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| UpdatedDrivers in Western Australia who try to flee a police pursuit will be automatically jailed under a new policy promised by the Barnett Government ahead of the March election.
Topics: traffic-offences, wa, perth-6000
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A late goal from Adam Taggart gives Perth Glory a 2-1 win over the Victory in a thriller in Perth.
Topics: a-league, soccer, sport, perth-6000, wa, australia, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedA Chinese-Australian man running for Pauline Hanson's One Nation in the West Australian election defends the party leader's comments, saying her "views are not reflective of what they are today".
Topics: government-and-politics, state-parliament, pauline-hanson, one-nation, wa, australia
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Disability advocates and families want West Australian women in government care to be able to choose female carers to assist them with showering and other intimate duties to minimise the potential for abuse.
Topics: disabilities, carers, wa
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The WA Premier says there will be just one leaders' debate ahead of the March state election, but Opposition Leader Mark McGowan accuses him of being "scared" and calls for three.
Topics: states-and-territories, elections, government-and-politics, alp, liberals, state-parliament, perth-6000, wa
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| UpdatedPauline Hanson concedes it will be tough to keep her planned field of 60 One Nation candidates on message during the WA election campaign, but says it will be up to voters to make their own decision at the polling booth.
Topics: one-nation, elections, states-and-territories, pauline-hanson, bunbury-6230, perth-6000, wa
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| UpdatedAn 18-year-old woman avoids a prison term for organising an out-of-control party in the Perth suburb of Yokine that was advertised on social media and required people to pay to attend.
Topics: antisocial-behaviour, crime, courts-and-trials, yokine-6060, perth-6000, wa
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Batsman Peter Handscomb wants to prove he is more than just a one-trick pony, but he knows he faces a stiff battle to retain his spot in Australia's ODI side for the long term.
Topics: onedayseries, cricket, sport, perth-6000, wa, australia
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A picture posted on social media showing a pile of decapitated goannas prompts claims of cruelty and calls for Indigenous hunters to respect native animals.
Topics: indigenous-culture, animal-welfare, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, food-and-cooking, aboriginal, broome-6725, wa
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| UpdatedAustralia takes a 2-1 lead in its five-game one-day international series against Pakistan with a seven-wicket win at the WACA.
Topics: cricket, onedayseries, sport, perth-6000, wa, australia
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Ella Azura Pardy is one name you need to know before Usain Bolt's Nitro Athletics event in Melbourne next month.
Topics: paralympics, sport, athletics, cerebral-palsy, autism-spectrum-disorder, perth-6000, wa, melbourne-3000
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TigerAir is given the go ahead by the Indonesian Government to resume flights in and out of Bali from February 3.
Topics: air-transport, travel-and-tourism, lifestyle-and-leisure, wa, australia, bali
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| UpdatedThe WA Premier's comments on burkas — including that they are not part of Australian culture and he would prefer they are not worn — are medieval and unfounded, as almost no Muslim women wear the garment in the state, a senior Muslim leader says.
Topics: islam, religion-and-beliefs, community-and-society, government-and-politics, wa
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Things are about to get weird and wonderful on the streets of Perth as the city kicks off its seventh Fringe Festival on Friday, despite a few minor hiccups including cancellations at Elizabeth Quay.
Topics: carnivals-and-festivals, arts-and-entertainment, events, perth-6000, wa
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| UpdatedAn emotional One Nation leader Pauline Hanson masses her candidates for the WA election on the steps of State Parliament, urging them to "speak up" ahead of the March poll.
Topics: elections, government-and-politics, one-nation, wa, perth-6000
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| UpdatedFollow the live scores, stats and commentary as Australia takes on Pakistan in the third ODI of the five-match series at the WACA.
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A 53-year-old man pleads guilty in the Perth District Court to luring away two young children who were at a North Perth care facility and sexually assaulting them.
Topics: child-abuse, law-crime-and-justice, perth-6000, wa
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Pauline Hanson is confident her One Nation party can win up to six seats at the West Australian election, but the Queensland senator will not say where she will be directing preferences.
Topics: elections, one-nation, perth-6000, wa
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West Australian Indigenous MP Ken Wyatt's supporters are welcoming his new ministry but say he would be well qualified to become the federal Indigenous affairs minister, replacing Senator Nigel Scullion.
Topics: indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, government-and-politics, indigenous-policy, federal-government, parliament, wa, australia
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| UpdatedPolice search a suburban Perth home owned at the time of the Claremont serial killings in the 1990s by Bradley Robert Edwards, the man accused of two of the murders.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, courts-and-trials, police, huntingdale-6110, perth-6000, claremont-6010, wa
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| UpdatedThey may be slow-moving and somewhat sluggish, but 150 new species of snail have been discovered by scientists in Australia's far north — proving they are surprisingly well-travelled.
Topics: animal-science, animals, broome-6725, wa
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| UpdatedWA Premier Colin Barnett rules out any attempt to ban Muslims from wearing burkas, but says he would prefer "that type of clothing" was not worn in Australia.
Topics: religion-and-beliefs, islam, discrimination, law-crime-and-justice, wa
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Fewer West Australians fell victim to fraud last year, but a sharp increase in technology and investment losses is causing concern, with those over the age of 55 most vulnerable.
Topics: consumer-protection, people, fraud-and-corporate-crime, perth-6000, wa
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| UpdatedThe WA Nationals want to use funds from their proposed state mining tax to resurrect a long-touted plan to connect Perth's passenger rail network to the regional city of Bunbury.
Topics: government-and-politics, rail-transport, bunbury-6230, mandurah-6210, wa
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A WA father is found guilty of inflicting serious head injuries on his seven-and-a-half-month-old son, after conceding he probably smacked him "a bit too hard" when the child was crying and would not take a bottle.
Topics: assault, law-crime-and-justice, child-abuse, merredin-6415, wa, kellerberrin-6410