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Topics: mining-industry, mining-rural, gold, iron-ore, kalgoorlie-6430, wa
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Topics: mining-industry, mining-rural, gold, iron-ore, kalgoorlie-6430, wa
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| UpdatedGold exploration in WA hits a fresh four-year high in the December quarter.
Topics: mining-industry, mining-rural, gold, iron-ore, kalgoorlie-6430, wa
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The finer points of Roe 8, flexible workplaces for public servants, and luring tourists with cheap flights were some of the issues that dominated debate on the WA election campaign trail today.
Topics: elections, political-parties, wa
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Sheep producers across WA are urged to monitor signs of increased worm burden in their flocks, following unseasonal downpours across large parts of the state earlier this month.
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Benefits for former WA premiers, which included the provision of an office, staff and a government vehicle with a driver, are cut by the Salaries and Allowances Tribunal.
Topics: government-and-politics, state-parliament, wa
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West Australian Premier Colin Barnett says the eastern states should follow WA's lead and reserve some of their natural gas for domestic use to curb energy shortages.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, consumer-finance, consumer-protection, economic-trends, oil-and-gas, regulation, government-and-politics, australia, wa
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| UpdatedThe WA Nationals leader declares only his party has a viable plan to repair the deficit and debt plaguing the state's finances, labelling the major political parties' budget strategies flawed and doomed to fail.
Topics: government-and-politics, states-and-territories, federal---state-issues, elections, mining-industry, wa
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Farmers in Western Australia's south-west have taken the matter of feral pests into their own hands, bagging more than 350 foxes three-day event.
Topics: pest-management, environment, animals, rural, shooting, boyup-brook-6244, wa
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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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| UpdatedLabor, the Greens and crossbench Senators Nick Xenophon and Derryn Hinch write a letter to Senator Brandis asking him to address what they describe as an "inconsistency" between his previous statements on the matter and comments from his WA counterpart Michael Mischin.
Topics: federal-government, federal-parliament, australia, wa
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A woman who killed her abusive husband in Western Australia's Mid West is set to be released from prison within days after her parole was approved.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, murder-and-manslaughter, wa, geraldton-6530
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A push for world heritage listing for rock art on the Burrup Peninsula and calls for a radical overhaul of WA's judicial system dominate the election trail on Monday.
Topics: elections, political-parties, 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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| UpdatedLiberal Upper House candidate Wade De Campo phones ABC Radio calling himself "John" and "just a person on the street" in order to question Labor leader Mark McGowan.
Topics: elections, political-parties, radio-broadcasting, wa
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Hillarys MP Rob Johnson says his chances of re-election have been dealt a cruel, but not fatal, blow by the Greens' decision to preference Labor ahead of him.
Topics: elections, political-parties, hillarys-6025, wa
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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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| 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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Fletcher's International Exports general manager Greg Cross says foreign investment is the answer to stop falling numbers in Australia's livestock industry.
Topics: sheep-production, beef-cattle, food-processing, narrikup-6326, wa
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| UpdatedA kayak belonging to a man missing and feared drowned in a remote part of the Murchison River in Western Australia's Mid West region is found, but there is no sign of the 31-year-old.
Topics: missing-person, emergency-incidents, police, ajana-6532, kalbarri-6536, wa
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| UpdatedMalcolm Turnbull's party woes go well beyond Tony Abbott's unholy war — in a fight for their lives against One Nation, some Government MPs might decide they can't battle an anti-establishment insurgency if they are the establishment.
Topics: liberal-national-party-queensland, nationals, one-nation, political-parties, government-and-politics, australia, mackay-4740, wa, qld
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| UpdatedAdelaide keep its unbeaten streak in the AFLW alive with a come from behind 23-point win over the Fremantle Dockers.
Topics: australian-football-league, sport, fremantle-6160, wa, adelaide-5000, sa, australia
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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