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FIFO workers sent home as cyclone closes in on Pilbara 
Extreme weather

FIFO workers sent home as cyclone closes in on Pilbara 

BHP has sent non-essential workers home, with a potential category four cyclone expected to hit on the weekend.

  • by Heather McNeill
Veronica Philomena Lockyer and her daughter Adell Sherylee Pertridge were last seen in the Merredin/Burracoppin area in late 1998.
Courts

Big response to 1998 cold case call-out, but WA detectives still need your help

  • by Phil Hickey
One Nation senator Pauline Hanson
Australia votes

Former WA premier Colin Barnett sounds warning about One Nation deal

  • by David Crowe
Mirrabooka MP Janine Freeman has called for a debate about whether drinking should be totally banned for drivers.
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Road safety

Labor MP calls for total booze ban for WA motorists

  • by Nathan Hondros
Chevron objected to the valuation of the land where its Wheatstone gas plant is located.
Industrial

WA shire scurries for cash as Chevron shaves $5.2 million off land rates bill

  • by Hamish Hastie

Opinion & Perspectives

It is OK to unfriend that bigot in your timeline

Kerri Sackville
Kerri Sackville

Ever read a news story about immigration only to see an old friend comment that Muslims are terrorists and we should ban them? 

Growing up, pictures like this didn't exist. I'm so glad they now do

Emily Brooks

As a child, I could never see myself in the game. Pictures like Tayla Harris' show how far we've come.

The sudden shift that should have all of us worried about the global economy

Stephen Bartholomeusz
Stephen Bartholomeusz

Donald Trump, and the rest of the world, ought to be concerned about the message the Fed has just sent.

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Politics

Crowded places.
Emergency services

Perth's crowded places need help to counter complacency over terror risk

Organisers of Perth's crowded places have fallen into the complacent belief terror attacks "happen somewhere else", according to a parliamentary inquiry.

  • by staff writers
If you're going have the ability to push a political agenda while in local government, your electors deserve to know.
Opinion
Local government

Why shouldn't local government councillors declare party membership?

If transparency is key to the local government review, then why won't councillors have to declare their party memberships?

  • by Oliver Peterson
Mirrabooka MP Janine Freeman has called for a debate about whether drinking should be totally banned for drivers.
Updated
Road safety

Labor backbencher calls for total drinking ban for WA motorists

  • by Nathan Hondros
Adani protesters shut down WA Parliament on Tuesday.
Adani

Adani protesters shut down WA Parliament, ejected from public gallery

  • by Nathan Hondros
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National security

Dutton voices concerns over 'copycat attacks' at Hastie-hosted forum

  • by Caitlyn Rintoul

Crime & Courts

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Education

A meme posted to the page.
Education

WA students suspended after meme page calls teacher a 'rapist'

  • by Kaylee Meerton
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Education

'I go to bed anxious about dying': Thousands of students protest climate inaction in Perth CBD

  • by Hannah Barry
Education

Unedited and unfiltered: Why these WA students are skipping school today

  • by Hannah Barry

Health

Smokers will have to squint to figure out the price of cigarettes under new laws.
Smoking & vaping

Squinting smokers: Price boards shrunk under tough new tobacco laws

  • by Hamish Hastie
Hospitals

Emergency department staff concerns 'not my responsibility': WA Health Minister

  • by Daile Cross and Lauren Pilat
Healthcare

'My kids matter, too': Rachel's struggle to raise money for brain operation

  • by Daile Cross

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