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| UpdatedThe WA Government is on a collision course with the WA Police union over its proposed new workers' compensation scheme for serving officers.
Topics: police, perth-6000
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| UpdatedFormer Anglican priest Raymond Cheek is found guilty of sexually abusing five boys over a 30-year period in Western Australia's south.
Topics: child-abuse, law-crime-and-justice, sexual-offences, community-and-society, perth-6000, wa
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WA students have begun working with the Department of Agriculture and Food to create a snail-detection app, as part of coding club.
Topics: agricultural-crops, internet-technology, information-technology, mobile-phones, pest-management, albany-6330, bridgetown-6255, perth-6000
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The 52 boats in the northern prawn fishery (NPF) have returned to ports from Cairns to Karumba to the Kimberley after four months at sea in the Gulf of Carpentaria. Skipper Brad Allen on board the F.V. Gnarloo has just completed his 26th year in the Gulf where he's earned a reputation as one of Austral Fisheries' most reliable skippers.
Topics: fishing-aquaculture, cairns-4870, perth-6000, brisbane-4000, darwin-0800
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Western Australia's Herbarium is the state's permanent plant library and is constantly adding new species to its records.
Topics: botany, flower-foliage, earth-sciences, biological-diversity, human-interest, perth-6000
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| UpdatedAnalysis of agricultural exports shows commodities already trading with China, Japan and Korea are the biggest winners from the early years of free trade agreements.
Topics: agricultural-policy, federal-government, trade, livestock, agricultural-crops, dairy-production, wool, australia, melbourne-3000, perth-6000, sydney-2000, japan, korea-republic-of, adelaide-5000, china
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| UpdatedA woman drowns off the Mid West coast, becoming the the fourth death in West Australian waters in two days.
Topics: death, accidents, disasters-and-accidents, community-and-society, kalbarri-6536, perth-6000, wa
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| UpdatedAustralian Formula One driver Daniel Ricciardo has vowed to improve next year after his equal career-best third in the championship standings for 2016.
Topics: formula-1, motor-sports, sport, united-arab-emirates, perth-6000
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West Australian business leaders flag concerns with the state's Premier that negotiations over a direct Qantas flight from Perth to London are stalling.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, perth-6000, wa
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WA's Premier and Attorney General dismiss calls for a parliamentary inquiry into claims of a secret deal relating to the decades-long Bell Group liquidation.
Topics: states-and-territories, courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, perth-6000, wa, australia
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| UpdatedWA Health Minister John Day has confirmed a worldwide shortage of meningococcal vaccine has caused wait times to blow out in Western Australia.
Topics: meningococcal-disease, vaccines-and-immunity, perth-6000
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| UpdatedWA Premier Colin Barnett says he is "extremely disappointed" by the City of Fremantle's decision to abandon its Australia Day celebrations in favour of an alternate event two days later, calling the move "a disservice to our country".
Topics: australia-day, government-and-politics, fremantle-6160, wa, perth-6000
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Perth residents are warned to take care as smoke haze from several bushfires burning in the South West covers the city.
Topics: bushfire, environmental-health, environment, perth-6000, wa
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| UpdatedUnlikely activist Keith Parsons claims the retirement village system, from its contracts to management rules, is so complex that it tips the balance in favour of developers over residents.
Topics: community-and-society, aged-care, perth-6000
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| UpdatedThe West Australian Government launches a $500,000 trial of sonar detection technology as part of its wider effort to mitigate shark attacks.
Topics: shark, government-and-politics, perth-6000, city-beach-6015, wa
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Budding young Perth composer Luis Santos pulls together a 160-piece orchestra to perform in a concert to raise funds to stage his won opera.
Topics: arts-and-entertainment, music, opera-and-musical-theatre, youth, perth-6000
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| UpdatedVanessa Vlajkovic was born legally blind and last year chose to exit the hearing world. Now the university student and avid cheerleader has been named WA's Young Person of the Year.
Topics: disabilities, youth, awards-and-prizes, perth-6000, wa
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| UpdatedWest Australian police are trying to make contact with a man who they believe is unwittingly in possession of a live hand grenade.
Topics: police, defence-forces, chidlow-6556, perth-6000
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An academic paper suggesting parents rethink the ethics of the Santa story they tell their children raises ire and leads to accusations the magic of Christmas is being ruined.
Topics: family-and-children, parenting, human-interest, perth-6000
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Paul McConnell, head of global research, Wood Mackenzie says latest report outlines risks and challenges for oil companies such as carbon policies and decarbonisation, finds many already factor in a variety of carbon prices into operations.
Topics: mining-rural, science-and-technology, climate-change, tax, oil-and-gas, mining-industry, perth-6000
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| UpdatedWood Mackenzie says gas and zero-emission sources will make up 60 per cent of global energy mix by 2040 and oil companies are in risk-management mode.
Topics: mining-rural, emissions-trading, climate-change, oil-and-gas, greenhouse-gas, mining-industry, perth-6000
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| UpdatedA third person is charged over the murder of 37-year-old Perth man Malcolm Taylor, whose body was found in sand dunes near Lancelin last year.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, lancelin-6044, perth-6000, kenwick-6107
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Fremantle Dockers player Michael Johnson is charged with assault after an alleged altercation in a Perth kebab shop earlier this month.
Topics: assault, australian-football-league, leederville-6007, perth-6000
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| UpdatedPerth teenager Jamie Murphy arrives back in Perth with his family after being released from police custody in Bali on suspicion of carrying drugs.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, perth-6000, wa, australia, bali, indonesia
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| UpdatedHarry Ascroft and Roy O'Donovan both score in Central Coast's 2-0 home A-League win over Perth Glory.
Topics: a-league, soccer, sport, gosford-2250, nsw, australia, perth-6000