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Retail spending is forecast to rise in WA this Christmas, but the Reserve Bank's decision to keep interest rates on hold is disappointing, business groups say.
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| UpdatedA man is charged with trying to kill two people after a stabbing in the Perth suburb of Kewdale last week.
Topics: police, courts-and-trials, crime, kewdale-6105, perth-6000
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West Australian courts look set to be given access to screening for brain damage and developmental delays caused by Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD).
Topics: babies---newborns, babies, infant-health, alcohol, alcohol-education, courts-and-trials, wa, perth-6000
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WA's Racing Minister concedes he would not place a bet on his own call for a Melbourne Cup public holiday in the state.
Topics: community-and-society, states-and-territories, human-interest, wa
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| UpdatedWestern Australian consumers can expect sweeter stone fruit this season, after a number of areas received low rainfall in October.
Topics: fruit, food-and-cooking, rural, weather, perth-6000
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Shire president Peter Craig says no correspondence received over potential dump site.
Topics: nuclear-issues, regional-development, federal-government, leonora-6438
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| UpdatedBird groups are hoping the Federal Threatened Species Commissioner will make saving the Carnaby's cockatoo population a priority.
Topics: conservation, birds, perth-6000
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A 63-year-old man is questioned over the death of prospector Raymond Kehlet and the disappearance of his wife Jennie, who is missing near the remote West Australian town of Sandstone.
Topics: missing-person, law-crime-and-justice, sandstone-6639, medina-6167
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West Australian Labor Leader Mark McGowan has refused to back Federal MP Gary Gary in his dispute over party's parliamentary candidate's pledge.
Topics: alp, state-parliament, wa
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| UpdatedSome of the world's least impacted coral reefs off the Kimberley coast are facing the greatest coral bleaching risk from high sea temperatures driven by an el Nino weather system.
Topics: oceans-and-reefs, climate-change, weather, environmental-impact, dampier-peninsula-6725
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| UpdatedWould a $2 tasting fee dissuade you from visiting a winery? Some tour operators now bypass certain wineries following the introduction of tasting charges.
Topics: agricultural-policy, agribusiness, government-and-politics, viticulture, tax, margaret-river-6285, tanunda-5352
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| UpdatedHow to capitalise on industries other than tourism in Western Australia's Gascoyne region will be the focus of a forum of ministers and business representatives this week.
Topics: regional-development, carnarvon-6701, exmouth-6707, geraldton-6530, denham-6537
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The City of Albany has conducted sound level tests at a proposed new motocross track at Bakers Junction nature reserve to investigate the noise effect of a race meeting.
Topics: lifestyle-and-leisure, programs-and-initiatives, local-government, albany-6330
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| UpdatedPalmyra residents whose homes could be demolished to make way for the Perth Freight Link fear they could face years of uncertainty.
Topics: road-transport, urban-development-and-planning, community-and-society, palmyra-6157
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| UpdatedVirgin Australia and Jetstar cancel all of today's flights to and from the Indonesian island of Bali because of concerns about volcanic ash.
Topics: volcanic-eruption, community-and-society, travel-and-tourism, lifestyle-and-leisure, bali, indonesia, perth-6000, wa
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| UpdatedOne of the main routes between Perth and Esperance is closed after a road train rolled near Ravensthorpe overnight.
Topics: road, ravensthorpe-6346, esperance-6450
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| UpdatedWestern Australia’s primary industries could learn a thing or two from Scotland when it comes to working in the same waters.
Topics: fishing-aquaculture, oil-and-gas, mining-environmental-issues, mining-rural, perth-6000, port-hedland-6721
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Two Collie locals take it upon themselves to rescue marron stranded in a dry riverbed.
Topics: environmental-impact, rivers, mining-environmental-issues, collie-6225
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Having been touted as an integrated transport solution that would ease congestion, increase road safety and boost productivity, the Perth Freight Link is now mired in confusion and contradiction, with critics claiming the project is unravelling.
Topics: road-transport, building-and-construction, states-and-territories, federal---state-issues, environmental-impact, perth-6000, palmyra-6157, fremantle-6160, bibra-lake-6163
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| UpdatedFederal Resources Minister Josh Frydenberg declines to say if the Goldfields is in the running to host a storage facility for radioactive waste.
Topics: mining-rural, uranium-mining, industrial-relations, kalgoorlie-6430
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A Perth woman who was bitten by a tiger snake questions why she was not given anti-venom after suffering a rare delayed reaction to the wound.
Topics: reptiles, healthcare-facilities, joondalup-6027, murdoch-6150
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| UpdatedColin Barnett's decision to shelve stage two of the Perth Freight Link to Fremantle raises doubts about the WA Government's plans to recoup part of the $1.6 billion project's cost with a toll on trucks.
Topics: road-transport, state-parliament, fremantle-6160, palmyra-6157, beeliar-6164, perth-6000
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| UpdatedThe sale of iconic Australian pastoral company S. Kidman and Co Ltd is delayed, according to sale advisor Ernst and Young.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, beef-cattle, livestock, rural, agribusiness, australia, wa, sa, nt, qld
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| UpdatedArchaeologists and Aboriginal elders are hoping the most comprehensive study of rock art done in the Kimberley region will confirm the images are among the oldest made by humans anywhere in the world.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, indigenous-culture, science-and-technology, archaeology, art-history, wa, broome-6725
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A marine ecology expert questions the guidelines for swim-with-humpback whale tours at Western Australia's Ningaloo Marine Park, saying he is "stunned" at how close people will be allowed to get to the creatures.
Topics: mammals---whales, tourism, travel-and-tourism, coral-bay-6701, exmouth-6707