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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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| 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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To many zoo visitors, the African painted dog enclosure is not a major attraction. But John Lemon wants to change that.
Topics: zoos, zoology, animal-behaviour, animals, conservation, endangered-and-protected-species, people, perth-6000
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| UpdatedLuke Rogers says hurtling toward the ground at speeds of up to 300 kilometres per hour is the ultimate adrenaline rush, and he hopes his skill will soon make him an Australian champion.
Topics: people, clubs-and-associations, travel-and-tourism, brisbane-4000, surfers-paradise-4217, perth-6000
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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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| UpdatedThe parents of an Aboriginal man on life support in a Perth hospital reject claims by authorities that he tried to kill himself in Hakea remand prison.
Topics: black-deaths-in-custody, prisons-and-punishment, suicide, perth-6000
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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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A Senate inquiry is aiming to quell public hysteria surrounding shark attacks, by looking at how modern technology can track their movements.
Topics: shark, federal-government, surfing, ballina-2478, redhead-2290, perth-6000, sydney-2000, southport-4215
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| UpdatedSwedish humanitarian Raoul Wallenberg, who saved tens of thousands of Hungarian Jews during WWII, is being remembered in an exhibit touring Australia.
Topics: religion-and-beliefs, world-war-2, perth-6000, hungary
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| UpdatedBen Wyatt is making history as the first Aboriginal person to be treasurer in a state or federal government in Australia, as part of the incoming WA Labor administration.
Topics: state-parliament, indigenous-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander, government-and-politics, perth-6000, canberra-2600
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Western Australian golfer Curtis Luck is now ranked the best amateur golfer in the world, after stealing the top spot from American Maverick McNealy.
Topics: golf, perth-6000
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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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| 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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Topics: mining-rural, mining-industry, alternative-energy, electricity-energy-and-utilities, energy, perth-6000
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Dr Sam Behrens, CSIRO battery specialist; Vincent Elgar, Australian Vanadium. Difference of renewable energy storage batteries from lithium-ion to vanadium-redox.
Topics: mining-rural, electricity-energy-and-utilities, alternative-energy, energy, environmental-technology, environmentally-sustainable-business, mining-industry, perth-6000
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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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| UpdatedThe first time Michelle Livesey-Giles saw her daughter Olivia, she was covered by medical wires, monitors and tubes, and weighed just 635 grams. The new mum was plunged into a profound shock that is usually associated with returned soldiers.
Topics: babies, babies---newborns, parenting, family-and-children, stress, perth-6000, wa
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No solid news about the future make-up of the Super Rugby competition is leading to frustration in Australia, with speculation one team is likely to be culled.
Topics: super-rugby, sport, rugby-union, sydney-2000, nsw, brisbane-4000, qld, perth-6000, wa, melbourne-3000, vic, canberra-2600, act, new-zealand, south-africa, australia
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| UpdatedComedian Wil Anderson is instituting the Voldemort rule for what he calls his most political show ever, but no prize for guessing he who shall not be named.
Topics: comedy-humour, us-elections, brisbane-4000, hobart-7000, melbourne-3000, perth-6000, adelaide-5000, sydney-2000, darwin-0800