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| UpdatedWest Australian Premier Colin Barnett hits out at the mining lobby's public campaign against Nationals leader Brendon Grylls and his controversial proposed iron ore tax.
Topics: states-and-territories, tax, mining-industry, elections, perth-6000, wa, karratha-6714
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| UpdatedOne of the biggest native title deals in Australian history is struck a blow by a shock decision in the Federal Court, which found the agreement could not be registered because some Aboriginal representatives refused to sign off on it.
Topics: government-and-politics, native-title, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, wa, perth-6000, albany-6330, bunbury-6230
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| UpdatedThe end of the mining boom in Western Australia has seen house prices and rentals fall — but the poorest people in the state are yet to see any benefit.
Topics: poverty, housing, work, unemployment, perth-6000, wa
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| UpdatedThe founder of Hutt River Principality, Australia's oldest micro-nation, abdicates as reigning monarch, handing over sovereignty to his youngest son.
Topics: offbeat, human-interest, geraldton-6530, wa
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| UpdatedWA Premier Colin Barnett urges voters to look past the state's financial woes and focus on his Government's record in key policy areas, as he makes his pitch to win a third term for the Liberal-National alliance.
Topics: elections, state-parliament, wa
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| UpdatedLabor and Liberal parties label controversial comments about single mothers by a One Nation candidate as "offensive and rude", but decline to rule out striking a preference deal with the party ahead of the state election.
Topics: elections, alp, one-nation, states-and-territories, perth-6000, karratha-6714, wa
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Comments by a Western Australian One Nation candidate attacking "lazy" single mothers hark back to the pre-World War II era and are not acceptable, a peak national body says.
Topics: government-and-politics, one-nation, political-parties, port-hedland-6721, karratha-6714, wa
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| UpdatedA regional WA councillor is due to stand down as a Labor candidate just weeks out from the March state election, after allegations of inappropriate and compromising behaviour and improper Facebook posts.
Topics: elections, alp, local-government, geraldton-6530, wa
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| UpdatedWestern Australia and the Federal Government have finalised a bilateral agreement to operate a state-run version of the National Disability Insurance Scheme in the state.
Topics: disabilities, health, wa
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| UpdatedFederal Labor frontbencher Anthony Albanese calls for one of Pauline Hanson's WA election candidates to be dumped for disparaging comments about single mothers.
Topics: government-and-politics, federal-government, political-parties, family-and-children, one-nation, wa
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| UpdatedOne Nation's candidate for the seat of Pilbara in the West Australian election stands by an article he wrote saying taxpayers should not support single mums who are "too lazy" to attract and hold a mate.
Topics: one-nation, elections, karratha-6714, wa, perth-6000
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| UpdatedPremier Colin Barnett is more relaxed than he has ever been heading into the March election, but his colleagues say they are not taking anything for granted.
Topics: elections, liberals, states-and-territories, perth-6000, wa
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The WA Government is adamant it will not accept the Perth Children's Hospital back from the head contractor until ongoing lead contamination is resolved for good.
Topics: health, wa, perth-6000
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| UpdatedPaedeophile Ryan Trevor Clegg, who boasted on the internet about abusing a young Perth girl offered to him by her father, is sentenced to 12 years and nine months behind bars.
Topics: child-abuse, courts-and-trials, sexual-offences, perth-6000, wa
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| UpdatedDavid Forbes quits following controversy over posts he made on social media, where he criticised the Prime Minister and said an "Office Nazi" was "often disguised as a woman".
Topics: government-and-politics, elections, mandurah-6210, wa
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| UpdatedFormer One Nation senator Rod Culleton loses a bid to keep his entitlements, pending the outcome of two court cases examining his eligibility to serve in the Senate.
Topics: courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, federal-government, federal-parliament, government-and-politics, canberra-2600, act, perth-6000, wa, australia
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| UpdatedAs Australian children across the country head back to school this week a growing number will be armed with a mobile phone — but that's not necessarily a bad thing, is it?
Topics: schools, mobile-phones, children, australia, wa
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| UpdatedThe Shooters, Fishers and Farmers Party will field a record number of candidates at the looming WA election, with leader Rick Mazza hoping they can win up to five seats in Parliament.
Topics: elections, fishing-aquaculture, government-and-politics, perth-6000, wa
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| UpdatedA high-definition camera and drone capture an aerial view of Western Australia's Ningaloo Reef, the largest fringing reef in the world, in an effort to monitor the health of the pristine region.
Topics: great-barrier-reef, oceans-and-reefs, environment, research, science-and-technology, brisbane-4000, perth-6000, qld, wa
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| UpdatedWA Labor insists it can fund its education infrastructure promises without privatising assets, after making its second commitment on Perth schools in as many days.
Topics: government-and-politics, elections, education, wa
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| UpdatedPerth Wildcats veteran and former Olympian Shawn Redhage announces he is retiring from the National Basketball League at the end of the season after a glittering 13-year career and three championships.
Topics: basketball, sport, perth-6000, wa
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| UpdatedProtests at the construction site of the Roe 8 extension in Perth's south are putting a huge strain on the force, with overtime being paid to police the project, WA Police Commissioner Karl O'Callaghan says.
Topics: police, government-and-politics, wa
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| UpdatedA national approach to the deadly W strain of Meningococcal disease is being considered by Australia's health chief, as concerns rise over an increase in the number of cases.
Topics: meningococcal-disease, vaccines-and-immunity, diseases-and-disorders, health-policy, australia, wa, nsw
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| UpdatedWestern Australia is set to play host to three major screen productions this year, with two films and a television series to be filmed in the state.
Topics: film-movies, perth-6000, wa
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| UpdatedSupport for Pauline Hanson's One Nation party is growing across the country — but who are her supporters and what do voters think they're buying from her?
Topics: one-nation, political-parties, pauline-hanson, qld, wa, australia