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| UpdatedThe welfare of doctors at Perth's Princess Margaret Hospital is being ignored with some unable to take leave for three years, the Australian Medical Association says, but health officials reject the claims.
Topics: healthcare-facilities, doctors-and-medical-professionals, states-and-territories, perth-6000, wa
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It's always distressing and tragic when we hear a report of shark attack. But what is the actual likelihood of dying due to a shark encounter in Australia and how concerned should you be?
Topics: offbeat, human-interest, lifestyle, lifestyle-and-leisure, community-and-society, death, australia, wa, vic, tas, sa, qld, nt, nsw, act
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| UpdatedA group of Islamic leaders in Perth urges its followers not to vote for the Liberal Party in the state election following the party's preference deal with One Nation.
Topics: elections, political-parties, greens, islam, wa
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| UpdatedPerth-based mining company Fortescue Metals Group posts a big jump in profit to US$1.2 billion for the six months to the end of December, on the back of a surge in iron ore prices.
Topics: iron-ore, mining-industry, company-news, business-economics-and-finance, wa, perth-6000
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The family of a Victorian pearl diver who died off WA's north-west coast welcomes the scheduling of an inquest five years on, saying lives continue to be put at risk by alleged dubious safety practices.
Topics: courts-and-trials, accidents---other, broome-6725, wa, vic, perth-6000
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| UpdatedWestern Australia's struggling economy and high level of debt is likely to dominate tonight's leaders' debate, with Opposition Leader Mark McGowan considered the frontrunner.
Topics: elections, political-parties, wa
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Peter Bradford and his wife Cathy are hanging up the boots after being in the pig industry for 40 years.
Topics: pig-production, livestock, rural, boyup-brook-6244, wa
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| UpdatedIf you want to know who's going to win the Oscars, your best bet is the bookmakers.
Topics: film-movies, arts-and-entertainment, academy-awards-oscars, australia, act, nsw, nt, qld, sa, tas, vic, wa
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One of two men who bashed a kangaroo to death with a metal pole is jailed for almost a year, which is almost unheard of in Western Australia.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, animal-welfare, bunbury-6230, wa
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The sitting Liberal member for the seat of Perth hits out at her party's preference deal with Pauline Hanson's One Nation, paying for Facebook advertising to highlight her lack of support for the party and its policies.
Topics: elections, government-and-politics, one-nation, liberals, wa
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| UpdatedWeek three of the election campaign is in full swing! While the major parties have grabbed much of the spotlight of late, with the PM and Opposition leader in town, today it was Greens' leader Richard Di Natale's turn to try to win your vote.
Topics: government-and-politics, elections, wa
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| UpdatedWA Labor says it will not impose any new taxes or tax increases on West Australians if it wins government in next month's state election, while the Premier holds on to hope for action on GST distribution.
Topics: elections, government-and-politics, tax, wa
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| UpdatedA 10-year-old Perth boy charged with sexually penetrating and threatening to kill an eight-year-old boy will not be returning to his northern suburbs school after parents expressed their concern.
Topics: primary-schools, sexual-offences, children, perth-6000, wa
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| UpdatedWhile millions of Australians choose to invest in a new smartphone every year, there's also a booming second-hand market. But is it too risky handing money over for a used handset?
Topics: mobile-phones, consumer-protection, wa
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A former school traffic warden will plead not guilty to more than 300 child sex offences, the Perth Magistrates Court is told.
Topics: child-abuse, law-crime-and-justice, sexual-offences, perth-6000, wa
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| UpdatedPreventing sexual violence is everyone's responsibility, but we need to be careful about how we do it, writes Bianca Fileborn from UNSW.
Topics: sexual-offences, law-crime-and-justice, community-and-society, australia, vic, tas, qld, sa, nt, nsw, wa
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| UpdatedTwo men appear in court charged with murdering a 37-year-old man who died days after he was allegedly attacked outside an Ellenbrook pub which had just screened the Danny Green and Anthony Mundine boxing match.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, police, courts-and-trials, ellenbrook-6069, perth-6000, wa
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| UpdatedA crash that left a woman dead after her car was hit head-on by a vehicle driven on the wrong side of the road in Western Australia's South West is investigated by detectives from the Major Crime Squad.
Topics: accidents---other, police, suicide, crime, capel-6271, busselton-6280, wa
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| UpdatedThere are plans to wipe out one in five of Australia's remaining feral rabbits with a new strain of the calicivirus to be released next week.
Topics: animals, human-interest, rural, animal-science, animal-welfare, australia, act, wa, qld, tas, nt, nsw, sa
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| UpdatedTraditional political campaign launches such as the ones put on by the WA Liberal and Labor parties on the weekend are a waste of money and are increasing voter apathy, marketing experts say.
Topics: government-and-politics, elections, perth-6000, wa
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The Liberals continue to roll out the big guns on the campaign trail as Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull appears on the hustings, while Labor accuses Mr Turnbull's colleague Christian Porter of a "grubby and nasty" personal attack.
Topics: elections, political-parties, wa
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| UpdatedA $93 million Federal Government commitment aims to encourage more doctors to take up postings in rural and remote areas across Australia.
Topics: doctors-and-medical-professionals, health, rural, bridgetown-6255, wa
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Christian Porter calls Mark McGowan a 'slimy sweaty' junior Navy lawyer during the WA Liberals campaign launch.
Topics: elections, federal---state-issues, wa, australia
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| UpdatedThe Commonwealth formally concedes evidence used to demonstrate an Indonesian was an adult rather than a child during a people smuggling case was unreliable, as a court considers whether to quash the conviction entirely.
Topics: courts-and-trials, immigration, perth-6000, wa
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| UpdatedWA Opposition Leader Mark McGowan accuses a senior Turnbull Government minister of disrespecting every Australian who has served in the military with his remarks at a Liberal Party function
Topics: elections, political-parties, wa