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| UpdatedA West Australian company hopes to crack into Australia's lucrative wellness market with what they hope will be the next super food to take health conscious consumers by storm — lupin flakes.
Topics: health, food-and-cooking, lifestyle-and-leisure, 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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| UpdatedLeader of WA Nationals Brendon Grylls dismisses the Liberal Party's deal with One Nation on preferences ahead of next month's election.
Topics: nationals, political-parties, government-and-politics, wa
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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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| UpdatedThe success of the Liberal Party's preference deal with One Nation in WA could be determined by how many support staff are available to hand out how-to-vote cards on the day, a political analyst says.
Topics: elections, liberals, one-nation, polls, wa
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| UpdatedThe WA Premier says his party's deal with One Nation will likely deliver a "Senate-style" Upper House, in a move that has further strained the state's fragile Liberal-National government alliance.
Topics: government-and-politics, elections, wa
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| UpdatedThere are fears for a 74-year-old Esperance man whose car was found abandoned under a flooded bridge this morning, with floodwaters already claiming the life of another man trying to cross a road near the town.
Topics: weather, missing-person, storm-event, wa, esperance-6450
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| UpdatedAustralia's oldest micro-nation officially has a new leader who says he hopes to significantly grow its population under his reign.
Topics: human-interest, wa
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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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The WA Greens say polling shows 33 per cent of Liberal voters will not support the party if it does a preferences deal with One Nation.
Topics: greens, one-nation, polls, government-and-politics, elections, liberals, wa
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Western Australia's peak environmental lobby group claims uranium miner Cameco is unlikely to prioritise development of its projects in the state in the wake of a quarterly profit that was lower than expected.
Topics: uranium-mining, business-economics-and-finance, wa, kalgoorlie-6430
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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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| UpdatedNew South Wales, Queensland and the ACT swelter in a heatwave, while southern Western Australia braced for more rain and flooding.
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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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| UpdatedStreets in the Great Southern town of Wagin flooded on Friday after heavy rain.
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| UpdatedSouth Coast Highway near Esperance in WA was closed on Friday due to heavy flooding.
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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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| UpdatedLiberal MP Murray Cowper accuses his own party leader of playing political football with regional fire safety by announcing plans to locate a Rural Fire Service (RFS) in WA's most marginal seat.
Topics: emergency-planning, government-and-politics, elections, collie-6225, wa
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| UpdatedThe Western Force may be cellar-dwellers in Super Rugby, but they go into the inaugural Brisbane Tens as world club champions in the shorter format.
Topics: rugby-union, sport, brisbane-4000, qld, perth-6000, wa, australia
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| UpdatedAfter 47 years on the throne, the self-declared sovereign of Hutt River is due to hand over the reins of Australia's oldest micro-nation to his son in an abdication ceremony — but the Prime Minister will not be there to witness it.
Topics: royal-and-imperial-matters, states-and-territories, government-and-politics, perth-6000, geraldton-6530, wa
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Asian nations may already be some of Australia's largest trading partners, but a small group of performers now wants to add another commodity to the list — laughter.
Topics: comedy-humour, arts-and-entertainment, perth-6000, wa
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| UpdatedElection promises by the major parties and another bleak budget update for WA Treasurer Mike Nahan feature on the campaign trail, with One Nation also gaining a surprise candidate.
Topics: elections, political-parties, ellenbrook-6069, perth-6000, collie-6225, wa