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| UpdatedEnglish Premier League football team Chelsea will visit WA for a friendly against Perth Glory at the new stadium next year, in a match the Premier says is likely to draw 15,000 interstate and overseas visitors.
Topics: soccer, english-premier, sport, perth-6000
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| UpdatedLabor's announcement to scrap plans for a high school in City Beach and build a high-rise public secondary school in the city instead is "totally wrong", the WA Premier says.
Topics: education, perth-6000
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| UpdatedPerth coach Justin Langer will do everything he can to ensure veteran batsman Michael Klinger gets a long-awaited call-up into Australia's Twenty20 squad following his role in the Scorchers' BBL victory.
Topics: twenty20, cricket, sport, perth-6000
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A "disturbing increase" in cases of W strain meningococcal has prompted the WA Government to offer free vaccinations to teenagers.
Topics: meningococcal-disease, vaccines-and-immunity, perth-6000
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| UpdatedCentral Coast Mariners again prove to be a thorn in Perth Glory's side, pulling off a 2-0 upset win in Gosford to climb off the bottom of the A-League ladder.
Topics: a-league, soccer, sport, gosford-2250, perth-6000
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| UpdatedPerth Scorchers make it three Big Bash League titles from five finals with a comprehensive nine-wicket win over the Sydney Sixers at the Furnace.
Topics: sport, cricket, twenty20, sydney-2000, nsw, perth-6000, wa, australia
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| UpdatedThe Big Bash final is here, with the Perth Scorchers ready to rumble against the Sydney Sixers. Follow all the action with our live scores, stats and commentary.
Topics: twenty20, cricket, sport, perth-6000, wa, sydney-2000, nsw, australia
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| UpdatedSydney Sixers win their maiden Women's Big Bash League title after beating the Scorchers by seven runs in the final at the WACA ground in Perth.
Topics: twenty20, cricket, sport, perth-6000, wa, australia, melbourne-3000
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| UpdatedThe wreckage of a sea plane that crashed into Perth's Swan River during Australia Day festivities, killing both people on board, is pulled from the Swan River and sent off for examination.
Topics: disasters-and-accidents, perth-6000
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Perth's heat and a dry WACA surface could play into the hands of the visiting Sydney Sixers in Saturday's BBL final, according to spinner Johan Botha.
Topics: twenty20, cricket, sport, perth-6000, wa, australia, sydney-2000
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Three judges of the Federal Court are likely to rule next week on whether to set aside a bankruptcy ruling against former West Australian senator Rod Culleton.
Topics: courts-and-trials, government-and-politics, perth-6000
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| UpdatedA major shake-up of Perth's Skyworks could be on the cards in the wake of the tragic plane crash on Australia Day, with Lord Mayor Lisa Scaffidi saying the event will be reviewed — but will continue "in some form".
Topics: disasters-and-accidents, australia-day, perth-6000
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A man and woman were killed when their sea plane crashed into the Swan River in Perth during Australia Day celebrations on Thursday, with the city's planned Skyshow cancelled as a result.
Topics: air-and-space, perth-6000
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| UpdatedThe tail of the plane which plunged into Perth's Swan River on Australia Day, killing two people on board, is pulled from the water as the search for answers over what caused the crash continues.
Topics: air-and-space, australia-day, perth-6000, wa
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Australia's winemakers rely on free trade, so as export values surge, they are taking nothing for granted.
Topics: agribusiness, viticulture, trade, agreements-and-treaties, melbourne-3000, sydney-2000, adelaide-5000, perth-6000, brisbane-4000, darwin-0800, hobart-7000
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| UpdatedA couple is remembered by members of the aviation community after they were killed when their sea plane crashed into Perth's Swan River during Australia Day festivities yesterday.
Topics: disasters-and-accidents, perth-6000, wa
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| UpdatedA plane has crashed into the Swan River.
Topics: disasters-and-accidents, perth-6000
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| UpdatedA man and woman are killed when a light plane nosedives into the Swan River in Perth during Australia Day celebrations, prompting the cancellation of Perth's Skyworks show which was expected to attract 300,000 people.
Topics: disasters-and-accidents, accidents, perth-6000
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Families are warned to be alert after an attempted abduction of a four-year-old boy from Perth's Kings Park, and an attack of two girls in a park in Baldivis, in the city's south.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, perth-6000, wa, baldivis-6171
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The Northern Territory Cattleman's Association has welcomed the appointment of former chief minister Adam Giles to a senior role within Gina Rinehart's family business Hancock Prospecting.
Topics: rural, business-economics-and-finance, beef-cattle, darwin-0800, perth-6000, fitzroy-crossing-6765
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| UpdatedDistinguished Australians have been recognised for their service to regional communities and industries this year.
Topics: community-development, veterinary-medicine, agricultural-chemicals, conservation, australia, sydney-2000, brisbane-4000, perth-6000, melbourne-3000, alice-springs-0870, summertown-5141, jambin-4702, fitzroy-crossing-6765
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| UpdatedSheep numbers in Western Australia fall to their lowest level in 20 years, sparking concerns the state will not be able to capitalise on rising international demand.
Topics: sheep-production, livestock, trade, perth-6000, wa
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| UpdatedHealth authorities confirm lead levels in the water at Perth's Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre (QEII) were above the Australian drinking standard in early January, but insist there is no risk to public safety.
Topics: government-and-politics, health, wa, perth-6000
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A New South Wales man is sentenced to more than 16 years' jail in WA for driving more than 10 kilograms of drugs, including MDMA, ice and cocaine, across Australia, hidden inside dismantled car transmissions.
Topics: drug-offences, perth-6000, nyngan-2825, broken-hill-2880
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| UpdatedPauline Hanson's One Nation party has confirmed a controversial geologist will run against WA Nationals leader Brendon Grylls.
Topics: political-parties, elections, indigenous-policy, climate-change, science-and-technology, community-and-society, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, perth-6000, karratha-6714, port-hedland-6721, newman-6753, wa