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New York City swing dance aficionado Lana Turner brings her passion for getting people onto the dance floor Down Under.
Topics: dance, carnivals-and-festivals, people, community-and-multicultural-festivals, human-interest, perth-6000
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Australia's energy future is dependent on the development of the services and manufacturing sectors according to National Energy Resources Australia.
Topics: mining-rural, small-business, electricity-energy-and-utilities, alternative-energy, energy, manufacturing, oil-and-gas, mining-industry, perth-6000
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| UpdatedA Perth doctor is found guilty of professional misconduct for prescribing large amounts of steroids and other drugs for "no proper therapeutic reason" — with some of his patients having suffered adverse effects.
Topics: courts-and-trials, doctors-and-medical-professionals, perth-6000, wa
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| UpdatedThe Queen Garnet plum, which has been hailed as a "super-fruit" has hit supermarket shelves this month.
Topics: fruit, agricultural-marketing, medical-research, balingup-6253, perth-6000, mullalyup-6252
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| UpdatedResearchers say global diets are changing to incorporate more plant based proteins, and more grain based convenience food.
Topics: grain, mostly-vegetarian, agricultural-marketing, healthy-recipes, rural, university-and-further-education, geraldton-6530, perth-6000
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| UpdatedKim Chance, who was an MP for 17 years and built Australia's biggest commercial camel dairy that transformed outback ferals into calm milking machines, dies at the age of 70.
Topics: death, community-and-society, alp, perth-6000, wa
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| UpdatedRenewables company Carnegie Clean Energy confirms it is interested in developing WA Labor's proposal for a wave power farm in Albany, in Western Australia's Great Southern.
Topics: tidal-energy, energy, elections, states-and-territories, albany-6330, perth-6000, wa
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| UpdatedAs Australia's five teams put the finishing touches on their Super Rugby preparations, improving their record against New Zealand rivals is a key priority.
Topics: rugby-union, super-rugby, sport, canberra-2600, brisbane-4000, sydney-2000, melbourne-3000, perth-6000
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| UpdatedPeople with an incapacity or disability that makes it difficult for them to vote at ballot boxes will be able to have their say at the March state election via the internet, a first for Western Australia.
Topics: computers-and-technology, internet-technology, elections, government-and-politics, wa, perth-6000
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Five of Australia's Catholic archbishops will give evidence today in the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse. This is who they are, what they've said and their relationship to Cardinal George Pell.
Topics: royal-commissions, child-abuse, sexual-offences, catholic, australia, sydney-2000, perth-6000, adelaide-5000, melbourne-3000, brisbane-4000
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Topics: cannabis, agricultural-crops, agricultural-policy, chile, sydney-2000, perth-6000
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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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Prosecutors downgrade charges against three men accused of kidnapping, robbing and killing Peta Fairhead, who was dumped outside a Perth hospital last year.
Topics: courts-and-trials, murder-and-manslaughter, perth-6000, joondalup-6027
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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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Perth's river systems are brimming with sediment and nutrients, as well as potentially harmful bacteria.
Topics: environmental-health, environmental-management, rivers, weather, rainfall, floods, 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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Vegetable growers in rural areas around Perth fear bankruptcy after a quarantine lock-down following the discovery of the tomato potato psyllid.
Topics: rural, pest-management, quarantine, perth-6000
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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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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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| 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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A new diagnostic tool for the devastating zebra chip disease may see faster and more accurate results, according to New Zealand scientists.
Topics: research, pests, pest-management, trade, vegetables, albany-6330, perth-6000, new-zealand
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Topics: oil-and-gas, mining-rural, perth-6000
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Are houses on lots as small as 80 square metres the solution for those comfortable with high-density living but despise apartment blocks?
Topics: urban-development-and-planning, house-and-home, community-and-society, housing-industry, architecture, human-interest, perth-6000
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| UpdatedWestern Australian scientists develop what is believed to be a world-first 'solar-glass' technology which, if used in greenhouses, could produce crops in any climate or season.
Topics: research, agricultural-crops, crop-harvesting, vegetables, solar-energy, perth-6000, melbourne-3000
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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