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| UpdatedWA's next Liberal leader Mike Nahan says he will not be just an "interim leader" and will not hand over the reins to deputy Liza Harvey mid-term, as the party seeks to recover from its "catastrophic" election loss.
Topics: elections, state-parliament, wa, perth-6000
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| UpdatedFormer WA Nationals leader Brendon Grylls departs politics beaten but unbowed after a war of attrition with the mining industry sparked by a potential miscalculation, writes Andrew O'Connor.
Topics: government-and-politics, elections, nationals, wa, perth-6000
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| UpdatedThree South African men are rescued from their stricken yacht by the Royal Australian Navy frigate HMAS Parramatta more than 1,300 kilometres off the West Australian coast, after the mast on their vessel broke.
Topics: emergency-incidents, navy, leeuwin-6290, perth-6000, wa
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| UpdatedVolunteers experiment with the use of a drone for sea rescues at a notorious Great Southern fishing spot in a West Australian first, and say the technology could prove to be a game changer.
Topics: emergency-incidents, emergency-planning, volunteers, computers-and-technology, albany-6330, wa
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| UpdatedThere are emotional scenes in remote northern WA, where women are four times more likely to be hospitalised from domestic violence than the average West Australian, as Rosie Batty shares her experiences.
Topics: domestic-violence, rural-women, indigenous-policy, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, broome-6725, wa
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| UpdatedThe wife of a man who was fatally stabbed at a bus stop in Perth's southern suburbs describes him as a kind and gentle person, and says his family is struggling to make sense of why he was killed.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, police, crime, coolbellup-6163, perth-6000, wa
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| UpdatedWestern Australia's new Sport Minister Mick Murray suggests it would be a good idea for Perth to step in and bid for the 2022 Commonwealth Games, but admits the state's dire finances may not allow it.
Topics: commonwealth-games, sport, perth-6000, wa
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| UpdatedCarved through the Beeliar wetlands are the scars of the battle over the road to nowhere — the dumped Roe 8 freight link — with huge sections of banksia woodland lost.
Topics: urban-development-and-planning, elections, environmental-impact, beeliar-6164, perth-6000, wa
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| UpdatedA 37-year-old man from New Zealand is charged with animal cruelty after allegedly tossing a quokka into the water from a jetty at Rottnest Island off Perth.
Topics: animal-welfare, police, rottnest-island-6161, wa
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| UpdatedThere are hard lessons to be learnt from political defeat, especially one as devastating as the electoral catastrophe that wiped out the Barnett government in Western Australia.
Topics: government-and-politics, liberals, wa
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| UpdatedA potential problem has arisen for the WA Liberals, already in disarray, with Labor considering offering former Liberal minister Simon O'Brien the role of president of the Upper House.
Topics: government-and-politics, wa
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| UpdatedPerth barrister Lloyd Rayney's sister says her family's name has been "irreparably tainted" by him being named as the "prime" and "only" suspect in his wife's murder.
Topics: courts-and-trials, police, murder-and-manslaughter, perth-6000, wa
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Mark McGowan moves to limit the number of pathways foreign workers have to enter Western Australia within hours of becoming the state's new Premier.
Topics: government-and-politics, wa
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| UpdatedThe City of Perth announces it will conduct a $500,000 audit of its operations to reassure concerned ratepayers, although Lord Mayor Lisa Scaffidi denies it is in response to Premier Mark McGowan's threat to sack the council.
Topics: local-government, government-and-politics, wa, perth-6000
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| UpdatedMark McGowan is officially sworn in as Western Australia's 30th Premier by State Governor Kerry Sanderson after Labor's landslide victory in last Saturday's election.
Topics: government-and-politics, elections, wa, perth-6000
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The Coopers Brewery brouhaha, energy policy and the WA election dominated the week's news, but who ended up on top? Fran Kelly and Patricia Karvelas pick their winners and losers.
Topics: government-and-politics, coal, alternative-energy, federal-government, federal---state-issues, australia, wa, sa
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Mark McGowan will become Western Australia's 30th Premier today, with his new Government to be sworn in this morning.
Topics: state-parliament, wa
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| UpdatedTwo British doctors leave Western Australia on a bid to set a new world record for crossing the Indian Ocean, despite hitting trouble before they even set off when rodents eat into their rations.
Topics: human-interest, regional, geraldton-6530, wa, mauritius
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| UpdatedWA's premier-elect Mark McGowan says cost will be a factor in considering whether to establish an independent rural fire service, revealing he is unwilling to spend millions of dollars on administration rather than fire-fighting.
Topics: bushfire, fires, states-and-territories, state-parliament, elections, government-and-politics, collie-6225, wa, perth-6000
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| UpdatedOutgoing treasurer Mike Nahan firms as the next WA opposition leader after a Barnett cabinet minister said the Riverton MP had put his name forward and there was solid support for him.
Topics: government-and-politics, elections, wa, nedlands-6009
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| UpdatedPremier-elect Mark McGowan has revealed his 17-member ministry — but who are all the new ministers? We give you a quick guide to some of the main players.
Topics: elections, state-parliament, alp, wa, perth-6000
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| UpdatedWestern Australia's largest gas retailer Alinta Energy is sold to the Hong Kong-based company Chow Tai Fook Enterprises Limited after abruptly abandoning plans to float on the share market.
Topics: business-economics-and-finance, oil-and-gas, industry, wa, australia
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| UpdatedA 43-year-old woman who stabbed her former husband in front of their child near a busy Perth playground is sentenced to five-and-a-half years in jail.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, perth-6000, wa
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| UpdatedA father who doused two of his children with petrol and set one of them alight is claiming he was insane at the time and will have his trial heard by a judge sitting without a jury.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, crime, courts-and-trials, doubleview-6018, wa, perth-6000
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| UpdatedSt John Ambulance is urging Australians to save triple-0 calls for life-threatening emergencies to free up ambulance resources.
Topics: disasters-and-accidents, emergency-incidents, emergency-planning, health, healthcare-facilities, doctors-and-medical-professionals, australia, act, nsw, nt, qld, sa, tas, vic, wa