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Police believe a 20-year-old man whose body was recovered from the ocean this morning north of the Western Australian town of Augusta may have fallen off rocks.
Topics: disasters-and-accidents, augusta-6290, wa
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| UpdatedPolice in Western Australia's north are concerned about an increase in children committing sexual assaults, a trend child advocates say is being seen nationally.
Topics: child-abuse, sexual-offences, law-crime-and-justice, broome-6725, wa
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| UpdatedWA Labor says it expects the Prime Minister will back down on a threat to prevent $1.2 billion in Perth Freight Link funding being diverted to the party's flagship transport project Metronet.
Topics: government-and-politics, political-parties, elections, wa
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The WA Liberal Party denies its surge in the polls is due to a preference deal with Pauline Hanson's One Nation, instead attributing the gain to a growing lack of faith in the Labor Party.
Topics: government-and-politics, elections, wa
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| UpdatedThe Barnett Government makes a pitch to the third of the state who fish, offering to create artificial reefs and invest more money boosting stocks if it wins re-election.
Topics: fish, elections, government-and-politics, rural, fishing-aquaculture, environment, wa
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| UpdatedMain Roads says it is confident the South Coast Highway between Ravensthorpe and Esperance and will be opened to traffic by early next week.
Topics: floods, ravensthorpe-6346, esperance-6450, wa, australia
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The Liberals and Labor spent much of the week crunching and debating the financial figures — but it was that One Nation preference deal and Pauline Hanson's candidates who dominated much of the debate.
Topics: elections, states-and-territories, alp, liberals, one-nation, perth-6000, wa
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| UpdatedThe Brisbane Lions make it three from three with a win over Collingwood while GWS and Fremantle play out the first ever AFL Women's draw.
Topics: australian-football-league, sport, brisbane-4000, blacktown-2148, nsw, qld, collingwood-3066, vic, fremantle-6160, perth-6000, wa, australia
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| UpdatedAs the Barnett Government battles for a third term in office, Albert Jacob, John Day and Paul Miles face tough struggles to hold seats normally considered safe.
Topics: elections, political-parties, wa
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| UpdatedA Hong Kong man caught with 315 kilograms of methylamphetamine in Perth was recruited in a billiards hall and sent "over the trenches first" by a "sophisticated" drug ring most likely run out of China, a court hears.
Topics: drug-offences, drugs-and-substance-abuse, courts-and-trials, police, perth-6000, wa, canning-vale-6155, south-hedland-6722
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| UpdatedThe Liberals peddle their cycling policy, Labor talks up patient accommodation and the man behind a micro party preference deal gets paid as the second full week of the campaign winds up.
Topics: elections, political-parties, wa
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| UpdatedThe Western Australian education system is failing to meet the needs of some highly disabled children because of inflexibility and a lack of expertise, an experienced educator says.
Topics: schools, disabilities, wa
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| UpdatedAustralia's new Super Netball competition has not even started and already there are concerns it will be dominated by three new franchises backed by football clubs.
Topics: netball, sport, collingwood-3066, vic, adelaide-5000, sa, sydney-2000, nsw, perth-6000, wa
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| UpdatedIt was back to the 1990s on the campaign trail as former leaders lent their support, while old tweets, solar subsidies and law and order also rated mentions.
Topics: elections, political-parties, solar-energy, prisons-and-punishment, wa
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| UpdatedWest Australian Liberal Senator Dean Smith says politicians could reach a consensus on same-sex marriage if a free vote was held.
Topics: marriage, gays-and-lesbians, government-and-politics, liberals, wa, australia
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WA Premier Colin Barnett maintains his staunch defence of the Liberals preference deal with One Nation, while distancing himself from extreme comments of some of its candidates.
Topics: elections, minor-parties, gays-and-lesbians, wa
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| UpdatedA re-elected Barnett Government would take a hard line on reforming the public sector and launch a push towards privatising more services to help restore the budget to surplus, the WA Treasurer reveals.
Topics: elections, states-and-territories, state-parliament, perth-6000, wa
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Five micro parties strike a preference deal that could deliver as many as five Upper House seats in the WA election, with the pact orchestrated by "preference whisperer" Glenn Druery.
Topics: government-and-politics, elections, wa
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| UpdatedThe former Labor leader and ambassador to the US says Pauline Hanson's One Nation is a threat to Australia's national security and prosperity.
Topics: federal-government, government-and-politics, federal---state-issues, states-and-territories, one-nation, world-politics, australia, wa
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| UpdatedMicro-parties and preferences dominate discussion on the WA election campaign, with Pauline Hanson wading into the preference deal debate.
Topics: elections, political-parties, wa
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| UpdatedThink sport and art don't mix? The artists behind a PIAF show described as "a large-scale public artwork that culminates in a huge party" in Fremantle want you to think again as they celebrate women in football.
Topics: sport, australian-football-league, arts-and-entertainment, fremantle-6160, perth-6000, wa
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| UpdatedMike Fitzpatrick reflects on the ups and downs of his 10-year reign as AFL chairman, including Essendon's doping saga, the AFL's expansion plans, gambling and the new women's league.
Topics: australian-football-league, sport, melbourne-3000, vic, australia, nsw, sa, wa, tas, qld, nt
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| UpdatedWestern Australia's South West braces for flooding as rivers continue to swell following record rainfall in the state, with storms claiming two lives on the weekend.
Topics: floods, disasters-and-accidents, weather, bunbury-6230, wa
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| UpdatedPauline Hanson strikes back at One Nation's WA candidates who are complaining about a controversial preference deal with the Liberal Party, telling them if they're not happy with it, "don't stand under my name".
Topics: government-and-politics, elections, state-parliament, one-nation, states-and-territories, wa
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| UpdatedThe Barnett Government pledges to lift the payroll tax threshold for business to $900,000, claiming the change will boost jobs and save small businesses millions.
Topics: elections, political-parties, small-business, tax, wa