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| UpdatedThe terms clean coal and high-efficiency, low-emissions power stations are high on political agenda. But can they help reduce emissions?
Topics: mining-rural, mining-industry, electricity-energy-and-utilities, energy, alternative-energy, coal, perth-6000
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| UpdatedAdam Voges officially calls time on his Test career, leaving the game with the second best average in the game's history, behind only Don Bradman.
Topics: cricket, sport, perth-6000, wa, australia
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The exotic tomato potato psyllid is discovered in the Perth region, and has the potential to devastate the Western Australian potato industry.
Topics: pest-management, pests, vegetables, quarantine, manjimup-6258, perth-6000
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Two Perth arts projects are exploring alternative ideas of housing; one a tent that is a faithful replica of a car, the other a foil-wrapped van.
Topics: contemporary-art, installation, homelessness, housing, human-interest, perth-6000, applecross-6153
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| UpdatedWA political parties are using Facebook data to target voters like never before using a game-changing strategy straight out of the Donald Trump election handbook.
Topics: government-and-politics, social-media, internet-culture, perth-6000
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| UpdatedIf you bought a rose for your loved one this Valentine's Day, there is a strong chance it has come from Kenya.
Topics: rural, trade, flowers, community-and-society, perth-6000, melbourne-3000, sydney-2000, kenya
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| UpdatedTwo people escape serious injury when their helicopter crashes in a field at Jandakot Airport in Perth's southern suburbs, with police describing it as a "hard landing".
Topics: air-and-space, accidents, jandakot-6164, perth-6000, wa
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| UpdatedSerious doubts are raised about a key WA Labor strategy designed to drive down state debt, with the state's Chamber of Commerce and Industry labelling it inherently flawed and a cop-out.
Topics: government-and-politics, elections, states-and-territories, budget, perth-6000, wa
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The coach of minor premiers the Adelaide 36ers says his side will need to be 'hungry' when they face off against the Illawarra Hawks in the NBL semi-finals.
Topics: basketball, sport, adelaide-5000, wollongong-2500, cairns-4870, perth-6000
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A jury is discharged after a Hong Kong national admits his role in a drug operation that led to WA's largest methylamphetamine seizure.
Topics: courts-and-trials, drug-offences, perth-6000, south-hedland-6722
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The man accused of murdering missing WA teenager Hayley Dodd 18 years ago wants to be tried by judge alone, instead of a jury.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, murder-and-manslaughter, crime, wa, perth-6000, badgingarra-6521
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Anthony Mundine calls for a third fight with Danny Green, this time in Perth so Green's "family can come and watch him get fried".
Topics: boxing, sport, perth-6000, wa, australia
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| UpdatedThere are fears sewage from a town upstream of Perth could wash down the Swan River and contaminate the waterway, a situation caused by major flooding in Western Australia over the weekend in the wake of a tropical low.
Topics: storm-disaster, disasters-and-accidents, wa, northam-6401, perth-6000, ravensthorpe-6346, gibson-6448, esperance-6450
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Topics: space-exploration, astronomy-space, science-and-technology, spacecraft, new-norcia-6509, perth-6000, wa, australia
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| UpdatedMelbourne City becomes the first club to win consecutive W-League titles after beating Perth Glory 2-0 in the grand final at Perth Oval.
Topics: a-league, sport, soccer, perth-6000, wa, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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| UpdatedWA Labor says it will set aside 50 per cent of iron ore royalties to pay down state debt, but it has not ruled out increasing taxes.
Topics: elections, wa, perth-6000
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| UpdatedSevere thunderstorms in WA are likely to produce damaging winds and heavy rainfall that may lead to flash flooding and large hailstones, the Bureau of Meteorology says.
Topics: floods, disasters-and-accidents, weather, wa, perth-6000, albany-6330, wagin-6315, northam-6401
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The Barnett Government starts the first full week of the 2017 election campaign levelling claims of "fake funding" at Labor, and finishes it in a rear-guard attempt to defend its own economic record.
Topics: government-and-politics, elections, states-and-territories, perth-6000, wa
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Perth Glory maestro Diego Castro orchestrates a 5-0 belting of a demoralised Adelaide United in Friday night's A-League match.
Topics: a-league, soccer, sport, adelaide-5000, sa, perth-6000, australia
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| UpdatedIt was a wet day for those on the state election campaign trail as heavy downpours drenched Perth and much of southern Western Australia — here's what you need to know about what happened.
Topics: elections, government-and-politics, states-and-territories, perth-6000, wa
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Drivers will be required to leave a gap of at least one metre when overtaking cyclists under rules to be trialled if WA Labor wins the March state election.
Topics: cycling, laws, elections, government-and-politics, perth-6000, wa
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| UpdatedThe Anglican Church expresses surprise and victims' families are outraged as an 85-year-old former priest is sentenced to two years in prison for sexually abusing five boys over a 30-year period in Western Australia.
Topics: child-abuse, sexual-offences, law-crime-and-justice, wa, perth-6000
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| UpdatedWA-based insurer HBF will increase its health insurance costs by almost 6 per cent this year, despite insisting it "hates" doing so.
Topics: health-insurance, health, perth-6000
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Topics: mining-rural, gold, silver, mining-industry, perth-6000
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Perth Mint's casting of its year of the rooster commemorative coins has seen massive collector interest worldwide.
Topics: mining-rural, community-and-society, silver, currency, gold, mining-industry, perth-6000, china