hospital late yesterday after they were caught in a human pile-up that sent people tumbling down the escalator as they tried to access the platform at the Esplanade train station.
The Public Transport Authority has launched an investigation into the incident.
It's understood many of those injured had been attending a mega bingo event in the city.
The PTA has reviewed CCTV footage and says it appears congestion at the bottom of the escalator caused a bottleneck.
Topics: accidents, disasters-and-accidents, perth-6000, wa, australia
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| UpdatedShaun Marsh does not expect a late call-up for the South African tour despite his starring role in the Big Bash League final.
Topics: cricket, sport, perth-6000, wa