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Surging iron ore prices and increased production drive Rio Tinto's share price to an almost two-year high.
Topics: mining-industry, iron-ore, copper, coal, australia, wa, port-hedland-6721
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| UpdatedA woman who tried to stop a frenzied attack on another woman and her child in their front yard is left with serious lacerations after the attacker allegedly struck her on the head with a rock.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, parkerville-6081, wa
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Australia will be aiming to bounce back from Sunday's one-day cricket loss to Pakistan when the two teams lock horns at the WACA Ground on Thursday.
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WA's Deputy Premier Liza Harvey rules out a last-minute Liberal leadership change, despite polls showing her to be more popular than the Premier.
Topics: elections, state-parliament, perth-6000, wa
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A West Australian father who allegedly assaulted his his child, leaving him with serious head injuries, told police he probably smacked the child "a bit too hard", a court hears.
Topics: assault, child-abuse, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, wa
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| UpdatedFormer senator Rod Culleton says he will take a "self-imposed" moratorium from his job, after losing his place in the Upper House following a bankruptcy case against him, but he says he will stay in his electorate office.
Topics: courts-and-trials, states-and-territories, federal-government, federal-parliament, perth-6000, wa, canberra-2600
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| UpdatedNotorious bank robber and prison escapee Brenden Abbott is handed a five-month concurrent jail term for breaking out of Fremantle prison in Perth almost 30 years ago.
Topics: courts-and-trials, prisons-and-punishment, armed-robbery, perth-6000, fremantle-6160, wa
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| UpdatedA Perth municipal worker is critically injured after a ute ploughs into his garbage truck in the early hours of the morning in the city's entertainment district of Northbridge, police say.
Topics: road, disasters-and-accidents, wa, perth-6000, northbridge-6003
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| UpdatedJets A-League fans were lucky to escape unhurt when a section of fencing gave way in Newcastle.
Topics: a-league, soccer, sport, newcastle-2300, nsw, australia, perth-6000, wa
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| UpdatedPolice are trying to confirm the background of a foreign national who is dead after jumping off cliffs at Blackwall Reach into Perth's Swan River.
Topics: accidents---other, death, bicton-6157, wa, australia
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| UpdatedBoth Newcastle and Perth come from behind to play out a thrilling 2-2 A-League draw in Newcastle on Sunday.
Topics: sport, soccer, a-league, newcastle-2300, nsw, perth-6000, wa, australia
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| UpdatedA $250 million funding boost by the Federal Government to the nation's organ donation system has seen a 16 per cent increase in the number of Australians deciding to donate their organs.
Topics: health-policy, doctors-and-medical-professionals, medical-procedures, healthcare-facilities, act, nsw, qld, sa, tas, wa
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| UpdatedFaulty ceilings and wall panels force the closure of the kitchen and other parts of the $120 million Busselton Health Campus, with a temporary food truck set up outside so patients can be fed.
Topics: healthcare-facilities, states-and-territories, busselton-6280, wa
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| UpdatedA 3-kilometre tunnel to Fremantle will be built as part of the next stage of the $1.9 billion Perth Freight Link if the Barnett Government is re-elected in March, but critics say it remains a "road to nowhere".
Topics: states-and-territories, beaconsfield-6162, white-gum-valley-6162, hilton-6163, fremantle-6160, perth-6000, palmyra-6157, wa
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| UpdatedAJ Tye saves the Perth Scorchers from total embarrassment with his highest T20 score, but it's not enough to guide them to victory against Melbourne Stars.
Topics: twenty20, cricket, sport, perth-6000, wa, sydney-2000, australia
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WA Premier Colin Barnett believes his Government may have to choose between rival nominations for the Senate vacancy created by the disqualification of Rod Culleton, but says he will take on board advice from his former party One Nation.
Topics: government-and-politics, wa
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WA Opposition Leader Mark McGowan says there is no link between an election promise to build a $166 million traffic bridge which would benefit a major shopping centre, and a $16,500 donation-in-kind from the centre's owner.
Topics: government-and-politics, urban-development-and-planning, wa, perth-6000
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| UpdatedThe WA Liberals commit $140 million to fund the expansion public health services at the Joondalup Health Campus, but the Opposition brands it a "panicked" move as the unofficial campaign for the WA election gears up.
Topics: health, government-and-politics, joondalup-6027, wa
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Labor scraps long-held plans to attempt to prevent the growth of genetically modified crops in WA, admitting it is too late to stop their use.
Topics: genetically-modified-food, government-and-politics, science-and-technology, wa
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A Perth woman is sentenced to more than six years' jail for stealing $2.1 million from a law firm to fund her "pathological gambling", buy clothes, pay off her mortgage and support her lifestyle.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, crime, wa, perth-6000, fremantle-6160
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A Pilbara woman is swapping the red dirt of Western Australia's north for the bright lights of Hollywood, to showcase her Western-style boots at this year's Oscars.
Topics: fashion, design, academy-awards-oscars, paraburdoo-6754, wa
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A new report gives a shocking glimpse into the hidden prevalence of female genital mutilation in Australia, revealing girls as young as five months old are having the procedure and almost 60 girls have been seen by paediatricians and children's health specialists since 2010.
Topics: child-abuse, children, law-crime-and-justice, sydney-2000, australia, vic, wa
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| UpdatedMitchell Johnson hoses down speculation about a possible international return after an old teammate sparked the conversation.
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Tigerair will be allowed to fly stranded Australian passengers home from Bali, but the future for the budget airline's foray into Indonesia remains unclear.
Topics: air-transport, consumer-protection, business-economics-and-finance, travel-and-tourism, wa, perth-6000, bali, indonesia
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A man sacked from his local government job who then went on to get elected to council wins his unfair dismissal case.
Topics: local-government, denmark-6333, wa