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'Too important to fail': WA MP warns against rush on Indigenous recognition
Journey from the heart

'Too important to fail': WA MP warns against rush on Indigenous recognition

The first Indigenous member of cabinet says reconciliation could be set back by decades if constitutional recognition is rushed.

  • by David Crowe and Fergus Hunter
Captain Crook: Brett Turton, alias Brad Collins, has conned several vulnerable women out of thousands of dollars.
Crime

Captain Crook on the run with police unable to locate notorious scammer

  • by Carla Hildebrandt
Labor candidate for Cowan Anne Aly faced a 12 day wait to find out the results of her electorate.
Australia votes

Long count over as Aly declares victory in Cowan

  • by Hamish Hastie
Amanda Lacaze. CEO of Lynas
Trade wars

Lynas soars as China gears up to weaponise rare earths in trade war

  • by Jason Rogers
The dog baiting was similar to an incident earlier this year.
Animal cruelty

Two dogs die after suspected baiting north of Perth

  • by Hannah Barry
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Politics

An analysis of how Western Australians voted at the federal election reveals Labor would be in big trouble if the result is replicated at the next state election.
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Australia votes

Like wow, 'wipeout': WA federal results would undo McGowan's landslide

If Labor's vote in the federal election is replicated when the state goes to the polls in 2021, Premier Mark McGowan's landslide majority would be wiped out.

  • by Nathan Hondros
Dassi Erlich, an alleged victim of a child sex accused awaiting extradition from Israel, has spoken out about WA Deputy Premier Roger Cook's meeting with an Israeli politician linked to the extradition proceedings.
Child abuse

Alleged victim blasts WA Deputy Premier for meeting Israeli politician linked to Melbourne child sex accused

Alleged victims of accused child sex abuser Malka Leifer have described a meeting between WA Deputy Premier Roger Cook and an Israeli as a "slap in the face".

  • by Nathan Hondros
Plans by the state government to force priests to break the seal of confession won't protect children and are a distraction from the real job of abuse in our communities.
Opinion
Child abuse

WA laws forcing priests to reveal confessions are a cynical waste of time

  • by Nathan Hondros
Labor candidate for Cowan Anne Aly talking to voters at Landsdale Primary School in Perth's northern suburbs.
Australia votes

Anne Aly's fate in Cowan could remain on a knife-edge until next week

  • by Nathan Hondros
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Analysis
Australia votes

How the west was won: Who voted where and what happened in WA

  • by Nathan Hondros

Crime & Courts

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Education

Academics say they are seeing a rise in helicopter parents at university.
Opinion
Education

Catering for international students a learning curve we must conquer

  • by Suresh Rajan
Education

Minister backs new WA outdoor ed rules despite class cancellation concerns

  • by Hamish Hastie
Education

Murdoch 'proud to be a global university' amid heat on international students

  • by Hannah Barry

Health

Government's summit idea too little too late for nurses.
Hospitals

Nurses hope colleague getting stabbed in neck doesn’t just prompt 'another talk fest'

  • by Daile Cross
Hospitals

Unions demand emergency talks on staff violence in WA hospitals

  • by Daile Cross
Hospitals

Male patient charged after RPH nurse 'shanked in neck' with weapon

  • by staff writers

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