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A Perth childcare operator introduces photo identification badges for parents in a bid to further bolster security, saying despite the inconvenience it's necessary to protect kids.
Topics: child-care, family-and-children, child-abuse, safety, human-interest, perth-6000
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| UpdatedA West Australian police officer convicted two years ago of unlawfully using a tracking device to monitor a mate's girlfriend is awarded almost $15,000 in legal costs after successfully appealing against the decision.
Topics: police, courts-and-trials, perth-6000, wa
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| UpdatedWA Labor's election commitment to move students from the state's only academically selective school to a high-rise building is being met with fierce opposition from hundreds of parents and alumni.
Topics: education, schools, elections, government-and-politics, perth-6000, wa
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Perth once had 15 cinema screens in the city centre; now there are none, but the evidence of the old movie halls is still there hidden behind shops, offices and in basements.
Topics: film-movies, history, arts-and-entertainment, architecture, human-interest, perth-6000
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| UpdatedFlorence Northern has been using home care for three years after suffering a fall while getting out of bed — and now changes to the way it is funded could benefit her and thousands of other older Australians.
Topics: aged-care, federal-government, perth-6000, wa, australia
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WA's criminal offender rate surges 8 per cent, bucking a nationwide decline, with police suggesting the spike could be related to the high rate of ice use in the state.
Topics: crime, police, perth-6000, wa
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Miner South32 trials an autonomous drone developed by Israeli company Airobotics, which is working with CASA to develop national guidelines for their use.
Topics: mining-rural, oil-and-gas, air-transport, occupational-health-and-safety, mining-industry, perth-6000
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| UpdatedA royal commission should be held to examine the approvals processes for the Roe 8 stage of the Perth Freight Link, the Conservation Council of WA says, as critics of the project hold a rally in Fremantle.
Topics: states-and-territories, elections, environmental-policy, environmental-impact, fremantle-6160, beeliar-6164, perth-6000, wa
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After a slow start, the Perth Wildcats hit top gear to overcome the Illawarra Hawks in a 89-77 win in game one of the NBL finals.
Topics: nbl, basketball, sport, perth-6000, wa, australia
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| UpdatedLabor announces it will introduce a specialist meth task force if elected, the Liberals promise to build floating fishing platforms, and Colin Barnett has a crack at the media on today's election hustings.
Topics: government-and-politics, elections, perth-6000, wa
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Collingwood, the Giants and the NSW Swifts record Super Netball wins in round two at the expense of the Firebirds, Fever and Thunderbirds.
Topics: netball, sport, qld, collingwood-3066, vic, nsw, sydney-2000, brisbane-4000, adelaide-5000, sa, perth-6000, wa, australia
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| UpdatedThe NSW Waratahs slog their way to a 19-13 win over the Western Force in their season-opening clash.
Topics: super-rugby, rugby-union, sport, nsw, perth-6000, wa, canberra-2600, act, australia
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Syrian architect Marwa al-Sabouni has watched her hometown of Homs reduced to rubble, but says the future lies empowering local communities.
Topics: arts-and-entertainment, architecture, design, books-literature, perth-6000, syrian-arab-republic
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| UpdatedA poll in mid-February predicted the WA election would be a dead heat, but a week later another poll showed a swing towards Labor. So which one is right?
Topics: state-parliament, political-parties, perth-6000
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| UpdatedNear-perfect conditions are not enough to break records in the annual Perth to Rottnest Island Channel Swim, with Jarrod Poort coming in as first solo.
Topics: other-sports, swimming, perth-6000, cottesloe-6011, rottnest-island-6161
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Despite having Australia's worst-performing economy, WA communities will get nothing from the new $220-million regional jobs and investment package.
Topics: regional-development, federal-parliament, federal---state-issues, kalgoorlie-6430, broome-6725, geraldton-6530, karratha-6714, albany-6330, esperance-6450, perth-6000
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One of Western Australia's peak industry bodies says the organic industry in Australia needs to change its zero tolerance standard to the presence of GM organisms in organic crops.
Topics: genetically-modified-organisms, rural, genetically-modified-food, sustainable-and-alternative-farming, wa, perth-6000
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| UpdatedFormer AFL champion Ben Cousins is refused bail in a Perth court after being charged with aggravated stalking of his former partner and the mother of his children, after a magistrate says the risk he will reoffend is too high, given he is a "very heavy meth user".
Topics: sport, law-crime-and-justice, drug-offences, australian-football-league, perth-6000, wa
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A Perth taxi driver is jailed for sexually assaulting a female passenger who fell asleep in his cab.
Topics: sexual-offences, courts-and-trials, law-crime-and-justice, perth-6000
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| UpdatedWestern Australia's iconic Carnaby's cockatoo could be lost from the Perth metropolitan area if pine plantation clearing in the city's north is not halted, WWF Australia warns.
Topics: birds, environment, animal-behaviour, animal-science, perth-6000, wa
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| UpdatedSydney's Catholic Archbishop says reporting abuse to authorities that he heard about during a confession would be like "bugging the confessional".
Topics: royal-commissions, sexual-offences, catholic, child-abuse, sydney-2000, adelaide-5000, melbourne-3000, brisbane-4000, perth-6000
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For a team that was tipped to finish on the bottom of the NBL ladder, the Illawarra Hawks' climb to the 2016/17 grand final has been the sweetest of journeys.
Topics: nbl, sport, wollongong-2500, adelaide-5000, perth-6000
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Police warn the public not to approach a Perth man who has disappeared from a care facility in Mount Claremont, as he may become violent.
Topics: missing-person, community-and-society, perth-6000
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A man who allegedly abducted a woman who was seriously injured after throwing herself out of a moving car in a bid to get away, is extradited from Queensland to Western Australia more than 10 years later.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, perth-6000, brisbane-4000, chittering-6084
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| UpdatedOne of the imams behind a call for Muslims not to vote for the Liberal Party says the current political climate has forced them to take a stand.
Topics: multiculturalism, government-and-politics, elections, state-parliament, liberals, one-nation, greens, states-and-territories, perth-6000, wa